One Person's Magical Thinking Is Another Person's

Hindsight Is 20/20, But The Moral Of The Writing For Me Is That When You're Feeling Very Scared And Nervous About Something And You're Fairly Convinced That It Could Be A Massive Disaster, That's Exactly The Idea That You Should Do.

If I Went For A Long Period In My Life Where I Was Unemployed And I Was Unable To Make A Living And The Only Way For Me To Basically Provide For My Family Was, "hey, We're Bringing Lost Back!", Then I Would Probably Consider It. But I Feel Like It Would Be A Betrayal To The Fandom, And Myself, To Do Anymore Lost, Because We Had Such An Adequate Period Of Time To End The Show.

Everything I've Ever Been A Fan Of, Whether It's Star Wars Or The New York Jets, I've Also Been Very Hard On At Times. It's Sort Of Like, I Go To A Jets Game, I Want Them To Win, But The Minute They Fumble The Ball, I Go, "i F**king Knew It! F**king Jets!" That's Part Of Loving Something. As Long As You Love It, You Have Carte Blanche To Critique It As Well, Of Course. That's Part Of Being A Fan Of Anything.

Good Twists Are Enormously Hard To Come By, And I Think The Best Ones Are Earned Ones. The Idea That A Story Can Take A Left Turn On You, It's Easy To Do, But It Has To Be Done Very, Very Carefully, Or Else You Risk Losing The Audience's Trust.

But I Do Think That, When You Slow The Conveyor Belt Down, The Quality Control Tends To Go Up. You Have A Lot More Time Between Seasons To Talk About What Worked And What Didn't Work, And Plan For The Future. And The Pacing Of The Storytelling, Particularly For On-going Serialized Dramas, Means That You Don't Need To Do Non-essential Episodes, Just Because You Have To Fill This Pre-existing Schedule.