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Death Ray Magazine has a brand new interview with Lost masterminds Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse in which they discuss the coming final season of the show. Much of what’s said in the interview is reiterations of bits we’ve heard before (“negotiating the end date of the show was the smartest thing we ever did,” etc.), but the duo offer a few hints as to what will be addressed, thematically, in the show’s final season.
Carlton Cuse: “…we will answer the questions that we feel are important and central to the show, as well as basically trying to tell redemption stories.”
Death Ray: Is the end of the show about the characters discovering what the purpose of life is?
Carlton Cuse: “It certainly is about them discovering what the purpose of their lives is. Ultimately it doesn’t matter if you were a doctor, a musician, or a torturer, now here on the island is the opportunity to erase the sins of your past… What exactly is [their] destiny?… That’s what the last season of the show will explore.”
Add this to something Lindelof said earlier in the interview: “…this idea of a hero’s journey. Traditionally that journey is a protagonist going on an adventure… They have this call to fulfill their destiny. Well, we’re doing that 14 times, for each and every character.” Sounds to me like Season 6 is going to be a year heavy on redemption and solidifying the show’s main characters as the mythological archetypes we always knew they were.
So if Carlton said, “Ultimately it doesn’t matter if you were … a musician” … that’s gotta be Charlie!! Woohoo! Unless they’re bringing in Geronimo Jackson aka The Donkeys (San Diego band) … who sound really cool but are too peripheral for final season heroic character development. It seems to me though that Charlie has already more than redeemed himself with “Not Penny’s Boat” … but seeing his DS ring resurface last season also gave me hope that somehow the new “alternate reality line” will include a very alive Charlie, even though the publicists deny it.