Lost Producers: What It Means to Be a Candidate, What's the

[evelina]

On the Feb. 16 episode of Lost, we learned that the numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42) correspond with a group of people known as "the candidates": La Femme Nikita Seasons1-5 DVD Box Set Locke, Hurley, Sawyer, Sayid, Jack and Jin or Sun, respectively. Criminal Minds Seasons 1-4 DVD Box SetThe Man in Black says they're candidates to take over for Jacob as the protector of the island.House M.D Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set But should we trust the Man in Black? And what does it really mean to be a candidate? Scrubs Seasons 1-8 DVD Box SetExecutive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof weigh in.
Thirteen clues about the end of Lost: Does Ilana age?Grey's anatomy Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set Who's coming back? Who isn't?
"The concept of the candidates is really central to the final season of the show,"Cold Case Seasons 1-6 DVD Box Set Cuse tells TVGuide.com. "Jacob is dead so that leaves a significant problem for the people on the island. Nip Tuck Seasons 1-5 DVD Box SetWho is destined to be the person who is protecting this place?"The Vampire Diaries Seasons 1 DVD Box Set "One of the big questions of this show is: Why were these people brought to this island?" True Blood Seasons 1-2 DVD Box Set Lindelof adds. "At least now we have some sense — if Jacob is responsible for bringing them there — that itScrubs Seasons1-8 Box Sethas something to do with the fact that he's been observing them for quite some time. Ghost Whisperer 1-4 DVD Box Set We now have information that he had this lighthouse, that he was able to see these people, look into their lives.The Wire 1-5 DVD Box Set For some reason, he chose them. We'll find out what that reason is in the coming weeks."Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-2 DVD Box Set Lost: How will Michael and Libby return?And how does that reason relate to the "sideways" world, the alternate universe in which Oceanic 815 landed safely in Los Angeles? Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Seasons 1-8 DVD Box Set We've seen some things have changed significantly there (um, Jack has a son), while for others, salient details remain the same (Locke is still in a wheelchair, even though he also appears to be on speaking terms with the man who we know to have put him there).South Park Seasons 1-13 DVD Box SetSo who's David's mother and how was Locke paralyzed in this universe?Simpsons Seasons 1-20 DVD Box Set "These are all the right questions,"ER Seasons 1-15 DVD Box Set producer Edward Kitsis says. "Those questions that you're picking up on are things that when we made those episodes, we very consciously wanted you to wonder about that,"Lost Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set adds producer Adam Horowitz.While many fans have griped that the sideways story lines have been an unnecessary distraction this season, Lindelof emphasizes that they're very important.Desperate Housewives Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set "People are saying [they] don't need these stories and all we can say is they're absolutely 100percent necessary to tell the story of Lost, The West Wing seasons 1-8 DVD Box Setand hopefully by the end of the season it will be more obvious as to why," he saidFamily Guy Seasons 1-7 DVD Box SetGetting Lost: Richard's mysteries will be solvedHere's a question that might boggle your mind: If you die in one universe, what happens to your body in other universes?DVDSetsOnline "Charlie and Boone died in the island, but they seem to be alive in the sideways," said Lindelof. "What happens if you die in the sideways? La Femme Nikita Seasons1-5 DVD Box SetThat's an interesting question." Bottom line: Will there be a lot of death this season? Criminal Minds Seasons 1-4 DVD Box Set"It depends on what your version of a lot is," said Kitsis. House M.D Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set"For my mother, one is too many."Who do you think will die next? Scrubs Seasons 1-8 DVD Box SetAre you digging the "sideways" stories?