When TV2's drama Lost ends in May, it will definitively end - don't look for any sequels or spin-offs.
The show's producers said last week they'd known the final image of the mythologically dense series about Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 since the first season, although Carlton Cuse said the last episode hadn't been written yet.
It will air sometime in May.
Cuse and Damon Lindelof were giving away few secrets to the show's rabid fans at a news conference, even refraining to show video clips.
They said the show's sixth and final season will hearken back to its first, and most popular, season in 2004.
One secret producers did reveal: actress Cynthia Watros, who played the character Libby before being killed off in the second season, will return this year.
"Finally, all of your questions [about Libby] will be answered," Cuse said.
"No, they will not," Lindelof countered.
That's something fans should prepare themselves for overall: not all of the questions raised during the series will be answered.
"That would be too pedantic," Cuse said.
They're hoping that the final show is something that will be talked about afterwards in much the same way as the diner scene that ended The Sopranos.
"I don't think it would be Lost if there wasn't any arguing and active debate among the viewers about whether or not it was a good ending," Lindelof said.
"My mum will say it's a good ending, even though she doesn't understand the show."
Lost has gone through so many inexplicable twists and turns, and flash-forwards to the future, that one writer wondered whether fans had already seen the ending in a previous episode.
Cuse said no.
Actors said filming the series has been an emotional journey.
"I'm going to cry like a baby when this series ends," actress Evangeline Lilly said. - AP The final season of Lost premieres on TV2 at 9.30 on Wednesday, February 10.
