Damon Lindelof, one of the show's creators, says getting ABC to announce an end date for "Lost" three years in advance, gave them time to carefully craft the plot line leading to the finale.

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They had a certain time and date when the world was going to end.

他们相信在某个时间某个地点,世界末日就会出现。

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