“King: Well, Lost has done a great thing in developing these characters — like opening a fan of cards with all these faces on it. People have gotten to know and enjoy these characters in a way only TV can do. Now, if you start to narrow the deck — kill them off — you have a chance to do something that’s probably never been done on TV before, which is to really grip an audience and wring them like a dishrag. [Laughter] Maybe I’m a sadist, but I think that’s part of the dramatic experience. Networks don’t like it. They want those characters to be there forever.嗯，LOST在发展人物角色方面做得非常漂亮——就像排开了一把画着他们脸谱的牌。人们认识了这些人物，也喜欢上了他们，这是只有电视才能办到的。而现在，如果你们开始弃牌——除掉他们——你们就能有机会真正牢牢抓住观众，像拧抹布一样拧动他们的心，这也许在电视史上都是前无古人的。（笑）可能我就是个虐待狂，但我认为这也是 戏剧 体验的一部分。电视公司肯定不会喜欢。他们想让这些角色永远都在。”