'Lost' Producers Promise a Showdown Now, Answers Later

"I would definitely take Kate, Sawyer and probably Jack -- just you know, the hero character," Cuse said.

In the end, how well fans remember the story after the island and its inhabitants fade into TV history may depend on how it finishes. While the May 23 season finale will provide answers, it will also keep fans salivating for the series finale in 2010. So where will it all end?

Cuse laughed. Lindelof provided some insight, if a bit broad.

"Somewhere just outside the Crab Nebula is where it will all end, geographically," he said.