Damon Lindelof answered the questions here.

Damon Lindelof, the show runner of “The Leftovers” on HBO, is taking questions from Times readers.

After a debut season that many critics found intriguing but muddled, “The Leftovers” returned this fall with a new setting and a clearer focus, one that deepened viewers’ understanding of key characters and expanded the show’s metaphysical landscape. In a neat reversal of the sophomore slump cliché, the second season of “The Leftovers,” which wraps up on Sunday, has added the series to the conversation about the best dramas on television.

Of course, as a former show runner of “Lost,” Mr. Lindelof is used to seesawing appraisals of his work. That series was at the leading edge of a transition that saw some TV audiences go from passive viewers to passionately engaged — and occasionally demanding — fans.