"The [questions] that were alive during the show are still the biggest ones post-show," Lindelof tells me. "What was up with the polar bears? Are they all dead? Were they dead the whole time? Different expressions of that… Who was on the other outrigger? Why Nicki and Paolo? The show lived with questions, it died with questions, and I'm happy to have questions be the legacy."

Lindelof—who is currently producing HBO's The Leftovers, premiering this summer—and Carlton Cuse talked about their intentions behind the finale for the first time at Sunday night's Paleyfest event, and also answered definitively whether the characters were dead the whole time. ("No, no, no.")

But something you "Jate" or "Skate" love triangle fans may find most intritriguing? I asked Lindelof whether he ever considered ending the series with Kate and Sawyer together and his answer was pretty amusing!

So, for that answer and much more...check out all the video interviews above and below! I chatted with some of our favorite Losties, who spilled things like how they used to be "so wrapped up" in Maggie Grace (shhh....Ian Somerhalder), whether they'd ever return to Scandal (Henry Ian Cusick), and where there characters would be now if a "Fantasy Lost" existed where they all weren't dead (Josh Holloway's answer wins!).

Here are all the exclusive videos...

