... to be fair, I don't recall what exactly Lindelof and Cuse said back in the day that had me heated, but I believe it was something along the lines of that they knew from episode 1 how the series would end and how everything fell into place.

They obviously had a plan in the sense of how TV writers plan a season and set themselves up with something to do the next season, etc. But I seem to recall them saying they were planned ahead from the jump. And there's just no way. I don't feel like going back and looking for the interview that made me mad at the time... but yeah.

I agree that back and forth about LOST, especially with a certain poster already in this thread, is a pointless endeavor, lol.