this is what i have read about it today (no spoilers)
Lost stars Matthew Fox (Jack) and Michael Emerson (Ben) have been busy dropping a few hints about what's in store for the show's final ever episode.
And the good news is, the actors are convinced that fans will be pleased.
Matthew has said that the show's ending is "beautiful" and "profound", but admitted that the ending wasn't completely unexpected. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "It being over and it being done, I couldn't be happier with the way that it ends and what [executive producer] Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse and everybody on the creative level, what they've done with the ending.
"On a subconscious level I think I sort of expected some of it, but there's parts of it that are a huge revelation and really beautiful, really beautiful. I think if it works the way that it should work, if we've all done our jobs properly, I think it could be very, very profound."
Michael, who thinks the finale has "a great soulfulness", has admitted that he didn't understand the finale at first. "When I first read it, the ending wasn't clear to me," he told the New York Post. "But since then, it's grown more clear and, I have to say, grown more satisfying the more I think about it.
"I expect a mixture of satisfaction and consternation among the viewers when it airs. But once they rewatch it, rethink about it and possibly look at the saga again, gradually they will feel like they have just read a good novel - but you have to chew on it for a while."
The actor went on to promise that certain plot devices, such as the flash-sideways storyline, will be explained but warned: "they're not going to spoon feed it to you".
Speaking specifically about his character, the ever-ambiguous Ben Linus, Michael teased: "In the coming weeks Ben ends up in a new and dangerous alliance that has a surprising outcome."
He continued: "You won't realise this until the series is done, but more than anyone else's flash-sideways, his episode resolved Ben's character. You may not feel that way yet, but it brought us very close to wrapping up his arc. What I mean is, if you never saw Ben again in the series, you could look back after the finale and think, 'Oh, OK - I'm at peace with the way he wrapped up'."
If we're reading between the lines correctly, it looks like we can forget any remaining hope that our burning questions about the show will be answered and instead look forward to a right romp of a finale.