Damon Lindelof admits they "Jumped the Shark"

Here’s a portion of an article that features the one-on-one conversation between blogger Ed Bark and Damon Lindelof after Yesterdays TCA Tour panel:

Queried by locatetv.com after a packed Lost interview session Tuesday morning, Lindelof was asked about duplicitous Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) and his “moving” of the island at the end of Season 4. He did so by descending into a subterranean secret place and laboriously turning a frost-laden wheel. Might that have been a bonafide “jump the shark” moment for some Lost loyalists?

“Sure,” Lindelof agreed. “I think that the show has probably jumped the shark at least a dozen times now. Fortunately for us as storytellers, but unfortunately for a mainstream audience. Yes, absolutely. There was a time when there were 23 million people watching Lost. And that time has passed.

“Everytime this show takes a risk and declares itself more overtly, there are going to be people who say, ‘I wasn’t watching a show about time travel. I don’t like that show. I don’t want to watch this anymore.’ But we have to tell the story that we’re committed to. We can’t really compromise that.”

Source: Full Article @ locatetv (Contains Spoilers)