The New Man in Charge

[1] The epilogue focuses on the actions taken by the characters of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) and Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), after the events of the series finale, "The End".

Some time after the events of "The End," in 2010, Ben visits two Dharma Initiative workers, Hector (Ted Rooney) and Glenn (Ray Porter), in a warehouse in Guam.

Ben dismisses the two workers from their job of loading a food pallet as he is "tying up loose ends," and after paying them, reveals that the Dharma Initiative has not been in existence for over twenty years.

Before Ben can leave, the workers request some answers and he complies by showing them the orientation film of the Dharma Initiative's Hydra Station.

And we do have the satisfaction of seeing what happened to some of the people whose storylines were not resolved in the finale"[7] In a later interview, Emerson said that the epilogue scene seems to set up a new spinoff series.

However, he denied that the writers were actively developing a spinoff project, explaining "I don't think it was their idea to leave such a door open"[8] Following the completion of the epilogue, Lindelof wrote on his Twitter page, "I'm so glad we made ‘The New Man in Charge.’ I was starting to miss getting yelled at.

[11] Entertainment Weekly writer Jeff "Doc" Jensen gave the epilogue a mixed review, stating "I accept 'The End' as the conclusion to the final chapter of Lost that was season 6.