If you’re like me, this last season of Lost has been startling (if not predictably frustrating as well) and I was lucky enough to talk to three of the writers for the show – Melinda Hsu Taylor, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Specifically, I wanted to talk to them about the shaping of the Asian American characters on the show as well as some of the casting history. The interviews are split into two parts.

Part 1
Part 2

Apparently, Complex is hiring Asian American majors with a top line Netflix account since someone was able to turn out a mind-blowing 51 pop culture examples of Asian men with non-Asian women. I have a few small quibbles (too much Jackie Chan and Jet Li examples, not knowing that Chi Muoi Lo and Sanaa Lathan actually were a couple) but otherwise, this is scarily comprehensive.