What Ты saw on television, the Показать itself, was the ten percent of the 'iceberg' above the water. But the majority of our time in the writer's room was spent constructing the part below it. The details. The timeliness. The intricate backstories... -Darlton

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JACK Shephard
A gifted surgeon and natural leader, Jack Shephard's greatest strengths were always tempered...