“I’m missing my prom to watch the finale of your show, and have almost lost a long-time girlfriend over it,” the fan emailed. “If that is not loyalty … I do not know what is.”

What kind of a high-school holds its prom on a Sunday, a bemused Cuse said on the podcast.

“You know what?” he said. “I just want to say that if your school is having their prom on a Sunday, you’re far better off staying home and watching Lost. I mean, why on a Sunday? What’s up with that? Where is he, Tacoma?”

Tacoma, Washington, Lindelof replied.

“You know what the problem with Tacoma is?” Cuse said. “It’s not in Canada.”