Warning: Minor spoilers about the general direction of season 6.
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We’ve done flash backs, flash forwards, time travel, and now … flash sideways!
“On the heels of that intriguing statement, Evangeline Lilly (‘Kate’) gave Lost fans a new term to chew on – ‘flash-sideways.’ Adding to Kim’s mention of the two different dimensions, Lilly got pretty specific, saying, ‘Kate, on the island, she’s sort of the standard of normalcy. And back in these flash-sideways – it’s very exciting that I can talk about it finally! – she’s a fugitive again. She’s on the run again. Only this time, instead of being tormented by it, she’s digging it. She sort of gets her kicks from it.’”
From http://tv.ign.com/articles/106/1065366p1.html
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