"Abrams: That was my favorite thing about writing that pilot. Our joke was that we jumped the shark at the end of the first act of the pilot. Orci: What was the end of the first act? Oh—the smoke monster? Abrams: Yeah. Lindelof: You don’t see it—you just hear it. Abrams: We got that far, and then said to the audience, “You’re watching a show where crazy shit will happen. So do not question. Just go with it.” And we thought that would give us license to do anything. But people still thought it was a dinosaur."