twooffour said:

I can't find the source in the link, so just a question to throw out there... is the source reliable? Because from the sounds of it, it sounds way too much like some duck a jokester or GL hater could've written.. you know... it's just way too convenient.

It's legit. It was even read aloud to the audience by Lost's producer. Lucas gives the "always planned" spiel only about half the time, depending on the audience. Sometimes the homey, flying by the seat-of-the-pants, making it up as we go- version suits the situation better.