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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn
I didn't find it condescending or insulting in any way. I also, as stated, didn't notice any retconning.
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I don't see how you can even argue that it isn't condescending. All throughout the series a large contingent of LOST fans were speculating about all sorts of unexplained plot points and mysteries. They were asking a lot of questions. This epilogue was made in large part because this contingent of fans felt unsatisfied by the show's final season; they didn't think that enough of the island's mysteries were explained. So we're told there will be an epilogue on the boxed set that explains some things. This is ostensibly meant to appease this question-filled contingent of fans. So the question-filled fans all watch this epilogue and what do they get? Two clueless Dharma employees asking questions about island mysteries. These employees are surrogates for the question-filled fans. The implication is clear: these two dumbshits (they are portrayed as dumbshits) ask silly questions and so the question-filled fans are likewise just dumbshits that ask silly questions. Adding onto that massive amount of condescension that Damon and Carlton have for some of their show's fans is that Ben Linus becomes visibly annoyed at the questions. Linus takes the question answering segment like it is a banal chore. He's dialogue from this epilogue is a de facto rebuke from Damon and Carlton towards the fans that weren't on-board with how they ended the series. That first part of the epilogue takes special care to make fun of a large portion of the show's fanbase.