A Lost Epilogue?
Michael Emerson (Lost's Benjamin Linus) says that the Lost DVD set will include an epilogue:
It turns out that when the complete Lost series is released on DVD, the set will include what Emerson calls an "epilogue" that will focus on Ben and Hurley protecting the Island in the post-Jack era.
"It's 12 or 14 minutes that opens a window onto that gap of unknown time between Hurley becoming number one and the end of the series," Emerson told host Kevin Pereira. "It's self-contained, although it's a rich period in the show's mythology that has never been explored."
So... the flash sideways was the post life before they could move on, but the island story was real. It's all very confusing :)
