Uchungechunge oluthi "Lost" selusenye yamaphrojekthi we-TV anqumayo ka-2010. Idrama yesayensi yesayensi ye-surrealic yaphuma zonke izinkathi eziyisithupha phakathi kuka-2004 no-2010, iqala inqwaba yezingxoxo ngesiqhingi sakhe esiyimfihlakalo nezimfihlo ezimnyama zalabo abalingiswa babo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yiyona "Hlala ephila" wavula umhlaba walezizindatshana ezinjengoJay Jay Abrams noDamon Lindelof. Futhi vumela lolu chungechunge luphele kude nenani eliphakeme lokuthandwa kwakhe futhi alizange linikeze izimpendulo kuyo yonke imibuzo, usalokhu eyingqophamlando emlandweni wochungechunge lwesimanje lwethelevishini.
"Hlala uphila" uphilayo "ukhishwe njengomuntu ongaziwa futhi ojwayelekile, ngenxa yalokho ababukeli abaningi abahlala benganelisekile. Kusukela lapho, sekudlule iminyaka eyishumi, kepha akuphenywanga ukuthi kwakuyisiphetho esivelele esizoholela eqinisweni lokuthi uchungechunge luzoqalwa kabusha - sithole le mibiko ye-portal mayelana nokuthi kungenzeka le mibiko yale micimbi. Ngokusho komthombo, izingxoxo zezingxoxo zokushisa sezikhona, yize kusenesikhathi kakhulu ukuthi ingakhuluma ngezinye izinqumo ezithile. Kubikwa ukuthi le nguqulo entsha ethi "Hlala iphila" ingaba "ivuthwa ngokwengeziwe", futhi abakhiqizi bazibandakanye lapho besesha ipulatifomu yokuhlanza, okuzobe sekukulungele ukuthatha le phrojekthi.
Cishe, izilaleli bezizothatha ukubuya 'zihlale ziphila' ngentshiseko, ngoba ithuba lokuthi kuzoba nencazelo eqondakalayo yemfihlakalo ehlelelwe kuyo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umbuzo uhambisana nakanjani ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukungena emfuleni owodwa kabili. Imibhalo kuzodingeka ukuthi izame ngokungazethembi ukuthi ayidumazi umphakathi.