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While the pace of "Lost" might make it seem the ABC series will never end, the two showrunners feel it might happen sooner rather than later, no matter what the ratings are like.

Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof told reporters during the winter Television Critics Association press tour says that while they want to do the show for "as long as it's good," "Lost" could very well end after Season 5 when just over 100 episodes have aired.

"Somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 to 100 episodes was going to be a version of 'Lost' where we never had to do the bad season, the stall season, where we had to back off the story we wanted to tell," Lindelof told reporters, according to Zap2it. Season 1 is the introduction, Season 2 is the hatch, Season 3 is the Others, I don't want to tell you what Season 4 is going to be, and then there's a wrapup season."

But don't fret, if you like to get your continuing dose of "Lost." ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson said that while he has been in close talks with the showrunners on how the show will end, there has been little discussion on when that would exactly happen. However, he did add that he would rather have the show end on a high note than to just "peter out."

"Obviously, they want the show to go on as long as possible, and all we can say is there's a show with us running it and a show without us running it, and if you want the show with us running it, this is when we think it should end," Cuse said.

"Lost," which picks up again Feb. 7, is up for two Golden Globes awards Monday night including Best TV Drama Series and Best Actress in a TV Drama for Evangeline Lilly. Lilly also was a SyFy Genre Award winner last year for Best Actress/Television.