1. Where are they? An island that is apparently in the south Pacific. The island itself is an enigma, seems to be hidden from the world, and may have a will of its own. (See various episodes). It is the center of a Source of special light and power, a light that apparently touches all life. This is what seems to make it special. (See "Across the Sea")
2. Where did the transmission come from? There is a radio tower on the island that is transmitting the message. (See "Solitary" and "Through the Looking Glass".)
3. Why is there a polar bear on the island? The result of the DHARMA Initiative's testing to make the animal able to survive in multiple environments. The bear probably came from the Hydra. (See "Orientation", "A Tale of Two Cities", and The Lost Experience)
4. What is the huge people-killing thing in the jungle? The man in black and the twin brother of island protector Jacob. He manifests and attacks in the form of black smoke. His goal since life is to leave the island, while Jacob, knowing his transformation has twisted him, keeps him trapped there. (See "Across the Sea")
5. Why was Kate in custody? She killed her father (See "What Kate Did")
6. What is Locke's secret? Before the plane crashed, he was in a wheelchair (See "Walkabout")
7. What caused the plane to crash? Desmond failed to enter the numbers in the Swan, causing the electromagnetic field near the station to build up, apparently bringing the plane down (See "Live Together, Die Alone").
8. To what was the transmission referring (It killed them)? Unknown. Rousseau refers to it as "the sickness" though there's little evidence that this exists. (See "Solitary"). It seems that she might have bee referring to the monster affecting her teammates and changing them, a similar claim later made of Claire and Sayid. (See "This Place is Death" and Season 6)

1. What did Locke see when he looked at the monster? Locke sees a very bright, beautiful light. (See "The Cost of Living"). The man in black may have taken the bodies to use them, though why he took them and not John Locke's is not explained.
2. Why did it spare him? The Man in Black is not able to directly kill the candidates. (See "The Candidate")
3. Who is in Sayid's picture? His friend and long lost love Nadia. (See "Solitary")
4. Is Rose right about her husband? Indeed she is. Bernard survived with others in the tail section. (See "Everybody Hates Hugo").
5. Who is that man that Jack sees? It's his father. (See "White Rabbit")
6. How was Locke paralyzed? He was thrown out of a window by his father. (See "The Man from Tallahassee")

1. Why is Jack's father's coffin empty? Unknown, though this particular phenomenon may have been repeated in "The Cost of Living".

1. Who are "Adam and Eve"? The ancient bodies of the man in black and his and Jacob's adoptive mother. (See "Across the Sea")
2. How did they get there? Jacob placed them there. (See "Across the Sea")
3. What are the significance of the black and white rocks? Jacob placed them there to show respect. They were originally part of a game both boys played and later came to symbolize the struggle between himself and MiB (See Season 6)

1. Who knocked Sayid out and why? Locke knocks him out because he feels that tracking down the source of the transmission will only lead to more trouble. (See "The Greater Good")
2. How did they survive the plane crash? Unknown, though Jacob probably had something to do with it.

1. What is the sickness Rousseau mentioned? She believes that the monster infected her crew mates. (See "This Place is Death")
2. Who are the others on the island? The island's original inhabitants. They wiped out the DHARMA personnel stationed on the island and took over their modern accomodations and facilities. Their motivations are still unclear though they answer (or believe that they answer) to someone named Jacob. (See Season 3)
3. What's the Black Rock? A slave ship that washed up onto the island (See "Exodus")
4. What were the whispers Sayid hears? The dead who, due to some actions they took in life, cannot move beyond the island and are stuck in limbo. (See "Everybody Loves Hugo")
5. Where does that cable go? It runs to an underwater station called the Looking Glass as well as other stations on the island (See "Greatest Hits")

1. Did the psychic know about the plane crash? It seems unlikely as he later admits that he's a fraud (See "?")
2. Did he put Claire on that flight intentionally? If supplementary material is to be believed, then yes. (See Season 2 DVD bonus materials)
3. Where did Ethan come from? Ethan runs with the Others.
4. Do Claire's dreams have any significance? Unknown. Maybe they were given to her by MiB or Jacob. Or maybe they were just dreams.

1. Where did Ethan take Claire? To one of the DHARMA stations, the Staff. It's a medical station where they could monitor and later remove, her baby. (See "Maternity Leave")
2. What exactly did Locke and Boone find in the jungle? The hatch to the buried DHARMA station the Swan. (See early Season 2, especially "Orientation")
3. What does Hurley mean when he says he's something of a warrior himself? Unknown. Anyone?
4. How is Hurley good for the money he owes Walt? Hurley is lottery winner and worth several million dollars. (See "Numbers")

1. What's the significance of the plane? It's an item that she associates with Tom, the first person she fell in love with. (See "Born to Run")

1. Why was Sawyer arrested? He was in a bar fight with an Australian government official. (See "Exodus, Part 1")

1. Is Walt special? It seems so, but the exact reason why isn't known (See "Man of Science, Man of Faith", "Abandoned", "Three Minutes", and "Through the Looking Glass").
2. Does he have some kind of supernatural ability? See previous question's answer.
3. Where has Claire been? In the hands of the Others, who were testing and nearly removed her baby. (See "Maternity Leave")
4. How did she escape from Ethan? She was assisted by an Other named Alex. (See "Maternity Leave")

1. Who's the real Sawyer? Locke's father Anthony Cooper. (See "The Brig")
2. Was the boar really the Duckett's spirit? Unknown. It's possible, if Duckett is one of the souls trapped on the island.
3. Are the voices Sawyer hears the same Sayid hears? Yes.
4. When and why did Kate get married? Sometime during her life as a fugitive. (See "I Do")
5. Who exactly did Kate kill? Her abusive biological father. (See "What Kate Did")
6. The man she loved? No, though she did arguably play some part in his death. (See "Born to Run")

1. Where's the radio tower? On another part of the island, finally seen in "Through the Looking Glass".
2. Where did the numbers come from? The numbers are the result of the Valenzetti Equation and will somehow lead to the moment where humanity destroys itself. (See The Lost Experience). They also correspond with most of the surviving candidates. (See "The Substitute")
3. Are they really cursed? Unknown, though Hurley seems to decide that they are not in "Tricia Tanaka is Dead"
4. Why are they on the hatch? They are the sequence needed to reset the countdown ever 108 minutes. (See "Orientation")

1. How long ago did the drug plane crash? Several years at least, though seeing Eko's age, probably less than 10. (See "The 23rd Psalm")
2. Where did Locke's dream come from? Unknown. Possibly the island itself. Possibly MiB trying to manipulate him.
3. Why did the hatch light up? Desmond flipped it on when he heard Locke pounding. (See "Live Together, Die Alone")
4. Who did Boone contact over the radio? Bernard from the tailies. (See "The Other 48 Days")
5. Why did Locke's paralysis apparently start to return? Unknown. Possibly a test from the island.

1. Why is Walt freaked out about the hatch? Unknown. Perhaps he can sense the problems it causes them in the future (See Season 2)
2. Is that why he now wants off of the island? Probably. Things don't exactly improve in the future.

1. Why did Jack's marriage end? Sarah cheated on him and they divorced. (See "The Hunting Party")
2. Is Rousseau correct about the monster being a security system? No, it's a supernatural entity, the killing form of the Man in Black. (See Season 6)
3. What on or about the island does it protect? It doesn't, it wants to leave.

1. When and why did Claire scratch Rousseau? While she was disoriented during her escape from the Others. (See "Maternity Leave")
2. Just what is that wispy monster/security system? The Man in Black (See Season 6).
3. Who kidnaps Walt? And why? The Others? Yes, they believe he is somehow special and wanted to test him in various ways. (See "Three Minutes")

Season Two

Man of Science, Man of Faith

1. Why is Desmond in the hatch? He is performing a task in which he must push a button every 108 minutes. (See "Orientation" and "Live Together, Die Alone".)
2. How did he get there? He crashed his boat on the island while trying to get around the world. (See "Live Together, Die Alone".)
3. What in the hatch is causing the strong magnetic force? A giant electromagnet, (See "Live Together, Die Alone".)
4. Did Shannon really see Walt in the jungle? Unknown what the exact nature is, but it's possible. (See "Three Minutes")
5. Why does Desmond have so many guns in the hatch? Likely protection for their war with the Others. (See "Live Together, Die Alone", "Enter 77", and "The Man Behind the Curtain")

1. Why must the numbers be input into the computer every 108 minutes? In order to stop the buildup of the giant electromagnet near the compound. (See "Orientation" and "Live Together, Die Alone")
2. Why did the shark have the logo on its fin? It was part of the animal testing done by the Dharma Initiative. (See "Orientation" and "A Tale of Two Cities".)

1. What was the incident mentioned by Dr. Candle? The DHARMA Initiative digging into the ground above an electromagnetic pocket, releasing enormous amounts of energy and pulling anything magnetic toward it. (See "The Incident")

1. Why was concrete poured in the hatch? What is is blocking? The electromagnet. (See "Live Together, Die Alone")
2. What happened to the other group of survivors? Why are there now so few?Worse living conditions and frequent contact and abduction by the Others whittled their numbers down. (See "The Other 48 Days")
3. What is the purpose of the other hatch? The Arrow's primary purpose was to develop defense strategies against the Others. (See "Because You Left")

1. Why was Goodwin killed? He was an Other who lost a fight with Ana Lucia (See "The Other 48 Days")
2. Who is the child with the Others? One of the children from the plane's tail section. (See "Stranger in a Strange Land")

1. What happened to Cindy? She was abducted by the Others (See "Stranger in a Strange Land".)
2. Do the Others cause the whispering? Nope, dead people in limbo.

1. Who did the glass eye belong to? To whom did any of the items in the hatch belong? Unknown

1. What is the purpose of the blast doors? They seal the Swan during a lockdown incident. (See "Lockdown")
2. How could the computer lead to another incident? If the button isn't pushed or the fail safe not turned, the energy beneath the Swan would build up enough to again start pulling all magnetic objects toward it. (See "Live Together, Die Alone" and "The Incident")
3. Was that really Walt on the computer? Unlikely. More likely a ruse by the Others to lure Michael to them. (See "Three Minutes" and "Exposé")
4. From where is he sending? Likely one of the facilities controlled by the Others, such as the Hydra. (See Season Three)
5. Was that the horse Kate saw from before? Unknown.
6. Did Wayne really possess Sawyer? Unknown.

1. Was that the part of the island monster or the entire thing? That's pretty much it.
2. Why did it leave Eko alone? Unknown, though it may have been planning to recruit and/or manipulate Eko to use against Jacob. (See Season 6)
3. Why did it show him flashes of what appeared to be his past? It was likely downloading information that it could later use against Eko. (See "The Cost of Living")
4. How did a plane that left Nigeria end up in the south Pacific? Unknown. Maybe it was Jacob or the MiB.

1. Where is Michael? In the hands of the Others (See "Three Minutes")
2. Why did "Zeke" quote Alvar Hanso? The Others have some knowledge and former contact with DHARMA. (See "Enter 77" and "The Man Behind the Curtain")
3. How did the Others get on the island? Why are they there? Unknown, though they were there before DHARMA and are considered to be native. (See "The Man Behind the Curtain"), though they probably descended from people Jacob brought. (See "The Incident")
4. Why do they do what they do? They seem to be trying to unlock the mysteries of the island and defend their home from any who would trespass. (See Season 3)

1. Where did Charlie's visions come from? What were their purpose? Unknown.

1. Who is Henry? Is Sayid right about him? Yes. Henry is one of the Others and in fact their leader. (See "Live Together, Die Alone" and "The Glass Ballerina")

1. Why did the Others want Aaron? Not completely clear, but likely having to do with the Others' trend of taking "good people" and give them a better life as well as for more information on the island's tendency to cause miscarriages. (See "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "One of Us".
2. Why have they seemed to lose interest in him? Unclear, though having Walt may have kept them occupied. (See "Three Minutes" and and mobisode "Room 23".
3. What's the purpose of the vaccine?Ostensibly to treat either a sickness that may exist on the island or, according to Juliet, help late-staged pregnant women who come to the island ward off the island's harmful effects. Juliet, however, is now known to have lied and there is quite a bit of evidence that no sickness even exists. (See "Maternity Leave", "Three Minutes", "Live Together, Die Alone", and "One of Us".
4. Just how civilized are the Others?As civilized as they come. They live in a modern village, use the old DHARMA equipment, and only use the dirty, uncivilized appearance as an act to mislead and intimidate the other islanders. (See all of Season 3)

1. How was Jin's impotence reversed? Unknown, but likely the island's apparent healing properties (See "Walkabout", "S.O.S.", "Three Minutes", "D.O.C.", "The Brig", "Through the Looking Glass", "Because You Left")
2. Was it? Yes. (See "D.O.C.")
3. Did Sun tell the truth? No. She did indeed have an affair with Jae Lee. (See "The Glass Ballerina".)
4. Who does take a pregnancy test on a plane? Unknown.

1. What is the purpose of the lockdown? The exact purpose is unknown, though possibly related to the supply drop.
2. How was it triggered? Unknown, though the electronics can be shorted to force a lockdown. (See "Live Together, Die Alone")
3. What was the map? Who made it? A map of the island painted by previous Swan occupants Radzinsky and Kelvin. (See "Live Together, Die Alone")
4. Where did the food drop come from?Unknown, though it can be initiated from the Flame. (See "Enter 77")

1. How and why did Hurley see Dave? Possibly a relapse into Hurley's previous mental state or an island-induced vision.
2. What is it Mr. Eko and Charlie are building? A church. (See "S.O.S.")
3. Who is the "Him" Henry refers to? Jacob. See "The Man Behind The Curtain.")
4. Why was Libby in the hospital? Unknown.
5. Did Henry tell the truth about not inputting the numbers? No. Had he not done so, the results would have resembled the end of "Live Together, Die Alone."
6. Has he told the truth about anything? Not really. He's lied about his name, where he's from, that he wasn't an Other, etc. (See Season 3)

1. Did the island cure Rose's cancer? It seems that way.
2. If so, how? The island's apparent healing properties.
3. Why is Henry toying with Locke? Manipulating events and people to get the solution he desires. (See the rest of season 2 and season 3.

1. Does Jack have a half sister living in Australia? He did. It was Claire. (See "Par Avion")
2. Why did Michael shoot Ana and Libby and allow Henry to escape?He did it to help "Henry" escape and get Walt back from the Others. Libby was accidental. (See "Three Minutes")

1. Where does the pneumatic tube lead? A clearing elsewhere on the island (See "Live Together, Die Alone")
2. Who is surveilling the Pearl hatch? Another part of the DHARMA Initiative, though unknown as to exactly who.
3. Is Dr. Wickmund a different man than Dr. Candle? No, they are the same man using different aliases. (See "Because You Left")
4. What are the nature of Eko's dream? The MiB is manipulating him.
5. And Locke's? Probably the same explanation as Eko's
6. Where is Pala Ferry? On the far side of the island from the beach. (See "Live Together, Die Alone")
7. What are the barracks? Living quarters for the DHARMA Initiative that were taken over by the Others (See Season 3)
8. Did Charlotte have contact with Yemi when she appeared to have died? Unknown, but considering the finale, probably.
9. Who left the cigarette behind in the Pearl? Unknown. Probably an Other.

1. Why do the Others want Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley? Jack was needed to perform surgery on Ben. Kate and Sawyer were kept captive probably as leverage over Jack as well as for some manual labor. Hurley was needed only to tell the other Lostaways that their friends were in the hands of the Others. (See "Live Together, Die Alone" and "The Cost of Living".
2. Why did the Others need a blood sample from Michael? Unknown. Possibly a paternity test.
3. What has Walt demonstrated that have prompted Ms. Klugh's questions? Not totally clear, but likely having to do with his tendency to turn up in multiple places and to lead to the deaths of birds. (See "Special", "Man of Science, Man of Faith", "Abandoned", "Through the Looking Glass", and mobisode "Room 23")
4. How have the Others "tested" Walt? Unknown, though some of it was related to Room 23. (See "Not in Portland" and mobisode "Room 23")
5. What is the room? Some Clockwork Orange-like room where fast moving images are shown to a strapped in subject. (See "Not in Portland" and "Room 23")
6. Who's in that boat? Desmond, the guy from the hatch. See the next episode.

1. What did Desmond do to get dishonorably discharged from the military? The exact reason is unknown, though it's said he failed to "follow orders".
2. Why was Desmond unable to escape in his boat? It seems that the island is set up in a way that only one specific heading can be followed to leave it. (See this episode and "The Economist")
3. What was the statue? A statue of Taweret. Possibly seen in its full form in "LaFleur" and Season 6
4. What happened to Desmond, Eko, and Locke? Locke and Eko were apparently ejected from the Swan. Locke loses his voice and Eko is attacked by a polar bear. Desmond is sent back in time and back to England. (See "Further Instructions" and "Flashes Before Your Eyes".)

Season Three

A Tale of Two Cities

1. What is the purpose of the Hydra? DHARMA used the Hydra facility for zoological testing with animals such as the polar bears and the shark.
2. Why do the Others have a modern community in the middle of the island? They moved in after killing the DHARMA Initiative. (See "The Man Behind the Curtain")
3. Why are they so hostile to the survivors of 815? It seems they'll do whatever it takes to protect the island from any possible threats.
4. Why did they take Jack, Kate, and Sawyer? Jack to operate on Ben's tumor. Kate and Sawyer likely as leverage against him. (See "The Cost of Living")
5. Was Karl really another captive, or a plant? He was a captive. Ben was not having his daughter see that guy. Oh, and get pregnant by his hand, either. (See "Through the Looking Glass")
6. How did the Others get so much information on Jack? Not really sure. Apparently, they have some amazing information-gathering resources.
7. Did Jack really hear his father's voice in that intercom? Not sure, though it should be noted he says the same thing here that he does to Jack in "The End".
8. Was it the Others screwing with him, or something else? Unknown.
9. Is Tom gay? Yep. (See "Meet Kevin Johnson")

1. What do the Others have Kate and Sawyer working on? A runway. (See "Through The Looking Glass")

1. Where did Locke's visions come from? Unknown. The Island, perhaps? His drug? Man in black? Jacob?
2. What do they mean? There are undoubtedly multiple interpretations, the main being he needs to help Eko. Charlie, Claire, and Aaron are fine "for a while" until Charlie dies. Sayid is with Jin and Sun at the moment and they turn out okay. Desmond does take care of most of his vision-related problems, including finding Naomi and mostly does fend for himself throughout the season. And Locke isn't able to help Jack until he does save Eko and Eko dies. But, like I said, many interpretations.
3. Did Desmond experience his own vision? Can he see the future now? He sure can. (See "Flashes Before Your Eyes")
4. How did Locke, Eko, and Desmond survive the destruction of the hatch? Unknown about Locke and Eko. Desmond seems to have a special nature that lets him do those things. (See "Happily Ever After".
5. Why was Desmond the only one to lose his clothes? Unknown, though probably having to do with his proximity to the kill switch.

1. Where did the bodies go? Unknown. Possibly taken by the Monster
2. Does the monster have its own agenda? Indeed it does. It is the Man in Black performing its crazy scheme to get off the island. (See Season 6)
3. Speaking of agendas, is there really dissent among the Others' ranks or is it another trick? There's dissent with Juliet, at least. And Pickett's none too happy with losing his wife. (See the rest of Season 3)
4. Who is the man with the eyepatch? Mikhail, an Other masquerading as one of DHARMA who mans the Flame (See "Enter 77").
5. Does the glass eye belong to him? Unknown.
6. Is the monster related to all of the island visions? It's difficult to say "all", though he's certainly responsible for Eko's in this episode.

1. Who is Jacob? The leader of the Others and an apparently Island-related entity (See "The Man Behind the Curtain"). He's also the island's protector. (See "Across the Sea")
2. He has a list, too? He might, but seeing as Ben has never seen Jacob at this point, it's probably one he himself made up. (See "Follow the Leader")

1. Was Karl being brainwashed? Possibly. Whatever the reason, it's a room that gave Walt some stress as well. (See "Three Minutes" and mobisode "Room 23")
2. For what purpose? Unknown, though likely to make him a less dissenting Other. And possibly punishment from Ben for his feelings toward Alex.
3. Was Jacob's name drop in the video have anything to do with the Jacob with the list? Unknown.
4. Why has Juliet not been allowed to go home? Because Ben is rather possessive of her (See "The Other Woman").

1. How did the hatch implosion cause Desmond to become unstuck in time? Unknown. Something to do with that large electromagnet, though.
2. What is the nature of Ms. Hawking's visions? Unknown.

1. Why do the Others want to give some of the crash survivors a better life? Unknown.
2. What exactly were they supposed to be watching? Juliet's trial.
3. What does Cindy mean when she says it's "more complicated"? UMaybe the fact that they're integrating some of them into the Others. (See "LA X")

1. What's Roger's story? A former DHARMA work man and Ben's abusive father. He was killed in the Purge (See "The Man Behind The Curtain").

1. Why was it necessary for Mikhail to kill Klugh? Seems to be their plan for hiding information from their enemies.
2. Is Mikhail being truthful about the "purge"? For the most part it seems (See "The Man Behind the Curtain").
3. Has he been truthful about anything? Probably.

1. How do the Others know so much about the survivors of 815? Not only do they have access to the outside world, but they seem to have quite a few resources as well.
2. Does their contact with the outside world allow this? See above answer.
3. Why does Mikhail thank Locke for killing him? Probably because now he doesn't have to give up information. Or maybe he realizes he's not going to die (See "D.O.C.").
4. Why is there such an extreme security measure surrounding the barracks? Is it to keep people in or out? Or both? DHARMA put it up to keep the Others out (See "LeFleur").
5. Why does Jack seem to be so chummy with the Others? He made a deal to get off of the island (See "The Man from Tallahassee").
6. Why did Locke take the C4? Never know when it will come in handy against the Others. And it definitely does. (See "The Man From Tallahasee")

1. How and why did the Others get Anthony Cooper? They staged the accident and brought him to the Island (Answered by the creators in Blu-Ray extra "Access: Granted").
2. Is the "magic box" mentioned by Ben something that's actually substantial? If so, what is it? Not literally, no. The Others were just able to grab Anthony themselves.

1. Was it the monster that sent the spiders after Nikki or just the female spider's powerful pheromones? The monster did have a hand (or the smokey equivalent) involved (See March 21, 2008 podcast).

1. Has Locke joined the Others? Not yet, but he's trying to. (See "The Brig")
2. What happened after he saw his father? They hung out with the Others for a few days, then Locke took Cooper to the Black Rock. And Sawyer killed him. (See "The Brig")
3. Where have the Others gone? Elsewhere. (See "The Man Behind The Curtain")
4. Where has Rousseau gone? Likely left after getting to see her daughter.
5. What were the flashes as the monster approached Juliet and Kate? Unknown. Possibly related to the flashes/memories seen by Mr. Eko in "The 23rd Psalm" and Ben in "Dead is Dead".

1. Why do the Others have so much faith in Jacob? He seems to have some supernatural element to him as well as a connection to the Island. (See "The Man Behind The Curtain")
2. Was anything Juliet said the truth? Yes. At this point, she's pretty firmly on the Lostaway side.
3. Did Ben tell Juliet the truth about Rachel's cancer? Unknown, though there's little reason for him to lie.
4. Why is Juliet spending a week in the Lostaway camp? She's supposed to mark the tents of Lostaway women who are pregnant or fertile, allowing the Others to abduct them (See "The Man Behind the Curtain").
5. How do the Others know about Frank Duckett? Unknown.
6. Why can no one who conceives on the island give birth there as well? Unknown. Possibly related to the incident, as children were able to be conceived and born on the island in 1977.
7. What horrible thing did Sayid do in Basra? Unknown.

1. Who is the helicopter's survivor? Naomi, the pilot working for the freighter (See the rest of this season and early next season).
2. How does she know Desmond? She's working for Charles Widmore (See "Confirmed Dead" and the rest of early Season 4).
3. Why did the helicopter crash? Mechanical failure likely due to the island's odd nature (See Season 4)
4. How does Brother Campbell know Ms. Hawking? Unknown. Possibly just a coincidence.
5. What does that have to do with Desmond's past time travel/vision? Unknown.

1. What really happened to flight 815? It really did crash. The remains found were planted by Widmore. (See "Meet Kevin Johnson")
2. What is Juliet's ultimate goal with the data she collects? Allow Ben to know who the fertile Lostaway women are. She turns on him, though. (See the next episode)

1. Does Ben know that Locke took the tape recorder? Apparently not.
2. Why did the helicopter malfunction when it found the island? Mechanical failure likely due to the island's odd nature (See Season 4)
3. Why is the island not on any map? It's been known to move. (See "There's No Place Like Home")
4. How did Cooper get there? The Others brought him.
5. If the plane crashed on the island, how did its identical wreckage end up near Bali? Widmore planted it.
6. Why does Danielle need the dynamite? To help Jack out with his plan against the attacking Others. (See "Through the Looking Glass").
7. Was Alpert really working against Ben? Possibly. The Others are far from the most cooperative group. Plus, he's more Jacob's guy than the current Others leader. (See "Ab Aerterno")
8. Who built the column to which Cooper was tied and why? Unknown. Probably the same people who built the statue. Maybe Others ancestors.
9. Why was Sayid digging? Probably something useful for the Lostaways. Maybe a new latrine.
10. Is Locke really special? According to the vision of Christian, he is. (See "Cabin Fever"). Turns out he was also one of Jacob's candidates. (See Season 6)

1. Just who, and what, is Jacob? The island's supernatural protector.
2. Why does he want Locke's help? We're not sure he did. It could have been the Man in Black manipulating Locke.
3. Why does Jacob hate technology? Unknown.
4. What is the purpose of the line of ash that Locke and Ben cross? It helps protect Jacob from the Man in Black. (See "The Incident" and "LA X")
5. How has Richard seemingly not aged in decades? Jacob made him that way. (See "Ab Aerterno")
6. How, and why, was Ben seeing his mother? Unknown, though likely either his mother was there in limbo (like Michael and Jacob's mother) or the MiB was manipulating him.
7. Why is Ben now the apparent leader of the Others?Not completely known, but he did play a large part in banishing Widmore, the Others' previous leader (See "Dead is Dead").
8. Why has DHARMA continued to make supply drops? Unknown. Possibly an automated process.
9. Why do the Others just let Locke beat on Mikhail?

1. Why are the Others jamming all transmissions off of the island? Probably to protect it from the likes of people like Widmore (See Season 4).
2. Was there really an accident in the Looking Glass? Apparently not. Ben lied to his people, who believed the station to be flooded. (See "Through the Looking Glass")
3. If so, was it related to "the incident"? Doubtful. It's unlikely the incident would affect the Looking Glass without affecting the other DHARMA stations.

1. How and why does the island talk to Ben? It doesn't. Ben's a liar. (See "Follow the Leader")
2. How did Walt appear? Unknown. Likely somehow using his psychic powers. Or it was MiB or Jacob.
3. Why didn't Ben or Locke want Jack to contact the ship? The danger it and the man behind it present to the Island (See Season 4).
4. Who did Naomi work for? Charles Widmore. (See Season 4)
5. Why did they want to find the island? Widmore wants to return. And he probably has a few other less savory ideas as well. (See Season 4 and "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
6. How did they find out about Penelope's efforts to locate it? Well, he is her father and a rich, resourceful man.
7. What is the temple? An area of the Island, apparently ancient, used by the Others as well as the monster. (See "Whatever Happened, Happened" and "Dead is Dead")
8. Why were the Others going there? Likely for their protection. (See "Meet Kevin Johnson")
9. Why is Ben so worried about forces that the island is facing? Because Widmore represents a grave threat to him and possibly the Island (See Season 4)
10. Why did he want the Looking Glass working and jamming all transmissions? To keep those outside of the Island from finding it and those on from contacting the outside world.
11. Why did the Others want a runway to be built? Jacob ordered it. (See the March 19, 2009 podcast)
12. Who died in the flash forward? John Locke (See "There's No Place Like Home".
13. Why did no one go to his funeral? Locke had an uneasy relationship with the other Lostaways (See Seasons 4 and 5).
14. Why does Jack want to go back to the island? Life isn't going too well for him and he keeps seeing things. (See "Something Nice Back Home" and "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham").
15. Who left the island? The Oceanic Six (Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sun, Sayid, and Aaron).
16. What are they up to now? See Season 4 and 5.
17. How did Kate manage to stay out of prison? Her mother, a key witness, chose not to testify against her. She got off on probation. (See "Eggtown")
18. How long after the event in the episode does the flash forward occur? 3 years.

Season Four

The Beginning of the End

1. Why was Jacob's cabin appearing to Hurley? Possibly so that he could later lead Locke and Ben there. (See "Cabin Fever")
2. Why and how was Christian Shephard in Jacob's chair? The Man in Black took it after the ash circle was broken. (See "The Incident" and "The Last Recruit")
3. Who looked out at Hurley? Jacob? The Man in Black again, messing with Hurley.
4. Who did Matthew Abaddon work for? Charles Widmore (See "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham.")
5. Who does he want to know is still alive? Those left behind on the island (See "There's No Place Like Home" and Season 5)
6. Who or what was responsible for the manifestation of Charlie that Hurley was seeing? Hurley can see the dead now.
7. Could Lewis see him, too? Apparently.
8. Who does Hurley need to help? The Lostaways still on the island (See Season 5)
9. What is it Jack is afraid Hurley will tell? The truth about the Oceanic 6 (See "There's No Place Like Home" and "The Lie")
10. Why is he sorry that he left with Locke? Probably because of all of the bad things that occurred afterward. (See the rest of this season)
11. Who are the rest of the Oceanic Six (Assuming three are Jack, Kate, and Hurley)? Sun, Sayid, and Aaron (See Season 4)

1. Why was Daniel upset about the news of 815's discovery? Daniels has had a few mental problems. (See "The Variable")
2. How did a DHARMA polar bear end up in Tunisia? Likely through the "exit" used by Ben and Locke after leaving the island, which leads to Tunisia. (See "The Shape of Things to Come" and "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
3. Why did Abaddon insist that there were no survivors from Flight 815? Probably to maintain Widmore's cover up. (See Seasons 4 and 5)
4. Why did he select these particular people for the mission? Daniel is a genius physicist who would have some idea of how to deal with the island and is personally recommended by Widmore (See "The Variable"), Charlotte was a DHARMA kid (See Season 5), and Miles... was also a DHARMA kid and can communicate with the dead. (See Season 5)
5. Why does the team want Ben? He's the most dangerous man to Widmore's plans (See the rest of Season 4 and 5)
6. Do they know about Ben's plant? I'm going with no.
7. How and why did Ben get someone on their boat? To enact his plan and foil Widmore's. (See "Meet Kevin Johnson")
8. Can Miles really communicate with ghosts or is he a con artist? Or both? Both. (See "Some Like it Hoth")
9. Is Daniel (the physicist) right about the light scattering strangely on the island? Unknown. But seeing as he's a physicist and knowing of the island's odd nature, it seems likely.

1. Why is Sayid working for Ben? Who is he protecting? To protect those still on the island and vengeance for Nadia's death. (See "The Shape of Things to Come")
2. What event was Ben alluding to (thinking with his heart before his gun)? Maybe some of those crazy island events that left some of his friends dead.
3. Who did Elsa work for? Unknown. Possibly Widmore.
4. Did she work for Abaddon? Unknown.
5. Is that why she has a bracelet similar to Naomi's? Unknown. Likely.
6. Why did the payload take so long to reach the island? There seems to be something of a time differential between the freighter and the island. (See "The Shape of Things to Come" and "Cabin Fever")
7. Where was it for the extra minutes on its timer? See previous answer.
8. Why did Ben have the hidden room with the extra clothes and passports in his house? Good for someone who needs to travel throughout the world while dodging his enemies like Widmore. (See Seasons 4 and 5)

1. Why are those no longer on the island telling a different story from what actually happened? To protect the friends they left behind from people like Widmore (See "The Lie" and "There's No Place Like Home")
2. How can Ben get 3.2 million dollars? Unknown.
3. What "can he do"? Unknown.
4. Who is after Ben? Charles Widmore. (See "The Shape of Things To Come.")
5. Where did the helicopter go? On its way to the frigate, but the time differential has the island's time well ahead of the boat's. (e.g. Ray's death who washed ahore in "The Shape of Things to Come" though he was killed on the boat in "Cabin Fever")
6. Is Regina telling the truth about it not reaching the boat? Probably, if the time theory is correct.

1. Why does time pass differently on the island than it does off of it? Unknown. The island seems to have an odd nature that way.
2. Who sabotaged the equipment? Michael.
3. Who opened the door? Michael.
4. Ben's plant? Yes. (See "Meet Kevin Johnson")
5. Why is the boat crew angry about bringing 815's survivors to the ship? Not completely known, though Widmore's plan probably doesn't need complications.

1. How did Harper slip away and/or disappear?It seems that the Others are just that good. They've lived on the island for a while.
2. How are the whispers involved? Since they are separate from the Others (See "Everybody Loves Hugo") perhaps Harper simply used them as a distraction.
3. How did Widmore learn about the island? He used to live there. He used to be leader of the Others. (See Season 5)
4. Is Ben correct about his motivations? Yes. Though he claims to have a change of heart later. (See "What They Died For")
5. Who is it Harper believes Juliet reminds Ben of??

1. How and why did Jin die? He is believed to have died when the freighter exploded (See "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"). However, he survived the explosion and the subsequent time jumps. (See "The Little Prince")
2. Why is Michael on the boat? He's working for Ben to stop Widmore's plans. (See "Meet Kevin Johnson")
3. Where did the bodies for the fake Flight 815 come from? Widmore put them there.
4. Why did Regina kill herself? The Island is screwing with people. (See the rest of this sesason)
5. Who (or what) was making the noise that Sayid noted "was not mechanical"? Probably Michael.

1. Why doesn't the captain want anyone to leave the boat? The island has been rather dangerous.
2. Were Michael's sightings of Libby all in his head or something else? Probably Jacob or the Man in Black, or possibly both since Christian shows up later. (See "The Last Recruit")
3. How did Miles know Michael was using an alias? Who shot Karl and Rousseau? Keamy's team (See the next episode)

1. Who killed the doctor and why? Keamy, because he's a jacka$$. (See "Cabin Fever")
2. How did Ben end up in the Sahara in a parka? The "wormhole" at the donkey wheel sent him there. (See "There's No Place Like Home" and "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham.")
3. What is behind the stone door in Ben's house? How did Ben bring or direct the monster to kill the mercenaries? An ancient cavern that Ben believes is used to summon the monster. Someone misled him, though. (See "Dead is Dead" and "What They Died For")
4. Why is Ben confident that Widmore won't find the Island again?It tends to move. (See There's No Place Like Home)

1. Why did Jack get sick when others like Rose, Locke, and Jin were cured? Unknown.
2. Who is Jack not supposed to raise? Aaron
3. Is it Aaron? Yes
4. Why was Jack so affected by the message? Life isn't exactly working out the way Jack wants it to.
5. Why did Christian visit Jack? Probably MiB trying to lure Jack back and kill him.
6. What did Kate promise to Sawyer? To take care of his daughter Clementine. (See "Whatever Happened, Happened.")
7. Where did Christian take Claire? Just away, it seems. She was stranded on the island, tortured by the Others, and had only the MiB as her friend. (See Season 6)

1. Why was Alpert so interested in Locke? Because a few years before, Locke walked into the Others' camp and told him about their meeting and dropped hints about Richard's own future. (See "Jughead")
2. Did Abaddon know that the plane would crash at the island? Probably not, but it is quite a coincidence.
3. Why did he encourage Locke to go on the walkabout? Unknown
4. What is Locke's connection to the island? He's one of Jacob's candidates. (See "The Substitute.")
5. Why are Christian and Claire in Jacob's cabin?MiB has taken it over and is hanging on to Claire to probably use her. (See "The Incident" and Season 6)
6. What has happened to Claire since the last episode? Unknown. MiB influence? "Infection"? (See Season 6)
7. Why does Christian not want Locke to tell anyone that Claire was in the cabin? Unknown. Maybe he just didn't want other people screwing with his plans. (See Season 6)
8. What is the secondary protocol? Probably whatever Keamy and his team were planning to do at the Orchid. (See "There's No Place Like Home.")
9. What is the device strapped to Keamy? A remote detonator for explosives aboard the freighter. (See "There's No Place Like Home")

1. What is the Orchid's function?The Orchid is meant to study time travel, though it covers as a botanical research station. (See "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" and "Because You Left")
2. Who planted the explosives? Keamy? Yes
3. Is that why he's wearing the device seen in the last episode? Yes
4. Why are the Oceanic Six lying about their ordeal? They want to protect their friends still on the island from people like Charles Widmore. (See "The Lie")

1. Was Charlotte born on the island? Was she a DHARMA kid? An Other? Yes, she was a child of the DHARMA Initiative. (See "This Place is Death" and "LeFleur")
2. Why did she leave? The evacuation prior to the incident. (See "The Incident.")
3. What does Sawyer tell Kate? To take care of his daughter, Clementine. (See "Whatever Happened, Happened")
4. Is Jin dead? Nope. (See "The Little Prince")
5. What happened to the people who just had life vests on the boat? Unknown. They don't show up again. Probably dead.
6. What happened to Faraday's boat? It reached the island and Faraday's party jumped through time with everyone else. (See Season 5)
7. What happened on the island after the Oceanic Six left? Time jumping and dying (See Season Five)
8. Where did Sayid take Hurley? Away from the men attacking them. (See "The Lie")
9. How did Locke really die? Ben killed him. (See "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
10. How did Miles know that Charlotte had been to the island before? Maybe the dead told him. (See Season 5)
11. Where did the island go? Another time and another place. (See Season 5)
12. Who put the frozen wheel on the island? The man in black started building it with a shipwrecked crew. We don't know who finished it. (See "Across the Sea")
13. Why does the Orchid tape rewind itself? Unknown. Maybe it's simply old and defective.
14. Who is on the phone in Kate's dream? Unknown.

Season Five

Because You Left

1. Who are the men trying to capture Sayid and Hurley? Probably men working for Widmore (See this season)
2. Why is Charlotte's nose bleeding? An effect of the constant time jumping. (See "Jughead" and "This Place is Death")
3. When and why did Daniel travel back to infiltrate DHARMA? He joins DHARMA along with Sawyer, Juliet, Jin, and Miles. He investigates this scene "The Variable".
4. Why did the Others not travel through time with Locke? Unknown. Maybe because they're not candidates.
5. Why does Locke have to die to save the island? He doesn't, really. Only to get the Man in Black's plans forward. (See "Follow the Leader", "The Incident", and Season 6)
6. When will he give Richard the compass? Back in the 1950s (See "Jughead")

1. How does Ben know Ms. Hawking? The fact that she's a former Other probably has something to do with it.
2. What was in Ben's bag? Probably the gun he plans to use to shoot Penny. (See "Dead is Dead")
3. Why does Ben only have 70 hours? They must get the precise conditions needed to return the Oceanic Six to the island (See "316")
4. Who attacked the camp with flaming arrows? Probably the Others
5. Who are the men who attacked Sawyer and Juliet? Members of the Others (See "Jughead")

1. Why is Charlotte getting sick/dying? Effects of the time jumping.
2. What happened to Theresa Spencer? The effects of Daniel's experiments, which caused temporal displacement for her. (See "The Variable".)
3. Who is it Ellie reminds Daniel of? His mother, since that's who she happens to be. (See "The Variable.)
4. What happened to Jughead? The Others listened to Daniel and buried it. (See "Follow the Leader".)
5. Where are the rest of the survivors? Looks like they scattered. Rose and Bernard, at least, made a home for themselves and Vincent in the jungle, not wanting to be part of the island's constant drama. (See "The Incident".)
6. How and why did Widmore leave the island? Ben took over the Others and banished him. (See "Dead is Dead".)

1. Who was pursuing and firing at our heroes in the other canoe? Sigh, unknown. The Others, maybe?
2. Who was behind the attack on Sayid? Likely Widmore
3. Why do they have Kate's address? Widmore's a resourceful guy

1. Who are Charlotte's parents? DHARMA Initiative members (See "LeFleur")

1. What business did Ben have to take care of and why was he injured? Did he try and succeed in killing Penny? Yes, he tried to kill Penny. He failed and Desmond totally wailed on him. It was glorious. (See "Dead is Dead.")
2. How did Hurley know about the plane? Jacob told him. (See "The Incident")
3. Why does he have a guitar case? It contains an Ankh that has a list of the candidates' names. This helps the Lostaways get protection from the Temple Others. (See "LA X")
4. How did Sayid know about the plane? His arrival was a coincidence. Though he tried to get another flight, the woman with him refused. (See "He's Our You".
5. Who is the woman with him? Ilana, a bounty hunter who was taking him to Guam to turn over to a family of a man Sayid had killed for Ben. Though she's really an agent working for Jacob. (See "He's Our You" and "The Incident")
6. Why is he handcuffed? See the last answer.
7. Why is Jin wearing a DHARMA uniform? He, along with Sawyer, Juliet, and Miles, works for DHARMA now. (See "LeFleur")
8. Where did the plane survivors end up? On the Hydra island in the present day (i.e. 2007/2008) (See "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" and "Namaste")
9. What did Kate do with Aaron? She gave him up to Claire's mother. (See "Whatever Happened, Happened.")
10. Why did she not want Jack to ask her about it again? It's a painful choice, one would think.
11. How did Jack, Hurley, and Kate get from the plane to the island? Not really known, but the island's crazy time traveling nature and the fact that they were candidates might have something to do with it.
12. What year is it on the island? 1977. See "Namaste".

1. Was Caesar looking for something specific in the Hydra station? Not really, just trying to get himself into a position of authority.
2. Why did Caesar hide the gun? Trying to make a power play. It doesn't work.
3. How did Daniel's map of the island get to the Hydra station? Well, he does work for DHARMA for a while. (See the rest of this season.)
4. Why did Lapidus and the other woman leave in the middle of the night with the manifest? He leaves with Sun to search for their friends. (See "Namaste")
5. Was the group that shot at the Lostaways in The Little Prince from this plane? Apparently not. (See "Recon")
6. How did Ben exile Widmore? He convinced the Others to turn against him as Widmore frequently left the island and had a daughter, Penny, with a non-Other. (See "Dead is Dead")
7. What is the war Widmore says is coming? Team Jacob vs. Team MiB. Widmore and Ben fighting for the island and choosing sides. (See Season 6)
8. Who are the sides? Ben and Widmore? See previous answer
9. Why did Ben kill Locke after hearing about Eloise and Jin? He probably was still worried about Locke supplanting his desired special place on the island. He was jealous of Locke's apparent value to Jacob. (See "The Incident")
10. Did he know that bringing Locke back to the island would bring him back to life? No, he didn't think it would happen. (See "Dead is Dead")

1. Why is Rosie able to have her baby on the island now? What changes later? Unknown. Possibly the incident?
2. Where are the other survivors? Scattered, apparently. Rose and Bernard take Vincent and make their own home on the 70s island. (See "The Incident")
3. How did Sawyer convince DHARMA to let them stay beyond the two weeks? Unknown. Apparently, he proved his crew's value.
4. How did he convince Juliet to stay? The fell for each other.

1. Where is Faraday? After being accepted as a part of DHARMA, he went to Ann Arbor to continue his research. (See "Some Like it Hoth" and "The Variable")
2. Did Ben remember his meeting with Sayid and any other DHARMA Lostaways? Apparently not. It seems that the Temple's pool affected some of Ben's memories. (See "Whatever Happened, Happened" and "Dead is Dead")
3. What is the "journey" Sun has ahead of her? The man in black apparently manipulating her to help lead people to kill Jacob. (See the rest of this season.)
4. Is Frank going to be part of that? Apparently, since he tagged along anyway.

1. Did Jacob really want to save Ben's life? Not known, though Richard isn't usually known for his deceptions. Except to Juliet.
2. Why has Ilana taken charge? She was recruited by Jacob to lead a group to protect the candidates. (See "Ab Aeterno")
3. What's her goal? See the last question.
4. Did Ben tell the truth to Sun about the island's dead? It seems that way. None have truly returned, but some are stuck in limbo. (See "Everybody Loves Hugo"). Except for Sayid, that is. (See "LA X").
5. How did John know how to find the monster? Because he is the monster. (See "LA X")
6. Where did Locke go when he left the Barracks?

1. Who is Bram working for? Jacob (See "LA X")
2. What did Daniel do while he was off on the mainland?Figuring out that the bomb could solve all of their island problems (See the next episode)

1. Did Daniel tell Charlotte what she remembered him saying? Probably

1. Is it true that Ben has never seen Jacob? It seems that way. (See "The Incident")
2. Why does Locke want to kill Jacob? Because he's the man in black, Jacob's nemesis. (See "The Incident" and Season 6)
3. How did the Others move a 12 ft, 20 ton bomb? Unknown. Others ingenuity, it seems.

1. Who is this man who wants to kill Jacob? The man in black, his twin brother. (See "Across the Sea")
2. Why does he want to kill Jacob? Doing so allows him to leave the island. (See "Ab Aerterno")
3. Why does Jacob visit and bring certain people to the island? They are candidates to replace him. (See Season 6)
4. Who broke the circle of ash? Unknown. Maybe the MiB got someone to do it. Or maybe it happened accidentally. Or maybe he threw and object at it like in "LA X".
5. The man in black? Probably. Somehow.
6. Has he been using the cabin? Yes, as Christian. (See "The Last Recruit")
7. How was Ilana injured? Unknown
8. What were she and her group doing for Jacob? Protecting his candidates. (See "Ab Aerterno")
9. For what is Frank a possible candidate? Protecting the island and replacing Jacob. (See Season 6)
10. Who is coming? Widmore, apparently. (See "Lighthouse" and "What They Died For")

Season Six

LA X

1. How did Jack cut himself on the plane? MiB/Locke did it in their knife fight in "The End".
2. How did Desmond end up on Flight 815 and to where did he disappear? Nothing supernatural about it. He was sent to Australia on a job by Charles Widmore and simply moved back to his seat. (See "Happily Ever After".)
3. What does Juliet mean by "it worked"? The bomb created the alternate timeline in which they did not crash on the, now sunken, island. The Lostaways use it to reunite before "moving on". (See "The End")
4. Why does Sayid need to survive? He's one of the candidates to replace Jacob and take over protecting the island. (See "The Substitute")
5. What did the paper say? Probably the candidates' names.
6. How did Sayid come back to life? Unknown. The MiB? Jacob? Maybe the pool just had a delayed effect.
7. Where is the man in black's home? Technically, he was born on the island, but he considers where his mother to be from, "across the sea" to be his true home. (See "Across the Sea")
8. Why is he disappointed in the people at the statue? Probably because he's an evil jerk.
9. When did Richard have chains? He was a prisoner aboard the Black Rock. (See "Ab Aerterno")

1. Is Sayid really infected with something? If so, what? Maybe maybe not, though he was influenced by the Man in Black's promise to bring him back to Nadia. Perhaps MiB has some supernatural influence over him or perhaps he is now a man with nothing to lose. This one's open to interpretation. (See "Sundown", "The Last Recruit", and "The Candidate")
2. What has infected Claire? Is it the black smoke/man in black? That's what Dogen believes.

1. Why did Ilana take Jacob's ashes? Likely to protect her from the smoke monster as Bram and the Others attempted to do.
2. For what is the MIB recruiting? He needs people to use against Widmore and he needed all of Jacob's candidates in one place. So that he could let them kill themselves. (See "The Last Recruit" and "The Candidate")
3. Is alternate Locke on good terms with his dad? Yes. (See "The Candidate")
4. How did he end up in a wheelchair in this timeline? He earned his private pilot license and crashed his first flight with his father. (See "The Candidate")
5. How did Ben end up off of the island and back in the States? It's a post-mortem universe that they created to go before they "moved on". Basically, it's purgatory. (See "The End")
6. Who is the boy? Jacob as a kid. It seems MiB can see some dead people. (See "Across the Sea.")
7. What are the rules? Likely something their adoptive mother set up or that Jacob himself did. One is that MiB could not directly kill Jacob. (See "Across the Sea")
8. To which Kwon does 42 refer? Unknown, though eventually it doesn't matter. (See "The Candidate")
9. From what does Jacob need to protect the island? The MIB? Men like Widmore? Anyone who would risk putting the light out. (See "Across the Sea")
10. Who is coming to the island? Charles Widmore and Desmond. (See "What They Died For")

1. Who does Jacob want to come to the Island?Charles Widmore and Desmond. (See "What They Died For")
2. How was the signaling mirror able to reflect places in the outside world? Jacob's a magical guy. It seems he's been watching and choosing the candidates all of their lives. (See "The Incident" and "Sundown")
3. Why doesn't Jack remember details from his life such as his appendectomy? His memories of his past true life are conflicting with the ones from this purgatory universe. (See "The End")
4. Who is David's mother? Juliet. (See "The End")

1. Why was Keamy holding Jin? Paik hired him to kill Jin. His fee was the $25,000 that was confiscated at the airport. (See "The Last Recruit)
2. How did he get from airport security to there? Security let him go. Keamy picked him up. (See "The Last Recruit")
3. How was Dogen keeping the man in black out of the Temple? Unknown. Guess he's just that awesome.

1. What killed the Ajira survivors? Unknown. Maybe it was Widmore's people.
2. What does Widmore have locked up? Desmond. (See "The Package")
3. How is the man in black planning to get that plane to fly? Turns out it wasn't all that damaged in the landing at all. Some hydraulics simply needed to be taped up. (See "The End")

1. How can Desmond help Widmore stop the Man in Black? Desmond has the ability to remove the Source's pillar and survive. While having devastating effects on the island, it also makes the MiB mortal. (See "The End")
2. Why does Zoe need information on the island's electromagnetic pockets? They were probably looking for the Source.

1. What is the sacrifice that Widmore wants Desmond to make? He probably believes Desmond might die when he destroys the island. He's nearly right. (See "The End")
2. What did Eloise Widmore believe Desmond wasn't ready for? Moving on. (See "The End")
3. How and when did Charles and Eloise leave the Island?Their alternate selves didn't, really, since that universe is simply a purgatory for those who haven't quite "moved on" yet. (See "The End")

1. Why did Desmond hit Locke with his car? Was this his plan to help him see the other timeline? Apparently. It seems to have partially worked. (See "The Candidate")

1. What did Sayid do with Desmond? He let him live. (See "The Candidate")
2. Why did Widmore go back on his deal with Sawyer? All that matters is stopping Locke and I doubt having a wild card like Sawyer is something he wants to risk.
3. Why was sideways-Sun afraid of Locke? Has she seen the other timeline? Yeah, she was seeing flashes. They become more clear in "The End"

1. How did the woman know so much information about the cave and the island? What was she? She was the island's former protector. She might have been there for some time and known the knowledge she needed for the job.
2. What was the manifestation of Jacob's and MiB's dead mother? It's likely that like Hurley, MiB can see dead people.
3. How did the woman kill all of the people and bury the wells? As the island's protector, she might have had some powers that helped her do so. Or she's really sneaky.
4. Why did she thank MiB for killing her? It seemed like her entire purpose was to pass on the job. Like Alpert after her, she probably grew tired of living eternally.
5. Who finished the donkey wheel's construction? The MiB? Unknown, but probably. Or he manipulated someone else to do it.

1. Who rescued Desmond from the well? Rose and Bernard, who were transported to 2007 along with the other Lostaways back in "LA X". (See "The End")
2. Did Richard survive? He sure did. (See "The End")
3. Is Jack's neck wound significant?Yep. It was a clue that the sideways timeline is actually a post-death purgatory where the Lostaways met before "letting go" and moving on. (See "The End")

The Beginning of the End #10 has been answered.

So has Ji Yeon #1.

As for Something Nice Back Home #2 & 3, it was indeed Aaron, right?

Regarding Cabin Fever #1, it was because that during all the time jumps, Locke himself told Alpert about when they would "first" meet, right?

There’s No Place Like Home, Part 1 #1 has been answered, as have There’s No Place Like Home, Part 2 #1, 4, & 7 - 10.

Because You Left #2 and Jughead #1 have been answered, as has This Place Is Death #1 (at least in a general way).

316 #6 - 8 and 12 & 13 were answered by LeLeur and Namaste.

In answer to LeFleur #3 & 4, I think they just proved their value to DHARMA, and I think they stayed because they had nothing to go back to in 1974, as they would both be kids in that year. In last week's episode in particular, Sawyer tells Jack that he carved out a life for himself there as a man people look up to and respect.

Btw, you formatted the last three questions under the episode ? to be as small as the answers.

Confirmed Dead #2, part 1: Tunisia is the other end of the "wormhole" (for lack of a better word).

A Tale of Two Cities #8: Confirmed yes.

Jughead #6: answered in "Dead is Dead".

• Because You Left #3 answered in "LeFleur"
• Jughead #4, strongly implied to have been answered in "LeFleur"
• Namaste #1: Answered in "Some Like it Hoth"

"LAX" is one word. It's the 3-letter code for Los Angeles International Airport.

The Substitute, #5: In Dr. Linus, Roger mentions that they "had to leave" the Island/Dharma Initiative.

Wikipedia has it as "LA X". So does Lostpedia. I wonder what their source was for that?

Imdb has it with the space too.

Yeah, the title has the space there. I'm guessing they got it from the press releases. I don't know if that was meant to imply the alternate universe or what.

OK, I give. The official ABC Lost site (http://www.abc.com/lost) spells it as "LA X" as well.

I wonder why?

"# Is Sayid really infected with something?
# If so, what? Probably not literally, though he was influenced by the Man in Black's promise to bring him back to Nadia. (See "Sundown", "The Last Recruit", and "The Candidate")"

I don't think this is correct- he spoke of losing his ability to feel emotions... I'd say he was really infected with something, same as Claire.


"To which Kwon does 42 refer?"
I guess we'll never know, now, unless it's their daughter... :-(

"Who is coming to the island?"
"Who does Jacob want to come to the Island?"
This one's answered- Whitmoore.

Here's a question to add... why could someone (Sawyer, I think?) see Jacob-as-a-boy if he's dead?

I'm not sure I buy that Claire was ever really "infected" either.

"Who does Jacob want to come to the Island?"
This one's answered- Whitmoore.

Probably, but it could have been Desmond.

On further reflection, I have a strong suspicion that the someone Jacob wanted to come to the island hasn't arrived yet.

Aaron?

Walt?

I don't know who. I just don't think it's Widmore. Widmore would have already been practically there by that point. A lighthouse is fairly useless to a submarine, Widmore must have known where the island had moved itself to, and I don't really see why Jacob would want Widmore there as he seems just to want to exploit the island. (Though as I said above, maybe it was Desmond he wanted there, in which case I'm wrong and the person has arrived.)


But then, Jacob told that to Hurley so he'd take Jack to the lighthouse, so the whole thing could have bee a lie and there was no one that he wanted to come. He shrugged it off with a 'I guess he'll have to find another way,' but that doesn't prove he wasn't lying.

Seems like it was Widmore, as per "What They Died For."

Yep, you were right.

They were making it all up as they went along, because they never thought the series would be picked up, much less last more than a season.

Duh.

httpcolon double forward slash videogum dotcom 381751/duh-aficionado-magazine-damon-lindelof-explains-how-lost-was-kind-of-bullsh*t/behind-the-scenes/

For some reason, I had trouble getting the link through, and not because of the profanity near the end of it (which you have to spell out correctly), but because it perceived nesting tags to be "inside" of it when I tried using the topurl and newurl tags.

Actually, it looks like it was the profanity that was the problem. When the censor replaced the offensive word with a stream of bullets and tagged it as "\red{...}", you wound up with nested tags

BTW --

The page you tried to link to has only a brief excerpt from the original Rueters report on the interview. The full article can be found here.

I read it a few days ago, but couldn't you have usd tinyurl or something similar to make it work?

When the censor replaced the offensive word with a stream of bullets and tagged it as "...", you wound up with nested tags.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Right!

God, it was KILLING me not knowing what I was doing wrong!

Tinyurl didn't occur to me. But thanks for reminding me about it, Kev.