"Lost": Things we STILL don't know

Mysteries--"Lost" is loaded with them. Sometimes answers to our questions are revealed, but often even more questions arise. Here's a running list of unresolved questions relating to the show. We'll add new questions when they crop up, and let you know when we learn answers:


* What is the history of the Others? Where did they come from? Why did they kill off the Dharma Initiative?

* What's behind the creepy whispering often heard on the island? Ghosts?

* What is the back story of Danielle, the French woman? How did she arrive on the island? Does she have any ties to Dharma?

* Why did Ben abduct Danielle's daughter, Alex?

* What are the lists all about? Why are the Others interested in some of the crash survivors and not the rest? They define themselves as "good." What's their definition of the word?

* What was Ben's breakfast on the beach with Kate in season 3 all about? We didn't see any of their discussion.

* Why did the smoke monster kill Mr. Eko?

* Why did the Others initially disguise themselves as shipwrecked pirate types complete with fake beards?

* What's up with the sickness that supposedly killed of Danielle's team? Was it the gas Ben released to kill off the Dharma Initiative?

* What is the history of "Adam and Eve," the skeletal remains the crash survivors discovered in season one? Were they Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan?

* What is the smoke monster that has killed several people? Is it controlled by the Others/Jacob?

* What really brought the various people to island? What's behind the web of connections among them all?

* Is the Dharma Initiative still active at all?

* Who was behind the air drop of Dharma supplies that has benefited the Oceanic survivors?

* How did the Others get information about the plane crash survivors, including their real names? How are they in contact with the outside world?

* Why do women on the island die instead of giving birth?

* What's behind the apparent healing properties of the island?

* Who, or what, is Jacob?

* What's responsible for the visions of animals and dead people the crash surivors sometimes see on the island?

* What's the deal with Libby, killed in season 2, who evidently gave Desmond the sailboat that landed him on the island and who once was in a mental ward with Hurley?

* What's up with the giant, four-toed statue Sayid, Sun and Jin see at the end of season 2?

* Is there any explanation for why the man in the Dharma Initiative videos is at different times identified as Dr. Marvin Candle and Dr. Mark Wickmund or why the CIA agent who identifies himself as Joe Inman to Sayid tells Desmond his name is Kelvin Inman?

* Why did the psychic in Australia encourage Claire to take the doomed flight?

* Who is the man Sarah left Jack for? Why is she so reluctant to reveal his identity? Is he somehow associated with the Dharma Initiative and/or the Others?

* How is the island hidden from the outside world?

* Who is the person who died in the "flash forward" featuring an off-island Jack and Kate? They refer to him, but not by name.

* What happened to those still on the island?

* How did Abaddon recruit his team? Why did they agree to help him?

* What's up with that polar bear in Tunisia? Was Charlotte part of Dharma when she found it, or was she snooping into what Dharma is all about?

* Who staged the fake Oceanic 815 wreckage? Widmore or Ben?

* Is Abbadon really working for Widmore, or does he have secret motives? Afterall, he encouraged Locke to make is walk-about trip. Maybe Abbadon is really with the Others.

* How does Ben leave the island?

* How did the Others learn about Locke when he was a youngster?
What is it about Locke that they want?

* What is the explanation for the time anomalies between the island and the rest of the world?

* Why is Richard Alpert seemingly ageless?

* Are Christian Shepherd and Claire dead? Are we seeing their ghosts? Is Jacob making their ghosts appear?

* How did Widmore learn about the island? Why does he want it? What is his relationship to Ben?

Also see:

Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web


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