I Do

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who is Jacob?
  2. Who is on Jacob's list?

Answers Given:
  1. What do the Others want Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley for? Hurley was sent back because he is the person most easily trusted by all the survivors. Jack was kidnapped to performed surgery on Ben. Kate is used to manipulate Jack to make him do the surgery, and Sawyer is used to manipulate Kate by threatening to kill Sawyer if Jack doesn't do the surgery.
  2. Who was Kate married to? Kate was married to Kevin Callis, a policeman, for a few months.
  3. Will Kate and Sawyer get together? Yes, Kate and Sawyer have sex.

The Cost of Living

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why did Locke see a bright light when he saw the Monster?
  2. Who is the man with the eye patch?
  3. Why did the Monster kill Eko?
  4. What does Eko mean by "you're next?"

Answers Given:
  1. Who has a tumor? Ben has a tumor on his spine.
  2. What do the Others want Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley for? Jack was kidnapped to performed surgery on Ben.

Every Man for Himself

Thursday, October 26, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What do the Others use the submarine for?
  2. Who has a tumor?
  3. How was Desmond able to anticipate the lightning?

Answers Given:
  1. None.

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Further Instructions

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. How did Locke, Eko, and Desmond get out of the Swan if it imploded? Also, how was the quarantine door blown into the air?
  2. How could Desmond know about Locke's speech which hadn't been given yet?

Answers Given:
  1. What happened to Locke, Eko, and Desmond? Locke was thrown out of the hatch and became mute for a period. Desmond also survived, although is naked. Eko had survived, but he was taken by a polar bear to a cave.
  2. What happened to the hatch? The Swan station imploded.
  3. What do the Others want Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley for? Hurley was sent back because he is the person most easily trusted by all the survivors.

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The Glass Ballerina

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Do Ben and Juliet have a romantic history?
  2. What are the Others making Kate and Sawyer work on?
  3. Will Jin find out Sun had an affair?
  4. Has Ben really been on the Island his whole life?

Answers Given:
  1. Did Sun have an affair with Jae Lee? Yes, Sun did have an affair.

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A Tale of Two Cities

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. How did the 815 survivors never find the community of the Others?
  2. Why is Karl in the cage next to Sawyer?
  3. How did the Others get information on Jack?

Answers Given:
  1. Are the Others really not as primitive as they appear, based on the clothes that Ethan and Zeke are wearing, Ethan's knowledge of medicine, and the clothes and makeup Kate finds? Yes, the Others live very normal lives on the Island, with houses and book clubs.
  2. What does Walt mean when he says that the Others aren't "who they say they are" and "they're pretending?" Walt means that the Others live as normal people, not hillbillies.
  3. What does Zeke mean by "when he finds out?" It seems that Tom was talking about Henry Gale, who is the apparently leader of the Others.
  4. Who is the "he" "Henry" mentions? The leader of the Others? It seems that Henry was creating a person to gain sympathy.
  5. Why is there a polar bear on a Pacific island? Sawyer and Kate and kept in cages apparently used by the Dharma Initiative to hold polar bears for experimentation.
  6. What is "Henry's" real name? The man claiming to be Henry Gale is really named Ben.

Live Together, Die Alone

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why couldn't Desmond escape the island?
  2. Why was Desmond dishonorably discharged from Royal Scots Regiment?
  3. What is the origin of the four toed statue?
  4. What exactly happened in the incident?
  5. Based on the way the notebooks are dumped in the field, what was the true purpose of the Pearl? Was it the experiment?
  6. What happened to the hatch?
  7. What happened to Locke, Eko, and Desmond?
  8. Why does Michael have to follow the bearing of 325?
  9. What happened to Michael and Walt after leaving the Island?
  10. How did Penelope Widmore know to look for electromagnetic disturbances?
  11. What will Penny do?

Answers Given:
  1. Who is in the sailboat offshore? Desmond is in the sailboat.
  2. Where did Desmond go? He took a sailboat away believing that he could escape the island, be he was unable.
  3. Who painted the blast door map? Kelvin Inman's old partner, Radzinski started it, then committed suicide. Kevin continued it.
  4. What is the "incident?" The "incident" was a leak of electromagnetic material from the Swan.
  5. Why does Desmond have to enter the numbers into the computer? Entering the numbers and pushing the button releases electromagnetic material that builds up in the Swan.
  6. What's behind the door marked with the Dharma symbol? Nothing, just a stone wall.
  7. Where does the pneumatic tube go to? The pneumatic tube in the Pearl simply dumps the notebooks in a field.
  8. What is the log in the Pearl a log of? The Pearl log is a log of the times the button was pushed.
  9. Did Henry push the button? He had to, a system failure was never experienced.
  10. Why did the plane crash, and why did it rip apart? Desmond's failure to push the button most likely interfered with the plane's mechanisms (electromagnetic interference), and that plus the turbulence caused it to rip apart.
  11. What is "Zeke's" real name? Zeke's true name is Tom.
  12. Is the Swan really just a test? No, the Swan is not a test. The button must be pushed to release electromagnetic buildup.
  13. Would not pushing the button really mean death for everyone on the island? It would seem that failure to push the button would destroy the Island, the buildup only stopped once Desmond pushed the button.

Three Minutes

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What does the vaccination do?
  2. What's behind the door marked with the Dharma symbol?
  3. Why did the Others take Michael's blood?
  4. What does Walt mean when he says that the Others aren't "who they say they are" and "they're pretending?"
  5. What is "the room?"
  6. What do the Others want Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley for? (Partly answered in Further Instructions and The Cost of Living.)
  7. Who is in the sailboat offshore?

Answers Given:
  1. What happened to Michael? After getting a gun, Michael was captured by the Others. He was allowed to see Walt. The Others told him to rescue Henry Gale and bring Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley to them.
  2. What does Desmond inject himself with? It's apparently a vaccination that Dharma participants were supposed to give themselves every nine days.
  3. Is the Alex "Zeke" refers to Rousseau's Alex? Yes, Alex Rousseau was with Zeke during the meeting at the line.
  4. Where are the Others keeping Walt? Walt was (at least for some time) kept in a small primitive village near a rock formation that looked like a window.
  5. Why would Michael shoot Ana Lucia and Libby? Michael shot Ana Lucia to help Henry escape; Libby was an accident.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is the log in the Pearl a log of?
  2. Where does the pneumatic tube go to?
  3. Why does Marvin Candle call himself Mark Wickmund?
  4. Is the Swan really just a test?

Answers Given:
  1. Did Malkin know the plane would crash and Claire would be forced to raise her baby? No, Malkin confessed to not being a psychic.
  2. Did Michael let Henry go free? Yes, Henry escaped because of Michael.
  3. Is Libby dead? Libby wasn't killed immediately, but her injuries were too great and she died soon after she was shot.

Two For the Road

Wednesday, May 3, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who is Christian Shepherd's daughter in Australia?
  2. Why would Michael shoot Ana Lucia and Libby?
  3. Did Michael let Henry go free?
  4. Is Libby dead?

Answers Given:
  1. What is Henry's overall plan? Henry's plan was apparently to find Locke and take him to be with the Others, but this may just be mind games.

S.O.S.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. How does the Island heal?
  2. What happened to Michael?

Answers Given:
  1. What is Eko building? Eko is building a church.

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Dave

Wednesday, April 5, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who is the "he" "Henry" mentions? The leader of the Others?
  2. What is Eko building?
  3. Did Henry push the button?
  4. Why is Libby in the mental institution with Hurley?

Answers Given:
  1. Why was Hurley in a psych ward? After a deck collapsed and two people died, Hurley insisted it was because of him; his mom admitted him to Santa Rosa Mental Hospital for depression.
  2. Who is "Henry Gale" really? "Henry" is an Other.
  3. If Henry is not an Other, why is he creating a rift between Jack and Locke? "Henry" is an Other, he was trying to play Jack and Locke against each other simply to create tension if it would benefit him.
  4. Why is Eko marking specific trees? He is building something.

Lockdown

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who painted the blast door map?
  2. Why is there a food drop on the island after Dharma has apparently been long gone?
  3. Who is "Henry Gale" really?
  4. What is "Henry's" real name?

Answers Given:
  1. Is Henry Gale really who he says he is? No, Sayid found the real Henry Gale's ID.
  2. The "3 of 6" in the Orientation film implies there are other stations besides the Swan. Are there? Yes, based on the blast door map, there are a few undiscovered stations.

The Whole Truth

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Did Sun have an affair with Jae Lee?
  2. How far along is Suns pregnancy?
  3. If Henry is not an Other, why is he creating a rift between Jack and Locke?
  4. What is Henry's overall plan?

Answers Given:
  1. None.

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Maternity Leave

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What does Zeke mean by "when he finds out?"
  2. Are the Others really not as primitive as they appear, based on the clothes that Ethan and Zeke are wearing, Ethan's knowledge of medicine, and the clothes and makeup Kate finds?

Answers Given:
  1. Where has Ethan taken Claire? He took her to the staff, a medical station of Dharma.
  2. What did Ethan do to Claire? Ethan was drugging Claire, injecting her with medicine to "protect the baby." He and the Others were planning to perform a C-section and remove the baby.
  3. Where is Alex now? Alex is with the Others.
  4. Why did Claire scratch Rousseau? Rousseau was trying to keep the Others from finding Claire, and Claire, not being aware of her surroundings, scratched Rousseau in attempted self-defense.

One of Them

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Is Henry Gale really who he says he is?
  2. Why do hieroglyphics appear when the timer goes to zero?

Answers Given:
  1. Why did Sayid vow never to torture again? After torturing his commanding officer for the enemy American troops, Sayid vowed he would never torture another person.

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The Long Con

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Will Sun ever find out who really kidnapped her?

Answers Given:
  1. What is Locke doing with the Virgin Mary statues? He is keeping them for "therapeutic value."

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Fire + Water

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why is Eko marking specific trees?
  2. What is Locke doing with the Virgin Mary statues?

Answers Given:
  1. Is Charlie taking heroin again? Charlie was not using.

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The Hunting Party

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is "Zeke's" real name?
  2. Is the Alex "Zeke" refers to Rousseau's Alex?

Answers Given:
  1. Why did Jack and Sarah get a divorce? Sarah left Jack for someone else because he "will always need something to fix."
  2. Who are the "others" Rousseau mentions? The Others are apparently a hillbilly-style group who believe the Island is theirs.

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The 23rd Psalm

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why did the Monster not attack Eko?
  2. What are the flashes inside the Monster (apparently Eko's past) representative of?
  3. If the smugglers were taking the Beechcraft (a short range plane) out of the country, why was it flying over the Pacific?

Answers Given:
  1. What relation does the black smoke have to the monster? The black smoke seemingly is the Monster.
  2. What does Mr. Eko mean by he has "worse" than a wife? Eko was a war lord and a smuggler and then became a priest (that is, God is worse than a wife).

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