The Incident

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is the name of Jacob's nemesis?
  2. What are Jacob's nemesis's intentions?
  3. What is Ilana's relationship to Jacob before he visits her?
  4. Why is Ilana bandaged?
  5. What is in Hurley's guitar case?
  6. Who does Jacob mean when he says "they are coming?"
  7. What happens after Juliet detonates the bomb?
  8. Is Juliet dead?

Answers Given:
  1. What healed Locke? From this episode, we can assume that Jacob healed Locke for his own purposes.
  2. How does the Island heal? It seems Jacob heals who he sees fit.
  3. What exactly happened in the incident? The Incident was caused by Dharma drilling into a massive electromagnetic pocket.
  4. How does Richard Alpert not appear to age between Ben's childhood and thirty years later? Jacob has blessed him with the ability not to age.
  5. Why does Jacob not like technology? It seems to simply be a personal preference, but now doubt has been cast on the assumption that the reaction to Locke's flashlight was Jacob.
  6. Where are Rose and Bernard? Rose and Bernard have been living in the jungle for three years, not wanting to join the Dharma Initiative.
  7. How does Locke instinctively know where the Monster is? Locke is not truly Locke, but Jacob's nemesis.
  8. Why did Ilana and Bram ask Frank "what lies in the shadow of the statue? Ilana and Bram knew that who knew the answer would be someone they could trust. Richard replies with "Ille qui nos omnes servabit" which translated means "He who will protect/save us all."
  9. What is in the crate? Locke's body.
  10. Why is Locke intending to kill Jacob? Locke is really Jacob's nemesis.

Follow the Leader

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is Richard talking about when he says that he watched Jack, Kate, and Hurley die?
  2. Why is Locke intending to kill Jacob?

Answers Given:
  1. What happened to the hydrogen bomb? The bomb is in the tunnels underneath the Dharma barracks.
  2. Where has Sayid gone? Sayid has been in the jungle.
  3. How does Richard get past the sonic fence? As seen in this episode, there are tunnels that cross under the island.

The Variable

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. How does Widmore know 815 didn't crash?

Answers Given:
  1. Why does Daniel have trouble remembering three cards? Because of experiments he performed on himself, Daniel has very intense memory problems.
  2. Did Ben really stage the 815 crash, as Captain Gault implies? No, Widmore admits that he did it.
  3. Where did the bodies on the fake plane come from? Presumably the bodies came from the graves that Tom's photo shows in Meet Kevin Johnson.
  4. Did Widmore fabricate the fake 815 as Tom says? Yes, Widmore admits that he did it.
  5. Why does Daniel recognize Ellie? Ellie is Eloise Hawking, Daniel's mother.
  6. What was Daniel doing in Ann Arbor? Daniel was doing research for the Swan station.

Some Like it Hoth

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who does Bram work for?
  2. What was Daniel doing in Ann Arbor?

Answers Given:
  1. Why are the numbers on the hatch? The numbers are the serial number for the hatch door.
  2. What is the nature of Miles's abilities? Miles can "hear" corpses speak, but cannot talk back to them.
  3. Why/How were Daniel, Miles, Charlotte, and Frank selected? Daniel was selected due to his knowledge of science and the Dharma Initiative. Miles was selected for his ability to communicate with the dead. Charlotte was likely selected because she had been on the island previous and for her anthropology work. Frank was selected because he is an excellent pilot.
  4. Why does Miles want exactly 3.2 million dollars? After meeting Ben and knowing there was another "side" opposing Widmore, Miles assumed Ben was with Bram. He asked for double what Widmore's people were paying him: $1.6 million.
  5. What does Miles know about Ben? Miles doesn't know much about Ben, but assumed he is working with Bram's people, who know about Miles's ability and his father.
  6. Where is Daniel? Daniel has been in Ann Arbor.
  7. Was Pierre Chang (Marvin Candle)'s baby born on the island? Yes, Pierre Chang's baby (Miles) was born on the island. Miles said he saw his mom soon after they got to 1977, so he must have been born on the island.

Dead Is Dead

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. How does Locke instinctively know where the Monster is?
  2. Did Dharma know about the doorway that is in Ben's house?
  3. Why did Ilana and Bram ask Frank "what lies in the shadow of the statue?"
  4. What is in the crate?

Answers Given:
  1. What is the hole Locke is pulled into? These holes around the island seem to be "tunnels" through which the Monster can travel.
  2. Why did the Monster not attack Eko? Based on what Ben experiences, it judged Eko to be "good," or at least gave him another chance.
  3. What are the flashes inside the Monster (apparently Eko's past) representative of? The Monster appeared to "scan" people to judge them.
  4. Why did the Monster kill Eko? Based on the information given in this episode, it would appear that the Monster did not like Eko's refusal to repent for his actions and killed him.
  5. What did Ben do to "control" the Monster and why is he dirty? It seems Ben cannot control the Monster, but instead told it about the mercenaries and it attacked them. He is dirty because he had to crawl down a tunnel to summon it.
  6. How did Widmore leave the island? After it was discovered that he had a daughter off the island, he was forced to leave. He left via the sub.
  7. What did Ben do and why is he beat up? Ben went to kill Penny, but stopped after he realized she had a son. Desmond attacked Ben once he realized what Ben was doing.
  8. Why did Ben kill Locke? Ben claims he did it to make sure that the Oceanic 6 would return, due to the shock of Locke's death, he just didn't have time to talk Locke back into suicide.

Whatever Happened, Happened

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What exactly does Richard do to young Ben?

Answers Given:
  1. Will Kate find that Sawyer and Cassidy had a relationship? Yes, when Kate went to visit Clementine, she found out that Sawyer and Cassidy had been a couple.
  2. What was Kate doing for Sawyer? Kate promised Sawyer that she would take care of his daughter, Clementine.
  3. What did Kate do with Aaron? Kate gave Aaron to his grandmother, Carole Littleton.
  4. What happens to Ben after he is shot? Unable to save him, Juliet allows Kate and Sawyer to take Ben to the Others. According to Richard, saving Ben means his innocence will be gone, and Ben will forever belong to them.

He's Our You

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What happens to Ben after he is shot?
  2. Where has Sayid gone?

Answers Given:
  1. Who else is on Sayid's list besides the economist? According to Ben, the list contained Widmore's people that posed a threat to the Oceanic 6.
  2. How has Ben kept the Oceanic 6 safe? The implication in the episode is that Ben told Sayid who to kill so they would be safe.
  3. Why is Sayid being taken to Guam? He was captured by a bounty hunter for the family of a man he killed.

Namaste

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Where is Daniel?
  2. Why was Sun the only member of the Oceanic 6 not to be transported to 1977?

Answers Given:
  1. Where are Sun, Sayid, Ben, and Locke? As we found out in The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham, Ben and Locke are on the Hydra island. In this episode, we find out Sun is in the same time period, thirty years after 1977. Sayid is in 1977.
  2. Where did the pilot and the woman go? Frank and Sun went to the main island to find Jin.
  3. Who is the woman? Sun is the woman.
  4. What time did the Ajira plane land in? The plane landed around 30 years after 1977.
  5. Who does Amy's son grow up to be? Amy and Horace named their son Ethan.

LaFleur

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who does Amy's son grow up to be?
  2. What happened to Olivia Goodspeed?
  3. At what point in time does the statue exist?
  4. How does Richard get past the sonic fence?

Answers Given:
  1. How does Daniel begin working with the Dharma Initiative in the past? From this episode, we can see that the people who were left behind are transported to 1974 when Locke turns the wheel. Over the next three years, they integrate themselves into Dharma.

The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What was Caesar looking for?
  2. Where did the pilot and the woman go?
  3. Who is the woman?
  4. What time did the Ajira plane land in?
  5. Why did Ben kill Locke?

Answers Given:
  1. Who is Matthew Abaddon really? Matthew Abaddon worked for Charles Widmore and made sure people got to "where they need to be."
  2. Did the island really belong to Widmore as he says? The island does not "belong" to Widmore, but he was the leader of the Others.
  3. What is Matthew Abaddon's relationship to the Island/the Others? Matthew Abaddon worked for Charles Widmore and made sure people got to "where they need to be."
  4. How did Locke die? Locke was going to commit suicide, but Ben talked him out of it and then murdered him.
  5. Where are Sun, Sayid, Ben, and Locke? Locke and Ben are apparently in another time (not 1977) on the Hydra island.

316

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who built the pendulum?
  2. What more does Desmond have to do with the island?
  3. Why is Sayid being taken to Guam?
  4. What did Ben do and why is he beat up?
  5. What did Kate do with Aaron?
  6. Why did Hurley decide to go on flight 316?
  7. Where are Sun, Sayid, Ben, and Locke?

Answers Given:
  1. Will Hurley eventually listen to Charlie? Hurley listened and eventually returned to the island.
  2. Why does the Island need everyone to come back? To return to the island, they have to recreate the conditions of the original crash as much as possible.
  3. Where is the island? The island moves, according to Mrs. Hawking.
  4. What will happen after 70 hours? The plane that could return them to the island (flight 316) will take off.

This Place is Death

Thursday, February 12, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. How has Ben kept the Oceanic 6 safe?
  2. Who are Charlotte's parents?
  3. The temple appears to be older than Dharma, so who built it?

Answers Given:
  1. What sickness were the "others" the carriers of? The monster somehow changed or became Lacombe, Robert, and Brennan. Rousseau believed they were sick, and killed all three of them. Rousseau believes that the Others carried the sickness because she thinks Jin was an Other, and he disappeared shortly after the Monster took Montand.
  2. If the Monster truly is a security system, what is it protecting the island from? And how? Robert claims that the Monster is a security system that protects the temple on the island.
  3. What is Charlotte's history on the island? Charlotte was born on the island while the Dharma Initiative was there. Her mother took her off the island while she was still young, but before leaving, she encountered a "crazy man" who she believed was Daniel Faraday. He told her that if she ever returned, she would die.
  4. How did Locke get to the mainland? He turned the frozen donkey wheel, like Ben.
  5. Who is Daniel's mother? Daniel's mother is Eloise Hawking.

The Little Prince

Monday, February 9, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who was the group shooting at Locke, Sawyer, Juliet and the others?
  2. Where are Rose and Bernard?

Answers Given:
  1. Who hired the lawyers who are investigating Kate? Ben hired Dan Norton.
  2. Why is Charlotte having nosebleeds? The nosebleeds are a result of the island moving through time and the length of time the person spent on the island.

Jughead

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What happened to the hydrogen bomb?
  2. Why does Daniel recognize Ellie?
  3. What happened to the US military on the island?
  4. How did Widmore leave the island?
  5. Dharma and the later others left the island via the Dharma sub, so how do the Hostiles leave the island?

Answers Given:
  1. Where are Frank, Desmond, and Penny in the future? Desmond and Penny have a son, Charlie, and are on a boat three years after leaving the island.
  2. Who attacks the beach camp with flaming arrows? They are the Hostiles, later becoming the Others.
  3. Who are the soldiers who find Sawyer and Juliet? They are Hostiles. One of them is Charles Widmore.
  4. How does Widmore know about the island? Widmore was once on the island, as an Other/Hostile before the Dharma Initiative.
  5. Why did Richard have reason to believe Locke was special? Locke told Richard to go visit him at the hospital at his birth. After he saw that Locke was correct, he tested him at a young age.

The Lie

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who attacks the beach camp with flaming arrows?
  2. Who are the soldiers who find Sawyer and Juliet?
  3. What is Daniel's golden device?
  4. Who is Jill, the woman Ben visits at the butcher shop?
  5. Who are Jeffery and Gabriel?
  6. How does Ben know Mrs. Hawking?
  7. What will happen after 70 hours?

Answers Given:
  1. What does Penny know of his research? Penny knows what he has done, but she knows there is no way she can stop him.

Because You Left

by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Was Pierre Chang (Marvin Candle)'s baby born on the island?
  2. How does Daniel begin working with the Dharma Initiative in the past?
  3. Why did Richard and the rest of the Others not move through time?
  4. Who hired the lawyers who are investigating Kate?
  5. How did Daniel learn about the Dharma Initiative?
  6. Why is Charlotte having nosebleeds?
  7. Who is Daniel's mother?
  8. Why do the rules of time not apply to Desmond?
  9. Are Claire and the tail section who were assimilated into the Others also moving through time?

Answers Given:
  1. What is the purpose of the Arrow station? The Arrow station is used to devise defensive strategies against the native Hostiles.
  2. What is the "safe place" Sayid talks about? It's an apartment, but it was compromised.
  3. Why is Sun contacting Widmore? She wants to kill Ben.
  4. Where did the Island go? It has become "unhinged" in time and is moving around unpredictably.
  5. What happened to Daniel and the others on the raft? They were inside the radius of the island and moved along with it.
  6. What "very bad things" happened on the island after the Oceanic 6 left? The island is now moving around in time, disorienting the remaining survivors.
  7. Does Daniel remember Desmond from 1996? According to Daniel in this episode, he would remember Desmond. Because Desmond can "change things" Daniel may not have remembered him until Daniel told him to go visit himself in 1996.
  8. How do Daniel and Charlotte know about the Tempest? Daniel's notebook contains everything he learned about the Dharma Initiative.