Showing posts with label Monster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monster. Show all posts

Across the Sea

Thursday, May 13, 2010 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. How did "Mother" get to the island?

Answers Given:
  1. What is the "monster?" The Monster is Jacob's brother after coming in contact with the exotic matter/light.
  2. Who are Adam and Eve, and where did they come from? Adam and Eve are the bodies of Jacob's brother and his "Mother."
  3. What are the black and white stones with Adam and Eve? The stones are from a game of Senet played by Jacob and his brother.
  4. Who are the natives on the island? People are continually brought to the island over the years. There appear to be no true natives.
  5. What is the true nature of Jacob? Jacob was a man born on the island who was blessed by "Mother," giving him long life as the protector of the island.
  6. Jacob's nemesis says he wants to go home. Where is "home?" The island is his actual home, but he's referring to his mother's place of birth: the outside world.
  7. Who is the blond kid Jacob's nemesis sees? Its Jacob as a child.
  8. Why is Jacob's nemesis's mother crazy? She had questionable means of protecting them and trying to get them to protect the island after her.
  9. What is Jacob's nemesis's "growing pains?" He is perhaps talking about his transformation into the Monster.
  10. Who is Jacob's nemesis's mother? Actually their foster mother, she protected the Source before Jacob.

The Substitute

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why did Ilana take Jacob's ashes?
  2. Why is Jacob's nemesis trapped in Locke's form?
  3. Who is the blond kid Jacob's nemesis sees?
  4. Why is the blond kid bloody?
  5. Can Sawyer see the boy while Richard can't?
  6. Does Kwon refer to Jin or Sun?
  7. In the new timeline, how does Locke end up in the wheelchair if he has a good relationship with his father?

Answers Given:
  1. How did so many people (48, plus the pilot) survive the plane crash? Many of the survivors were candidates, so this explains the high number.
  2. Why did the "monster" take and then kill the pilot? Based on the blond kid's remark ("You know the rules. You can't kill him.") to Jacob's nemesis, the nemesis cannot kill candidates. This means that the pilot was not a candidate.
  3. What is the Temple? Richard says the Temple is a safe haven from Jacob's nemesis. This is because of the ash.
  4. Where is Jacob's nemesis taking Richard? He took Richard into the jungle to try to get Richard on his side.

LA X

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What happened to Desmond in the alternate timeline?
  2. What happened to the island to sink it in the alternate timeline?
  3. Why does Juliet say "we should go get coffee" and "we can go Dutch?"
  4. Why is Jack's neck cut in the alternate timeline?
  5. What happened to Christian's body in the alternate timeline?
  6. Who is the Japanese leader of the Temple-dwelling Others?
  7. Jacob's nemesis says he wants to go home. Where is "home?"
  8. Why was Richard once in chains?
  9. What is Richard's relationship to Jacob's nemesis/the Monster?
  10. Where is Jacob's nemesis taking Richard?
  11. How did Sayid return to life?

Answers Given:
  1. Do the "others" truly make the whispers as Rousseau says? It seems that they do, based on the whispering in the Temple.
  2. What is the white dust/ash around Jacob's cabin? The white ash creates a kind of "barrier" the Monster can't pass through.
  3. Why did Hurley decide to go on flight 316? Jacob told him to.
  4. What exactly does Richard do to young Ben? Most likely, Richard put Ben into the same pool Sayid is put into.
  5. Who does Bram work for? Bram was on Jacob's side.
  6. What is in Hurley's guitar case? A giant wooden ankh with a message from Jacob inside.
  7. What are Jacob's nemesis's intentions? He wants to "go home."
  8. What happens after Juliet detonates the bomb? Two timelines are created. In one, the survivors return to the plane right before it flies over the island and they do not remember the past three years of their lives. In the other, the survivors are transported to 2007 (the present).
  9. Is Juliet dead? No, not when Jughead explodes, but after she is transported to 2007, she dies. She is probably still alive in the other timeline.

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.

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 Shape of Things to Come

Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who murdered the freighter doctor, Ray, and why?
  2. Why did Ben wake up the the desert?
  3. Why is Ben wearing a parka?
  4. What station is the Dharma logo on Ben's jacket from?
  5. Why did Ben not know what year it was?
  6. What are the "rules" that have changed?
  7. What did Ben do to "control" the Monster and why is he dirty?
  8. Why does the message from the freighter say that the doctor is fine?
  9. What's wrong with Jack?
  10. Why can't Ben kill Widmore?
  11. Did the island really belong to Widmore as he says?
Answers Given:
  1. How did the people on the freighter get a photo of Ben as an adult? Ben can and has apparently leave the island at will.
  2. Who was shooting at Karl, Alex, and Rousseau? Keamy and his men.
  3. Does Ben really not know what the Monster is? Ben does know something about the Monster, because it is under his control to an extent.
  4. Why is Sayid working for Ben? After Nadia was killed, Sayid has nothing to live for so he is now following Ben's orders to protect his friends.
  5. What is Widmore's interest in the island? According to Widmore, the island "belonged" to him. Ben says that Widmore wants to exploit the island.

Confirmed Dead

Thursday, February 7, 2008 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Where did the 815 wreckage in the ocean come from?
  2. Why did Daniel cry after finding out 815 crashed?
  3. What is the nature of Miles's abilities.
  4. How did the Dharma polar bear get to Tunisia?
  5. Why/How were Daniel, Miles, Charlotte, and Frank selected?
  6. Why did Naomi think there may be 815 survivors, and why did Abbadon insist there weren't?
  7. How did the people on the freighter get a photo of Ben as an adult?
  8. Why are they looking for Ben?
  9. Does Ben really not know what the Monster is?
  10. Who is Ben's man on the boat?
Answers Given:
  1. How was 815 found with no survivors? The wreckage of Flight 815 was found in the Sunda Trench with all bodies confirmed dead.
  2. Who is the man who parachutes down? His name is Daniel Faraday. He is a physicist.
  3. Who is Naomi's sister? "Tell my sister I love her" is the code the freighters use if they are captured and have a gun to their head.

Left Behind

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Will Kate find that Sawyer and Cassidy had a relationship?
  2. What was the bright light the Monster gave off and why did it retreat afterwards?

Answers Given:
  1. Why did Kate's mom call for help in the hospital? She told Kate that the next time she saw Kate, she would call for help.
  2. What does the pylon fence keep in or out? The fence keeps the Monster away from the homes of the Others.

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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.

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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Exodus, Part 1

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Are the Others really coming?
  2. Why did Jack and Sarah get a divorce?
  3. What happened to Ana Lucia when the plane crashed?
  4. Where did Rousseau get the scratches on her arm?
  5. If the Monster truly is a security system, what is it protecting the island from? And how?

Answers Given:
  1. What is in the dark territory? The black rock is in the dark territory.
  2. What happened to Sarah after she and Jack were married, and before the crash? They got divorced, apparently.
  3. Will Jack ever find that Sawyer and Christian met? Yes, Sawyer told him the story.
  4. What is the black rock? The Black Rock is a ship that is far inland.
  5. Will Sun and Jin ever reconcile? They do, before the raft leaves.

Pilot, Part 1

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why did Jack wake up so far from the crash site?
  2. Why did the plane crash, and why did it rip apart?
  3. How did so many people (48, plus the pilot) survive the plane crash?
  4. Why has a rescue team not come yet?
  5. What is Shannon and Boone's relationship?
  6. Who is the father of Claire's baby?
  7. Was he on the plane?
  8. Where is the tail section?
  9. What is the "monster?"
  10. How did the dog (Vincent) survive the plane crash unharmed?
  11. What was Charlie doing in the bathroom?
  12. Why did the "monster" take and then kill the pilot?