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.