From the article: 'Lost' Series Fan Questions
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Why different names in the sideways?
- In the sideways, Daniel was a Widmore and Penny's last name was Milton. I'm guessing that Daniel, Eloise and Widmore were a united family in the sideways in order to resolve issues from their lives and make peace. Yet it seemed that Penny wasn't part of the family at all in the sideways, even though she was the reason that Desmond always yearned for Widmore's respect and acceptance. Why was Penny so unimportant in the sideways, apparently an unknown outsider?
- —Guest Claude
Kidnap Walt
- Did the Others kidnap Walt knowing that Michael would come looking for him? Did they plan to bribe him into leading the party of (Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley) to the Others' camp?
- —Guest Dharma Dude
More Questions
- Bonnie, here are three more puzzling questions of mine, to keep the site going. 1) In season 1, Locke spoke to a Helen in a customer service center and tried to get her to go to Australia with him. Later on, he met Helen Norwood. I know these two aren't the same Helen, but is there some significance with the only two women we see Locke trying to get with are both named Helen? (LOST tends not to repeat character names.) [Editors Note: The scene you are speaking of with Locke talking to Helen on the phone took place after he'd fallen in love with Helen Norwood and after she'd rejected his proposal of marriage. He was paying a women to pretend to be his Helen.] 2) As powerful and PO'ed as Radzinsky was, why and when did he shoot himself in the Swan Station? 3) 4) Assuming Richard did get off the island and finally aged, how do you think he copes with life, how did he explain himself to others after being non existent for over a century?
- —Guest Dharma Dude
Why was Libby in a Mental Institute?
- Not sure if this is chronologically accurate. Libby had an almost breakdown with the death of her husband which was a sailing accident, but her fault. However, she was able to overcome it with counseling. She then meets Desmond and gives him their boat the "Elizabeth" thinking she could use the boat to help someone out. Some time later, she reads that a contestant in a race around the world is lost at sea and realizes it was because of her boat, and that finally causes her to breakdown and get admitted into the mental institution.
- —Guest MTO
What reflected the bullet Sawyer shot?
- In Hunting Party, Sawyer shoots at Mr. Friendly but it reflects and grazes Sawyer. What reflected the bullet? [Editors Note: I just went to watch that part and I think what happened is that as Sawyer shot, someone else shot from the bushes, causing Sawyer to shoot above Mr. Friendly. I'm convinced that the bushes shooter meant to graze Sawyer so that his shot would be off, but not kill him or even injure him in a significant way.]
- —Guest MTO
How were the laundry machines so new?
- The laundry machines in the hatch seemed brand spankin new. A few characters also wondered out loud how the machines were so new. If Dharma was extinct for so long, how were the new machines delivered? I doubt it was dropped off in the food delivery. :) [They actually were brought as part of a food drop, according to Damon and Carlton.]
- —Guest MTO
Why didn't Walt want the hatch opened?
- Walt warns Locke "don't open that thing" and he tells his dad they have to leave because 'they are opening that thing'. Was opening the hatch such a bad thing after all? Or did Walt not want the hatch opened because his dad eventually killed Ana Lucia and Libby in it?
- —Guest MTO
Miles' watch
- Just trying to find out what the brand and model of wrist watch Miles wheres. Thick black leather.
- —Guest cusword
Ben doesn't know about the Beechcraft?
- This is perhaps the biggest goof by the writers in the show. On the way to the site of the crash with Richard and Ben in "The Incident," Smokey Locke mentions the site of the plane crash, which prompts Ben to ask about it. Monster Locke has to tell Ben about it, he has no knowledge of it. Really? Aside from the fact that Ethan saw the crashed plane and John Locke time-traveling at the time of the crash, and that Ben has ways to seem to know everything that goes on on the island during his time as leader, what about the episode where Paulo sees Ben and Juliet come into the hatch right below the crash? The plane has not yet fallen down upon the entrance, but it is immediately above, perched on the cliff. And Ben indicates that he has been in that hatch location before to observe those at the Swan station. He isn't going to just glance up and see the thing there? This is a major continuity flaw.
- —Guest Davidsfr
what really happened
- So were they really dead at the end or are they moving on in life since when Jack's father opened the doors at the church, the light was coming from behind them instead of towards them? [Editors Note: A lot of this is up to individual interpretation, but I think they were all dead in the end and what we didn't see was them following Christian into the light.]
- —Guest eli
smoke monster/mib/ben/richard
- A couple of questions: 1) When young Ben saw a vision of his mother (The Man Behind the Curtain), was that a manifestation of MIB or was it of Jacob? When young Ben told Richard what he saw, Richard was obviously intrigued. Later when young Ben was shot, Richard overruled Widmore and took Ben to the temple. As the "advisor" I am presuming it was one or the other. 2) Richard knew the smoke monster/MIB was evil after he'd met Jacob. As the adviser to the Others, I'm wondering if he is the one that told Ben how to summon the smoke monster to attack the mercenaries and also to be "judged". Why would Richard do so if he knew the smoke monster was evil? How else would Ben come by the knowledge to summon the smoke monster if not by Richard? Also we know that the various "lists" that came from Jacob did not come from Ben but probably vis a vis Richard. 3) Dharma purge: If Richard is suppose to advise people to do the right thing, why did he condone & participate in the purge?
- —banch
Richard claims he "saw them die"
- Richard tells Sun he saw Jin and the other time travelers die in the past, he remembers it clearly. Yet they return to the present alive. This is never reconciled.
- —Guest Davidsfr
Ben and the smoke monster
- In one episode, Ben went into a secret room in his cabin where he spun some dials and appeared to summon the smoke monster. What was that about? [Editor's Note: He didn't summon the smoke monster, he just let it out so that it would get rid of the mercenaries.]
- —Guest Guest
Why was the Island Underwater?
- Seeing the island under water in the season 6 premiere was a shocker, but it was never answered why. We know that because of the foot statue, it went under water sometime after Richard came to the island, and the Dharma Barracks were there so it had to be the 70's at least. How/Why was the island under water?
- —Guest Dharma Dude
Hurley Bird
- What was the point of the Hurley Bird, or was that just a Easter egg? [Editors Note: It was just a fun idea to add to the show's mystery.]
- —Guest Dharma Dude
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