LOST Thoughts: What I’d Like to See in Seasons 5 & 6

In a few months, we’ll be delving into the final third of LOST. To know it is ending soon is both exhilarating and heartbreaking.

I’m fairly certain that we’ll get the answers to questions like ” What is the Island?”, “What is the Smoke Monster?” and ” What went wrong after the O6 left?” But before LOST “closes its doors forever”, here is a “shopping list” of some goodies ( in various levels of “importance”) I hope I can pick up on the way out. (These are in no particular order.)

1. The Red Shirt Episode : Not “Nikki and Paulo” but actual extras , folks like “Log Carrying Guy”, “Blue Stripped Half-Shirt Girl” and “Bald Guy That Looks Like Lance Kerwin“. They crashed on the Island as well, and as Arzt said “We’re people too”. I think it would be cool to see some humorous, but significant, connections to the other Losties and the Island that would explain their “longevity” .

2. The Vincent episode : If this one actually sees the light of day, I suspect it will be near, if not THE, very end. That dog’s up to something…I can FEEL it! 🙂

3. The Black Rock Episode: Big ship in the middle of the Island that is of interest to Widmore…Yeah, needs some airtime.

And just a few ” impulse items” 8)

4. What is the “danger” that surrounds Aaron
5. Why there is a “Hurley Bird” * and why Hugo is called “Hurley”
6. Finding out what was ” The Tampa Job”
7. Knowing who’s the 26 year old woman with 70 year old reproductive organs and how they got that way
8. Was Hurley’s lottery winning rigged by Sawyer’s lotto girl and “person to be named later”
9. Who is Dexter Straton
10. Who are Desmond’s biological brothers and Brother Campbell’s connection to Ms. Hawking*
11. Who is Sarah Shephard’s man
12. Ben’s actual role in The Purge
13. Who is Jacob
14. Who is Annie and where is she
15. How old is Richard
16. What is the rest of the 4 toed statue
17. Who was/is Radzinsky
18. Who were the two watches , that Jin had from Mr. Paik, intended
19. What happened in Bozrah with Sayid , who is his father and *who is ” The Economist”
20. Why there is a hamster in the portrait of the woman in Ben’s house
21. Why Locke was wet i.e. did he actually blow up the submarine
22. Who are “Adam and Eve” and what are the black and white stones
23. What being “special” really means
24. What is in Daniel’s notebook
25. Why Walt was wet and talking backwards
26. What was the signifigance of the changing picture frames in the house(as well as who’s house it is) that Miles went to “ghostbust”…and if that is what he was actually doing
27. Who Jack is not supposed to “raise”
28. Why Marvin Candle and various side characters lost appendages
29. Where the Smoke Monster wanted to take Locke
30. What happened to Kelvin’s body
31. Was Libby a spy or a patient at Santa Rosa and what is her last name
32. Who was the woman Jae Lee was going to marry, that went to Harvard and lived in America
33. What two people died in Hurley’s accident and was one of them “Dave”
34. Did David Reyes crack the odometer of the camaro to “gaslight” Hurley for his money or was it “The Island” ‘s doing
35. Why is Hurley considered a “warrior” back home
36. Is Locke an actual military man (special ops?) , considering he could “check” a box of knives and had a geiger counter in his bedroom
37. Will Walt get that $83,000 in backgammon winnings from Hurley
38. Who Ben “is”, who was “Henry Gale” that Ben pretended to be, and does Ben have 3.2 million dollars or was that a “code” for something else
39. Was it Walt or The Others “talking” to Michael on the Swan Hatch computer
40. Why Jack’s mother wasn’t at Jack’s wedding
41. The meaning of the symbol on the tree and Juliet’s mark
42. Why Jack wasn’t on Jacob’s list and what it means to be on his list
43. What’s with all the orange
44. Why Ben can’t kill Widmore
45. What are ” The Rules”
46. Who were Karl’s parents
47. Why Seth ,and not Frank , was the pilot of Oceanic 815
48. How the food drop happened and who dropped it *or if it was “dropped” at all (i.e. The Others)
49. That Christian Shephard is dead or alive
50. Why there was a new washer and dryer in the Swan Hatch
51. Who are Geronimo Jackson
52. What was in the jars in Jacob’s cabin
53. How Jacob’s cabin can move around ,and Jacob seemingly “disappear”, if the ash was to act as a “containment”
54. Why there was a Bible (with portions of the Swan Hatch film), a glass eye and two way radio in the Arrow Station and who put them there
55. Why Christian Shephard can speak on Jacob’s behalf and tell people when their “work” is done
56. Why Jack does not have an appendix scar
57. How Dr. Ray showed up dead on the Island before Keamy killed him
58. Why Claire would leave Aaron
59. What are the whispers
60. Where all the dolls laying around the Island came from *(and what dolls “mean” in the overall story)
61. How the polar bear made it to Tunisia
62. What was ” The Incident”
63. What and where is ” The Temple”
64. Were Charlotte’s parents from Dharma
65. Who the baby was in the Pierre Chang video
66. Who the cameraman/cameramen was/were in the Pierre Chang and all the Dharma Station videos
67. Did Richard orchestrate Edmund’s bus hit or did Juliet
68. How they got all those Dharma microbuses on the Island
69. If Jin is dead or alive
70. Who Ben meant when he told Jack they “all” had to go back
71. Will Ben be able to go back to the Island
72. If Danielle was who she said she was and if what happened to her science team was true
73. Why the O6 can’t (or just won’t) speak Jeremy Bentham/John Locke’s name
74. If Sarah Shephard/Adam Rutherford’s , as well as Claire and her mother’s accident, was in care of Richard Alpert
75. If the watch that Christian gave Jack before his wedding to Sarah similar to the watches Jin had (mobisode)
76. Who was writing notes in the notebooks from the Pearl Hatch
77. What were The Others shooting at Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley to paralyze them and who designed them
78. Did Thomas abandon Claire and Aaron because someone “got to him” on just on his own
79. Where are the twins that were on Tom’s boat when The Others took Walt
80. If Kate saw everything during the crash, what was it that she saw
81. Who raised Sawyer after his family tragedy
82. Who the man was that fell by the window when Hurley was talking to his financial advisor and why
83. Did Walt cause his mother’s illness
84. Why Walt can be in places he shouldn’t be and where he has been
85. Who programmed ” Good Vibrations” at the Looking Glass Station
86. Was Kate talking to her “father” or just a dilusional Sawyer
87. Does the intercom system work at the Hydra Station
88. Was Ben born near Portland, Oregon or another Portland, considering the summerlike weather in December, or did his dad lie to him when he was really born
89. What/who killed Locke
90. Was Locke paralyzed again once he left the Island
91. Why Locke chose the alias ” Jeremy Bentham”
92. Who’s dog was the painting of in Jacob’s cabin and who painted it
93. Who’s “branches” are connected on a finished Lost family tree
94. Why all the hairbrushes were gone and where did they go
95. Who was Libby’s husband, David
96. What pushed Lenny “over the edge” and what “box” did Hurley open that he shouldn’t have opened
97. Who arranged Locke/Bentham’s funeral
98. If any/all of other O6ers had a hand in Sun’s ability to get controlling interest in Paik Industries
99. Who that scruffy dude was and what he said to Kate as she was trying to get to the courtroom for her trial
100. Who is HIM and why he is great and brilliant but not a forgiving man
101. If Charlie’s piano, that Liam sold , is the same one that Jack and Ben are playing on the Island
102. Will Desmond be seen reading ” Our Mutual Friend” by the end of the series 😦
103. Why Juliet’s sister, Rachel’s medical records that Ben showed her, were of a man and that she didn’t notice
104. Why Sawyer’s records that Richard gave Locke were in French and how Locke was able to read them
105. Who is the owner/driver of the gold sedan that hit Michael, Locke and Kate’s childhood buddy, Tom Brennan’s car
106. Who the priest was in the confessional at Eko church the day he took food for his brother
107. Why Richard was so mad when Locke picked the knife and why it terminated their meeting
108. Was the ham that Ben baked for Juliet one of those fancy, spirally ones 🙂

Well, those are a few off the top of my head 😉 Many more I’m sure will come up as others are being answered as the countdown commences*. I’d love to know what are some of your LOST “requests”. You can write me at bunnieshatch@aol.com or just leave them in ” Comments”. Thanks! 🙂

* I’ll probably make (and have made) “tweaks” here and there to the list as certain things occur to me and/or brought to my attention and might need a change. And thanks to all who have brought up or inspired new additions/perspectives, to the list 😉

16 Responses so far »

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    izikavazo said,

    That is an insanely good list. Wow.. where to start.
    Here are the ones I really care about:
    1 3 5 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 31 33 35 37 38 39 41 42 44 45 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 76 83 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 100 102 103 104 107
    That’s most of them.
    You know what would be really fun, trying to answer (in other qords quess at) these questions before season 5 started. That’s where I get most of my theories, I force myself to think of tough questions and keep on thinking about them until I answer them.

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    izikavazo said,

    Whoops, premature posting.
    I was going to say that I’m going to link to this post from my blog, probably tomorrow.
    – izi

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    mswendy said,

    Hi Izi,
    That does sound like fun. See how close we are to the “real” answers. 🙂

    Reading your “The Whole Truth” review today reminded me of something I forgot to add to #38, so I revised it a bit. Thanks!

    And thanks for the link too, Izi. 8)

  4. 4

    […] My fellow WordPress, Lost blogger (or Lost, WordPress blogger, whichever you prefer) recently put up a list of questions/mysteries she would like answered before the end of the show.  She did an amazing job collecting all of the best mysteries together, I suggest you take a look here. […]

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    missscarlett said,

    I think #53 was answered in the DVD extras or in the voiceover narration.
    It was a binding spell – the type used to prevent a dangerous person from doing harm to others.

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    izikavazo said,

    Interesting, I never knew that. Someday I should watch those commentaries.

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    lvgirl said,

    In #82, I thought that the man who was fall was Locke when he was pushed out the window by his father.

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    lvgirl said,

    *falling

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    mswendy said,

    Hi Miss Scarlet,
    Do you mean “narration” in one of the recap specials? I’ll have to recheck the Season 3 again to see if it’s there. Thanks!
    And thanks for your comment. 🙂

    * Update: Just checked Season 3 Commentary of ” Man Behind the Curtain” and Carlton was saying that it was kind of a “containment circle” and that Ben & Jacob both have “power” over each other.
    So,it got me thinking of a new question that is related and will “replace” it (sort of 😉 ). Thank you again, Miss Scarlett 🙂

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    mswendy said,

    Hi lvgirl,

    I believe that ,according to the story’s timeline, Locke was already paralyzed before Hurley won the lottery.

    But a nice observation, lvgirl. Thought the same thing when I first saw it.

    Thanks for your comment. 🙂

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    Kyle said,

    For#60, what other places besides the caves were there dolls on the island?

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    mswendy said,

    Hi Kyle,
    There are several dolls inside/outside the cave from the wreckage. Kate grabs a doll and she and Jack get “caught in a net” (Season Two, SOS). Sawyer is almost ready to pick up a doll on another occasion, but Kate stops him, admitting that she picked one up and got caught in a net with Jack. Sawyer learns it’s an actual net 🙂 (Season Two finale). Danielle seems to be the one that is using them for some of her booby traps. (Interestingly, she used a log wrapped in a blanket when Charlie picked up what he thought was Aaron, instead of a doll, in the Season One finale.) But Charlie finds a hula doll in the jungle in Season Three (Catch 22).

    And there are other dolls of signifigance: Ben and Annie’s dolls, Nikki and Paulo’s diamonds were hidden inside a doll. The Room 23 film had pictures of doll faces in it. Charlie’s dad chopping off dolls’ heads in one of his visions. (If there are others I missed, let me know.)

    Just wondering what’s up with all the dolls 😉 .

    Thanks, Kyle for the comment. 🙂

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    Kyle said,

    Okay I remember all those now. I think the Rousseau trap dolls were supposed to lure back her child for capture, in case she was still out there.

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    mswendy said,

    It gets increasingly more difficult to remember all the little side stuff as the mythology grows each season. That was part of the reason that I wrote the list…”kick start” my brain a bit during the hiatus…lol. I appreciate any help. So, thanks, Kyle ! 🙂 Also, excellent thought about Danielle using the dolls to “catch” Alex.

    That’s what so great about all the LOST fans. Helping each other out in our mutual “obessession” . 8)

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    Kasra said,

    great list..hope they answer all of’em. i aslo wanted to add something to your list.who is the peson that Elsa was working for in ‘the economist’!

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    mswendy said,

    Thanks, Kasra! 🙂

    I hope they answer them all too. But even if they do, I’m still probably going to have other questions that I’ll think of that they never got around to…lol. Such is LOST…and one of the many reasons why I enjoy it so much.

    Excellent question about “The Economist”! I’ll see if I can shimmy it in the list somewhere. I’m trying to see if I can keep it at 108. If I don’t, oh well! The question you raised is too notable not to add.

    Thanks for the comment. 🙂


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