LOST Answers

What is Libby's last name?

2009-07-28T17:49:00.001+01:00

From Comic-Con 2009 they revealed Libby's last name as Smith

Missing Clue in Pilot

2009-06-02T16:02:00.003+01:00

Ever since the Pilot of Lost people keep asking in forums/blogs/comments etc about this alleged missing clue from Pilot. Thanks to back_gammon for compiling this for us to put the record straight once and for all.

In the April 16, 2007, podcast, Damon & Carlton state definitively that there's no missed clue in the Pilot. The whole thing is a false rumor. There's nothing in the Pilot that has not been addressed directly in the show in a way that's obvious to the viewer. At the time of the podcast, the one remaining puzzle was Charlie's question, "Guys where are we?" The location of the island had not been revealed then. While we still don't know exactly where the island is, we have an explanation for why we don't know. It's constantly moving.

The Official LOST podcast April 16, 2007

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Transcript of the germaine portion of the podcast. I personally did the transcript last year, but if you don't trust my word, please listen to the podcast for yourself. Damon and Carlton discuss the missing clue matter near the end of the podcast.

Cuse: Here’s another thing you can clear up, Damon.

Damon: Yeah!

Cuse: This is from “Faciana Aa..ave…” (Cuse tries to pronounce name

Damon: Don’t even bother.

Cuse: I won’t.

Cuse: reading question from Faciana Aave“I recently posted a topic in the plot forum regarding something I read stating that either Damon or Carlton had said there was a vital clue in the Pilot episode. It turns out this topic has come up several times but no one can ever cite the source and now I’m asking definitively did we all miss something groundbreaking in the Pilot? If not, have we at one time missed something that has since been discovered? It would be awesome if you guys could clear this up”

Damon: A plot, a mystery in the Pilot?

Cuse: Yes, something…I think this is actually, this must be a false rumor. I don’t – I honestly don’t think that there’s anything in the Pilot that we haven’t addressed that isn’t obvious to viewers of the show. There is no sort of embedded, secret coded, undiscovered clue in the Pilot that has not yet been unearthed.

Damon: Yeah, kinda going down the list of the Pilot mysteries that are presented --- with the exception of Charlie saying “Guys where are we?” I think pretty much, you know, you’ve seen what moved the trees, and you know what Locke’s secret was, and you know what the source of the French transmission at the end of the episode was. You know what Kate did, you know what Sawyer’s letter says.

Cuse: And even if it’s a bit of an extrapolation, we know that the Alcatraz island was a zoology station and Sawyer was locked in a polar bear cage, so you at least know that the Dharma Initiative was doing polar bear research and the polar bears probably escaped at some point and swam across the channel and got on the island, so you even know really the source of the polar bears if not the specific nature of the polar bear research that the Dharma Initiative was doing. Right?

Damon: Right.

Cuse: Okay, that’s one mystery down. We actually answered, I just wanted one question that was actually gonna---

Damon: Make people feel some sense of definitive conclusion.

Cuse: Yes, exactly.

Source: back_gammon

What is Walt's Room?

2009-05-16T09:24:00.000+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek.

As we learnt from Mobisodes - it was Room 23.

Who else is on Ben's list besides The Economist?

2009-05-16T09:22:00.001+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek.

As we learnt in He's Our You, Ben's list contained Widmore's associates.

How are Ben and Ms Hawkings connected?

2009-05-16T09:20:00.001+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek
As we learnt in The Variable - Hawking was an Other as well as was Ben. Additionally, Hawking had a relationship with Widmore.

What does Ms. Hawking expect to happen in 70 hours?

2009-05-16T09:19:00.000+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek

As we learnt in 316 - it was about when flight 316 is scheduled.

What event caused Sayid to not trust Ben, after working as Ben's assassin?

2009-05-16T09:17:00.000+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek.

As we learnt in He's Our You, it was the fact that Sayid felt used by Ben after killing bunch of people (finishing in Russia).

Why is Widmore paying for Teresa's medical care?

2009-05-16T09:16:00.000+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek

As we learnt in The Variable - Widmore was Faradays promotor and father, so it is logical to assume that it was also the reason why he paid for Teresa's medical care.

How did Richard bypass the Fence?

2009-05-16T09:15:00.002+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek
As we learnt in The Incident - there is a lot of tunnels under whole island, including Dharmaville.

How did Ethan survive The Purge?

2009-05-16T09:12:00.000+01:00

Thanks to twarzerek.

As we learnt in Dead Is Dead - he joined Others along with Ben when he was a kid.

What was Dharma doing on the island before the 'incident'?

2009-05-15T14:29:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Magnus.

The orientations films has confirmed that the purpose was to create "a large-scale communal research compound where scientists and free-thinkers from around the globe could pursue research in meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and Utopian social-[static]."

But also the barracks video said that the mission was to study its unique properties.

How did Locke regain use of his legs?

2009-05-15T14:28:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Magnus.

Locke was healed by the Island

What exactly was the Incident?

2009-05-15T14:27:00.001+01:00

As we found out in The Incident it was the result of failed Swan Project/Drilling

What is the black object seen in the Pilot

2009-05-15T14:25:00.000+01:00

Was confirmed as bad CGI

What is the purpose of The Looking Glass Station?

2009-05-15T14:24:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Magnus for the following.

Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD) Commentary says: The Looking Glass Station is a communications station. Its role is to emit the ping that guides the submarine to the Island.

Who are the others building the runway for?

2009-05-15T14:23:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Magnus.

According to the Official Lost Podcast of March 19, 2009, Jacob ordered the runway to be built.

Why was Daniel so distraught after finding out about flight 815?

2009-05-15T14:22:00.001+01:00

He knew that Charlotte would die, but due to memory loss off the island he couldn't remember the scene.

Who is The Statue?

2009-05-15T10:31:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Sean C

This is from the official LOST site on abc.com. If you go to episode recaps and click on Incident Pt. 1 you'll find this:

"And as the camera pulls back, we see what we've been waiting to see since we first glimpsed that four-toed foot over three years ago... the towering, majestic statue of the Egyptian goddess Taweret."

Why does Ben want to discredit Locke among the Others

2009-05-14T13:41:00.001+01:00

Thanks to Mindy

As shown in "The Incident, Part 2" episode 5x17, Ben is jealous of Locke's favor with Jacob. Ben tells Locke that he has never actually seen Jacob and then tells Jacob that he felt ignored during his 35 years of service to the island. "But when HE [Locke] asks to see you", Ben says to Jacob, "he gets marched straight up here as if he was Moses. So, why him? What was it that was so wrong with me"?

What lies in the shadow of the statue?

2009-05-14T13:27:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Mindy

As shown in "The Incident, Part 2" episode 5x17, Jacob lies in the shadow of the statue ("That one who will save/protect us all" or "Ille qui nos omnes servabit")

How was the magnet controlled before Dharma?

2009-05-14T12:53:00.001+01:00

Thanks to Willmott

This has since been answered - Dharma dug into the patch of energy, forcing it to need to be controlled. It was just sitting there before, undisturbed underneath the island.

Why is Sun the only Oceanic Six member not to be transported to 1977?

2009-05-14T12:50:00.000+01:00

Thanks to michaelk

Darlton confirmed in the LOST: A Journey in Time, that since they did not recreate the conditions of the original flight, the results were unpredictable.

Who are the Hostiles?

2009-05-14T12:27:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Willmott

This one's been answered. Mikhail lied, saying he was with the Dharma Initiative, and the DI referred to the Others as the Hostiles.

Why does Richard not appear to age?

2009-05-14T11:50:00.000+01:00

As we found out in The Incident, Jacob made him that way.

Who told Hurley about Flight 316

2009-05-14T04:52:00.000+01:00

Thanks to michaelk

As we learned in The Incident, Jacob told Hurley to get on the flight.