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*Why was Kate on the run? |
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− | **She killed her father (who she had previously thought was her step-father) by setting an explosion |
+ | **She killed her father (who she had previously thought was her step-father) by setting of an explosion in the house where she lived with him and her mother. <small>("[[What Kate Did]]")</small> |
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*How did Locke lose the use of his legs? |
*How did Locke lose the use of his legs? |
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− | **He was pushed |
+ | **He was pushed out of a window by his own father, [[Anthony Cooper]], falling 8 stories and breaking his back. <small>("[[The Man from Tallahassee]]")</small> |
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*Why did Malkin change his prediction later, saying that Claire must give up Aaron to a couple in L.A.? |
*Why did Malkin change his prediction later, saying that Claire must give up Aaron to a couple in L.A.? |
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**After Malkin's original prediction, his daughter drowned but awoke on the coroner's table. Rather than believing in the resurrection, Malkin interpreted his wife's belief in it as criticism of his own dishonesty. He spoke to a [[Eko|priest]] about the matter and contacted [[Claire]] shortly afterward, reversing his advice, having supposedly found a couple for her child. <small>("[[?]]")("[[Raised by Another]]")</small> |
**After Malkin's original prediction, his daughter drowned but awoke on the coroner's table. Rather than believing in the resurrection, Malkin interpreted his wife's belief in it as criticism of his own dishonesty. He spoke to a [[Eko|priest]] about the matter and contacted [[Claire]] shortly afterward, reversing his advice, having supposedly found a couple for her child. <small>("[[?]]")("[[Raised by Another]]")</small> |
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+ | *How did Richard Malkin know Flight 815 would crash? |
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+ | **Richard Malkin later revealed that his powers were of a fraudulent nature, although his insistence on Claire taking ''specifically'' Flight 815 led her to believe he knew it would crash and force her to raise the child. It is unknown if any real psychic phenomena was at play in this scenario. <small>("[[Raised by Another]]")</small> |
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**It crashed on the other part of the Island. |
**It crashed on the other part of the Island. |
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*Were there any survivors, as Rose suggested? |
*Were there any survivors, as Rose suggested? |
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− | **Yes, with |
+ | **Yes, with a total of 23 people surviving the crash (including Rose's husband [[Bernard]] and [[Ana Lucia]], the woman Jack met at the airport). <small>("[[Walkabout]]") ("[[Exodus, Part 1]]") ("[[Orientation]]") ("[[The Other 48 Days]]") </small> |
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*Why was Claire never seen getting on the helicopter with Aaron as Desmond predicted? |
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**As already stated, the outcome of a vision will always happen, though it can be delayed or the specifics can be changed. Claire didn't leave with Aaron on the helicopter, but each eventually flew off the island. <small>("[[The End]]")</small> |
**As already stated, the outcome of a vision will always happen, though it can be delayed or the specifics can be changed. Claire didn't leave with Aaron on the helicopter, but each eventually flew off the island. <small>("[[The End]]")</small> |
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+ | '''Unanswered Questions''' |
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+ | *Why did Desmond's flashes stop after Charlie died? |
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Revision as of 03:29, 2 October 2014
- "Mystery" redirects here. For other uses of "mystery", see Mystery (disambiguation).
This article lists Lost's major mysteries and their implied answers, if any exist. The Unanswered Questions heading notes aspects of mysteries in the show that were never explained.
"Solved" denotes those mysteries that the show mostly or completely solved. "Unsolved" denotes those that the show barely addressed. "Partially solved" covers the rest..
For a simpler format, which just lists Lost's mysteries, see "Mysteries At a Glance."
Key
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The Island
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Pilot, Part 1" | "Across the Sea" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Pilot, Part 2" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Pilot, Part 2" | "Solitary" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Pilot, Part 2" | "Ab Aeterno" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Walkabout" | "LA X, Part 2" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Walkabout" | "The Last Recruit" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"House of the Rising Sun" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Solitary" | "Greatest Hits" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Solitary" | "This Place Is Death" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Exodus, Part 1" | "This Place Is Death" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Solitary" | "A Tale of Two Cities" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Solitary" | "What Kate Does" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Solitary" | "Everybody Loves Hugo" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Numbers" | "Lighthouse" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" | "Man of Science, Man of Faith" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Deus Ex Machina" | "The 23rd Psalm" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Exodus, Part 2" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Orientation" | Various | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Orientation" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" | "LaFleur" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" | "Ab Aeterno" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" | "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Not in Portland" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Cabin Fever" | "316" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | "Across the Sea" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Shape of Things to Come" | "316" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"This Place Is Death" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Across the Sea" | "The End" | ||
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Oceanic 815
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Pilot, Part 1" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Pilot, Part 1 | "The Brig | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Pilot, Part 1" | "What Kate Did" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Walkabout" | "The Man from Tallahassee" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Raised By Another" | "?", "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Special" | n/a | ||
Unanswered questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Walkabout" | "The Other 48 Days" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Other 48 Days" | "Enter 77" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Dave" | "Live Together, Die Alone | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Whole Truth" | "D.O.C." | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Further Instructions" | "The Constant" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Beginning of the End" | "Some Like It Hoth" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"316" | "LA X, Part 2" | ||
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The Others
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Solitary" | "Dead Is Dead" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Raised By Another" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Raised By Another" | "Maternity Leave" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Exodus, Part 3" | "Room 23" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Abandoned" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Shape of Things to Come" | "What They Died For" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"One of Them" | "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Three Minutes" | "The Package" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Glass Ballerina" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Not In Portland" | "Ab Aeterno" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Man from Tallahassee" | "The Brig" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Through the Looking Glass, Part 1" | "LA X, Part 2" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 2" | "Sundown" | ||
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The Kahana
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Catch-22" | "Meet Kevin Johnson" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Brig" | "The Variable" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Beginning of the End" | Various | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Eggtown" | "The Variable" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | "This Place Is Death" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Economist" | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Confirmed Dead" | "Meet Kevin Johnson" | ||
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The DHARMA Initiative
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Orientation" | "Live Together, Die Alone" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Orientation" | "The Incident" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Orientation" | "The Incident" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Lockdown" | "Live Together, Die Alone" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Lockdown" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Enter 77" | "The Man Behind the Curtain" | ||
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DHARMA Stations
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Man of Science, Man of Faith" | "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Everybody Hates Hugo" | "Because You Left" | ||
Unanswered questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Maternity Leave" | "D.O.C." | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"?" | "Live Together, Die Alone" | ||
Unanswered questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Three Minutes" | "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"A Tale of Two Cities" | "Happily Ever After" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Enter 77" | "Namaste" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Greatest Hits" | "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Man Behind the Curtain" | "The Other Woman" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Lie" | "316" | ||
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Ajira Flight 316
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"316" | "Ab Aeterno" | ||
Unanswered questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Dead Is Dead" | "The Incident" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Dead Is Dead" | "The Incident" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Little Prince" | |||
Unanswered questions:
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Recon" | n/a | ||
Unanswered questions
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Jacob vs. the Man in Black
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Two for the Road" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Man Behind the Curtain" | "The Incident, Part 1" | ||
Unanswered questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Incident, Part 1" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Incident, Part 1" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 2" | "The Last Recruit" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Lighthouse" | "What They Died For" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Dr. Linus" | "What They Died For" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Recon" | "Across the Sea" | ||
Unanswered questions
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Off the Island
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Solitary" | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2" | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Flashes Before Your Eyes" | "Follow the Leader" | ||
Unanswered questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Through the Looking Glass" | "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Confirmed Dead" | "N/A" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Beginning of the End" | "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Beginning of the End" | "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Other Woman" | "Dead Is Dead" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Economist" | "He's Our You" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" | "316" | ||
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Flash sideways
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Variable" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 1" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 2" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 1" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 1" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 2" | "The Package" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 1" | "The Candidate" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Substitute" | "Dr. Linus" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Lighthouse | "The End | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"LA X, Part 2" | "The End" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The End" | "The End" | ||
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HitFix: 'Lost' Producers Reunite at Comic-Con, Present New Footage Alan Sepinwall; July 22, 2011
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