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*What is the purpose of the Staff? |
*What is the purpose of the Staff? |
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− | **The Staff was a medical facility built by the DHARMA Initiative. It was later used by the Others as the place they would bring pregnant women to give birth |
+ | **The Staff was a medical facility built by the DHARMA Initiative. It was later used by the Others as the place they would bring pregnant women to give birth and die, due to the problems experienced by pregnant women on the Island. <small>("[[D.O.C.]]")</small> |
*Why was there a fake beard and clothes at the station? |
*Why was there a fake beard and clothes at the station? |
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+ | **They were used by the Others to fool the survivors of Oceanic 815 and possibly other unwanted visitors on the Island into thinking the Others were much less advanced people than they really were. <small>("[[Maternity Leave]]") ("[[Live Together, Die Alone]]")</small> |
*Why did the station appear abandoned? |
*Why did the station appear abandoned? |
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**Because the Others had hidden all the medical equipment in a secret vault. <small>("[[D.O.C.]]")</small> |
**Because the Others had hidden all the medical equipment in a secret vault. <small>("[[D.O.C.]]")</small> |
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*Why were the booklets from the Pearl simply left in the jungle, unretrieved? |
*Why were the booklets from the Pearl simply left in the jungle, unretrieved? |
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**Because although the Pearl operators believed the Swan personnel were the ones undergoing a psychological experiment, it was in fact themselves who were the experiment. DHARMA had no actual use for the journals or what was inside them. <small>("[[Live Together, Die Alone]]")</small> |
**Because although the Pearl operators believed the Swan personnel were the ones undergoing a psychological experiment, it was in fact themselves who were the experiment. DHARMA had no actual use for the journals or what was inside them. <small>("[[Live Together, Die Alone]]")</small> |
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*Why was the dirt over the Pearl salted to be visible from above? |
*Why was the dirt over the Pearl salted to be visible from above? |
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+ | **Most likely for Pallet Drops by the planes that supplied the Island. <small>("[[?]]")</small> |
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*What was the Hydra's purpose? |
*What was the Hydra's purpose? |
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− | **The Hydra was mostly used to conduct experiments in zoology,(on [[polar bears]], [[sharks]], dolphins, [[rabbits]] and birds), <small>("[[A Tale of Two Cities]]") ("[[Every Man for Himself]]")</small> though other types of experiments were also conducted here such as |
+ | **The Hydra was mostly used to conduct experiments in zoology,(on [[polar bears]], [[sharks]], dolphins, [[rabbits]] and birds), <small>("[[A Tale of Two Cities]]") ("[[Every Man for Himself]]")</small> though other types of experiments were also conducted here, such as memory purging and brainwashing in [[Room 23]] <small>("[[The Package]]")</small>. Widmore's team used it to research electromagnetism in the [[solenoid coil chamber]]. <small>("[[Happily Ever After]]")</small>. |
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*What was the Flame's purpose? |
*What was the Flame's purpose? |
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**The Flame was used to communicate with the other DHARMA stations, as well as the outside world. <small>("[[Namaste]]") ("[[Enter 77]]") ("[[One of Us]]")</small> |
**The Flame was used to communicate with the other DHARMA stations, as well as the outside world. <small>("[[Namaste]]") ("[[Enter 77]]") ("[[One of Us]]")</small> |
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+ | *Why did Mikhail say its communications had been knocked out? |
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+ | **Because the [[discharge]] caused a massive electromagnetic anomaly which destroyed its communication capabilities, or so Mikhail claimed. However, it is likely Mikhail was lying about this in order to fool his Oceanic 815 visitors. <small>("[[Enter 77]]")</small> |
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*What was the Tempest's purpose? |
*What was the Tempest's purpose? |
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− | **The Tempest was used to research and develop chemical weapons. <small>("[[The Other Woman]]")</small> |
+ | **The Tempest was used to research and develop chemical weapons. It may have also been intended as a weapon against the [[hostiles]], even though it was later ironically used by them against the Initiative. <small>("[[The Other Woman]]")</small> |
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**The Orchid was used to experiment on spatio-temporal travel as well as exotic matter research. <small>("[[There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3]]")</small> |
**The Orchid was used to experiment on spatio-temporal travel as well as exotic matter research. <small>("[[There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3]]")</small> |
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+ | *How was it that the [[rabbits]] were able to travel through time? |
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+ | **By drawing on the pocket of electromagnetic energy behind the station's lower walls. <small>("[[There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3]]") ("[[Because You Left]]")</small> |
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+ | *Why were the scientific labs hidden far underground beneath a greenhouse? |
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+ | **Because they were built in secret from the [[hostiles]], whose [[truce]] with the DHARMA Initiative mandated that the Initiative could not drill more than ten feet into the ground or disturb any [[The Well|ancient ruins]]. <small>("[[The Truce]]")</small> |
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*What was the Lamp Post's purpose? |
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**The Lamp Post was used to locate the Island by predicting its most likely location at a given point in time. <small>("[[316]]")</small> It also sent automated messages to the DHARMA logistics warehouse in Guam to send supply drops. <small>("[[The New Man in Charge]]")</small> |
**The Lamp Post was used to locate the Island by predicting its most likely location at a given point in time. <small>("[[316]]")</small> It also sent automated messages to the DHARMA logistics warehouse in Guam to send supply drops. <small>("[[The New Man in Charge]]")</small> |
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+ | *How did Eloise Hawking come to be in charge of the Station? |
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+ | *Who was the "very smart man" who invented the algorithm to allow the DHARMA Initiative to find where the Island was going to be? |
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Revision as of 04:41, 3 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" | n/a | ||
Unanswered Questions
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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" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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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" | "Sundown" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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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" | ||
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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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"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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"There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"The Lie" | "316" | ||
Unanswered Questions
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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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"The Other Woman" | "Dead Is Dead" | ||
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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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"LA X, Part 2" | "The End" | ||
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"LA X, Part 1" | "The End" | ||
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"LA X, Part 1" | "The End" | ||
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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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"The Substitute" | "Dr. Linus" | ||
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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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"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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