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For a simpler format, which just lists ''Lost'''s mysteries, see [[Portal:Mysteries At a Glance|"Mysteries At a Glance."]] |
For a simpler format, which just lists ''Lost'''s mysteries, see [[Portal:Mysteries At a Glance|"Mysteries At a Glance."]] |
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**The [[Man in Black]] built the original wheel and came up with the plans to use it, though it was buried with his well before he could install it. He had many remaining years on the island to build another one or restore the original. <small>("[[Across the Sea]]")</small> Hieroglyphics around the wheel suggest an Egyptian involvement. <small>("[[This Place Is Death]]")</small> |
**The [[Man in Black]] built the original wheel and came up with the plans to use it, though it was buried with his well before he could install it. He had many remaining years on the island to build another one or restore the original. <small>("[[Across the Sea]]")</small> Hieroglyphics around the wheel suggest an Egyptian involvement. <small>("[[This Place Is Death]]")</small> |
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*Why was the wheel and the room it resided in frozen? |
*Why was the wheel and the room it resided in frozen? |
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**The hieroglyphics in the chamber in which [[Ben]] had his run-in with the Monster seem to suggest that it is a chamber in which the Monster judges people. <small>("[[Dead is Dead]]")</small>' |
**The hieroglyphics in the chamber in which [[Ben]] had his run-in with the Monster seem to suggest that it is a chamber in which the Monster judges people. <small>("[[Dead is Dead]]")</small>' |
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*Why did Ben assign the Temple its own DHARMA logo on his map for Alex? |
*Why did Ben assign the Temple its own DHARMA logo on his map for Alex? |
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− | **Likely to conceal the true identity of the Temple, which was already a secret to Alex and Karl in the first place. <small> ("[[Meet Kevin Johnson]]") </small> Alternatively, the Flame monitors had listed "Temple ruins", suggesting some sort of monitoring appliance |
+ | **Likely to conceal the true identity of the Temple, which was already a secret to Alex and Karl in the first place. <small> ("[[Meet Kevin Johnson]]") </small> Alternatively, the Flame monitors had listed "Temple ruins", suggesting some sort of monitoring appliance there. <small> ("[[Namaste]]") </small> |
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**Removing the [[cork]] from [[the Heart]] causes the Island to begin to sink. <small>("[[The End]]")</small> |
**Removing the [[cork]] from [[the Heart]] causes the Island to begin to sink. <small>("[[The End]]")</small> |
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*Why was the Island submerged in the flash sideways timeline? |
*Why was the Island submerged in the flash sideways timeline? |
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+ | **Due to the revelation that the [[flash sideways world]] was actually the [[afterlife]], it is likely that the Island being submerged was a symbolic clue as to this reveal, given that the sinking of the Island would have resulted in the death of mankind in the real world. It may also be a narrative device to indicate that the Island held no power over the lives of the Oceanic passengers. <small>("[[LA X, Part 1]]") ("[[The End]]")</small> |
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Latest revision as of 00:56, 18 June 2018
- "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."
For an outline of every question per episode and its answer, see Questions and Answers.
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The Island
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"Pilot, Part 1" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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"Pilot, Part 2" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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"Pilot, Part 2" | "Solitary" | ||
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"Pilot, Part 2" | "Ab Aeterno" | ||
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"Walkabout" | "S.O.S." | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Walkabout" | "The Last Recruit" | ||
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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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"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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"Special" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Numbers" | "Lighthouse" | ||
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"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" | "Man of Science, Man of Faith" | ||
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"Deus Ex Machina" | "The 23rd Psalm" | ||
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"Exodus, Part 2" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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"Orientation" | Various | ||
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"Orientation" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" | "LaFleur" | ||
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" | "Ab Aeterno" | ||
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" | "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | ||
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"Not in Portland" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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"Cabin Fever" | "316" | ||
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"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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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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"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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"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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"Walkabout" | "The Man from Tallahassee" | ||
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"Raised By Another" | "?", "The End" | ||
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"Walkabout" | "The Other 48 Days" | ||
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"The Other 48 Days" | "Enter 77" | ||
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"Dave" | "Live Together, Die Alone" | ||
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"The Whole Truth" | "D.O.C." | ||
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Introduced | Solved | |
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"Further Instructions" | "The Constant" | ||
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"316" | "LA X, Part 2" | ||
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The Others
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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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"Raised By Another" | "Maternity Leave" | ||
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"Exodus, Part 3" | "Room 23" | ||
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"Abandoned" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | ||
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"The Shape of Things to Come" | "What They Died For" | ||
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"One of Them" | "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2" | ||
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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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"Not In Portland" | "Ab Aeterno" | ||
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"The Man from Tallahassee" | "The Brig" | ||
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"Through the Looking Glass, Part 1" | "Sundown" | ||
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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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"The Brig" | "The Variable" | ||
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"The Beginning of the End" | Various | ||
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"Eggtown" | "The Variable" | ||
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"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | "This Place Is Death" | ||
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"The Economist" | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" | ||
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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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"Orientation" | "The Incident" | ||
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"Lockdown" | "Live Together, Die Alone" | ||
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"Lockdown" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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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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"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" | "The New Man in Charge" | ||
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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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"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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"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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"Dead Is Dead" | "The Incident" | ||
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"Dead Is Dead" | "The Incident" | ||
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"The Little Prince" | |||
Unanswered questions:
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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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"The Man Behind the Curtain" | "The Incident, Part 1" | ||
Unanswered questions
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"The Incident, Part 1" | "Across the Sea" | ||
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"The Incident, Part 1" | "The End" | ||
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"LA X, Part 2" | "The Last Recruit" | ||
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"Lighthouse" | "What They Died For" | ||
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"Dr. Linus" | "What They Died For" | ||
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"Recon" | "Across the Sea" | ||
Unanswered questions
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Off the Island
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"Solitary" | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" | ||
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"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2" | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" | ||
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"Flashes Before Your Eyes" | "Follow the Leader" | ||
Unanswered questions
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"Through the Looking Glass" | "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" | ||
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"The Beginning of the End" | "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" | ||
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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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"Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" | "316" | ||
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Flash sideways
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"The Variable" | "The End" | ||
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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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"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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"LA X, Part 2" | "The End" | ||
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"The End" | "The End" | ||
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See also
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