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This is a list of all the unanswered questions that have been asked in Lost, both explicitly and implicitly. Once a question has been officially answered on the TV show or by some other source, it will be removed from the list.

Main characters

See also: Portal:Main Characters
Character Questions
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Charlie
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Charlie Pace/Theories
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Desmond
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Desmond Hume/Theories
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Hurley
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes/Theories
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Jack
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Jack Shephard/Theories
  • Where did he learn to shoot (a gun)?
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Jin
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Jin-Soo Kwon/Theories
  • Did his infertility become healed? If so, how? ("The Whole Truth")
  • How much English does Jin really know?
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Kate
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Kate Austen/Theories
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Libby
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Libby/Theories
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Locke
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: John Locke/Theories
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Michael
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Michael Dawson/Theories
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Mr. Eko
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Mr. Eko/Theories
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Sawyer
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: James "Sawyer" Ford/Theories
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Sayid
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Sayid Jarrah/Theories
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Sun
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Sun-Hwa Kwon/Theories
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Walt
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Walt Lloyd/Theories

The Others

Main article: Portal:The Others
Character Questions
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General
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Others/Theories
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Alex
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Alexandra Rousseau/Theories
  • Was she taken by the Others because she has the same abilities implied about Walt?
  • Was she injected, like Aaron was?
  • Why did she help Claire escape from the medical station? ("Maternity Leave")
    • If it's because she doesn't agree with what the Others are doing, then why does she feel this way?
  • Does she agree with/believe in what the Others are doing?
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Bea
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Bea Klugh/Theories
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Ben
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Benjamin Linus/Theories
  • Why didn't he escape through the vents when he had the chance? ("Lockdown")
  • What, if any, was his relationship with the real Henry Gale?
  • Did he kill the Real Henry Gale?
  • Why did he tell Locke nothing would happen if he did not push the button, when clearly something *does* happen? Is that not a risky psychological game to be playing? Alternatively, did he want the System Failure to happen? ("Dave")
  • Was everything that happened to him in the Swan part of an incredibly subtle ploy? It seems strange that an apparently high-ranking Other would get caught in a net.
  • If Ben wanted to capture Jack (as his surgeon) and Kate and Sawyer (to make jack cooperate), why did Tom not do so during their first encounter? Did he not yet know that Jack was a spinal surgeon, or that Kate and Sawyer possessed other qualities useful to the Others? ("The Hunting Party")
    • As revealed in "Exposé", Ben knew Jack was a spinal surgeon a few days before this meeting. Did Tom not take Jack, Kate, and Sawyer because it would involve taking Locke as well? Ms. Klugh did tell Michael he was not to bring anyone other than those on the list.
  • Why does he look calm when Oceanic 815 crashes, and the discharge occurs? ("A Tale of Two Cities")
  • Did he plan to be caught by the Losties?
  • What is his connection to the DHARMA initiative?
  • Does he know of his parents, or is he just like the other kids that are being captured by The Others? (He has been on the island his whole life.)
  • What is his connection to Juliet?
  • Why does he claim to be Alex's father?
  • How has he been on the Island his whole life--did he end up there due to a crash, or was he born there?
  • What is his status in the Others' hierarchy? Is he really the leader?
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Danny
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Danny Pickett/Theories
  • Why does he hate Sawyer so much when it wasn't Sawyer who shot his wife?
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Ethan
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Ethan Rom/Theories
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Him/Jacob
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Him/Theories and Jacob/Theories
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Juliet
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Juliet Burke/Theories
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Karl
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Karl/Theories
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Tom
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Tom (Mr. Friendly)/Theories
  • What is his role amongst the Others?
  • Why is Tom/Mr. Friendly the only "Other" who we have seen with a fake beard?
  • Why did he tell Kate she wasn't his "type"?
  • What is Tom's last name?
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Isabel
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Isabel/Theories
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Mikhail
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Mikhail Bakunin/Theories

Supporting characters

Character Questions
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Aaron
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Aaron Littleton/Theories


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Christian Shephard
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Christian Shephard/Theories
  • The coffin is empty, where is his body? ("White Rabbit")
  • Why did he need/want a bodyguard while in Australia, or was it just a ruse to get Ana Lucia to come with him? ("Two for the Road")
  • Why was it so important that he see Claire in Australia?
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Cindy
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Cindy Chandler/Theories
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Danielle
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Danielle Rousseau/Theories
  • Does Danielle know more about the Island than she has shared? Why has she not encountered more places/things than the survivors in her 16 years of residence?
  • How does she know the "Monster" is a security system? Where did she get that idea from? ("Exodus, Part 1")
  • Was she kidnapped and injected, as Claire was, before Alex's birth?
  • Where does she now live after her quarters exploded?
  • What does the triangle on her map point to?
  • How and why did her crew get the sickness?
  • What happened to her at the Radio Tower?
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Jae Lee
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Jae Lee/Theories
  • Is Sun's baby his?
  • Who is the American woman that he left Korea to be with and why didn't the affair work out? ("...And Found")
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Real Henry Gale
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Henry Gale (original)/Theories
  • Who buried him?
  • How did he die?
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Rose
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Rose Nadler/Theories
  • Is she really cured and how? ("S.O.S.")
  • Was she ever married before she met Bernard?
  • Did she really know for sure that Bernard was alive? ("Walkabout")
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Vincent
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Vincent/Theories
  • Where's Vincent been? Who's taking care of Vincent since Michael and Walt left the island?
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Yemi
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Yemi/Theories

The Island

Main article: The Island
Location Questions
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The Swan
Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Swan/Theories
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The Flame
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Flame/Theories
  • Who was the satellite dish communicating with?
  • Knowing that the island had strong electromagnetic properties, why wasn't there any type of shielding for the communications equipment?
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The Pearl
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Pearl/Theories
  • Does this station connect to the Others simply by surveillance or are there secret passages?
  • Why does the information sent via the pneumatic tube just end up in a pile in a meadow? ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
  • Why is there a camera inside the station, who is watching it and where from?
  • Why is the station unattended?
  • If one of the hatches IS a ruse, is it the Swan or the Pearl (or both)?
  • Who salted the earth, and was it their intention to make a question-mark shape?
  • What Others, besides Tom, Ben, and Juliet, have gone into it to view the survivors? ("Exposé")
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The Door
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Door/Theories
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The Arrow
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Arrow/Theories
  • What is this station's purpose?
  • Why was this station abandoned?
  • Why is there a Quarantine sign on the door? ("...And Found")
  • Who is the (former) owner of the glass eye found here? ("The Other 48 Days")
  • Is it just a substation or supply base (only the part the tailies found?)
  • Who hid the Orientation video splice in the bible? ("What Kate Did")
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The Staff
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Staff/Theories
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The Hydra
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Hydra/Theories
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The "Monster"
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The "Monster"/Theories
  • What is the the Monster?
  • Did someone create the the Monster and if so who?
  • Is there more than one Monster?
  • Is it controlled by someone or a free creature on the Island (if it is a creature, that is)?
  • Why did it kill the pilot? ("Pilot, Part 1")
  • Why did it wait until meeting Eko for a second time to kill him? ("The Cost of Living")
  • We know that the click/ticking sound is caused by the "Monster" flashing images inside it. How does it make those various other sounds that accompany an appearance of the "Monster" (i.e. the foghorn moan, the metallic winding/clanking, the airplane-reminiscent sounds, the enormous thuds that sound like footsteps, etc.)? In addition, what are the images of? ("The 23rd Psalm")
  • How and why does it uproot trees? ("Exodus, Part 2")("The 23rd Psalm")
  • Is there a connection between the disappearance of Yemi's and Christian Shephard's bodies, their subsequent appearances on the Island, and the "Monster"? ("White Rabbit")("The Cost of Living")
  • Why did Locke see the "Monster" as a white light but Eko saw it as black smoke?
  • Is the Monster a shapechanger?
  • Is there a connection between the chittering noise heard before Nikki is bitten by a Medusa spider, and the appearance of the spiders? ("Exposé")
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Island Inhabitants
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Island Phenomenon

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Topic Questions
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Biological
M-psychology
Psychological
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Physical
Radzinski
People

The DHARMA Initiative

Main article: DHARMA Initiative
Organization Questions
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DHARMA
Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: DHARMA Initiative/Theories
  • Why does DHARMA supply food with its own logo on it? Do they manufacture their own supplies? What is wrong with sending regular brands of food? Why not just send Mallomars, for example, instead of Dharmalars? ("Dave")
  • What is Marvin Candle/Mark Wickmund's real identity?
    • If they are the same person, why does he have a prosthetic hand in one movie?
  • Was it really cancelled in 1987, as Hugh McIntyre claimed in his interview with Jimmy Kimmel?
    • If cancelled, why do the supply drops continue?
  • What exactly is the DharmaTel network? Is it still working?
  • Which characters are working for DHARMA or have a connection to it?
  • What significance do the DHARMA logos have?
  • How did it recruit people into the Initiative?
  • How did Kelvin come to work for the Initiative?
  • Where are the DeGroots?
  • If they gave up trying to alter the Valenzetti core factors, does this mean humanity is doomed to die soon?


The Hanso Foundation

Main article: Hanso Foundation
Organization Questions
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Hanso Foundation
Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Hanso Foundation/Theories


Widmore Construction/Labs

Main articles: Widmore construction, Widmore Labs
Organization Questions
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Widmore construction/labs
Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Widmore Corporation/Theories

The Numbers

Main article: The Numbers
Mystery Questions
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The Numbers
Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Numbers/Theories
  • Why do bad things happen to the people involved with the Numbers?
  • Why are the Numbers what they are? In other words, why do they specifically have to be 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42, and not some other combination?
  • What do the numbers as "core values" of the Valenzetti equation actually correspond to? (I.e., does "4" stand for famine while "8" stands for disease, etc.?)

Vaccine

Main article: Vaccine
Mystery Questions
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Vaccine
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Vaccine/Theories
  • Desmond was injecting himself with the pneumatic injector and CR_4-81516-23_42 vial when the Hatch was opened by John Locke by using dynamite, however where did this supply go? Desmond probably had enough vials for two people (him and his partner). Why did no one find these when they inhabited the Swan? It is doubtful that Desmond took the medicine with him since he fled the Swan so quickly, seeming to take nothing with him. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")


Infrastructure

There are many things about the Island that seem to be assumed and have not been investigated:

  • Electricity: Where does the power in the various DHARMA Stations come from?
  • Water: In the Swan, the Staff and (at least) The Hydra there is running water. Where is the catch tank or well, pumps, purification, and so on?
  • Waste: Where do things that get flushed go?
  • Communications: What exactly is DharmaTel? Where do the Video surveillance cables go? How extensive is the PA speaker system on Hydra Island? What about the inter-computer links?

Expanded universe

Waving figure on the Season 2 DVD Lost Connections

Main article: Waving figure
Mystery Questions
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Waving figure
Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Waving figure/Theories
  • Any ideas of who could be linked mysteriously to Jack, his father Christian, and Claire?
    • Is this related to the identity of Lindsey's daughter?
    • Is the waving figure Lindsey?

Jigsaw puzzles

Main article: Jigsaw puzzles

See also

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