Lost/Season Four Mysteries

Mysteries Answered in Lost: Missing Pieces

• What is "the room" that Miss Klugh threatens to put Walt back into? (Question: 2x22 - Three Minutes)
  • Walt was put in Room 23. (Answer: Room 23)

Mysteries Introduced in Season Four

The Beginning of the End

• Who is the "they" in Charlie's message to Hurley?
• Who or what wants them to come back?
• What happened to Hurley's fortune?
• Why is Christian Shephard in Jacob's cabin?
• Who is Matthew Abbadon?

Confirmed Dead

• How did the polar bear get to Tunisia?
• Why do the people on the freighter want Ben?
• Why was Daniel so affected by the news of the discovery of Oceanic 815?
• Why did Frank not pilot Oceanic 815 on the day of the crash?

The Economist

• Where is Jacob's cabin?
• Why does Ben have numerous passports and a variety of different currency?
• Who is R.G.?
• Why is there a 31 minute difference in time between off the island and on it?
• Who did Elsa work for? Who are the people Sayid is killing?
• Why is Sayid working for Ben?

Eggtown

• Who are the two survivors of Oceanic 815 who didn't survive to become the Oceanic Six?
• Why does Miles want exactly $3.2 million?
• How does Kate know she's not pregnant?
• Why did Jack come up with the cover story regarding Kate?
• Why doesn't Jack want to see Aaron?
• What happened to Claire? Why does Kate have Aaron?

The Constant

• Why would Daniel needs Desmond as his constant?
• Having found his constant, has Desmond's flashes stopped?

The Other Woman

• Why was Cindy taken if they had everyone from the list?
• Why does Charles Widmore want to find the island?

Ji Yeon

• Why did Regina kill herself?
• Why is suicide on the freighter so common?
• How did Michael get onto the freighter?
• Where is Walt?
• Is Jin actually dead?
• Where did Frank go with the helicopter? Why?
• Why would Ben stage a fake wreckage site of Oceanic 815?

Meet Kevin Johnson

• Who are the "innocent" people aboard the freighter?

Mysteries Answered in Season Four

• Who is Naomi's sister? (Question: 4x01 - The Beginning of the End)
  • Naomi doesn't have a sister. It was a duress code. (Answer: 4x02 - Confirmed Dead)
• Who is the "he" Kate is talking about? (Q: 3x22 - Through the Looking Glass
  • The "he" Kate had to return to was Aaron. (A: 4x04 - Eggtown)
• What happened to the helicopter? (Q: 4x04 - Eggtown
  • The helicopter's flight seems to take longer than expected because time on the island is not in sync with time off the island. (A: 4x05 - The Constant)
• Where did they get poison gas and gas masks? (Q: 3x20 - The Man Behind the Curtain)
  • The poison gas used by Ben and the Hostiles in the Purge was from the Tempest. (A: 4x06 - The Other Woman)
• Who was Naomi working for? (Q: 3x22 - Through the Looking Glass)
  • Naomi was working for Charles Widmore. (A: 4x06 - The Other Woman)
• Why did Charles Widmore want the Black Rock journal? (Q: 4x05 - The Constant)
  • Charles Widmore bought the Black Rock journal because he is looking for clues on how to find the island. (A: 4x06 - The Other Woman)
• Is Sun going to survive? (Q: 3x18 - D.O.C.)
  • Yes, she survives. (A: 4x07 - Ji Yeon)
• Who comprises the Oceanic Six? (Q: 4x01 - The Beginning of the End)
  • Sun is one of the Oceanic Six. (A: 4x07 - Ji Yeon)
• Who is Ben's spy on the freighter? (Q: 4x01 - The Beginning of the End)
  • Michael is Ben's spy on the freighter. (A: 4x07 - Ji Yeon)
• Who sabotaged the freighter's communications equipment? (Q: 4x05 - The Constant)
  • Michael sabotaged the freighter's communications equipment. (A: 4x07 - Ji Yeon)
• Who helped Sayid and Desmond get out of the sick bay? (Q: 4x05 - The Constant)
  • Michael helped get Sayid and Desmond out of the sick bay. (A: 4x07 - Ji Yeon)
• Will Michael and Walt be able to escape from the island and succeed where Desmond failed? (Q: 2x23 - Live Together, Die Alone)
  • Michael and Walt were able to leave the island successfully. (A: 4x08 - Meet Kevin Johnson)
• Who is Ben's spy on the freighter? (Q: 4x01 - The Beginning of the End)
  • Ben's spy on the freighter is Michael. (A: 4x08 - Meet Kevin Johnson)

Unanswered Mysteries

Season One

• What is the thing making strange noises and toppling trees in the jungle?
• What caused the radio malfunction?
• Why did the plane get lost on its way to Los Angeles?

• How did Jack find the caves? Was it luck or, as Locke suggested, did the island lead him there?
• If we assume the coffin Jack found was his father's, where was the body?

• Who are the two corpses in the caves?
• What is the significance of the black and white stones found on one of them?

• What exactly happened to Rousseau's science team?
• Who are the Others?
• Who or what is the whispering?

• Why did Rousseau write song lyrics on her notes?

• What's at the location on Rousseau's maps?

• What are the numbers - 4 8 15 16 23 42? Are they really cursed?
• Where is Danielle Rousseau's new shelter?

• Why does the column of black smoke appear when the others are coming?
• How did the Black Rock get so far inland?

Season Two

• If the hatch was, indeed, designed as part of a quarantine, why would the word "Quarantine" be written only on the inside of the hatch?
• What exactly is the effect of the medication Desmond is injecting himself with? Is it connected with the "sickness" that Rousseau mentioned?
• Why does the shark have a similar logo on its tail as the one present within the hatch bunker?

• What is the DHARMA Initiative?

• Who is the American woman Jae Lee is in love with?

• What exactly are the criteria the Others are using to choose the individuals they kidnap?
• What was the purpose of The Arrow?

• How would contact with the outside world compromise the integrity of the project and/or lead to another incident?
• Why were some of the missing frames for the Swan's orientation film hidden inside the Arrow on the other side of the island?
• How is Walt communicating with the computer in The Swan? Is it really Walt?
• Why is there a horse on the island? How did it get there?

• Why do images appear within the monster?
• Why did the monster not attack Eko?

• What is the significance of the hieroglyphic symbols when the timer reaches zero?

• What is the purpose of The Staff?

• Who dropped the rations onto the island?

• Why was Libby at the Santa Rosa hospital?

• Is Rose really healed?

• Henry says Goodwin thought Ana-Lucia was "worthy" and "could be changed". Worthy of what? Changed in what way?

• What exactly was Eko going to Los Angeles for?
• Is Malkin a fraud? Or was he lying to Eko?
• Why does Dr. Candle call himself Dr. Wickmund in the new orientation video?

• What tests are the Others making Walt do?

• Why was Desmond sent to a military prison?
• Why is there a giant foot from a statue on the island? Why does it have only four toes?
• How is the island apparently hidden?

Season Three

• How and why did the person from the Pearl station end up in the polar bear cave?

• Why did the smoke monster kill Eko?
• Why do some of the Others want Ben dead?

• Why did the DHARMA Initiative start a war against the Others?
• Did entering 77 into the computer have any other effect in addition to the destruction of the Flame station?
• Why would the DHARMA Initiative want the Flame destroyed in the event of an incursion by the Others?
• What is the metaphorical box Ben spoke of?
• Why is Ben not healing faster?

• Why do the bodies of the pregnant women on the island suddenly reject the pregnancy?
• How did Rousseau and her child, Alexandra, survive the pregnancy while on the island?
• How was Rachel's cancer cured?
• What did Sayid do in Basra?

• Who are the hostiles? How did they get there before DHARMA?
• Why has Richard apparently not aged since he first met Ben?
• Who or what is Jacob?
• Why does Jacob want Locke to help him? To what end?
• What happened to Annie?
• Why couldn't the hostiles and DHARMA co-exist?
• How did Ben come to be the "leader" of the others

• Whose funeral did Jack go to?
• Who are the bad guys assaulting the island?
• Why does Jack want to go back to the island?

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