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As all fans of this show know, there are a ton of unanswered questions. Our hopes are that this final season 6 will put to rest many of these questions. Of course, there will remain some mysteries for speculation, but I believe there will be some good payoff this year.

The good folks over at Lostpedia have been capturing these unanswered questions. I’ve decided to take a few of them and try to answer them based on my own theories, which I will admit are likely influenced by some of the podcasts on Lost that I listen to such as The Transmission and LOSTCasts.

These are in no particular order, just some of the ones I was interested in from the Lostpedia list. I want to thank Lostpedia for maintaining this list, the links you see beside it will link you to relevant articles on the site.

On Walt

Q: Does Walt have “special powers”? If so, how and why? (“Special“) (“Man of Science, Man of Faith“) (“Abandoned“)

A: Yes, Walt likely has many abilities. I believe they have been with him and grew with maturity, but became more pronounced once he was on the island, magnified somehow.  He is akin to Desmond, whom many believe to be “the variable” in the equation and of great importance. He wasn’t made that way, but was born that way. Both serve a purpose for the good.

Q: Why did Walt tell Locke not to open the Hatch? How did he know anything about it? (“Born to Run“)

A: Walt, although maybe not understanding clairvoyance, knew of the disaster that would unfold if the Swan hatch was destroyed, and felt through the survivors breaching the Hatch it would eventually lead to the stations destruction. The so called “Man in Black” or Jacob’s unamed Nemesis, is somehow restricted by the energy of the island, and while that energy is being regulated by the Swan station, he is trapped or is helpless to leave. Once the station is destroyed and that energy is released, he will be free to leave or put is plan into motion to do so.

Q: What did Walt see that frightened him enough to want to leave the Island? (“Born to Run“)

A: He fears the repercussions of the Swan station being destroyed. He knows that he cannot stop the turn of events so is desperate to flee once the Man in Black is free.

Q: Why does Shannon hear Walt say (backwards) not to push the button? (“Abandoned“)

A: The image of Walk is one of the many forms the Man in Black takes to manipulate the survivors on the island. Perhaps by mistake he thinks he can coerce Shannon to not have the button pushed which would accomplish his goal of destroying the Swan station. He speaks backwards because he is not able to recreate Walt’s image due to the unique nature of the child, the same would happen if he tried to appear as Desmond.

Q: Why do Shannon, Sayid, and Locke see Walt in places he shouldn’t be?

A: Part of the strange abilities of both Desmond and Walt is the ability to appear places. In some cases Walt appearing is actually the smoke monster (aka Man in Black) while in other cases he simply appears, as Desmond did on Oceanic 815 (flash sideways) and then disappear.

Q: Why did the Others make Walt take “tests”? What were the tests for? (“Three Minutes“)

A: The Others knew Walt was special, and that he had some keen insight or unique oppositional force to the Main In Black.  If Desmond had not fled the island after the survivors began pushing the button they would have captured him too. They did tests on Walt to try to understand his relationship with the strange energy on the island and the Main in Black.

On The Swan Hatch

Q: Why was there a Quarantine sign on the door? (“Man of Science, Man of Faith“)

A: The sign was put on the door from the inside and meant to maintain the ruse of a virus or disease being rampant outside of the Hatch. It’s intention was to deceive the people inside to continue to push the button and was a lie perpetuated by Kelvin on Desmond.

Q: What are the blast doors for? (“What Kate Did“)(“Lockdown“)

A: The doors are meant to help contain an implosion in case it would happen. The structure of the station would allow to minimize the damage caused by initiating the fail safe.

Q: Why are the Numbers the code for pushing the button?

A: They were the numbers stamped onto the outside of the Hatch as noticed by Hurley when he was in the 1977 as a member of the Dharma Initiative visiting the construction site. Releasing the pressure by entering the code every 108 minutes coupled with the numerical station ID was meant to make the code easy to remember. It could also relate to how the pressure is released, with the numerical values corresponding to units or series of commands that must be executed.

Q: What did the fail-safe do to the station?

A: The fail safe did the same thing turning the frozen donkey wheel does, it releases energy in a way that moves the island. The key is just the more modern way that this occurs. While the primitive wheel can also shunt the energy once released, the station could not and could only cap it again by allowing the entire structure to close the exposed pocket of energy. This means that when Desmond turned the key, the island did move in location and possibly in time, how far or how much is unknown.

Q: Why was contact with the outside world strictly forbidden? (“What Kate Did“)

A: This was forbidden so that all outside influences and distractions could be maintained and the objective of releasing the energy in a controlled manner could continue. The isolation was not meant to be permanent but when no more replacements came it appeared as though a new rule of a virus outside requiring a quarantine would be needed. Also, external influence from the Man In Black, even if not well known was an outside influence that had to be prevented since it was his goal to have the energy released.

Q: If it imploded (as opposed to exploded) why were Desmond, Eko and Locke not crushed within it? (“Further Instructions“)

A: The energy is not destructive to human tissue. In fact, for the people on the island whenever a flash would happen or the energy being released, they would shift in time and location. Proximity to the blast would have different effects physically, or the type and scale of energy being released would have different effects. For Locke he lost his voice. It also displaced in location Eko and Desmond. This can also been seen most recently when the Jughead bomb detonated causing “The Incident” in the season 6 premiere we saw that Kate was displaced in location into a tree and at least her and Miles suffered temporary hearing loss.

Please leave a comment on what you think of these theories or if you have your own.

“The Incident”

We continue our recap/review of the season 5 finale with a look at the events that took place back in 1977 as events culminate into the incident mentioned way back in Season 2. Things go fast so enjoy!

Dismantling Jughead

Sayid, Jack along with Eloise and Richard are pulling apart Jughead deep in the under ground temple that is under the Dharma compound. Sayid was reading the detailed instructions left by Daniel in his journal on removing the key components to the bomb. Turns out all that they needed was the basic core of the bomb that Sayid could rig to detonate by ultimatey dropping it down the hole the Dharma group is drilling.

Richard helps them break through a wall that will lead them up into the Dharma compound (it’s actually Horace and Amy’s house, and I wonder if maybe Ben’s?). When he sees that Eloise is planning on going he quickly knocks her unconscious. He explains that she is pregnant and that he needs to protect their leader, even if she will be mad about it later. Jack and Sayid part ways with Richard and head up into the house.

Outside they see Dharma security everywhere with guns looking for the escapees. Sayid spies a jumpsuit of Horace’s and throws it on. They venture out into the compound and quickly try to cross it to get to the Swan station. Unfortunately Roger Linus (Ben’s Dad) spots Sayid and recognizes him and yells at him to halt. Sayid doesn’t want him to shoot considering he has a nuclear weapon on his back but Rogers does anyway. Sayid is hit in the gut. Jack fires back and the other Dharma security groups begin firing back.

Just when they are pinned down, Hurley again arrives in  Dharma van with Miles and ushers Sayid and Jack inside and they drive off into the woods.

Jack Must be Stopped

Saywer, Juliet and Kate are aboard the sub and Kate is trying to convince them that they have to stop Jack because he plans on blowing up the island. Sawyer doesn’t care and is quite happy with going back to the main land, even though it’s the seventies. Kate tries to plead with him and it actually ends up changing Juliet’s mind.

Since Sawyer will follow Juliet they release themselves and make their way to the bridge after subduing a guard and taking his gun. He orders the captain to act as if everything is normal and surface the sub to let them out. He complies and Sawyer shoots his radio so that he can’t warn anyone back at the island.

They take their raft and land on the beach to discover Vincent the dog there! Sawyer hugs the dog happy to see him after 3 years, and out from the jungle Rose appears disappointed that they were found. She takes them to a very bearded Bernard and they explain that they have been quite happy since the flaming arrow night 3 years ago and have made their peace and are retired. They want nothing to do with Jack or anything they are doing, they just want to be together and left alone.

I think Juliet can’t help but notice their contrast to everyone else that are so involved in everything and then Rose and Bernard who keep very peacefully apart and by themselves. She almost seems tempted to stay with them but ends up going with Kate and Sawyer anyway.

They end up catching up the Dharma van Hurley and crew are driving and force them to stop. Sawyer tells Jack that they need to talk and asks him to give him 5 minutes.

They move off into the jungle where Sawyer basically tells him he is crazy. He tells him that he could have done something about his parents murder since it had really just happened, but he is content with “what is done, is done” and thinks nothing can be changed or shouldn’t be changed. Jack is very stubborn on this believes this is his destiny and he is going through with it. When Sawyer can’t use words anymore he picks a fight and begins to pummel Jack.

It’s Juliet that stops him and Jack takes the chance to leave to continue his mission. Juliet tells Sawyer that she thinks they should help Jack erase the past. When Sawyer points out that they wouldn’t know each other she tells him that they were not meant to be together and she knew that when Kate came back. A very shattered Sawyer seems like he has nothing left to lose and gives up.

The Incident

Jack makes it with the bomb to the Swan site. He left Sayid who has lost a lot of blood in the care of Hurley and Miles. Radzinsky is at the site and had Phil arrive with more security. Dr. Change is also there monitoring the drill as it gets closer to the pocket of electromagnetic energy.

Kate also arrives and Jack breaks his promise and asks her why she came back to the island, what she did with Aaron. He tells her that Claire can have Aaron back, that by erasing the past and letting the plane land something different could happen. She agrees and plans on helping them.

Jack sneaks closer to the site but is spotted and a gun fight begins. He is outnumbered until the Dharma van appears. Juliet, Sawyer and Miles get into the firefight.

They manage to get the upper hand and even Sawyer tells Jack to drop the bomb. Jack drops the bomb down the very long hole. When it should have went off they know something went wrong. The drill had hit the pocket and the energy begins to be released. The ground starts shaking and everything metals starts to fly toward the hole.

Jack is knocked out by a toolbox, Dr. Chang’s arm is pinched by a crane fallen and is saved by Miles. Phil is amazingly skewered by a piece of rebar.

Tragically, a piece of chain wraps around Juliet and pulls her down the hole. Sawyer grabs a hold of her and Kate tries to help. He tries so desparately to save her but the magnetic force is too strong and she is sucked down into the hole. Sawyer is devastated by this and it takes everything Kate has to pull him away. Jack recovers and they flee the site as even the drilling crane gets pulled down.

We see then down the hole that Juliet somehow survived. She is very bloody and pinned under some metal. She sees the bomb sitting on some mud and finds a rock and manages to reach it. She hammers on the bomb over and over, and on the eighth time, the bomb seems to go off and the screen goes white, ending season.

What We Learned

• Sayid may have been fatally shot
• Juliet seems to break up with Sawyer throwing away everything they have for uncompelling reasons
• the Incident happens when the pocket of energy is hit and pulls everything down into the drill hole
• Phil is killed
• Dr. Chang’s arm is injured which likely leads to the missing arm noticed in some of the Dharma videos
• Juliet is pulled down into the drill hole and thought dead
• Juliet smashes the bomb causing a while light possibly the bomb going off

That’s it! This is the first episode where we have a fade to white ending.  We are assuming that this is the bomb going off and perhaps it will transport the Losties back to 2007. Before he died Jacob did say “they’re coming,” did he mean the seventies Losties?

I think Juliet has left the show, this was the major character death we heard about. Although it is amazing that she survived that fall.

It’s been said that this finale and the premiere to next season should be the building blocks we need to piece together how the show is going to end. I for one can’t wait for the sixth and final season. I assume that will be next February, such a long wait!

Thanks for reading and more Lost next year!

“The Incident”

This is the last finale before the series finale and the wrap to an amazing and my personal favourite season. In 2 storylines that I will cover in 2 parts we will explore what we learned and what is in store for the next season. Oddly Desmond was not a factor in this episode, we know that his story with the island is not over, and I’m sure once he recovers in the hospital he will inevitably be drawn back to the island.

The Coming of Jacob

Finally, the man we have heard of since season 2 has made his apperance! In fact the first few scenes of the finale show Jacob during his normal routine. He is weaving a tapestry on loom (which is Homer’s Odyssey) and catches and cooks fish on the beach at the base of the towering and complete statue.  Everyone is now convinced it is Tawaret, the Egyptian goddess of birth and fertility. Jacob has his chamber under neath the statue.

While on the beach we see off in the distance a ship which is the Black Rock before it’s visit to the island (how it gets washed inland is still unknown). Jacob, wearing a white shirt, is approached by a man in a black shirt. This man means to kill Jacob but is unable to. They are obviously enemies but some rules are in place preventing them from harming each other. The unamed man claims he will find a loophole to kill Jacob, to which Jacob tells him he will be right here waiting.

Jacob Visits the Castaways

In a series of flash backs, we discover that Jacob has been off island many times and has reached out to our survivors. Back in the seventies Kate and her friend Tom were caught stealing a New Kids on the Block lunch box and it was Jacob that paid the shop keeper for the box preventing the cops from being called. He expressed to Kate that she should never steal again and lightly taps her on the nose.

During the funeral for Sawyers parents (he is still James Ford at this point – and his father killed his mother before killing himself, thanks to Locke’s dad!) young Sawyer is writing the letter that he will eventually deliver to Mr. Sawyer, the man he holds responsible for his parents death. When his pen dries up its a concerned Jacob that approaches and gives him a pen and he slighly touches him on the hand when he does so.

Jacob appears later to Jack after he finishes a surgery in which his father embarasses him in front of Jack’s staff. Jack while trying to get a candy bar out of the vending machine is frustrated when it gets stuck. After chastising his father for his behaviour Jacob offers Jack the candy bar from the vending machine, again grazing his hand when he did so saying the candy bar just needed a little push.

Jacob, while sitting outside reading a book, stands up when a body lands behind him. The body is John Locke after his father pushed him out of the 8 story building. Jacob touches his shoulder and this seems to awaken or bring Locke back to life. Locke looks at him and Jacob says that he is sorry that this had to happen to him.

Before Sayid became an assassin, he was happy with Nadia. They were crossing a street when Jacob stopped Sayid (touching him on the shoulder) and asking for directions. Nadia however continued on the street and was struck down by a car that sped away. Before she died she told Sayid to take her home.

Jacob is also a guest at the wedding of Sun and Jin. He tells them in flawless Korean that their love is special and should never be taken for granted. Jacob touches them both on the shoulder before departing. Neither Sun nor Jin recognize the man.

Finally we have Hurley who was just released from prison having been acquited from the murders he did not commit (from earlier this season).  The guard hands him back his perosnal effects: some cash, a pen and some candy. Those are the 3 things Jacob offers to Kate, Sawyer and Jack oddly enough. Hurley shares a cab with Jacob who ends up telling Hurley that he is not cursed but blessed and that he needs to get on Ajira Flight 316. He touches Hurley and tells him that the choice is up to him. Jacob leaves the cab and Hurley stops him telling him he forgot his guitar case, to which Jacob says that it is not his.

In a brief flashback Jacob visits Illana in Russia. Her face is bandaged and she seems to know Jacob. He apologizes for not visiting sooner and asks for her help. He does not ask what but she agrees.

The Plight to Jacob

We pick up with the new crash survivors of which Illana is the leader. They row to the main island and still have Frank Lapidus with them. Bram asks her if Frank could be a candidate to which she does not know. Frank wakes up and asks what he could be a candidate for and they do not answer. They begin their trek toward Jacob’s cabin.

When they find it (easier than others mind you) they discover that the line of ash is broken around the cabin. Illana goes in alone and finds the place a wreck. On the wall she finds some cloth stuck with a blade to the wall, it depicts the four toed statue. She comes back out and tells Bram that someone else has been using the cabin and that they should burn it to the ground. She shows him the cloth and they know where they must go.

The Others are still marching to the statue lead by Richard. They rest at the former Losties camp. While there Sun finds Claire’s tent and the baby carriage Aaron used. Inside she finds Charlie’s Drive Shaft ring.

Locke talks with Ben and has told him that he expects him to kill Jacob. Ben confesses that his dead daughter in the temple was the one to tell him to follow every word of John Locke or else she will destroy him. Locke poisons Ben’s mind telling him that he has been treated so poorly by Jacob and has every reason to kill him.

Richard leads them to the base of the four toed statue and tells Locke that this where Jacob lives. Richard pushes aside a wall to let Locke inside. When Richard sees that Ben is accompanying Locke he exclaims that only the leader is allowed to visit Jacob to which Locke ignores. He heads inside anyway.

While Locke is inside Illana and her group arrive with their crate. She asks to speak to Richardus to which Richard steps forward. She asks him what lies in the shadow of the statue? to which he answers in Latin.

She tells him he has something to show her and dumps the contents of the coffin. Inside is the body of John Locke.

Inside the temple Locke hands Ben a knife and they enter the main chamber. They find Jacob inside waiting for them. Jacob knows that the man that is Locke is really his adversary sees that he has found his loop hole.

Ben approaches Jacob upset and tells him that he should not have been treated so insignificantly, that he always did what he was told and never seemed to get any recognition from Jacob, never actually got to meet him. He asks “what about me?” to which Jacob replies “what about you?”

Ben then stabs Jacob. As Jacob is on his knees he tells his adversary that “they’re coming” and then he is kicked into the fire to burn by his adversary.

What We Learned

• Jacob visited Kate and touched her when she was young
• Jacob visited a young Sawyer and touched him when he was at his parents funeral
• Jacob visisted a pre-Ocenaic 815 Locke after he fell 8 stories and seemed to bring him back to life by his touch
• Jacob visited a pre-Oceanic 815 Jack and touched him when offering a candy bar
• Jacob visited a pre-Oceanic 815 Sun and Jin and touched them when congratulating them at their wedding
• Jacob visited a post-Oceanic 815 Sayid and touched him and saved him from being run down, but Nadia was killed
• Jacob visited a post-Oceanic 815 Hurley after he left prison and touched him as well, telling him of Ajira Fligh 316 and leaving him the guitar case
• Jacob has an adversary and this unamed man wants to kill him and is looking for a loop hole in the rules to do it
• We know the four toed statue is Tawaret, Egyption goddess of birth
• It was Jacob that brought the Black Rock to the island
• Frank Lapidus is considered a possible candidate for something by Illana and Bram’s group
• Illana’s group find Jacob’s cabin and burn it to the ground, saying that someone else has been using it
• Richard leads Locke and the Others to the statue to meet Jacob
• Locke and Ben go inside the statue chamber where Ben stabs and kills Jacob
• Jacob reveals that Locke is his adversary and that he found the loop hole, and before he dies says “they’re coming”
• Illana’s group arrive and ask Richard the question to which he correctly answers
• Illana shows Richard what is in the crate, it is the corpse of John Locke

Part Two

In part 2 we will recap the events that lead up to the incident in 1977.

“Follow the Leader”

Here we have the final episode before the finale, and we finally get to catch up on some characters we haven’t seen in a while. There is no real centric character to this episode but I like to lean toward Jack and Locke.

Jack’s Destiny

Jack and Kate watch from the jungle as Daniel gets shot. Jack wants to help but Kate warns him that the same would happen to him. Before they can get away they are surrounded and Jack is bloodied by one of the Others. It’s younger Widmore that has him at gunpoint.

Widmore takes them into their camp where Eloise is looking at her dead son and the book he left behind. Jack tells her that they were with him. She has them put into her tent where she speaks to them in private. This is where Jack confesses that they are from the future and that they came for the bomb that was buried. His plan is to blow up the bomb so that they can erase everything that had happened and prevent a lot of misery, including Eloise killing her son. To this she agrees even against Widmore’s wishes. Eloise asks Richard and another to come with her, Jack and Kate to get the bomb.

They go to the temple but Kate doesn’t want anything to do with Jack’s plan. She thinks he is crazy and sounds a lot like Locke, but Jack won’t budge. She decides to go back to the barracks to find Sawyer but she is threatended that she knows too much and can’t leave. Suddenly Sayid appears and shoots one of the others saving Kate.

Jack explains to Sayid what they want to do and even tells Sayid that they saved Ben and that he didn’t really kill him. This seems to solidfy Sayid a bit and he plans to go with Jack.

Richard, Eloise, Jack then Sayid swim underwater to gain access to the Temple. Inside the ancient building is covered with heiroglyphs and they soon find the bomb Jughead, which happens to be right under the Dharma compound.

Not More Playing House

Hurley manages to take some food from the compound and meets Jin and Miles in the jungle. Dr. Chang finds them and asks them again if they really are from the future. Hurley is unable to keep up the lie and so Miles tells him that he is really his son. Chang says that Farraday wanted him to evacuate the island for their safety, and he seems convinced he has to do this.

Sawyer and Juliet are being held captive and being question by Stu Radzinsky about what they know and where their friends are. Chang appears and tells them he has ordered the evacuation of the camp of non-essential personnel since it is too dangerous here. Sawyer is very tight lipped and will say nothing and that just makes Radzinsky beat him more. Horace is there and tries to calm him down but Radzinsky basically ignores him saying he doesn’t have the guts to do what needs to be done.

An angy Phil knows how to get Sawyer to talk and hits Juliet. Sawyer breaks and says he’ll cooperate to which Radzinsky gives him a book and tells him to draw a map to where the hostiles camp is. Sawyer stikes a deal that if he does then they will be put on the sub to leave the island.

Radzinsky agress to this and so Sawyer begins to draw.

Later Miles, Hurley and Jin watch as the sub is being boarded. We see young Charlotte and her mother leaving, and Miles sees his mother and his infant self being told to leave by Chang. He understands know why his mother had such bad feelings for him. They also sees Juliet and Sawyer being escorted into the sub and they look on confused, thinking this must be his plan.

Sawyer and Juliet are hand cuffed into the sub. Sawyer reveals that the Dharma group are not the police and that they will be free in the “real world.” Before the sub leaves, Phil brings down Kate who was captured and hand cuffs her with Sawyer and Juliet. The sub then leaves the island.

Locke Finally Has a Purpose

Locke finds the Others camp with Ben and Sun and brings a boar to Richard for dinner who is very surprised to see him after three years. Richard notices that he is different and Locke tells him he has a purpose now. Ben tells Sun that Richard is like an advisor and that he has been around for a very long time. She races to him and asks if he was here in 1977 and shows him the Dharma recruit pictures and wants to know if he seen Jin. Richard said he was here thirty years ago and watched them all die.

Locke later tells Sun that if there is anyway he can save Jin, he will. But first he takes Ben and Richard into the jungle to run an errand. They arrive at the downed plane where Locke gives Richard a first aid kit and tells him that a man with a gun shot wound will be coming toward the plane and that he needs to patch him up. He says that he also has to tell him that he has to convince the ones who left to come back to the island and that he will have to die to do it.

Locke is of course talking about the earlier scene in the season where Richard tended to him and told him what he had to do.

Locke returns to the beach and gathers all of the Others, his people. He tells him that for too long they have been taking orders from a man named Jacob that they have never seen before. Locke tells them that they are going to finally go and find Jacob.

On the way Ben and Richard seem very perplexed and worried about what Locke is doing and that he is acting very dangerous. Later Locke tells Ben that he doesn’t really care about helping Sun so much, but that he real purpose is to find Jacob so that he can kill him.

What We Learned

• Daniel is confirmed dead
• Eloise is helping Jack use the h-bomb which is buried in the Temple under the Dharma compound
• Sayid joins Jack, Eloise and Richard in the temple
• Sawyer makes a deal with Radzinsky to get himself and Juliet off the island on the sub if he shows them where the hostiles camp is
• Kate is also taken and is sent off the island with Sawyer and Juliet
• Chang is convinced that Daniel was right and orders the evacuation of the island, he also believes there will be an accident at the Swan site
• Locke from 2007 was the one who had Richard help his previous self after being shot and put the idea in his head to get everyone who left back to the island and that he had to die. He says the island told him to do this.
• Locke is taking the Others to see Jacob
• Locke reveals his plan is to find and kill Jacob