The problem here is that The Man in Black became the Smoke Monster. Ask me sometime. Lost: Unanswered questions, what we STILL don't know As a guy going into the finale filled with dread, I admit I was often moved and greatly entertained by the last episode of "Lost" last night. What are the "rules"? What did Locke see when he first saw the smoke? What is the deal with Kate and that horse? Rousseau was right: The black smoke IS a security system. There is much to explore here on this incredibly fascinating Magic Island. Nora Quoirin, 15, died nine days after she went missing from a holiday resort in the Malaysian jungle in August 2019. Dunno. Plus, a badly-photoshopped picture revealed that she knew Brother Campbell, Desmond's supervisor. It's a paradox-correcting rule, and it eliminates the idea of linear time or circular time. It is the Universe. Jacob and MIB were raised by Mother (Alison Janney), after she killed their real birth mother. Lindelof spent the next few minutes explaining to the interviewer that everything on the Island happened in real life and the show was not, in fact, purgatory. What's the logic in that? Definitely a person. Why does Danny say Jack wasn't on Jacob's list when in fact his name was clearly written in the cave? They built the statue, and the tunnels underneath the Temple, and probably many other things on the Island. 8 'Lost' Questions That Are Still Unanswered 10 Years Later. We can easily presume from this that Hurley would eventually finish cleaning up the mess Jacob and Brother made, and he would step down for Walt to take over. For ages, the only thing we knew about Jacob was his cabin in the woods. Here are answers to all of those questions. ... A year ago Nate challenged me to think of 24 unanswered questions that still require attention from the show before the series finale. Sun and Jin died together. It was the Others posing as him to get Michael to come to them. - What happened to Ben's childhood friend Annie? The Island, like all life, can make choices and be manipulated. These aren't really questions, because they don't actually know what they're asking. You can trust me, because I'm a person typing to you on the Internet. A Lost sequel could work, say Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, but not with them. How did they get there? Shannon was because, as corny as it sounds, Island Love is stronger than Any Other Love. But the Water and Light doesn't kill you. As Jack's father said in and about the Sideways World, "This place is a gift you gave yourselves." QUESTION BONUS: What WAS The Smoke Monster? What are the hieroglyphics on the Swan countdown timer about? Some were probably of eggs and almond milk. Maybe sashayed. But Jack wasn't dead yet. We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. To keep Desmond and Kelvin alive, so they could keep pushing the button. Early inhabitants of the Island, of Egyptian descent. Pretty sad story, as was Walt's, but that's what happened. The role of Island Protector is actually both Jacob and Smokey's powers combined. Will Scott is the pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Dalton. The longer answer for this is "The Island is a conscious place that can travel through time and space. "I'll be there for you," they said. So who was living there and why? Satisfied with the answers or not, the answers are there. Walt had a different important group of people to move on with, as did the others. - Who made the secret door that supposedly summons MIB? Amember? This article is a comprehensive guide to every notable question on Lost given per episode as well as its answer. Just as Hurley began romancing Libby (Cynthia Watros) after the Losties joined up with the Tailies, it was revealed that Libby had actually spent time at the same mental facility as Hurley before they got to the island. There was a woman named Regina on the freighter. - Where did the glass eye come from? The Smoke is bound to the Island, not connected to it. They also appeared hundreds of times throughout the show. Connect to your existing Cracked account if you have one or create a new Cracked username. It was eventually shown that Eloise was Daniel Faraday's mother and once the leader of the Others. He will have the powers of Jacob, and take the form and powers of a Smoke Monster, too. Yes. They take them. If you're going to lie, sprinkle some truth and seemingly random details in there to make it more believable. It's a pool of Magic Water from the Source, and it can bring people back to life. His column appears the fourth Friday of the month. In the end, there was probably no magical connection between the numbers, but rather just one massive coincidence. What happened to Ben's childhood friend, Annie? Who attacked Sayid, and why did he have Kate's address? In the present, Jughead was sitting in the Hatch, waiting to be detonated as a Failsafe if someone didn't push the button. 43 Answers To Unanswered Questions About "Lost" by Rick Paulas May 24, 2010. Characters would often peer in and see their own eye reflecting back at them. Who were the very original inhabitants/creators? Ben told him he needed to help his father, Michael. Who finished the Magic Wheel that combined Light and Water? Ergo, other stuff.". Here is the final version from me… not a complete version, but one with all the answers I could find. Ben convinced him not to, and then he murdered John. QUESTION 8: What do you have to say about me not liking those answers? "What's the deal with John Locke?" Partly out of respect for the dead. Very few people can see Jacob, let alone the dying ghost kid version of him. A mystery which didn't need an answer in the grand scheme of things, but sparked huge debate among fans at the time. However, as I sit down to think about what questions truly NEED to be answered in its final season, I am somewhat shocked to find it seemingly boils down to ten questions - some simple, some complex. Why!? What's with all the hieroglyphics underneath the Temple? He was a kid during the Purge. The writers say they’ve now answered every Lost question imaginable The Mother was the Protector of the Island. "... ergo, the Island is a series of tubes. Of course, all Lindelof had to do was show him a line from the finale: "Everything that's happened to you is real." Who are the skeletons in the polar bear cave? The island, the monster, Jacob and MIB - these are things that Lost is technically all about, and we never really got a proper explanation that actually made sense in our heads. But if all of our prayers were answered we would end up taking God for granted. By the end of the series, Hurley could talk to ghosts, Miles (Ken Leung) could hear dead people and we found out the island was all about trying to save a magic light, so Walt was pretty normal in that context. Magic is actually the answer to many Unanswered Questions, and if you hate that fact, then LOST just wasn't for you. The only thing with the power to move objects through time is the Island itself. 'The Sickness' was a term used by many different characters in various eras, to the point where it almost impossible to know whether they were all talking about the same thing, which was probably the point. Yes, Jacob and the Monster manipulated certain events, but there were things even they didn't understand. - Why did Christian Shephard appear to Jack and Michael off the island if MIB couldn't leave? It's more like a big splat of paint on a wall. Goons. They saved the world. Paolo was never on Expose. Cracked is published by Literally media Ltd.. Whose eye appeared in the window of the cabin? Then let's not kill each other's daughters, how about?" Why did the Oceanic Six lie and name Charlie, Boone and Libby as the other survivors? Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd.. Moving a cabin or location around is not a power attributed to the Smoke Monster, or Jacob. Jacob tossed his Brother down and then his Brother cracked his skull, fell into The Source, and emerged as the new Smoke Monster. as he died? The one true Unanswered Question. Magic powers on Magic Island. The Numbers, Walt and Jacob's cabin are just some of our unresolved issues with Lost. Why did Widmore tell Ben to kill Rousseau and her baby, and why did he then let Ben keep it anyway? To understand this, we need to understand the nature of Time in LOST. There are rules they don't understand and things at play that they can't comprehend. But they don't need the person's body. Why do those returning to the Island need to recreate the circumstances of their first arrival? Both realities happened, because whatever splatted, splatted. At the 1st of all top unanswered science questions we have the something related Black Hole. (esp. A very important one, meant to patrol the Island and protect it for as long as it can. Faith. If the light at the Source of the Island ever goes out, everything ends.". During the Incident, there was an enormous flash of light when everyone flashed back to the present. That was one of the main points in that world. I've already ruined The Dark Knight Rises for everyone, so I might as well improve LOST for you to even it out. No. To him, it looked like they died. Damon alluded to the scientific explanation for the creation of the universe: The Big Bang Theory. The lack of Island also means that the Hatch was never built, so the plane never came to the Island, so they never went back in time to blow up the bomb that created the world in the first place. The Island wasn't done with the ranch yet, and Magic. Because it's a Magic Island, and its survival depends on very few people coming to and knowing about it. Lost has been building toward a pretty epic finish in Season 6, so we can only be patient and wait for the rest of the season to unfold. People from the Ajira plane. These questions intentionally manipulate the mind of another person. 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It is a conscious entity that affects how the paint splatters. QUESTION 4: Did that bomb ... do something? The same place The Man In Black showed up. So, yeah. Who are the men who tried to kidnap Sayid and Hurley, but got thrown into a dishwasher full of knives? The heavy use of the numbers early on just made them seem to be much more important than they actually were. What triggered the lockdown, and why on earth would anyone trigger it so that during the lockdown, black lights would go on? We eventually discover that Christian was actually the Man in Black/smoke monster, so it appears he was at least renting the cabin for a period. The Gray Mother split herself into dark and light. He has tattoos. Tell the audience what happens to the characters, and explain the questions raised in the first episode. The characters did not die when their plane crashed. Obviously. Damon Lindelof has recently come under fire for Prometheus, the sort-of-a-prequel but actually completely a prequel to Alien. So at the end of Season 5, Jacob's Candidates are in the '70s and the Incident is about to occur. It was just a shame that Walt didn't return in season 6 as a major character to complete his arc, as by then his age and growth made sense. But, as self-predicted, I also was disappointed. A person who knew her mother was being treated for cancer in the hospital. Smokey thought Young Jacob was a vision he was having, because the Island's prone to giving people visions to mess with them. Now, one could argue that this is just because he's Jack. It won't let Michael kill himself. To alert the Island of their return and so the Island will recognize them. The Man in Black's body did not turn into Smokey. But more importantly, he meant "Holy shit, this fucking giant pillar of black smoke just killed me, it seemed pretty pissed and it seems to plan on killing lots more of you, so watch out for that, you're all gonna die." He needed a drastic wake-up call like his father explaining everything to him in order to truly wake up from his life. Mostly moving the Island and convincing the Oceanic 6 to go back, via his own suicide. Why does Richard think he saw everyone in the 1977 DHARMA picture die? Eventually, Hurley the Jacob and Jack the Smoke Monster will die, and Walt will become the new Island Protector. John Locke, on the other hand, operated on blind faith, and it broke him. One of those mysteries which sort of has an answer. had the ability to enthrall and infuriate fans in equal measure. The cabin was a place that moved around seemingly at random. I love my daughter. - Why did MIB kill the innocent Ajira flight passengers? People on the INTERNET are saying that the lack of answers in PromETHEUS is just like the lack of answers in one of Lindelof's other popular projects, LOST. Unrelated to The Sickness, women were unable to give birth without complications or even death for many years. This is in another category of question that doesn't work. That's the Island. She loved them both. Michael wasn't allowed to move on. A person, that's for sure. Why does Walt tell Locke that he still has work to do? She eventually returned via flashback in which she explained to Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) that her husband had died a few years previously. When the LOST finale aired, the folks at fellow cutuppery CollegeHumor released a video of LOST's 100 lingering questions. Many Googleable lists of the "X Worst Finales Ever" will pop up, and LOST is usually in the number one slot, right above Battlestar Galactica and Friends. He didn't keep coming back to life. The actual sickness is all down to the MIB's ways of controlling Jacob's candidates. There was a polar bear in a comic book Walt was reading. He will be one with the Island, as well as Protector of it. Who broke the circle of ash around Jacob's cabin? She was only OK. How does Eloise come to run the Lamp Post station? They were, after all, essentially kids when they took on their forms and roles on the Island. A bright light, some smoke, the heart of the Island. One thing is for certain — May 23 will be a historic day for “Lost” fans. Also, Magic Island again. It turns someone into a Smoke Monster, into a Protector of The Island. I still have some creator-approved things to say about Christian Shephard, Jack becoming a new Smoke Monster, and many other things that may or may not blow your mind. It's smaller, but it still affects the shape and color of the original splatter. Jack, on the other hand, needed several. We've SEEN what it does. However, Ben let him and Michael (Harold Perrineau) leave the island (mainly because Malcolm David Kelley had aged rather quickly), and his special abilities were never explained. The Incident that caused the creation of the Hatch, which caused the survivors to crash on the Island in the first place. That was not Walt. There was a Magic Explosion on Magic Island. Questions will be answered and some of our favorite characters may come to their death. They were taken and assimilated by the Others. What happened to the flight attendant Cindy and the kids? - Why did MIB decide to kill Eko and not others? Thankfully, Oceanic 815 crashed and Jack was eventually all "Fine, I'll save the world.". Why on earth is the second part of this question a concern of anyone? Here are just some of the biggest mysteries. "What's the deal with [any number of things]?" Why did Ghost Horace direct Locke to the cabin? Walt had other people to move on with, from HIS most important time. There is more to this, but basically whenever we saw Christian in a suit and white shoes, it was Enlightened Christian Shephard who was going back and forth between the Sideways and Real World, trying to help the survivors survive and save the world. Nothing happened for about a season and a half, certain characters existed, etc. The whole point of the episode "The Lighthouse" was that some people need to figure things out for themselves, and not be told they're special. The Incident continued, but eventually enough construction equipment got sucked down and plugged the hole. or "What's up with [any number of things]?" The actions leading up to both Claire and Aaron leaving in a helicopter were altered by the Man in Black stealing Claire away into the woods. For more from Cody, check out Advanced Batman Theory: Why Nolan Will Kill Bruce Wayne and The 12 Most Baffling Genres of Stock Photo, Explained. The "rules" Ben spoke of were not the Island's Rules, like Jacob and MIB not being able to kill each other. It could have been years or decades or centuries. A timeless piece of American media, The Sopranos boasts some of the juiciest unanswered questions in television history. Desmond unplugged the Island and was unaffected because of his Magic Time Brain. Who was Libby's previous husband's mother, and who was her husband? So, many questions can honestly be answered with "The Island did it." Hurley remained himself. So she can find where the largest pocket of electromagnetic energy is and use that information to find the Source of the Island. One that even needed to stay. The Statue wasn't there because it was integral to the plot. The Pali texts give only ten, the Sanskrit texts fourteen questions. Sun did not flash back to the 1970s because she was no longer a Candidate, just like Ben and everyone else on Ajira 316. Passwords and mainframes and security and other hacker reasons. You forgot Sayid, and they got to the 1970s because they were Candidates and because of Magic Time Island. Maybe she knew about the time-travel stuff as a weird 'power' given to her by MIB, just like Richard Alpert was given the power of infinite life by Jacob. Jack spent we-don't-know-how-long as a Smoke Monster on the Island. Fair enough, but why introduce it in the first place? Don't open the Hatch, Mr. Locke. Suffice to say, we as viewers are meant to say 'OK, fair enough'. One of them means, "He walks among them but he is not one of them." The bomb was kept in the Hatch for later use. We know what the Island is, what the Monster was, why there were polar bears on the Island, why the characters were brought to the Island, and what happened to them. If you want to learn more about Midi-chlorians and who Boba Fett's father is, just get the Expansion Guide. - Who built the magic Lighthouse and how the hell did it work? 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