I'm anxious to find out more about Jacob also.

The Dharma film on Season 3's DVD made it seem like they were possibly experimenting with time travel.

This would make it almost seem like when the button wasn't pushed back with Desmond in the past, it caused a time shift that made a duplicate of the plane and the two were too close in proximity to each other, causing them to damage each other. One crashed on the island and the time-displaced one crashed in the ocean somewhere killing everyone (or vice versa).

This also makes me think that Jacob is slightly time-displaced making him invisible to most people, but people with a certain kind of perception are able to see and/or hear him.

It's hard to tell from the flash of his profile and eye in the episode, but it's fun to try and guess who he is. I wonder if he could be the asian guy from the training videos?

P.S. I didn't put any of this in spoiler tags, because it's pretty much all speculation.

I'm thinking that Eko got too close to something. The Monster is protecting something (I have a theory) and when it perceives someone as a threat, it attacks.

It was Eko. The psychic's daughter had possible died but came back to life on the autopsy table. Psychic says that it never happened like that, it was just his wife making it up because he is a fraud.

Anyone else believe the theory that the island is actually like pergutory and everyone is already dead? They are trying to overcome their demons or whatever to get into heaven. I mean charlie overcame his drug addiction and became a hero accepting death. Plus in one of the last few episodes locke's dad and someone else I believe the parachuter say there were no survivors from their crash. When you get to heaven or in this case close to it, arent all your ailments supposedly gone, ex. Locke can walk again.

No. This has been addressed by the producers/creators/writers since the first season. Everyone is definitely alive, it is not purgatory.

Locke was healed because the island is his place on earth that he can "heal." In the episode where <strike>he</strike> Rose goes to Australia to try to get healed (via her husband), the healer guy says that this location on earth is not "her place to get healed,' but it was for others.

So when Locke's dad and the parachuter say they are all dead, it could either mean thats what news reports assumed because they didnt find all the bodies, since I dont think they went into detail as saying all the bodies were found or maybe locke's dad and the parachuter are lying for seperate reasons.

That's my biggest question ATM.

My guesses, in order of most to least likely: Ben, Michael, Richard (I think we have a lot to learn about Richard).

Ben would seem most obvious because of how Kate reacted when Jack brought it up.

A lot of questions on the show can be assumed to be heading a certain way in terms of the answers... in the case of Eko, It is pretty clear if you look at the details that the Smoke Monster killed him because it was judging him. The most obvious idea being that it decided he was not sorry for his sins and must pay the price. In Eko's flashback episode in Season 2, when he confronts the smoke monster, is seems to scan him and pictures from his past off-island life are shown inside of the black smoke. Later on, after reviewing his character, it deemed him unworthy of living. He was going to continue to sell drugs and do bad things when he got on the plane in Australia and he justified everything by saying that it was what he had to do to survive, that he did not choose his life. Yes, all of these things are true, but Eko never showed any true remorse for the actions he made or the lives that he took. This is ultimately, I think, the biggest clue as to what this "smoke monster" actually represents... at this point. Also, for those curious, it appears the smoke monster took some "flashes" (as in - scanned the memories) of Juliet in the Left Behind episode. This obviously suggests to me that she will be judged.

As for the list of questions... that list is hardly complete. However, it does seem to contain a large chunk of them. A couple of the questions have been answered or have been slowly unfolding. It will take some time.

One question that few seem to ask, and is probably one of the absolute LARGEST questions of the whole series is: Where are they? This is the question Charlie asks at the end of the Pilot episode and it is something that no one is sure of. I have heard Damon Lindelof talk about this before on their podcasts and I'm sure that this is going to be really important to the story.

Anyway, I'll try to add more to this thread later, but for now... that's probably enough. There is so much to analyze on LOST that it can be overwhelming for those that truly want to understand all the mysteries. I feel pretty confident that our questions will be answered though. It's just a matter of time.

We have 48 episode left to watch. Eight of which have been finished and will be aired starting next week. I'm excited!

Well, I think the point of this thread is to gather as comprehensive of a list as possible. If there are things missing, post them. I'm assuming the OP created this thread to update the first post.

That was Rose, that couldn't get healed in Australia.

Yes, thank you. This 9 month hiatus between seasons is ridiculous. Seriously... Who on earth thought that was a good idea?

the Producers are in a no-win situation regarding that...

either we have a short break between seasons, and deal w/ chunks of episodes between september and may (which everyone complained about)

or

we have a very long hiatus between seasons, but are given all the episodes in a row

And, so she could trade Aaron for Alex to the Others.

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Didn't we find out ina flashback later on, that he was a fraud? I think he admitted that to someone (jacks dad I think??) maybe somebody got to him and made him do it?

Yes, he was supposed to be a fraud, but didnt he pay for Claire to take the plane to hawaii suggesting that he knew it was going to crash and kill her "evil" baby?

Or

They hire more writers or whatever is putting a cog in their production. Cut the pie 5 ways.

Aaaah.. okay. Now I remember. I really can't wait to watch it all beginning-to-end on DVD so I can keep up with everything. ;)

As for my specualtion as to who's in the coffin, I assumed it was Sawyer.

Sadly I'll have a longer wait than most to see season 4 (we wait for the DVD).. so I guess I'll only be checking out this thread for another week. lol

It's interesting to hear everyone's theories... the time travel thing and there being two planes is very interesting.

iTunes has a free 8:15 minute recap if anyone wants a refresher.

That wouldn't do anything, as ABC would still want Lost to last until May for sweeps. That's why there's always breaks and such when Lost ran from Sept.-May.

This thread makes me think aobut those mid-season recap episodes and their actual importance to those watching VERY closely. IMO they have always made it very clear which little parts were important (by covering it during the recap) and what is just there to make viewers go hmmmmm... I'm with the rest of the fans in wishing they would answer more stuff, especially things that had an entire episode devoted to it, but it's clear some is just simply like the shark logo. Simple fluff.

Anybody know for sure how many episodes they are supposed to run statrting next week before it stops again? I've heard and read different things that totally conflict with each other.

Also, anybody wish they would just not have any episodes this season and make one fo the others longer? I feel this short run before another break is just going to hurt the show even more.

I heard 16 episodes for the next 3 years and season 6 is the last year. Thats 4 months worth Feb-May

Sorry, I was trying to say this "season" given the strike. I knew the pre-strike plans, which I hope are no longer valid.

I don't know anyone who watches Lost who complained about having a re-run here and there. Maybe an "aww, shucks, it's not on next week" kind of response. And for sure, no one I know things the long hiatus between seasons even remotely makes sense.

If people can't handle having a 2 or 3 week break between an episode and figuring out what was a re-run or not, then I don't care if they watch it or not. The producers are idiots for "giving in" and making it this new format. I mean give me a break, television has been airing things in this format for as long as I have been alive, if people haven't figured it out by now, it's their problem. Personally, I have no problem with not having them all in a row. It makes you have something to look forward to if there is a break here and there. Yeah you might groan when you find out it's not on next week, but that's part of the television experience.

Why should the rules change for Lost? I guess people are getting too spoiled.

A big question for me is why are so many people directly involved with someone dieing?

And as another helpful tips for those of us who don't have the time to rewatch the entire series so far - a special hour episode "LOST: Past, Present & Future" is scheduled to air before the first episode of season 4 on Wednesday 1/31.