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This is a list of all the unanswered questions that have been asked in Lost, both explicitly and implicitly. Please add questions! When possible, make sure to reference that episode that the question comes from. Once a question has been officially answered on the TV show or by some other source, we can remove it from the list.

Characters

Jack

  • Where is Jacks dad’s body?

Kate

  • Was the horse that Kate saw the same horse from her memory in What Kate Did? If so, how did it get there?

Sawyer

  • Where is he hiding the guns?

Sayid

Hurley

  • Why was Hurley in the mental hospital?

Jin

Sun

  • Is her baby from Jin or her tutor?

Charlie

Claire

Aaron

  • What do the Others want with Aaron?
  • What is 'special' about Aaron that made the psychic insist he must not be raised by anyone but Claire?

Michael

  • Where is Michael?
  • What instructions did he receive on the computer? Where to go? Why exactly did he say that the computer "is not what you think it is"?

Walt

  • Where is Walt?
  • Why do the Others want him?
  • Did he make that bird die in Special? How?
  • Was it really Walt talking to Michael on the computer?
  • Why is Walt wet every time we see him since his kidnapping?
  • Why has Walt been talking backwards?

Locke

  • How did Locke become healed?
  • Did Locke really see The Security System in Walkabout or did he see something else that was "beautiful?"
  • He seems to know about destiny and what's 'supposed to happen', what does he know about the island that he hasn't revealed.

Mr. Eko

  • What is he doing with his marked trees?
  • What do the Bible passages marked on his Jesus Stick mean?

Ana-Lucia

Libby

  • Does she know Hurley from before the plane crash?

Supporting Characters

Rose

  • Is Rose really psychic?

Bernard

Danielle

Desmond

  • Where did Desmond go? Is he still alive?
  • What was the medicine for that he was taking?
  • Who is the “him” that he referred to when he first met Locke?
  • Did he mean anything special by “you’ve gotta raise it up”?
  • Did he mean anything special by “see you in another life, bro”?
  • Did he cause a miracle that cured Sarah? Jack was pretty sure he didn't fix her, and she became healed only after Jack spoke with Desmond (who asked if he believed in miracles)

Henry Gale

  • Is Henry one of the others?

The Others

General

  • Did the others cause the plane crash?
  • How did the others get on the Island?
  • Why do the others dress up when they come in contact with the lostaways?
    • Two possiblilties (neither exclusive of the other): Because their appearance as Deliverance extras is meant to intimidate and the possibility that some of the castaways might recognize some of them in normal clothes.
  • Why do the others want the lostaways to stay on one side of the Island?

Alexandra Rousseau

  • Was the girl who rescued Claire her?

Zeke/Mr. Friendly

  • What is his real name?

He

The Island

The Swan Station (Hatch)

  • Why is there a Quarantine sign on the door?
  • What is the purpose of the number input?
  • What happens if the numbers are not inputted in time?
  • What do the hieroglyphics from One of Them mean?
  • What was the “charging up” noise we heard when the clock switched to hieroglyphics in One of Them?
  • What are the blast doors for?
  • What is behind the cement wall?
  • What is the magnetic force coming from?
  • Who drew the mural? Was it Thomas?

The Arrow Station

  • What is this stations purpose?
  • Why was this station abandoned?
  • Is this one of the six DHARMA stations referred to in the orientation film?
  • Why is there a Quarantine sign on the door?

The Medical Hatch

  • Why is there a Medical Station on the Island? Was it there specifically for Claire?
  • Why was this station abandoned?
  • Is this one of the six DHARMA stations referred to in the orientation film?
  • Why was there no Quarantine sign on the door?
  • Why is there an Escape Hatch in this station? Why was the sign painted over?

The Monster

  • What is the monster?
  • Did someone create the monster? Who?
  • Are the smoke and machine one being? Or is there more then one monster?

Other

  • Why is there a polar bear on the island?
  • What does the power line that Sayid finds in Solitary lead to? Where do they come from?
  • Who are the dead bodies referred to by Locke as Adam and Eve?

Miscellaneous

The Dharma Initiative

  • We know DHARMA is an acronym. What does it stand for?

The Hanso Foundation

Widmore Construction/Labs

The Numbers

  • What do the numbers stand for?
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