# What one "Lost" mystery do you most care about getting an explanation for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808 "2010-01-28T20:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/1 "2010-01-28T20:57:09Z")
And, which would you be most surprised to get an answer to? With Lost’s last season just about to end, I thought it might be cool to start thinking about what we want from it. I’ve been waiting since the premiere for the show to wind up and am glad it is finally going to end. I hope they can do a good job and I kind of think they can. I got this idea from Alan Sepinwall, by the way, who has a wonderful blog you should all read. Let’s not let this be a “Lost bash fest”, where people complain about the show. I’ll go first: Most important to get: What, basically anyway, is the Island? I don’t need a full answer, but at least something. Most surprised if we get solved: How did all these people get “chosen” to be on the Island? I just don’t think they can explain it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/2 "2010-01-28T21:00:57Z")
I’m curious about why Richard Alpert doesn’t age. And I know you said ‘one’ but I’m also curious how they are going to go about dealing with the ‘reset’. ---
**Author:** ![StoutHearted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@StoutHearted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StoutHearted)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/3 "2010-01-28T21:05:16Z")
Besides the ones already mentioned: What was up with Libby being in the mental ward with Hurley? I think I remember reading something where the producers said they don’t intend to revist that one. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/4 "2010-01-28T21:06:40Z")
Oh and I’d like to know what happened to Claire. I liked her. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/5 "2010-01-28T21:08:12Z")
It used to be the statue foot. Now it’s the relationship between Jacob and his nemesis. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/6 "2010-01-28T21:09:05Z")
> [@StoutHearted](#): > > Besides the ones already mentioned: > > What was up with Libby being in the mental ward with Hurley? I think I remember reading something where the producers said they don’t intend to revist that one. Really? That one seemed like it would be kind of important to revisit, IMO (didn’t Libby meet Desmond on the outside, as well?). ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/7 "2010-01-28T21:10:12Z")
I really just wanna know who the others “are.” We’ve seen them know for four seasons, but we really don’t know what the deal with them is. And why people who have been captured (like Cindy) seem pretty happy. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/8 "2010-01-28T21:11:47Z")
Who built that frakking four-toed statue? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/9 "2010-01-28T21:15:14Z")
I’d like to know how so many people are able to find an island that not only moves from place to place in the ocean but also skips through time. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/10 "2010-01-28T21:26:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Who built that frakking four-toed statue? Yeah, this would be cool to learn as well. I’m guessing people have been on the island since ancient times. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/11 "2010-01-28T21:32:21Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Really? That one seemed like it would be kind of important to revisit, IMO (didn’t Libby meet Desmond on the outside, as well?). IIRC, the actress didn’t like being killed off in the show, so she has been uncooperative in coming back. That should get her more gigs. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/12 "2010-01-28T21:34:15Z")
Question I most want to know: what is the island and who built it? Question I don’t care about: Why these people? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/13 "2010-01-28T21:45:21Z")
They’ve neglected Walt in the storyline for quite awhile. We had maybe 45 seconds of him and Locke talking together in the past season, and it didn’t explain anything about why he was special or how he helped Locke after Ben shot him. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/14 "2010-01-28T21:46:53Z")
I forgot about the whispers. They were prevalent in the first 4 seasons, but not in the 5th (I wonder if they were from time travel). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/15 "2010-01-28T21:49:08Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yeah, this would be cool to learn as well. I’m guessing people have been on the island since ancient times. That’s already been answered, at least if you watched the re-run of Season 5 Finale with the pop-ups that aired on Tuesday this week. I usually don’t like those pop-ups, but these were quite interesting. ETA: Anyone interested in seeing if his/her mystery has an answer already, check out [Lostpedia](http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page). Go to the bottom and look for “mysteries”. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/16 "2010-01-28T21:49:08Z")
The numbers. They made **such** a huge deal about the numbers in the first two seasons, and they’ve rarely or never been mentioned from season 3 on. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/17 "2010-01-28T21:50:58Z")
I’m curious why I can’t stop watching this piece of crap. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/18 "2010-01-28T21:54:05Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > The numbers. They made **such** a huge deal about the numbers in the first two seasons, and they’ve rarely or never been mentioned from season 3 on. From Lostpedia: [spoiler]It has been revealed in The Lost Experience that these six numbers are the core values of the Valenzetti Equation, a mathematical formula designed to predict the end of humanity. The numbers in actuality are said to represent human and environmental factors in the equation (given numerical form), though their precise meaning is uncertain. One purpose of the DHARMA Initiative was to change the factors leading to humanity’s demise, which will be indicated by an alteration in at least one of the human/environmental factors - i.e. the numbers. However, in all its years of research, the Initiative failed to reach its goal. Despite much research and manipulation of the equation’s values, the end result was always the numbers. In an interview with E! in 2009, Damon stated the following in regards to the Numbers: “Here’s the story with numbers. The Hanso Foundation that started the Dharma Initiative hired this guy Valenzetti to basically work on this equation to determine what was the probability of the world ending in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Valenzetti basically deduced that it was 100 percent within the next 27 years, so the Hanso Foundation started the Dharma Initiative in an effort to try to change the variables in the equation so that mankind wouldn’t wipe it itself out.”[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/19 "2010-01-28T22:34:09Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I’m curious why I can’t stop watching this piece of crap. Always nice to have one of these in a thread. Anyways, for me: I hope (and expect) that they will elucidate the conflict between Jacob and the Man in Black, and let us know which of them has been behind the various manifestations we’ve seen throughout the years. The rest of it is a side dish. I don’t think we’re going to get much in the way of resolution regarding Libby. On a related note, Cynthia Watros is a twit and is getting some bad career advice from somebody. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808/20 "2010-01-28T23:17:13Z")
What is the island; WHY is the island…ditto the damn Smoke Monster. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-lost-mystery-do-you-most-care-about-getting-an-explanation-for/526808.md?page=2)