15. What are The Whispers?
Remember when the Losties used to hear whispers back in seasons 2 and 3? It usually preceded the appearance of the others. How do they do it? Maybe season 6 will tell us the answer — in a loud, clear voice. Out theory is it was just the Losties on the island from a different time period. They were hearing themselves.
Probability of it being answered: B (It's kind of important, but it wouldn't really change anything if it wasn't answered. In fact, many Lost fans forgot about them completely.)
14: What's Libby's backstory?
When this Tailie was killed by Michael at the end of season 2, she left behind several unanswered questions. Why did she end up in Hurley's mental institution? Was it merely coincidence that she was the one who gave Desmond his sailboat?
Probability of it being answered: A (While many fans don't really give a shit about Libby, the writer's have recently said we absolutely will get her entire backstory and answer all her questions.)
13: What's the complete Dharma backstory?
We still haven't met the big wigs who ran the secretive utopian science enclave from afar in Ann Arbor, Michigan. And where in the world is its mysterious Danish financial backer, Alvar Hanso? And why did Pierre Chang use alternative names in the Dharma orientation films? And another thing...
Probability of it being answered: B+ (Without knowing the full backstory of Dharma, we can't really fully appreciate the full history of the island. This is something that will need to be answered in Season 6. However, fans fear the writers may have already felt justified in their explanation of Dharma in season 5.)
12: Where did The Others come from?
They speak Latin, hang out in Egyptian temples, like to dress up in the clothes of the Island visitors...that they kidnap and kill! They have been called The Island's ''indigenous'' people but who are they really?
Probability of it being answered: C- (We've had enough of the Other's already. Fans highly doubt any more time and emphasis will placed on them at this point. It's one of those mysteries that may or may not have been resolved. Some people could tell you everything about the other's, while other's just can't. We'll likely be left with a mostly vague answer.)
11: Do all the castaways have a secret connection?
The first season suggested that the castaways — complete strangers to each other prior to Oceanic 815's crash — are at the very least linked by common acquaintances or experiences. But do they share a more cosmic connection?
Probability of it being answered: A- (Perhaps: the season 5 finale revealed that many of them had previously met — and were conspicuously touched by — Jacob. More on him in a minute.)
10: Who are Adam and Eve?
Early in season 1, Jack found a pair of male and female skeletons, dubbed ''Adam and Eve,'' near a spring of water. Fans immediately wondered if they belong to characters we know, and indeed, the producers have said that the bones are connected to season 5's time-travel story line. So: Who are they?
Probability of it being answered: B (This is one of the only questions that has a definitive answer to it. Give us 2 characters who can be Adam and Eve, and there you have it. The producers having said that the bones are connected to time travel. Personally, I'd love it if they were Rose and Bernard, not Jack and Kate. But if they say they are done with time travel and that these skeletons were connected to season 5, which is over, we're thinking we may not get an answer.)
9. What's the significance of The Numbers?
4 8 15 16 23 42. Together, they add up to 108, another recurring digit in Lost. Hurley played them to win the lottery, and the Dharma dudes used them as computer code.
Probability of it being answered: A- (An explanation for The Numbers was provided via ''The Lost Experience,'' a 2006 online ARG (just Google the words ''Valenzetti Equation''), it's an equation that predicts the end of the world, but that explanation has never been referenced on the show itself- which is totally lame.)
8: Why are there Egyptian ruins on The Island?
At least, we presume they are Egyptian ruins. The hieroglyphics on the Temple are Egyptian, while the Four Toed Statue was recently revealed to be that of the Egyptian deity Taweret, linked to fertility, death, and evil.
Probability of it being answered: A- (Some fans speculate that the same exit point in Tunisia can also be used as an entrance point. Perhaps the Egyptians found the island through Tunisia back in the day and did whatever they did here. This will likely be answered as it holds major history of the island.)
7. Where are stewardess Cindy and the kids?
Little Zack and his sister Emma were among The Tailies and were abducted by the Others shortly after the crash of Oceanic 815. Stewardess Cindy was taken a couple weeks later. In the third season, we learned they are living happily among the Others. But why did the Others want them in the first place?
Probability of this being answered: D- (Having not heard their names or any mention of anything having to do with them since season 3, I think its the writer's way of telling us to forget about them.)
6. What is the Island, anyway?
When fans ask this question, what they usually want is an explanation for the Island's seemingly supernatural properties. Why is there an anomaly surrounding it that kills people or zaps them back in time? How did it heal Locke's legs? How can it be home to ghosts? How did it heal Rose's cancer? How was it used to cure Juliet's sister? Is the island a place where past and present meet? Are there two simultaneous realities happening?
Probability of it being answered: B+ (While there may be answers for some of these specific concerns, the producers have already warned fans that resolving the big question ''What is the Island?'' may be impossible.)
5: What happened to Claire?
Aaron's mommy survived an attack on her cabin — or did she? She seemed fine, but soon after, she disappeared into the jungle with her father, Christian Shephard (also Jack's dad), who may or may not be a ghost. She's been MIA ever since.
Probability of it being answered: A (Emilie De Ravin is going to be a series regular in the final season. They can't not answer this.)
4: What was up with Walt?
We get it, one fan's mystery is another "who cares?" Anyway, Walt. Maybe psychic. Seemingly capable of projection. Ben told Michael that his son proved to be ''more than we bargained for'' after they took him from the raft. What did that mean?
Probability of it being answered: B- (Yes, Walt was special, but really, he just doesn't seem like THAT big a deal. However, fans would like to know what was up with his psychic abilities, animals being drawn to him, and all that stuff. Plus he told Locke when he saw him in the wheelchair that he saw him on the island surrounded by people who wanted him dead. But what he really saw was the man in black IN Lockes body. So how did he see that?)
3: What is The Monster?
This is just a no brainer, fans want this answered. The end.
Probability of it being answered: A (They will definitely answer this question. Whether or not it will satisfy everyone is another mystery.)
2: Who is Jacob?
This was Top-10 material even before the season 5 finale, when Jacob was still a phantom. But after ''The Incident,'' when it was revealed that Jacob (Mark Pellegrino) was a youthful looking fortysomething, partial to fish, free will, and Flannery O'Connor, he rocketed up the charts. But he still came nowhere close to Number 1....
Probability of it being answered: A (Jacob was essential to the season 5 finale, and we've been hearing about him since as early as Season 2. He touched all our Losties at some point in their lives, which is strange and telling. We will absolutely get an answer to this one.)
1: Why doesn't Richard Alpert age?
The phrasing of the mystery is pretty much exactly how everyone articulates it. At first, one may not think this is the most important question, but when you answer this, you likely answer everything. Still, I interpret the question to mean that we want answers for the whole Alpert enigma. What's his role on the Island? How did he meet Jacob? And more importantly: Eyeliner or what?
Probability of it being answered: A (Finding out why Richard doesn't age will ultimately tell us much more about the island. Plus rumor has it we're getting a Richard-centric episode titled "Ab Aeterno" which means...surprise..."since the beginning of time." )
Any other questions you want answered that didn't make the list?
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