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Hi. I’m a scientist. Still confused by LOST's series finale? Think there are too many questions left unanswered or that it was purgatory the whole time? Well, I "respectfully" disagree. Send me your questions and I will answer them. I will write in complete sentences and support my answers. Try not to ask too much about Walt. Namaste or Whatever, A Scientist

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Hi Dr. Mister- I think this may just be a hiccup in the writing, but is there a specific reason you think that Helen is just a presumed phone sex operator in one episode, but later episodes show her as meeting John Locke completely differently and being very involved in his life?

The phone sex operator to which you’re referring wasn’t actually Helen. That scene, though it aired first, took place after John met Helen and after she left him. After that, John regularly calls a phone sex operator and requests that he be able to call her “Helen” so he can pretend it’s the real Helen and tell her about his day. So not a writing hiccup, just John Locke continuing to be a sad, sad man.

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you want to make some modifications to a document while keeping the original version intact. Which is the best way to save the document, so you don´t lose the changes or the original version?

The outrigger that disappeared during the time skips in season 5. Thanks for the question!

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Ha! You didn't answer my question - so clearly that was an unanswerable question!

But I did. Perhaps reword your question and I will answer it better? Thanks!

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Why didn't the others go back in time along with Locke, Sawyer, Faraday etc?

None of the Others were being considered to replace Jacob. The only people who traveled through time were the remaining Candidates.

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If the black smoke pretended to be jon locke and christian shepard, does that mean that when mr. Eko saw his dead brother yemi on the island, was that the black smoke too?

Yes, as was Kate's horse, Sayid's cat, Richard's wife, etc. Although Christian was only the smoke monster when wearing rags. Suit and Tie Christian was something else entirely.

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Is this blog dead? please update

The blog was dead the whole time. This is purgatory.

(No, it's not dead. I'm just a busy bee and I feel like my Cracked column and many posts here have answered the majority of the questions I get that are worth answering. However, I do have some more things to say on a few key subjects, and I will be updating, I just don't know when. Again, it's the bee thing.)

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Why/how was Walk Special?

Because without legs, we couldn't.

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Why didn't Hurley's brother Diego greet him when he returned from the Island with the rest of the Oceanic 6?

He was at work. It's explained in an unaired episode that no one gives a shit about.

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WTF happen with Walt?

Walt was special and was stolen from his father for studying. His father turned out to be a pretty enormous wang, so he took Walt from the Island and from his destiny there. Walt lived for several years off the Island, tortured by dreams and of the knowledge of what his father did to save him.

Then one day Hurley, the new Island Protector, showed up and took him back to the Island, where he belonged.

The End.

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What was the deal with the cuts Jack was getting in the flash sideways? I don't remember them ever coming back to it or it having any significance.

The cut Jack had on his neck was from the moment MIB/Locke pressed a knife against his throat during their final battle. The stomach wound (claimed to be an appendix scar) was from when MIB/Locke stabbed Jack in the effing stomach.

The Sideways, as I hope we all know by now, took place after everyone had died. It was a sort of waiting room for the Afterlife. A Purgatory, if you have to use that word. So the wounds Jack saw were his death wounds, as he was dead in the Sideways.

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Hey, about the son of Jack and Juliet in the sideways world, what was his name again ?

I think his name was Google. It was a whacky show!

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how did the ghost introduce herself

This is unfortunately the only unanswerable question from Lost, but only because hey what are you talking about?

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Why did Faraday and the Zodiac time travel with the island and The helicopter not, if they were both near the island ?

The helicopter was outside of the Island's radius because it took off from the freighter, which made a great deal of effort to be outside of the Island's radius. The Zodiac had not yet made it outside, so it traveled with the Island.

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how many seasons are there?

Of what?

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You answered the question about the baby-less-ness of the women on the island as a result of the H-Bomb going off. But in all of the reality we see, the H-Bomb doesn't go off until Desmond turns the key much, much later. The H-Bomb only went off in the Sideways world with no island. Could we assume then that the 108 minute cycle periodically vented the electromagnetic magic and did two things: 1 Built Desmond's resistance to EM and 2 Killed pregnancies? Would Kelvin have been resistant, too?

Well, the baby-less-ness of the women wasn't a result of the H-Bomb going off. It was a result of The Incident, the electromagnetic catastrophe that the H-Bomb was supposedly going to stop.

In a way, yes, Desmond living in the hatch for years built up his "resistance" to EM. But when he turned the failsafe key, his body didn't repel the EM blast. He became imbued with the EM and mystical time properties of the Island.

And in regards to Kelvin, fuck Kelvin.

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Late to the party-almost through season 1...I've heard a lot of ruckus about the finale but don't want to stop watching-what 3 things should I bear in mind?

1.The show wavers for a bit. Power through some of season 2 and really power through a lot of season 3. Season 3 is when the writers made a deal with ABC to set an end date, so they could pace out the story a lot smoother than they did during season 2 and 3, which is to say "barely". Something happens at the end of season 3 and it is the most chilling and memorable moment of the entire show. After that moment, the show is very fast-paced and rewarding and cool and etc.

2. Despite how the show is presented at times, the WTF mysteries don't matter as much as you might think. However, the bigger mysteries do matter. For example... What is the Island? What is the monster? Where are they? Why were these people brought to this Island? What happens to these people? Those questions are all answered, in a straightforward and satisfactory way. Many other mysteries exist to create a rich mythological setting for the show to take place. They are not meant to be important pieces to the puzzle. The puzzle, as it turns out, is actually quite simple. Those little details and questions, however, can still be answered. No one ever says clearly why there are polar bears on the Island, but we are given more than enough information to figure it out ourselves.

3. Ultimately, the show is about the characters. It is about love, and growth, and redemption, and relationships, and love again. If you care about these people and want to find out what happens to them, keep watching. You will not be disappointed.

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How do you feel about Jack's ex wife leaving him for that douche on modern family?

Ty Burrell is a national treasure.