Latest Site Updates (View all updates)

    Notice

    Please note that this section is no longer updated. All mysteries that get answered will be updated directly in the Mysteries Section.

    Who else is on Ben's list besides The Economist?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to twarzerek.

    As we learnt in He's Our You, Ben's list contained Widmore's associates.

    How are Ben and Ms Hawkings connected?
    View Comments
    Labels: ,

    Thanks to twarzerek
    As we learnt in The Variable - Hawking was an Other as well as was Ben. Additionally, Hawking had a relationship with Widmore.

    What event caused Sayid to not trust Ben, after working as Ben's assassin?
    View Comments
    Labels: , ,

    Thanks to twarzerek.

    As we learnt in He's Our You, it was the fact that Sayid felt used by Ben after killing bunch of people (finishing in Russia).

    How did Ethan survive The Purge?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to twarzerek.

    As we learnt in Dead Is Dead - he joined Others along with Ben when he was a kid.

    Why does Ben want to discredit Locke among the Others
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to Mindy

    As shown in "The Incident, Part 2" episode 5x17, Ben is jealous of Locke's favor with Jacob. Ben tells Locke that he has never actually seen Jacob and then tells Jacob that he felt ignored during his 35 years of service to the island. "But when HE [Locke] asks to see you", Ben says to Jacob, "he gets marched straight up here as if he was Moses. So, why him? What was it that was so wrong with me"?

    How and why did Widmore leave the Island ?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to michaelk for the heads up.

    We learned in Dead is Dead, he was banished from the island for allegedly having a daughter with an outsider. Ben seemed to be leading the fight to get him off.

    How does Ben summon the Monster?
    View Comments
    Labels: , ,

    Thanks to michaelk for this.

    As we learned in Dead is Dead, Ben summons the smoke monster by yelling down a hole in a cave underneath his house.

    How did Ben Fool Widmore?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to michaelk,Sean and Ratti for the heads up

    We learned in Dead is Dead, Widmore wasn't really "fooled"- he was banished from the island for breaking the rules- having a child with an outsider.

    Why Did Ben Kill John ?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to Hugues Derolez for the following

    Answered in the 5.12, Dead is dead. Ben said John Locke had to die in order to came back to the island

    What happened to Ben to make him so beat up?
    View Comments
    Labels: , ,

    Thanks to Hugues Derolez

    ANSWERED in 5.12, Dead is dead. Desmond beat him up when Ben was "trying" to kill Penny.

    Who is Elsa's employer?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to Mindy for the heads up. After the reveal in "He's Our You" that everyone on Ben's list is an associate of Widmore

    Why was the man on the golf course on Ben's list?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to Mindy for the following.

    According to a scene in Episode 5x10 "He's Our You", Ben Linus claims that his list contains all the names of Widmore's associates that pose a threat to Sayid and his friends.

    Where are Sayid, Sun, and Ben?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    As we found out in Namaste, Frank and Sun are on the other Island and Sayid has been captured.

    Where did the pilot and the woman go?
    View Comments
    Labels: , ,

    As we found out in Namaste it was Sun and Ben and they are headed to the other Island

    What is the promise Ben made to an old friend?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to Michaelk for the following.

    In the rerun of this episode of lost with little messages on the bottom of the screen, it is revealed that the promise was to kill penelope

    Who are the friends Sayid is protecting by working for Ben?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to GregDean for the following.

    As Sayid tells John Locke in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham", Ben told Sayid that he was protecting all the people still left on the Island while he was working for Ben as an assassin.

    How does Ben get back to the Island after leaving?
    View Comments
    Labels: , ,

    Thanks to GregDean for the following.

    As seen at the end of "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham", Ben returned to the Island along with the other passengers of Ajira Flight 316 who were not members of the Oceanic Six (along with John Locke and Frank Lapidus).

    Why was Jeremy Benthams funeral in LA?
    View Comments
    Labels: , ,

    Thanks to GregDean for the following.

    As we see in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham", Ben killed Locke in his room in a Los Angeles apartment building. Whatever people thought they read about Locke dying in New York City in the obituary is superceded by what we actually saw in that episode.

    How did John Locke die?
    View Comments
    Labels: , ,

    Thanks to Greg Dean for the following

    As seen in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham", Ben strangled John Locke to death after talking him out of hanging himself, and then staged the scene to make it look like he really did hang himself.

    Who is the Other Person Sun refers to besides her Dad that is responsible for the death of Jin?
    View Comments
    Labels: , , ,

    Thanks to leprakhauns

    As we found out in This Place is Death it is Ben that Sun has been blaming