Some Answers Revealed on Lost Season Finale

I have been hooked on Lost since the very first time the forest moved on the debut episode. Since then I, like so many others, have tried to make sense of the twists and turns in the plot. I watched the season finale of Lost glued to my seat hoping for some answers and validations of my endless theories and predictions. Lost fans did get some of the answers they were looking for, and as is Lost tradition, even more questions. Be warned, this article contains spoilers for those of you who haven't watched the finale, so if you want to be surprised stop reading now.

What we learned

Alex is definitely Rousseau's daughter: We were about 99.9% sure that Alex was the baby abducted from Rousseau by the Others. After all, she looked like Rousseau (at least in the hair), was the right age, she had Ben as a father, no distinguishable mother and besides, isn't it impossible to conceive a child and live on the island? Even with all the facts pointing towards Rousseau as Alex's mother, it was still nice for the Lost creators to give us indisputable proof in the season finale. Ben came right out and told Alex she was Rousseau's daughter. Case closed.

The Desperate Housewives in the Looking Glass were with the Others: Another answer Lost fans could have predicted, but there was the slim possibility that the two ladies who accosted Charlie in the Looking Glass station were not in league with Benjamin or the Others. There was one theory floating around that the women were survivors of the Dharma Initiative massacre, the blond perhaps even Annie, the girl who befriended young Ben in the flashback. But, alas, they are just plain old Others, and now they're dead anyway.

Naomi is not working for Penny Whitmore: Naomi's story was busted by a quick transmission in the Looking Glass station viewed by Charlie. Penny did not have a boat in the area, nor did she have any idea who Naomi was. Charlie spent his last moments underwater writing the message "Not Penny's Boat" on his hand to relay to Desmond (and what a product push for Sharpie that was). It also adds some truth to Ben's story that there is a faction out there trying to find the island and cause it harm. Lost creators seem to love when answers only breed more questions, and this one left us scratching our heads.

The Island has it's own agenda: The Island, whether manifesting itself as Jacob or Walt or whoever, seems to have it's own agenda and that's self preservation. For whatever reason, the Island doesn't want the Lost castaways to leave, or at least not be rescued by the wrong people. We know the Island has the ability to heal and even stop death, perhaps even cause death. We know the Island killed the pilot, the one person on the plane most likely to make contact with the outside world, it attempted to kill Naomi, and it saved the life of John Locke in the pit. The Island might even be the reason Mikhail seems so darn invincible, healing him over and over to protect its secrets.

The Castaways eventually leave the Island: We've been so accustomed to Lost flashbacks, it was kind of surreal to see a flash forward in the season finale. We see Jack, depressed, suicidal and an addict, meet up with Kate at the airport. We find that Jack has been flying back and forth on the gold pass from Oceanic, hoping each time the plane will crash and he'll end up back on the Island. Jack is under the impression that they should have never left the Island, and something with their rescue caused him considerable emotional trauma. Maybe Locke was right after all.

Every Lost season finale, show creators promise us answers. The third season of Lost definitely answered some of our questions, but left us wondering even more for season four.