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今天上TV.com想看看最近有什么美剧，发现上面有一片文章非常符合我对迷失的看法，如果LOST的编剧们再不琢磨着在之后的剧集中解释这些问题，我估计观众们很快就要失去耐心了，不得不说那些追着看全了目前六季的朋友，你们的耐心是我的两倍：）

原文照搬，翻译就免了，我也是靠着词典慢慢看的…

10 Questions Lost Needs to Answer

by Tim Surette TV.com Staff Writer 01/26/10 02:54 PM

ABC’s Lost has spent five years toying with us, dangling questions before our noses almost to the point of frustration. Obviously we’d love for everything to be wrapped up nicely, but producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have explicitly stated that not every question we have will be answered.

I’m cool with lingering mysteries that give us something to ponder once Lost is off the air, but there are 10 questions that I absolutely need to have answered or I will hunt down Cuse and Lindelof and give them a vigorous finger-wagging.

For obvious reasons, I’ve left out “What is the island?” (that’s a silly question anyway) and “What happened after Juliet pounded on the H-bomb?” The first inquiry is basically the show, and the second will be answered about 30 seconds into the Season 6 premiere. The following 10, however, are must-answers.

1. What is the significance of the numbers?
We first saw the digits (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) back in Season 1—on Hurley’s winning lottery ticket, then on the hatch door, then in the input sequence to reset the timer in the Swan Station, and finally in our nightmares. I can’t even wear my Michael Jordan jersey anymore for fear a plane will crash on my head.

2. Why were they chosen to crash on the island, and what is their connection?
I could have wussed out and made these two separate questions, but they’re really the same thing phrased two different ways. We know Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, Sun, Jin, and whoever else were selected by some higher being or cosmic force, and I’m guessing their connection has to do with more than just the fact they’re all hot. Yes, Hurley gets some love too.

3. Why do some people appear as “ghosts”?
For lack of a better word, we’ll call the people who have died and talk to people who are alive “ghosts.” We’ve seen Charlie, Christian, Alex, Ana Lucia, and more come back and do their Casper impressions, but I’m at a loss for the rules of the whole phenomenon. Rule number one, you have to be dead… that’s as far as I’ve gotten.

4. What is the Black Smoke?
Another question from the early days that producers have somehow managed to keep secret. We’ve heard it’s some sort of security system, and it also judges people. Then it maybe takes the form of loved ones and bosses people around. It’s kind of like Simon Cowell.

5. How is Egyptology related to all this mumbo-jumbo?
We’ve seen the croc-faced statue of Tawaret and we’ve seen hieroglyphs scattered all over the place like some Cairo tagger gone nuts. But what do ancient Egyptians have to do with the island? Is the island an inverted spaceship pyramid that’s ready to blast off into outer space and head back to the mothership? (No, because that would be stupid.)

6. What’s up with Walt? And Aaron?
Remember that dude? The kid? Michael’s kid? Michael spent all of Season 2 screaming his name in that annoying moan. He was special. Then he disappeared. Ummm, what? Same thing re: Aaron.

7. Who is Jacob/Who is “The Man in Black”?
Methinks these two have a lot to do with the island and its mysteries (thanks, Captain Obvious). We know Jacob can get off the island and travel through time, and we know he made Richard Alpert how he is. We know the Man in Black wants to kill Jacob, and he may just be able to incarnate himself as the recently deceased. We also know Jacob likes to touch people. Seriously Jacob, use some Purell.

8. What’s the deal with the Temple?
The Temple is the single-most mysterious location on the island. We know you can go there to be judged, like Ben did. We know that the Smoke Monster may call it home. It’s part sanctuary, part examination room, and part hideout. It’s like the island’s YMCA.

9. Why do Widmore and Ben want the island?
No Ben, “the island is special” is not a good enough explanation. These two are willing to kill each other’s daughters for the floating rock. I’m sure the producers have a different answer to this question, but I would accept that both Widmore and Ben have a raging case of Objectum Sexuality.

10. What is the deal with Richard Alpert? And Desmond?
Walt and Aaron have their own question, so the adults can have one too. Alpert doesn’t age, Desmond can time travel. I’m not sure about you guys, but that kind of stuff doesn’t happen to me or anyone else I know. Although I do know a few people who look good for their age and another who keeps waking up in strange places days after his last memory. But I don’t think that counts.

What’s on your must-answer list? Ask away in the comments, and I’ll be back tomorrow with five questions Lost DOESN’T need to answer.