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“What do you believe the monster in Lost really is?”

– The producers of Lost, Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse

In the beginning Flight #815 took off from Sydney with a doctor, a woman on the run and a man bound to his wheelchair on board. The flight was destined for the USA but never arrived there. Instead, a dreadful plane crash resulted with its passengers being thrown onto a seemingly deserted island, yet full of secrets and horrors.

This was the initial plot of Lost, a TV programme which has taken the UK by storm since it first aired in 2005. It’s a weird and mysterious storyline that has had viewers impatiently waiting every week for the next slot of suspense. This week we’ve been doubly lucky. Not only is the second half of Series 3 resuming on Sunday but we also have Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, the producers of Lost, on Yahoo! Answers. Rather than reveal anything about the forthcoming plot, they have asked you to share your ideas about the jungle’s infamous monster that terrorises the castaways.

If you’re one of the people though who are completely lost when it comes to Lost fear not, Answers is a useful place to catch up on the plot. Angle E has provided a confused user with a great summary of the show, covering everything from the Others to the Dharma Initiative. Once you’ve got to grips with it all, you can join in the debate and come up with possible answers to the unsolved mysteries, no matter how crazy they seem. Maybe, like Debster92, you think every Lostee is linked in some way, or that the island has healing powers. Maybe the jungle uses different methods to haunt each character about their past and their conscience. Here’s hoping that the next series will at least give us some clues…

Up until Series 2, we were all left wondering at who exactly the Others were. Is there a conspiracy behind them wanting to take children? As viewers will know, the Others were already after Claire’s baby and then they snatched Michael’s son Walt. As if that wasn’t confusing enough, we were left scratching our heads about Hurley’s dreaded relation to those lottery numbers. Then came a hatch with a strange button that had to be pressed within 108 minutes.

Now after yet more hatches, black smoke, Michael’s escape, Eko’s random scribbles and some simply jaw-dropping stuff, we stand half-way through Series 3. We may be frustrated and baffled yet we are definitely hungry for more. Will Jack, Kate and Sawyer manage to break away from the Others? Will the survivors ever get off the island? We probably won’t know – and that is the beauty of the show. In the meantime, why not tell us who you believe the monster really is.

– Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team

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