Lost, for those who watched it, had many twists and turns. So many twists and turns that it kinda didn't make sense after a while. And then really didn't make sense. And then everything we thought we knew about everything was wrong. But what if some things were different?
1. What if the plane didn't crash?
Yes, this seems to be the most obvious, but think about what Desmond did to bring the plane to the island. (That is, if you prefer electromagnetism to Jacob.) Left the hatch to go find out what Kelvin was doing, and failed to get back in time before everything went crazy. If the plane doesn't crash, well....there isn't really a show, is there?
2. What if they killed Henry Gale?
Henry Gale, later known as Ben Linus, ended up being the evil-but-then-good-but-always-might-have-been-evil leader of The Others/The Good Guys/Team Jacob. He killed many people at many different times. With no Ben, what becomes of the Others?
3. What if they never blew up the hatch?
See Question 1. Everything kind of just moves along as it was. Desmond keeps pressing the button, the Losties keep hanging out on the beach and in the caves...alas...
4. Or the Hydrogen bomb?
What is it with these people and blowing things up? There was huge debate midway through Season 6 that the detonation of the bomb either created the entire timeline of events that ended up being Lost, that it was the "incident" to which Dharma referred to, that it created this separate timeline of events that was a sideways flash but still somehow ended up being Lost.....
5. What if it was Penny's boat?
In perhaps one of the most recognizable images for Lost fans, the boat that could have saved everyone ended up being the boat that was going to ultimately kill every living person on the island. Which, depending who you ask, happened anyway.
6. What if Ajira 316 never makes it to the island?
In another episode of the parallel universe theory, Ajira 316 was the reason that everybody who left the island came back, thanks to Faraday's mom, Ben's work on the mainland, and probably magic. But what if it wasn't perfect? The plane never crashes on the island, and the last scene with everything in the church together becomes people wondering where the hell everyone else went. Seriously though, how many alternate realities were there in this show?
7. What if Jack jumped?
Going back to the flash forward timeline, Jack was this close to committing suicide in the next (future) life. If he succeeds, then who gets everyone back to the island? Does Jack serve the role of his father? (Oh, the hypothetical irony.)
8. What if Ben doesn't move the island?
In the true revealing of Ben's do-things-for-the-good-of-the-island, he moved the island, transporting himself to Tunisia. This was never really talked about, though...either that or I just forget what happened after. Probably because this was the last thing done before everything went absolutely bonkers on the show. This might have been the last thing that made sense. And even then, did it really?
9. What if they never went back?
I know that this was kind of talked about already, but I just wanted a plug for the most-recited line in Lost history.
10. What if the Losties did nothing?
Seriously, what if they did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING? What if they just kept to themselves, didn't fight the Others in an eternal battle, didn't get involved with the hatch, didn't fight Widmore's people in another eternal battle, didn't fight Man In Black and all of his pure evil? EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY. But where's the fun in that?
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