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Destiny vs. Free Will

Are the characters on the Island by fate or by choice? The show returns to this question from every angle, from the Numbers to the Candidate system.

Deep Dives

Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: The Heart of the Island

The Numbers, the Luck, and the Kindness That Saved Everything

Jack Shephard: The Reluctant Protector

From Man of Science to Man of Faith

John Locke: The Tragic Believer

A Life of Being Told What He Can't Do

The show keeps asking whether anyone here had a say. Test what you know.

From the research library. Written for people who have finished the show.

How the show handled time travel, the flashes and the rules the writers set themselves.

Writing and playing the people of Oceanic 815 and the island.