Animal enclosures were on Hydra island not on main island, unless polar bear learnt to swim he couldn't have been on the main island, but even if he somehow managed to get to the main island he wouldn't be able to survive in tropical environment.
Alex Machin 1) why would they swim from one isle from another? 2) they can't swim for such a long distance 3) even if they swam to main island, they wouldn't survive in jungle for so long time, they would die within several days after purge.
+Kaid “Sheperd” Pain They never do much research. I've had to correct them multiple times myself. It's annoying but I only watch their videos when I have a couple minutes of down time anyway but yeah this video was horrible.
+Kaid Pain “Sheperd” I just finish watching Lost and i didnt get why the island was underwater i did get the finale and i really loved it but can you explain to me the island thing please?
+sonicdeatmonkey Ikr, about three quarters of Simpsons or Family Guy episodes discard logic purposely for satire, there are multiple episodes like this, this episode is nothing special.
+Brandon Roberts Yeah, you are right. But there is an episode in which Homer tells Bart and Lisa that cartoons aren't as realistica as reality itself. Then, a second Homer appears outside the house and you can see it trhough the window while Bart, Lisa and "The Original" Homer are inside the house. I mean, they make those things in purpose.
+sonicdeatmonkey Agreed, and also, the Simpsons do refer to it again in the episode "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot", contrary to WatchMojos claims that they never revisited it.
In the first season of friends chandler and Rachel are "meeting for the first time" but in later seasons they show two flashbacks; one where they meet at Thanksgiving and another where they kiss at a college party while Rachel is still in high school.
I have watched both Breaking Bad and Lost and although Breaking Bad is damn near perfection and has no plotholes as such, lost, even with its minor plot holes here and there is my #1 favourite show.
koopakiid16 if you talking about her death, that was a lie CeCe told. Even Lucy Hale confirmed it by tweeting during the finale "is that what really happened to Mrs.Cavanaugh?" So there is obviously there is more to the death of Toby's mom then we know about as of right now.
+Bobby K. from EWK's post: Lost questions answered: -Polar bears were kept in the zoo on the other island and were trained to adapt in captivity (explained in the special features) -island is underwater because it is the island in the parallel universe (we find out this is purgatory) so that they do not crash on it and arrive at LAX safely. -Ben kills Jacob as a test between Jacob and his brother to see if his brother was ever able to kill him through a "loop hole" (Ben). Jacob temps Ben to kill him as his brother has now won.
+Bobby K. lost doesn't need to be explained. One of the things that make the series so good is the mistery that it brings. If everything that happened was explained the series would lost it's magic.
+BradLennon damn man. you just saved me a shit ton of time and researched to understand those. The fact you undestood remebered these things perfectly is impressive
Lost questions answered: -Polar bears were kept in the zoo on the other island and were trained to adapt in captivity (explained in the special features) -island is underwater because it is the island in the parallel universe (we find out this is purgatory) so that they do not crash on it and arrive at LAX safely. -Ben kills Jacob as a test between Jacob and his brother to see if his brother was ever able to kill him through a "loop hole" (Ben). Jacob temps Ben to kill him as his brother has now won. They were all answered but as I've rewatched the series many times I'm not surprised people have missed the "plot holes"
+SplendidTurd it's definitely my favourite show ever. I enjoyed it all, despite the fact they made storylines as the show went along to attract views, they were all good
+2012svk sadly it's left to your own interpretation. However I believe that they didn't die in the plane crash and that all the events on the island were real. I believe that the purgatory universe was created to explain the links between characters to show why the island needed them to all be on that plane. Because as Jacob said, they are all connected to one another because they NEED each other, like how in the purgatory universe they NEEDED each other to remember
The problem with LOST is that there were answers for many of the so called "plot holes" they just didnt spell them out for everyone,you had to actually use your brain and no one wants to do that today.
@@Skevinger I just finsihed it, ik the bear brought from Dharma dudes and Jacob's thing along with who went back to 1977 but i didn't understand the island underwater thing, can you explain pls?
Oh I got one for you. HOW THE FUCK DID RICK FROM THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVE THREE MONTHS IN HIS COMA AT THE START OF THE SERIES? He had no change of his saline bag, no food, nothing. No one, besides Walkers, was there.
+DANtheMANofSIPA Rick was in the coma for 59 days or so, maybe up to 65 max, which is under 3 months. The main theory about rick surviving was that he was taken care of by a woman who didnt leave her job as a nurse at the hospital. Its a mini series (like the plane one for fear the walking dead) and is called 'The Oath". She supplies rick with the IV bags and what not to survive and either dies or leaves before he wakes up.
Polar bears and the loophole... are you kidding me!? Those things were explained in the show.. Not to self: WatchMojo defines plot holes as things they don't pick up on... Seriously... POLAR BEARS! Dharma anyone?
I've just reached lost as Netflix is dropping it January 4th, and everything is very neatly explained. Some thing are subtle and some things are in your face. Pretty good show and story arc if you ask me.
nointro I second this. I binge watched the show in 12 days. I never got confused and even understood the ending perfectly. They explain alot of things. They are a few minor plot holes but those all can be forgiven. And sometimes its better to leave answers to a few questions open to interpretation. Great series.
Jesus Christ. The Man in Black's loophole was the realization he could kill Jacob through the manipulation of others using the manifestations of parts of their own lives coupled with his ability to masquerade as individuals only after they have been deceased. The Man in Black was able to con Ben Linus into doing the deed by using Ben's own lifelong devotions to Jacob mirrored against his own life failures that directly resulted from said devotion, and the con was brilliantly completed by using the image of non other than John Locke, the man Ben Linus felt the most guilt over having personally wronged (as well as the brief time he used Ben's daughter Alex for the same purpose). However Jacob had anticipated this loophole's exploitation, which is the reason most of the show even happened, most of it was Jacob's Failsafe plan being enacted. As for the polar bears and the Ajira flight members going back in time and why the "island" was underwater and pretty much any lazy complaint that people love to toss around because watching the show is just too hard, just watch the show.
My god the polar bear complaint is the best way to tell if someone hadn't actually watched the show. The show gives TWO extremely specific reasons why there are polar bears on the island. They (Dharma) first wanted to understand how the island's unique electromagnetic anomalies would affect certain characteristics of the polar bear's life, and a secondary use was for them to be kept underneath the Orchid station to turn the frozen wheel if the island was ever in danger.
+spookycookies I know this is unrelated, but reading about a polar bear kept under a station to turn a frozen wheel if the island was ever in danger sounds really funny out of context.
+David Junco You are right that it does sound ridiculous. But it's not something the show just throws at you. There's a lot of buildup by a lot of smaller pieces of the puzzle eventually adding up to "there's a chamber underneath the Orchid station that contains a wooden wheel that is used to move the island that the Dharma Initiative employs polar bears to turn in emergencies". And luckily the writers had the sense to never actually show a polar bear turning a giant wheel. It was only ever suggested by empirical evidence, they didn't have to literally show it. And the actual turning of the wheel occurred only one time in the actual show (but like twice in mythology), and the one scene was used as a dramatic tool to humanize Ben Linus, one of the (at that point) villains of the story. What should have been an absurd scene was smartly written for dramatic purposes.
+David Junco I'm extremely familiar with this show, and it's why when I see "plot holes" like as presented by watchmojo I can confirm it is absolutely 100% lazy bullshit complaints by people who don't actually know what they are talking about. It's actually depressingly comical how little they are trying here to present "plot holes" in Lost. The script reads like they looked at someone's "I hate Lost" thread for 30 seconds and said "okay this is enough".
Angel not getting through the gate was weak didn't understand why he couldn't get out but his return was explained in Angel. He didn't return a higher power brought him back.
The "plot holes" you bring up about Lost aren't even plot holes. They are answered. Polar Bears were brought there by the Dharma Initiative. Kate and Sawyer are held in their cages for several episodes in season 3. The "loop hole" that the Man in Black got through to kill Jacob was by having another pair of hands do it. He could not kill them but he figured another person might. Thus he manipulated Ben to kill him. And the island is under water at the start of season 6 because that was an alternate reality (or rather purgatory) where the island made it's way under water. Either through Dharma experiments or what not, but regardless the island is under water so that the plane lands safely. But that isn't even a plot hole because it really wasn't important to the alternate storyline. But it is easier to say plot holes than actually think about it right? I will admit Lost has more than a few plot holes, but if you are going to bring up a series for having plot holes, don't bring up said "plot holes" that are actually explained.
@Aliendraketheonly 08 Or since Hugo is now the guardian the island wasn't able to carry his weight forever! Joke aside the top 9 was actually plot hole and 1 was just we want answers. A plot hole is a clear contraction, not an absence of answer. Everything unanswered was good in Lost the second they started answering that's when the plot hole started.
Didn't do your research, did you? Angel's return was in fact explained in the spin-off later on. He has a significant role in the apocalypse which is why he needs to be..... alive so it can happen. This is why he was resurrected by the powers that be, to fulfill a prophecy.
+MinimiMax That's the problem though, if a plot hole had to be fully explained in a "spin-off" then it's still a plot hole. It shouldn't take an alternate series or show in the same universe to explain a problem left by the previous one. And even if they explained it in a spin-off, it still means the main series has a plot hole
+MrHaseo14 not really interdimensional travel is common in the buffy verse just because it was never explained in Buffys show doesn't mean it wasn't possible for Angel to return watchmojo just as usual did horrible research.
The810kid What I'm saying is this. Let's say Lost had a sequel series that fully explained all the plot holes from the first series. That doesn't then mean that the first series didn't have some gaping plot holes. Same goes for other series' if a secondary series explains a plot hole in a previous one, that doesn't mean the original doesn't have a plot hole. Plot holes must be resolved in their respective shows, otherwise they still exist
+Catalyst HD a lot of these aren't fair, for one, the friends "plot hole" is a little too picky, i mean seriously, how would you remember every single piece of dialogue you ever wrote, especially six seasons after you wrote it. and its a comedy as well, its not exactly like friends was a riveting primetime drama
Lost is obviously extremely complex but to say that the entire series is "a plot hole" seems extremely harsh and unjustified. It's confusing sure, but that's the point. You can go back and watch it again to pick up on what you missed.
The loophole that got Jacob killed was quite simply that the Man in Black couldn't kill him, they couldn't harm one another, so by getting Ben to do it for him, he found the loophole. The island is at the bottom of the ocean because that was the flash sideways, a parallel story line where the island sank in the 50s after Jughead exploded, therefore couldn't have caused Flight 815 to crash. Anything else you need answered that you were too lazy to properly research before bashing? Source - I've watched it 7 times.
Exactly! While the show was pretty convoluted and had a very messy plot (messy as in many timelines, character connections and rules), it was still easy to follow. Proof: I have only watched it once, could have answered every question they brought up. Once of the only things they could have brought up was Walt, and the reason he went from being the most important thing in the show to nothing was because the actor grew too fast and they had to write him out
@Dean F. It wasn't a matter of every single person returning. Obviously people died and that made it impossible. It was more on the lines of "we aren't exactly sure if this will work so we need to gather everyone we can, whom jacob touched, to increase our odds of getting back." Because he allowed them to find the island the first time.
@Dean F. There is a short epilogue after the finale, which in the end shows Ben and Hugo going to the same mental institution that Hugo and Libby were in, which is where Walt is in now, and after Benjamin talks to Walt, Walt is brought back to the island by Hugo and Ben.
So glad my fellow Losties are sticking up for our show!! Yes there were a few questions left unanswered, but nothing that deserves the scorn you give it in this, and so many other videos.
FYI there are legitimate plot holes in LOST, but you didn't actually mention any. And there is a very clear difference between plot holes and plot element/mystery. mystery: polar bears. Why were they on the island? Where did they come from? Addressed in season 3 (which was in 2007). plot hole: Jacob, Ben, and Richard. In season 3, Ben explains that he's taking Locke to see Jacob in front of everyone in the others' camp - Richard says nothing, even looks shocked. But in season 5 Ben explains that he was always told he had to wait to see Jacob by Richard (never having gotten to meet him) and Richard says that nobody sees Jacob unless summoned and only he knows where to find him. These two events don't actually add up and mesh with each other, which makes the inconsistency a plot hole. Definition of a plot hole: "A plot hole or plothole is an obvious mistake or missing element in the plot of a fictional work, such as a book, play, film, or TV show. These include such things as illogical or impossible events, and statements or events that contradict earlier events in the storyline."
+Damon242 basically, by plot hole here they mean 'shitty ass writing' the rela plot hole involves the reveal of who the villain is and how he manipulated people to come to the island by somehow leaving the island and shapeshifitng into their loved ones. why does he do this? so he can use them to...leave the island. which he already left to begin his retarded ass plan to escape the island he alreayd elft and then soemhow went bakc to for some reason.
Ben was always jealous why Locke was so special, like he was on a wheelchair and the next moment he was walking, while Ben,unlike the other survivors, was diagnosed with a tumor, while survivors like rose and Locke were healed, Sun got pregnant and etc. Ben PRETENDED that he was the only one who could talk to Jacob while in fact it was Richard. when Ben takes Locke to the cabin were he thought Jacob might be, he PRETENDED that he was talking to Jacob and that he could see him, while in fact he was just as surprised as Locke when the room started shaking, and got even more jealous when he found out that "Jacob"asked Locke for help(when Locke heard the help me thing) that's why he shot Locke the first time. he was never able to see Jacob or talk to him, he was just pretending to bc he was jealous of Locke. it might even be the MIB who was in that cabin that night since the mib embodied Jack's father when Hurley first saw the cabin. so eventually I believe that's no plot hole:)
aceotaku there wasn't any off-island shapeshifting. If you're referring to Jack's dad (the only time I can think off), Jack was off his face on drugs and that was a fleeting vision.
As a fan of Lost I will admit it left some questions unanswered. I did love the series as I enjoy very complex storylines involving paradoxes time travel and the supernatural. However all the questions posed in this video can be answered easily and were very obvious in the show. 1. In the first time shift everyone who was still on the island went back in time. When the Ajira flight arrives those who needed to go back in time were sent and those who stayed in present time were needed there. The whole idea is that it's fate or destiny. That's why Desmond wakes up on the island without ever even trying to get back. 2. The loophole was Ben. The whole thing was The Man In Black could not kill Jacob. He said one day he would find a loophole. he did he convinced Ben to kill Jacob for him. Simple. 3. The island was underwater cause it was in a flash sideways. In a reality where the bomb goes off so the island sinks. Therefore the plane never lands. Yes it is a paradox however it is not a plothole.
There are literally 0 plot holes in LOST, none. If you didn't understand something then rewatch the show because I guarantee that there is either an outright explanation for it or a thematic implication that can be inferred from the course of the show. One of the reasons why lost was able to reach the heights that it did was because it didn't pander to the fools. The polar bears were from the Dharma initiative, certain characters got sent back to the past because they were the ones that were supposed to be there (jacob decided just as he decided practically everything that happened), the loophole that killed jacob was just that it was someone other than the man in Black who was incapable of doing it (the entire thing that Jacob was trying to prove was that the good in people will eventually triumph over the bad in them, having the person who at that time embodied the bad in humanity kill him was extremely symbolic). If you think that there is any plot hole in LOST it's because of your own attention span, not the show.
The only plot holes i can think of is that Ben took the French lady's baby but in season 2 she captures Ben and does not recognize him when he was literally the one who took her baby.
CrocoVinny I'm pretty sue she did recognize him, she told Sayid not to trust a word that Ben said. And even if she didn't it's not really a plot hole since her memory from that long ago would be a little fuzzy not to mention she had gone mad by that point.
thekillers1stfan A. If she did remember why wasn't she like "he literally kidnapped my daughter" and B. If you gonna say she didn't remember that feels like the fans writing their own explanations, it's pretty clear the writers forgot or else they would have just had him wear a mask when he did it. Also there is never really any big reveal to the French lady that it was Ben who kidnapped her daughter (which there would have been if the writers intended on making it so she just forgot)
CrocoVinny Rousseau isn't exactly the best at communicating, she is literally crazy. The fact is, she told them that Ben was an Other and that they shouldn't trust a word he says. That implies that she knows exactly who he is. Not to mention faces get blurred in memories that far back, then you also add ageing and the fact that it was dark the entire time and yeah, it's completely plausible that she didn't recognize him. There was no big reveal at that time because it wouldn't have fit into the second season as well as Sayid figuring it out by digging up the body of the man he was impersonating. They did have a big reveal of sorts later on when it's revealed that he is raising Alex as his daughter. I don't know what else you would've wanted.
I also had some inquiries about this series... 1) This one isn't too big of a deal, but I was kind of fixated at how at times when it was raining and that whenever there were torches lit up, I would have anticipated for them to burn out because of the rain. But again, I don't think this had to do with anything of the series. 2) The fact that people that people could see the dead people. For example, Hurley would see many people that died throughout the series. I didn't understand why he could see that, and if him, why could nobody else see the dead? 3) How Desmond could be immune to extreme levels of magnetism and how he could foresee Charlie's death. 4) The people that were chosen were taken back into the past while others did not. However, Jack, Kate, Sayid, Sun, and Hurley were in their present year back at home. When they came back to the island, they somehow got themselves back at 1977 like the rest of the people that were on the island. Maybe it was the island only that could go back to 1977 but how did the Ajira flight back to the island eventually end up going to that year when they didn't when they were elsewhere?
Man right. The whole cece killing Toby's mom made no sense cause Toby said he was a teen when his mom died but if cece was a kid when she killed her then that would make Toby a baby or not born at the time.
The Simpsons simply don't make sense on this list. They are part of a concept where every episode is only in itself logical (it is called procedural storytelling) and they are also making many 'Plot holes' intentionally (eg. the location of springfield or several stories of how homer lost his hairs). It is simply wrong to put them on the list
Actually, that isn't the same thing. For starters, the character whom most of us knew as Seymour Skinner was apparently not the real deal, but in Curse of the Flying Hellfish from a few seasons prior, it showed his supposed father Sheldon Skinner, who looked just like him.
They actually did make a reference to this in another episode. The one were Lisa cat Snowball 2 dies and then she keeps adopting other cats who all die in freak accidents. At the end the crazy cat lady throws a cat at Lisa that looks exactly like Snowball 2 and Lisa even decides to call the cat Snowball 2 (thus making the whole cats dying plot-line moot). Skinner happens to be walking by at that exact moment and mentions that the new cat looking the same and being named the same was very convenient and then Lisa makes a quip to the effect "Is it, Principal Tazerion" and Skinner visually reacts and then says that he will just move along.
All the 'plot holes' listed for Lost were actually not plot holes, since Lost answered nearly all (if not all) of the questions that they posed within the series. The show didn't get more jumbled up and bad over time, it increased it's complexity (which confused some people) but in reality, the show answered the questions they posed. The questions listed in the video all had answers, which would have been obvious to someone who watched the show. The island was under water because the jughead went off and sunk it in the flash sideways, making it unable for the island to crash flight 815. The loophole that killed Jacob was that him and the MIB couldn't kill each other, so the MIB manipulated Ben to kill Jacob.
@@BladiMoyano yeah, because not all them arrived back on the island at the same time, remember? The island moved and some were transported. The reason the rest didn't was because they were off the island already. Proximity.
IIRC, the discrepancy of Warp 10 in the Star Trek universe is that, sometime in the TNG era, the warp scale is adjusted, with 10 being where it becomes theoretically impossible to go past (via warp, anyway). this is why in Kirk's era, you hear them mention all the way up to warp 13 or so. warp was measured on a different scale in that point in time.
Additionally, achieving warp 10 in a shuttle craft would be like achieving 100 mph in a Prius, you can do it but it’s totally different than achieving 100 mph in a Lamborghini.
I seriously hate when people try to excuse plot holes as if it was reality. These shows, in different seried, are written by dozens of writers over the course of decades. Mistakes happen.
I know right! That's not difficult at all to understand, but many people still hate on Lost because they are not able to understand quite simple things.
The heroes plot hole was fix by Claire's real Mother have the ability to control fire. She was said to be around the house when Claire was a baby when the fire started.
Donna's sister in 'That 70's show'? She was shown in the initial episodes but was never mentioned about later. In fact Bob even refers to Donna as his only daughter.. !!
+AlexTheTvGuy Why did certain people timetravel? We don't really know. We think it has to deal with who needed to go back in time and who needed to stay. What loop hole killed Jacob? MIB and Jacob can't kill eachother or the candidates. Anyone else can. Why is the island at the bottom of the ocean? Bomb? Alternate timeline? Who even knows? But yes, there are better examples of Lost plot holes.
+AlexTheTvGuy some was but not all. the main once would be the numbers meaning and walts power. ther where alot more stuff that wasen't explained but waherent that major to the story even if they could have been. like the island being underground. who built the statue, and so on. hwoever if you search the web you can find teasers and clues to some answears that the makers left
Justice Dredd saddly no was long sense i studied it but heres a tip. forget about walts. the entire thing with him being special was dropped however i recomand reading fan throies, they tend to shad some light and if you have alot of time you can allways scroll trough abrhamstwitter
it looks that watchmojo only reads wikipedias summary of tv shows. claire from heroes´ "plot hole" is stupid knowing how "special" is the character within the series, besides many "plot holes" from lost are just things stupid people dont undersant
+Dhairo Robayo Yeah, i don't understand why so many complain about lost. I think they wrapped up most plot points that mattered. The ones watchmojo brought up were dumb as hell. LIke the time travel. A show doesn't have to explain every little fucking thing.
+Dhairo Robayo I agree that this video's Claire Bennett "plot hole" is rather lame, however, the new show Heroes Reborn does have a dozy of a plot hole... Claire was killed and there is even video of her dead body in the last episode. How is this possible? Claire survived a nuclear blast in the original series and her uncle, who had her powers also survived himself going nuclear because he had her power. Sylar could not be killed because he had Claire's powers too. So how is it that Claire died in something her father survived? True they have 10 more episodes to explain this but that only raises another question, her adoptive Dad knew her power even if she appeared to be dead she was merely immobilized because some object was in her head and once it was removed she would revive. What the hell? If they can get out of the obvious contradiction and plot hole, I would be impressed.
+Brian C I believe that is the big question into Heroes Reborn. I won't call it a plot hole until it's completed. Thankfully 2 of the episodes will be set during that day on June 19th.
I have one from Big Bang (waits for jeering to stop) Leonard was going to get a cat when he broke up with Leslie and Sheldon claimed he was allergic to cats. Fast forward a few seasons and Sheldon and Amy split temporarily and Sheldon adopts a bunch of cats.
Maybe Sheldon had a bad experience with cats at some point and didn’t want to be around them until his frame of mind was otherwise. It’s in character for Sheldon to avoid or be dismissive of something until something turns him around on it. Another possible answer is that Sheldon saw himself tolerating Leonard’s other break up habits as enough, and a cat was where he drew the line in the sand.
on LOST: the man in black couldn't kill Jacob himself, so he had Ben do it. that's the loop hole. polar bears are on the island because the darma initiative wanted to test the islands weird levels and powers, and see if an animal from an opposite climate would survive on it. (explained in a DVD epilogue). and the islamd was underwater at the start of season 6 because...uh.... hmm...
What happened at the end of the series? Explain the numbers? Explain the button and the map on the wall that John finds. Explain how to fat guy won the lottery... I could go on for days. Lost had major plot holes.
+BamBoJam the numbers are the candidates so 4,8,15,16,23,42 are the final candidates to replace Jacob which included Hurley, Jack, Kate, Sawyer and I don't remember who the other ones were
+BamBoJam the island being underwater was in the alternate timeline and since it was underwater was why the people in the alternate timeline's plane didn't crash
+BamBoJam the button was for too suppress the electromagnetic pressure in the station. The map shoved all the Dharma stations and the question mark in the middle is the heart of the island where Jacob pushed his brother so he became smokey, seriously did you not watch the show
+BamBoJam the numbers were from a long numbered list of names Jacob made to pick a new leader of the island. names of the leads who got taken to the island. the button was to keep the unstable island radioactive levels in check. when they weren't entered, the names relating to those numbers were brought to the island. the "?" on the map was the light of the island. because they couldn't find it. Hurley won because of his destiny being tied with those numbers and the island, and his eventual leading of the island. the ending is flat out explained. and over the course of season 6. the church is a place they made to wait for each other and meet up in the afterlife so they could all go to heaven together. BOOM. no plot holes.
But Judy disappearing on "Family Matters" makes #3? Chuck Cunningham disappearing never to be referred to again on "Happy Days" is what spawned the term "The Chuck Cunningham Syndrome"!
big bang theory season one Sheldon says he doesn't know how to dance...couple seasons later he is actually a great dancer cus he was forced to do it as s kid
It seems like you guys only watched Lost first season, and then some stupid told u about the rest. They did answered why there were Polar Bears in the Island. And the statue under the water was like basically the plot of season 6, the Flashsideways. Only some of them were transported to 1977 bc the rest were dead or not on the island anymore (and the Others were actually there in that time)
I also believe the island kind of had a mind of its own or maybe a date thing. that's why on the second ajira flight only those who needed to get back transported back to the 70s and those who stayed in present. it was for a reason a bigger plan.
Concerning the LOST plot holes- 1. The polar bears were on the island because the original Dharma Initiative brought them there for experimentation. 2. Jack, Hurley, Kate and Sayid were all touched by Jacob while off the island. They were transported to 1977 after flight 216 to unite/retrieve Sawyer, the other person touched and watched by Jacob. 3. The loophole was that the man in black could not kill Jacob himself, so he had to get one of Jacobs followers to do it. He found Ben the easiest to manipulate. 4. At the start of season 6, the island is underwater because viewers are meant to believe that this scene is taking place in the alternate/false reality where the island had been blown up by the H-bomb in season 5.
Heroes Plot Hole isn't a plot hole they never said that claire only got her powers when she was a teenager....she has been like that all her life , that's because she has been healed when as a baby and why she never has been sick her whole life!!! And About Lost , just because you didn't watch all the seasons of the shows or wasn't clever enought to understanding that doesn't mean there are plot holes!!!! Mojo just became hipster haters and just go with the flow hate....
The polar bear was brought to the island by The Dharma Initiative. Because what intrigued them so much about the island was its magnetic force, they brought an animal that lives at one of the two magnetic extremes on Earth (those being the North Pole and South Pole).
Lost is a mystery show, which means you have to seek out clues to understand the whole series. I didn't understand everything the first time I saw every episode, but when you rewatch it with the ending in mind, you notice even clues about the ending in every season including the first season and even the first episode. The writers admit the whole show wasn't planned out from the first season, but if the writers never admitted that, there is an argument that it looked like they did plan it out.. For those who have never seen Lost, you may say why would I want to rewatch a show to understand it. The show is so well written with well written characters and fun mythology that you would want to rewatch it. If you are a fan of twists, humor, emotional scenes, and creepiness, this is the show for you. The reason this show gets so much flac for it's ending is because so many people were into it emotionally and you can't satisfy everyone with an ending.
All of the Lost plot holes you said are actually part of the story. For example, the island is underwater because it is in a parallel universe where Juliet's bomb exploded, which means that they never went to the island. This universe is the 'Flash Sideways' universe. Every character later finds their 'True love', which is basically when they see theirselves on the island with their love. But I get where you are going at because the island is a plug for hell, so if the island is underwater, then it is unplugged. They should add season seven where they cover the plot holes, and show what Ben and Hurley do on the island after the show.
Pretty weird to use that simpson part, its a cartoon. Other wise you could use south park for constatly letting kenny die or family guy with lost of weird things.
just cause you don't understand doesn't make the entire series of Lost one big plot hole. confusing, absolutely. did they leave some stuff hanging? yeah. but near as I can tell there was only one plot hole in the examples given. only the candidates got transported to 1977 from the ajira flight, sun wasn't a candidate cause jacob stated to kate becoming a mother caused him to cross her name out. he didn't want mothers to become the next guardian. that doesn't explain why kate was transported back though so yeah that is a bit of plot hole i'll admit to that one. the others are explainable, the polar bear came from the drama initiative, jacobs mother forbid them from harming one another so they were incapable of doing so thats the loophole. the island is under water cause most of it was destroyed in the past caused the rest to fall off into the ocean, not to mention that was purgatory and the rules there are a bit more lax.
Almost all the characters in Lost were candidates, excluding extras, characters like Lapidus and characters that were never on the Island, Locke’s ex. It’s just that later on their names were crossed out. Also, the island was under water at the beginning of season 6 cos that was in the flash sideways world, purgatory, so it could’ve been in any timeline. The island could’ve submerged because that might have been 1000s of years later, another way u might interpret it is that some things weren’t real in the flash sideways, Jack’s son so it didn’t matter whether the island was underwater or not, the directors were just saying that the island was irrelevant because that characters never crashed, this is in the flash sideways
I mean with Ross he did appear to have entirely forgotten that he was the one who slept with the cleaning lady. He was utterly convinced it was Chandler until Chandler corrected him. Meaning earlier in the series he would have though Carol was his first time. (And with the Simpsons, it's not really a plot hole if they state they're never going to talk about it again, ever.)
Actually Lisa in a much later episode referred to him as his real title (Principal then his actual Surname) as a way of calling him out on his hypocrisy for naming a new identical cat to Snowball II... Snowball II instead of Snowball V a way of either cheating or coverup. Forgot what exactly it was
It was the episode where Homer was inside a robot so he could bond with Bart (it’s Homer, following advice from his father!). Lisa’s subplot was adopting cats who’d soon die (one jumped out of a window after Lisa played jazz). In the end she gets one from the Crazy Cat Lady and suggests that she call the last one by the name of the original, which is where “Skinner” walks by.
I object not to Doctor Who's inclusion in this list but to the very minor plot hole that was showcased here. There are much bigger plot holes in the series. For example, the Doctor's age which is only ever slightly written off by the Doctor once stating that he lost track. This is just the first that comes to mind. Anyone remember the reapers from the Ninth Doctor's era? You know, the ones that Never show up again despite the many paradoxes later created. (ex: The Year That Never Was, or the second Big Bang) Again, just one of many. I wouldn't be surprised if WatchMojo made a top 10 list of plot holes just from Doctor Who. Though I love the show, I have to admit, that over 50 years its many writers and producers have accidentally created many plot holes.
Lost has no plot holes, Man in Black/Smoke Monster disguise himself as John Locke. Seeing that the Man in Black nor Jacob can hurt each other Smoke Monster/ Duguise as John Locke who is the current leader of the other ordered or pressured him to kill Jacob. The Polar bear is on the Island because the Dharma Initiative were doing experiments on different kind of animals. The Island is under water because it starts up the formula of flash sideways showing that the island is under water because when Juliet blew up the mini jughead it create an alternate timeline, thus showing us what would have happened if the plane had never crash. Simple. And oh, the five that disappeared from the planes where Jacob's Candidates.
I'm so happy they at least pointed out the Dexter one in the honorable mentions. I noticed that when i watched it. Dexter decides his son is better off not growing up with a serial killer, so he fakes his death.....and leaves his son WITH A SERIAL KILLER!
+PvtGermanWagz She wasn't really a serial killer or was she?? never really saw her that way, she just killed when she couldnt figure her way out of a jam.
+Matt Josh That not only makes her a serial killer, but also makes the decision even worse. She is left alone by Dexter to be on the run, without stability, in another country, with a child that most assuredly everyone is looking for. Also, if I recall, as least one person knew what country she was planning to go to. Dexter practically set the kid up to be a necessary kill. With that in mind, when Hannah asked Harrison if he wanted ice cream after finding out Dexter was "dead", all I could think was "That scoop is going to have antifreeze in it."
The loophole in Lost is that Locke can't kill Jacob, so he convinces Ben to, and at the start of season 6, it's what would have happened to the island in the alternate reality, but not what actually happens.
Yeah or it was a secret between him and Chandler (cuz they were snitching secrets) and he didn't wanna call Ross out at that point cuz he wasn't mad and Ross was going thru it and Ross didn't remember til he was reminded cuz obviously he forgot and thought it was Chandler.
Answers: Why do only certain characters travel back to 1977? Because if they didnt recreate flight 815 in flight 316, the results would be unpredictable. Hence it didnt totally work. What was the loophole that killed Jacob? It was basically the whole manipulation of Locke and Ben by the Smokie. Man in Black / Smokie used the skipping island, plus Locke's psyche, to convince him he was special and to convince Alpert he was the Others' leaders. Then he could see Jacob, imitating Locke, and convince Ben to kill Jacob. (The loophole is basically all of Smokie's interactions with Locke and Ben from Walkabout to the end of season 5 when Jacob dies.) Jacob says it directly to the MiB (as Locke): "I see you found your loophole." Why was the island underwater at the start of Season 6? Because in the "sideways" universe the Losties played out their fantasies while they waited to find each other to move in the after-life. Obviously one of their fantasy scenarios is the island sank. There ARE some plot-holes in Lost, but those three were not.
You left out 3 great examples: 1) The Unkillable Russian (The Sopranos), 2) What happened to the big mutant eggs (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and 3) where is Victor Zsasz (Gotham). All three had the potential to pay off, and didn't...although there's still a chance with the latter. I'm giving one "bonus," although there's still a chance the show (Once Upon a Time) will come through on this: Where is the Lady of the Lake? We've seen the dried-up lake, and King Arthur sent her son Lancelot in search of her...and we haven't heard about her since.
cheesegrater3000 They are in the episode "Bad Eggs." This link is from Cracked.com's list of plot holes, and it ranks at #4: www.cracked.com/article/117_the-5-most-maddeningly-unresolved-tv-plotlines/
If you watch the whole show, those questions will be CLEARLY answered. Polar bears were for the dharma experiments, the island was under water due the parallel universe where everyone never came to the island from the plane and is living a different life. The loop hole was "the man in black" finding a way to Jacob in a way that he could kill Jacob. But they can't kill each other so he got Ben to do it.
Lost was #1 but it didn't earn the top spot at all. Watchmojo just wanted to be trendy. Watch Lost as a whole again and it answers a lot of it's own questions
another plot hole from friends is jack and judy geller hating chandler for " making ross smoke weed". but in all episodes before that one they acted normal towards him. they even liked him
About the warp 10-issue: in all others warp 10 speeds and beyond, they were created by an outside-force (gravity, non-human infulence, future scenes, etc.) Tom Paris achived warp 10 with shuttle's own engines at the main timeline.
+Daniel Reilly the A reveal is not a plothole. Since the show still has time to explain what A was lying about. If the show doesn't explain the "plothole" before the series ends then it is a plothole for right now it is answered questions.
I think there was a much bigger plot hole in Heroes, such as Peter falling in love with that Irish girl (katelyn?) and then leaving her in the horrible past where he either a) doomed her to a life with a terrible virus where most everyone she knows is probably dead or b) erased of existance. And this is never ever addressed by the tv show.
Thank you so much for Judy and Family Matters !! 😄 My brothers and I kept wondering how the Winslow family could live their lives on without EVER mentioning her again ! 😱
F. Giannopoulou Not true. After the actor left, Lane said David moved, so that's why he wasn't around. All the characters moved on so he wasn't mentioned again.
Lost was a beautiful series. If you have a small attention span and poor attention to detail, then I could understand this. Otherwise, it was an amazing piece of mystery, adventure and philosophy.
That is just what Angel believed in the Buffy episode Amends. It is never actually confirmed that the First Evil brought him back. Buffy even said in the same episode that Angel does not actually know that. I"ve seen every episode multiple times and it never actually says for sure how Angel came back.
That's not true. In 'amends' the Christmas episode the first evil 'Jenny Calender' keeps appearing to Angel and specifically says when it's trying to get him to fall off the wagon and drink human blood again "this is why we brought you back" and that was the first evil appearing to the characters for the first time. Angel was brought back by the first evil and the only reason Buffy said that to Angel is because she never saw the visions Angel did, and later on in the episode Buffy goes to the Christmas tree farm and we see the devilish version of the first evil reveal itself to Buffy as a little taster for later on, and then disappear. it was confirmed how Angel returned and it's not a plothole.
Actually the first evil was taunting Angel in effort to get him to kill himself. Doesn't mean anything it said was true. It is even said in later episodes of Angel and Buffy that the first evil was trying to get Angel to kill himself because it knew Angel would be a powerful champion for the Powers That Be. In fact if you watch Angel at all it generally becomes accepted that the first evil was lying and probably didn't bring Angel back at all because it doesn't make any sense that the first evil would bring Angel back and then try to kill him because he would work for the Powers that be. Even in the season finale of Buffy, Angel and Buffy say that the first evil tried to kill Angel. I was at the very end of Amends that Buffy said she didn't believe what the First said and didn't believe that the first brought Angel back. Later on Angel definately questions whether the first brought him back as well. Just because the first said it, it does not confirm it and since later on the main characters are still questioning how Angel was brought back, it was in fact never actually confirmed.
Yeah I actually thought that not only was it believed the first might be lying, I thought later on it was generally excepted the first was lying. It was said a couple times in Buffy that the firs was just trying to get Angel to kill himself. Besides why would anyone assume that because the first said something it was true. You see the first out right lie in season 7 more than once. Just because the first was able to appear to Angel in visions doesn't mean it's telling the truth.
The first season of LOST was the greatest television I have ever watched, back when we were all curious and excited about all of the mysteries and not later when it was clear that we wouldn't get all of the answers.
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In lost, the loophole that killed Jacob was that the man in black got Ben to kill him, so he himself didn't have to do it. And I have a theory that the reason the island is at the bottom of the ocean at the beginning of the season is because the Man in black later talks about how he's going to destroy the island and send it to "the bottom of the ocean", so maybe it's just showing his dream/goal.
+Malini Correa Actually about my theory, I read some other comments and it seems like the generally accepted answer for the island being at the bottom of the ocean is because it was in the parallel dimension; the one where the hydrogen bomb blew up the island and flight 815 never crashes. It makes a lot of sense really, since season five leaves off with Juliet detonating the bomb, and so then starts season six with a shot of the aftermath. Also, I just realized now, the reason for the polar bears was because they were kept and used for experiments by the Dharma Initiative back in the seventies, and then escaped. The characters talk about the bear cages, and when some characters get sent back to the seventies in season five they mention that they were kept for science. It doesn't really explain how they were able to travel from the smaller island to the main one, but polar bears are able to swim so we can just go with that lol.
Ben killed Jacob since only Man in Black couldnt kill him Only some people werent transported to the past since the original flight wasnt perfectly recreated
Was that really why Sun didnt get transported back to the 70s cause that seemed so convenient, Jack, Kate and Hugo get sent to the past but not Sun, at first my theory was only the people from the original flight got sent back in time but when Sun didnt land in 74, I was like OK this is fucking weird, they never really explained why it happened like that, either everyone on that plane bar Locke should've been sent to 1974 or no one.
The writers left some questions for the viewers to theorize and answer. It's possible Sun didn't transport because see might not have been a candidate, or that they didn't perfectly recreate the flight. But I believe it was because Locke didn't visit her (per Jin's request). He needed to make a connection with them to bring them back. In a way, he was their constant like how Penny saved Desmond simply by talking on the phone.
+Sean O'Connor Yeah. at the end of season 7 it was a little after Christmas of 1979. Then in the 8th season they went through 79 AGAIN. It just bothers me now.
We are so owed answers for lost! I always knew they would never be able to tie that whole series together well. The show was so mysterious and out of control there was no good way of ending it. Its a shame because I loved it alot.
I’m afraid there r a shit ton of people who would disagree with u on that. Lost is my favourite tv show of all time and I know the answer to any possible question u may have. Test me
The Friends plot hole that bothered me more was.... In the flashback episode it was exactly a year before Rachel's wedding (which was the same date as the pilot episode) Ross finds out in the flashback episode that his wife is a lesbian and since he's not one, his marriage is over. But Ross doesn't find out until episode 2 that Carol is pregnant with Ben. That was one LONG pregnancy.
The LOST polar bear was from the dharma experiments.
Dumbasses will never learn, how the hell do you say the whole series is a plot hole? How disrespectful can someone be? Lost is a great show.
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Animal enclosures were on Hydra island not on main island, unless polar bear learnt to swim he couldn't have been on the main island, but even if he somehow managed to get to the main island he wouldn't be able to survive in tropical environment.
Nika Gogishvili The ones who survived the purge were freed and swam to the main island according to lostpedia.
Alex Machin 1) why would they swim from one isle from another? 2) they can't swim for such a long distance 3) even if they swam to main island, they wouldn't survive in jungle for so long time, they would die within several days after purge.
If you actually did some research of lost watch mojo you would know why there's a polar bear on the island and why the island is underwater
And also with Star Trek, they were celebrating reaching warp 10 with a shuttle, not a ship
+Kaid “Sheperd” Pain They never do much research. I've had to correct them multiple times myself. It's annoying but I only watch their videos when I have a couple minutes of down time anyway but yeah this video was horrible.
But does it explain him turning into a lizard though or the rest of that episode
+Saniel Dingleton well they have to do 10 different tv shows, and almost one every single day + editing, so they must not have much time to check
+Kaid Pain “Sheperd” I just finish watching Lost and i didnt get why the island was underwater i did get the finale and i really loved it but can you explain to me the island thing please?
the simpsons is kind of unfair, I mean the basic formula of cartoons is to throw logic and continuity out the window
+sonicdeatmonkey Ikr, about three quarters of Simpsons or Family Guy episodes discard logic purposely for satire, there are multiple episodes like this, this episode is nothing special.
+Brandon Roberts Yeah, you are right. But there is an episode in which Homer tells Bart and Lisa that cartoons aren't as realistica as reality itself. Then, a second Homer appears outside the house and you can see it trhough the window while Bart, Lisa and "The Original" Homer are inside the house.
I mean, they make those things in purpose.
+TheGoldenAge2 I totally agree with you
+sonicdeatmonkey Agreed, and also, the Simpsons do refer to it again in the episode "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot", contrary to WatchMojos claims that they never revisited it.
+LeiFlux07 It's strange cos there'san episode where Mrs Skinner blames a fetal Seymour Skinner for costing her the olympics
In the first season of friends chandler and Rachel are "meeting for the first time" but in later seasons they show two flashbacks; one where they meet at Thanksgiving and another where they kiss at a college party while Rachel is still in high school.
Whoever didn't understand Lost must have been watching with their eyes closed.
Lol
I only understood it when i watched it for the second time. Now im watching it for the fifth time. Cant find a better show
Laura Jong de dexter and breaking bad
I have watched both Breaking Bad and Lost and although Breaking Bad is damn near perfection and has no plotholes as such, lost, even with its minor plot holes here and there is my #1 favourite show.
Rick Kar rank between those two shows and dexter
I swear if everything in pretty little liars isn't in this I will do something bad
+Brendan O'Reilly there is no plothole in PLL, just more unaswered questions.
+Kyle William Livingston the finale disagrees
+Kyle William Livingston there actually are some plot holes. Take Toby's mom for example.
koopakiid16 if you talking about her death, that was a lie CeCe told. Even Lucy Hale confirmed it by tweeting during the finale "is that what really happened to Mrs.Cavanaugh?" So there is obviously there is more to the death of Toby's mom then we know about as of right now.
Kyle William Livingston the show hasn't confirmed anything.
Just because you don't understand a TV storyline doesn't mean it's a 'plot hole'.
+BradLennon If you can explain lost please do...
+Bobby K. from EWK's post:
Lost questions answered:
-Polar bears were kept in the zoo on the other island and were trained to adapt in captivity (explained in the special features)
-island is underwater because it is the island in the parallel universe (we find out this is purgatory) so that they do not crash on it and arrive at LAX safely.
-Ben kills Jacob as a test between Jacob and his brother to see if his brother was ever able to kill him through a "loop hole" (Ben). Jacob temps Ben to kill him as his brother has now won.
+Bobby K. lost doesn't need to be explained. One of the things that make the series so good is the mistery that it brings. If everything that happened was explained the series would lost it's magic.
A fellow Beatles fan? Yessss
+BradLennon damn man. you just saved me a shit ton of time and researched to understand those. The fact you undestood remebered these things perfectly is impressive
Lost questions answered:
-Polar bears were kept in the zoo on the other island and were trained to adapt in captivity (explained in the special features)
-island is underwater because it is the island in the parallel universe (we find out this is purgatory) so that they do not crash on it and arrive at LAX safely.
-Ben kills Jacob as a test between Jacob and his brother to see if his brother was ever able to kill him through a "loop hole" (Ben). Jacob temps Ben to kill him as his brother has now won.
They were all answered but as I've rewatched the series many times I'm not surprised people have missed the "plot holes"
+SplendidTurd it's definitely my favourite show ever. I enjoyed it all, despite the fact they made storylines as the show went along to attract views, they were all good
+SplendidTurd so - are they dead (all of them)? The plane crash in season 1 was real and they died, right? Or am I wrong?
+EWK amen to that
+2012svk sadly it's left to your own interpretation. However I believe that they didn't die in the plane crash and that all the events on the island were real. I believe that the purgatory universe was created to explain the links between characters to show why the island needed them to all be on that plane. Because as Jacob said, they are all connected to one another because they NEED each other, like how in the purgatory universe they NEEDED each other to remember
+SplendidTurd finally i love lost and everyone hates it and i'm like I'M SORRY YOUR TOO LIMITED TO SEE
LOST is still one of the best TV series I've ever seen and I personally loved the ending, especially how it mirrored the very first scene.
The problem with LOST is that there were answers for many of the so called "plot holes" they just didnt spell them out for everyone,you had to actually use your brain and no one wants to do that today.
MoovieDude exactlyyy lol. I love that Lost made you think
Exactly my opinion. I'm so tired about people who didn't understand the show and dislike Lost because of that
@@Skevinger I just finsihed it, ik the bear brought from Dharma dudes and Jacob's thing along with who went back to 1977 but i didn't understand the island underwater thing, can you explain pls?
It was just a part of their own created world after they all died, so they subconsciously "buried" the island in that alternate world.
+Skevinger Im sure i do know it but why did some people get taken back to 1977?
Oh I got one for you. HOW THE FUCK DID RICK FROM THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVE THREE MONTHS IN HIS COMA AT THE START OF THE SERIES? He had no change of his saline bag, no food, nothing. No one, besides Walkers, was there.
I know it isn't a TV show but I had the same question about 28 Days Later...
The comics go into detail about it
+DANtheMANofSIPA Rick was in the coma for 59 days or so, maybe up to 65 max, which is under 3 months. The main theory about rick surviving was that he was taken care of by a woman who didnt leave her job as a nurse at the hospital. Its a mini series (like the plane one for fear the walking dead) and is called 'The Oath". She supplies rick with the IV bags and what not to survive and either dies or leaves before he wakes up.
***** The Walking dead wiki says 59 days
***** The flowers died, so It had to be more than a few days.
Polar bears and the loophole... are you kidding me!? Those things were explained in the show.. Not to self: WatchMojo defines plot holes as things they don't pick up on... Seriously... POLAR BEARS! Dharma anyone?
Thank you
Or it’s a spirit bear; maybe this takes place in British Columbia
I've just reached lost as Netflix is dropping it January 4th, and everything is very neatly explained. Some thing are subtle and some things are in your face. Pretty good show and story arc if you ask me.
Thank you for saying that. When i remember correctly the MIB couldnt kill Jacob himself. The loophole was that he used another person to do it!
nointro I second this. I binge watched the show in 12 days. I never got confused and even understood the ending perfectly. They explain alot of things. They are a few minor plot holes but those all can be forgiven. And sometimes its better to leave answers to a few questions open to interpretation.
Great series.
Jesus Christ. The Man in Black's loophole was the realization he could kill Jacob through the manipulation of others using the manifestations of parts of their own lives coupled with his ability to masquerade as individuals only after they have been deceased. The Man in Black was able to con Ben Linus into doing the deed by using Ben's own lifelong devotions to Jacob mirrored against his own life failures that directly resulted from said devotion, and the con was brilliantly completed by using the image of non other than John Locke, the man Ben Linus felt the most guilt over having personally wronged (as well as the brief time he used Ben's daughter Alex for the same purpose). However Jacob had anticipated this loophole's exploitation, which is the reason most of the show even happened, most of it was Jacob's Failsafe plan being enacted. As for the polar bears and the Ajira flight members going back in time and why the "island" was underwater and pretty much any lazy complaint that people love to toss around because watching the show is just too hard, just watch the show.
My god the polar bear complaint is the best way to tell if someone hadn't actually watched the show. The show gives TWO extremely specific reasons why there are polar bears on the island. They (Dharma) first wanted to understand how the island's unique electromagnetic anomalies would affect certain characteristics of the polar bear's life, and a secondary use was for them to be kept underneath the Orchid station to turn the frozen wheel if the island was ever in danger.
I know right?! The show is amazing!
+spookycookies I know this is unrelated, but reading about a polar bear kept under a station to turn a frozen wheel if the island was ever in danger sounds really funny out of context.
+David Junco You are right that it does sound ridiculous. But it's not something the show just throws at you. There's a lot of buildup by a lot of smaller pieces of the puzzle eventually adding up to "there's a chamber underneath the Orchid station that contains a wooden wheel that is used to move the island that the Dharma Initiative employs polar bears to turn in emergencies". And luckily the writers had the sense to never actually show a polar bear turning a giant wheel. It was only ever suggested by empirical evidence, they didn't have to literally show it. And the actual turning of the wheel occurred only one time in the actual show (but like twice in mythology), and the one scene was used as a dramatic tool to humanize Ben Linus, one of the (at that point) villains of the story. What should have been an absurd scene was smartly written for dramatic purposes.
+David Junco I'm extremely familiar with this show, and it's why when I see "plot holes" like as presented by watchmojo I can confirm it is absolutely 100% lazy bullshit complaints by people who don't actually know what they are talking about. It's actually depressingly comical how little they are trying here to present "plot holes" in Lost. The script reads like they looked at someone's "I hate Lost" thread for 30 seconds and said "okay this is enough".
Angel not getting through the gate was weak didn't understand why he couldn't get out but his return was explained in Angel. He didn't return a higher power brought him back.
The "plot holes" you bring up about Lost aren't even plot holes. They are answered. Polar Bears were brought there by the Dharma Initiative. Kate and Sawyer are held in their cages for several episodes in season 3. The "loop hole" that the Man in Black got through to kill Jacob was by having another pair of hands do it. He could not kill them but he figured another person might. Thus he manipulated Ben to kill him. And the island is under water at the start of season 6 because that was an alternate reality (or rather purgatory) where the island made it's way under water. Either through Dharma experiments or what not, but regardless the island is under water so that the plane lands safely. But that isn't even a plot hole because it really wasn't important to the alternate storyline. But it is easier to say plot holes than actually think about it right? I will admit Lost has more than a few plot holes, but if you are going to bring up a series for having plot holes, don't bring up said "plot holes" that are actually explained.
@Aliendraketheonly 08 Or since Hugo is now the guardian the island wasn't able to carry his weight forever!
Joke aside the top 9 was actually plot hole and 1 was just we want answers. A plot hole is a clear contraction, not an absence of answer. Everything unanswered was good in Lost the second they started answering that's when the plot hole started.
Didn't do your research, did you? Angel's return was in fact explained in the spin-off later on. He has a significant role in the apocalypse which is why he needs to be..... alive so it can happen. This is why he was resurrected by the powers that be, to fulfill a prophecy.
+MinimiMax no one cares
+MinimiMax That's the problem though, if a plot hole had to be fully explained in a "spin-off" then it's still a plot hole. It shouldn't take an alternate series or show in the same universe to explain a problem left by the previous one. And even if they explained it in a spin-off, it still means the main series has a plot hole
+MrHaseo14 not really interdimensional travel is common in the buffy verse just because it was never explained in Buffys show doesn't mean it wasn't possible for Angel to return watchmojo just as usual did horrible research.
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What I'm saying is this. Let's say Lost had a sequel series that fully explained all the plot holes from the first series. That doesn't then mean that the first series didn't have some gaping plot holes. Same goes for other series' if a secondary series explains a plot hole in a previous one, that doesn't mean the original doesn't have a plot hole. Plot holes must be resolved in their respective shows, otherwise they still exist
+MinimiMax I don't think a lot of people bothered watching Angel, I did though, it was great.
The polar bears were from the Dharma Initiative right?
yup
must have been a time traveling polar bear..
+colinvanv The plot hole was that polar bears wouldn't be able to live in the environment, they would have died due to the extreme heat on the island.
***** Ohh my bad, then yeah watchmojo screwed up that one. I should probably watch the series again, only seen it once 4 years ago.
Yes
Top Ten lists Watchmojo got wrong
+Catalyst HD
a lot of these aren't fair, for one, the friends "plot hole" is a little too picky, i mean seriously, how would you remember every single piece of dialogue you ever wrote, especially six seasons after you wrote it. and its a comedy as well, its not exactly like friends was a riveting primetime drama
Lost is obviously extremely complex but to say that the entire series is "a plot hole" seems extremely harsh and unjustified. It's confusing sure, but that's the point. You can go back and watch it again to pick up on what you missed.
Actually, I don't regard LOST as confusing.
In one episode of Married, With Children the child character known as Seven simply walks upstairs and is never heard from again with no explanation.
The loophole that got Jacob killed was quite simply that the Man in Black couldn't kill him, they couldn't harm one another, so by getting Ben to do it for him, he found the loophole. The island is at the bottom of the ocean because that was the flash sideways, a parallel story line where the island sank in the 50s after Jughead exploded, therefore couldn't have caused Flight 815 to crash.
Anything else you need answered that you were too lazy to properly research before bashing?
Source - I've watched it 7 times.
Exactly! While the show was pretty convoluted and had a very messy plot (messy as in many timelines, character connections and rules), it was still easy to follow.
Proof: I have only watched it once, could have answered every question they brought up.
Once of the only things they could have brought up was Walt, and the reason he went from being the most important thing in the show to nothing was because the actor grew too fast and they had to write him out
Damn 7 times I've only seen it 4
Mario Pendic How did you come to that conclusion. I'm used to the haters, but when you just plain don't understand it then...
Trafalgar D. Law Awesome man, you'll love it even more, and probably notice lots of new things :)
Agreed. Many of the so-called plot holes on Lost are simply created by viewers who aren't paying attention.
ALL THE LOST "PLOT HOLES" MENTIONED IN THIS LIST WERE EXPLAINED!! wtf WatchMojo?
Dean F. Walt was special
@Dean F. Walt wasn't a candidate
+Dean F. Walt did have to return to the island which is why Hurley and Ben had to go get him.
@Dean F. It wasn't a matter of every single person returning. Obviously people died and that made it impossible. It was more on the lines of "we aren't exactly sure if this will work so we need to gather everyone we can, whom jacob touched, to increase our odds of getting back." Because he allowed them to find the island the first time.
@Dean F. There is a short epilogue after the finale, which in the end shows Ben and Hugo going to the same mental institution that Hugo and Libby were in, which is where Walt is in now, and after Benjamin talks to Walt, Walt is brought back to the island by Hugo and Ben.
So glad my fellow Losties are sticking up for our show!! Yes there were a few questions left unanswered, but nothing that deserves the scorn you give it in this, and so many other videos.
Why the hell isn't pretty little liars on this. Don't get me wrong I love the show but there are some big plot holes
FYI there are legitimate plot holes in LOST, but you didn't actually mention any. And there is a very clear difference between plot holes and plot element/mystery.
mystery: polar bears. Why were they on the island? Where did they come from? Addressed in season 3 (which was in 2007).
plot hole: Jacob, Ben, and Richard. In season 3, Ben explains that he's taking Locke to see Jacob in front of everyone in the others' camp - Richard says nothing, even looks shocked. But in season 5 Ben explains that he was always told he had to wait to see Jacob by Richard (never having gotten to meet him) and Richard says that nobody sees Jacob unless summoned and only he knows where to find him. These two events don't actually add up and mesh with each other, which makes the inconsistency a plot hole.
Definition of a plot hole: "A plot hole or plothole is an obvious mistake or missing element in the plot of a fictional work, such as a book, play, film, or TV show. These include such things as illogical or impossible events, and statements or events that contradict earlier events in the storyline."
+Damon242 basically, by plot hole here they mean 'shitty ass writing' the rela plot hole involves the reveal of who the villain is and how he manipulated people to come to the island by somehow leaving the island and shapeshifitng into their loved ones. why does he do this? so he can use them to...leave the island. which he already left to begin his retarded ass plan to escape the island he alreayd elft and then soemhow went bakc to for some reason.
+aceotaku All off-island shapeshifting was done by Jacob, I believe.
Ben was always jealous why Locke was so special, like he was on a wheelchair and the next moment he was walking, while Ben,unlike the other survivors, was diagnosed with a tumor, while survivors like rose and Locke were healed, Sun got pregnant and etc. Ben PRETENDED that he was the only one who could talk to Jacob while in fact it was Richard. when Ben takes Locke to the cabin were he thought Jacob might be, he PRETENDED that he was talking to Jacob and that he could see him, while in fact he was just as surprised as Locke when the room started shaking, and got even more jealous when he found out that "Jacob"asked Locke for help(when Locke heard the help me thing) that's why he shot Locke the first time. he was never able to see Jacob or talk to him, he was just pretending to bc he was jealous of Locke. it might even be the MIB who was in that cabin that night since the mib embodied Jack's father when Hurley first saw the cabin. so eventually I believe that's no plot hole:)
aceotaku there wasn't any off-island shapeshifting.
If you're referring to Jack's dad (the only time I can think off), Jack was off his face on drugs and that was a fleeting vision.
I think that by the end of lost they were just making it up as they went along.
No they weren't dumb ass
+HermitJFrogsworth actually some writers have came forward since and said they were
+HermitJFrogsworth reported
+Marion Asi lmao
+HermitJFrogsworth calm down dipshit
As a fan of Lost I will admit it left some questions unanswered. I did love the series as I enjoy very complex storylines involving paradoxes time travel and the supernatural. However all the questions posed in this video can be answered easily and were very obvious in the show.
1. In the first time shift everyone who was still on the island went back in time. When the Ajira flight arrives those who needed to go back in time were sent and those who stayed in present time were needed there. The whole idea is that it's fate or destiny. That's why Desmond wakes up on the island without ever even trying to get back.
2. The loophole was Ben. The whole thing was The Man In Black could not kill Jacob. He said one day he would find a loophole. he did he convinced Ben to kill Jacob for him. Simple.
3. The island was underwater cause it was in a flash sideways. In a reality where the bomb goes off so the island sinks. Therefore the plane never lands. Yes it is a paradox however it is not a plothole.
There are literally 0 plot holes in LOST, none. If you didn't understand something then rewatch the show because I guarantee that there is either an outright explanation for it or a thematic implication that can be inferred from the course of the show. One of the reasons why lost was able to reach the heights that it did was because it didn't pander to the fools. The polar bears were from the Dharma initiative, certain characters got sent back to the past because they were the ones that were supposed to be there (jacob decided just as he decided practically everything that happened), the loophole that killed jacob was just that it was someone other than the man in Black who was incapable of doing it (the entire thing that Jacob was trying to prove was that the good in people will eventually triumph over the bad in them, having the person who at that time embodied the bad in humanity kill him was extremely symbolic). If you think that there is any plot hole in LOST it's because of your own attention span, not the show.
The only plot holes i can think of is that Ben took the French lady's baby but in season 2 she captures Ben and does not recognize him when he was literally the one who took her baby.
CrocoVinny
I'm pretty sue she did recognize him, she told Sayid not to trust a word that Ben said. And even if she didn't it's not really a plot hole since her memory from that long ago would be a little fuzzy not to mention she had gone mad by that point.
thekillers1stfan A. If she did remember why wasn't she like "he literally kidnapped my daughter" and B. If you gonna say she didn't remember that feels like the fans writing their own explanations, it's pretty clear the writers forgot or else they would have just had him wear a mask when he did it. Also there is never really any big reveal to the French lady that it was Ben who kidnapped her daughter (which there would have been if the writers intended on making it so she just forgot)
CrocoVinny
Rousseau isn't exactly the best at communicating, she is literally crazy. The fact is, she told them that Ben was an Other and that they shouldn't trust a word he says. That implies that she knows exactly who he is. Not to mention faces get blurred in memories that far back, then you also add ageing and the fact that it was dark the entire time and yeah, it's completely plausible that she didn't recognize him. There was no big reveal at that time because it wouldn't have fit into the second season as well as Sayid figuring it out by digging up the body of the man he was impersonating. They did have a big reveal of sorts later on when it's revealed that he is raising Alex as his daughter. I don't know what else you would've wanted.
I also had some inquiries about this series...
1) This one isn't too big of a deal, but I was kind of fixated at how at times when it was raining and that whenever there were torches lit up, I would have anticipated for them to burn out because of the rain. But again, I don't think this had to do with anything of the series.
2) The fact that people that people could see the dead people. For example, Hurley would see many people that died throughout the series. I didn't understand why he could see that, and if him, why could nobody else see the dead?
3) How Desmond could be immune to extreme levels of magnetism and how he could foresee Charlie's death.
4) The people that were chosen were taken back into the past while others did not. However, Jack, Kate, Sayid, Sun, and Hurley were in their present year back at home. When they came back to the island, they somehow got themselves back at 1977 like the rest of the people that were on the island. Maybe it was the island only that could go back to 1977 but how did the Ajira flight back to the island eventually end up going to that year when they didn't when they were elsewhere?
Um... What about almost all of Pretty Little Liars?
Man right. The whole cece killing Toby's mom made no sense cause Toby said he was a teen when his mom died but if cece was a kid when she killed her then that would make Toby a baby or not born at the time.
not to mention cece's transition into a woman which is the most unrealistic thing ever considering she was living in a MENTAL INSTITUTION
jessica mccall Cece didn't kill Toby's mom, Bethany did.
PLL deserves it own video "top ten plot holes and unanswered questions."
Plus the fact that they were all in high school way longer then 4 years
LOST explains 95% of its questions people are just too dumb to actually listen and figure them out.
The Simpsons simply don't make sense on this list. They are part of a concept where every episode is only in itself logical (it is called procedural storytelling) and they are also making many 'Plot holes' intentionally (eg. the location of springfield or several stories of how homer lost his hairs). It is simply wrong to put them on the list
Actually, that isn't the same thing. For starters, the character whom most of us knew as Seymour Skinner was apparently not the real deal, but in Curse of the Flying Hellfish from a few seasons prior, it showed his supposed father Sheldon Skinner, who looked just like him.
They actually did make a reference to this in another episode. The one were Lisa cat Snowball 2 dies and then she keeps adopting other cats who all die in freak accidents. At the end the crazy cat lady throws a cat at Lisa that looks exactly like Snowball 2 and Lisa even decides to call the cat Snowball 2 (thus making the whole cats dying plot-line moot). Skinner happens to be walking by at that exact moment and mentions that the new cat looking the same and being named the same was very convenient and then Lisa makes a quip to the effect "Is it, Principal Tazerion" and Skinner visually reacts and then says that he will just move along.
All the 'plot holes' listed for Lost were actually not plot holes, since Lost answered nearly all (if not all) of the questions that they posed within the series. The show didn't get more jumbled up and bad over time, it increased it's complexity (which confused some people) but in reality, the show answered the questions they posed. The questions listed in the video all had answers, which would have been obvious to someone who watched the show. The island was under water because the jughead went off and sunk it in the flash sideways, making it unable for the island to crash flight 815. The loophole that killed Jacob was that him and the MIB couldn't kill each other, so the MIB manipulated Ben to kill Jacob.
The survivors who went to 1977 were the canditates
Andrew Meyer she was a candidate at one point though
Jacob said that her motherhood doesn't mean anything and she can became a Protector if she wants to.
@@cinetagonist Juliet wasn't a candidate and she still went to 1977, sun was a candidate and she didn't, so....
@@BladiMoyano yeah, because not all them arrived back on the island at the same time, remember? The island moved and some were transported. The reason the rest didn't was because they were off the island already. Proximity.
I'm pretty sure the ones that went back were touched by jacob.
IIRC, the discrepancy of Warp 10 in the Star Trek universe is that, sometime in the TNG era, the warp scale is adjusted, with 10 being where it becomes theoretically impossible to go past (via warp, anyway). this is why in Kirk's era, you hear them mention all the way up to warp 13 or so. warp was measured on a different scale in that point in time.
I was about to type this exact same thing.
Additionally, achieving warp 10 in a shuttle craft would be like achieving 100 mph in a Prius, you can do it but it’s totally different than achieving 100 mph in a Lamborghini.
I seriously hate when people try to excuse plot holes as if it was reality. These shows, in different seried, are written by dozens of writers over the course of decades. Mistakes happen.
I cried my eyes out when I saw the lost finale. Love that show!
Even Matt Groening hated the "Skinner is an Imposter" story. Then again to be fair, I think very one did.
Most of these were already explained
Watchmojo doesn't care....
Lost season 6 island was under water because the hydrogen bomb went off. it's a different time line. pretty simple to understand
apparently not for some people....
+Brannon H Some people will call anything a plot hole just because they don't understand it. It's a show on tv. How hard is it to understand a show?
I know right! That's not difficult at all to understand, but many people still hate on Lost because they are not able to understand quite simple things.
+100vasiliy I had thought that was really obvious when watching it lol Ahhh WM, making mistake all the time.
Lost is stupid.
The heroes plot hole was fix by Claire's real Mother have the ability to control fire. She was said to be around the house when Claire was a baby when the fire started.
Donna's sister in 'That 70's show'? She was shown in the initial episodes but was never mentioned about later. In fact Bob even refers to Donna as his only daughter.. !!
Those Lost questions were all answered though?
+AlexTheTvGuy
Why did certain people timetravel?
We don't really know. We think it has to deal with who needed to go back in time and who needed to stay.
What loop hole killed Jacob?
MIB and Jacob can't kill eachother or the candidates. Anyone else can.
Why is the island at the bottom of the ocean?
Bomb? Alternate timeline? Who even knows?
But yes, there are better examples of Lost plot holes.
Exactly lol.
+AlexTheTvGuy some was but not all. the main once would be the numbers meaning and walts power. ther where alot more stuff that wasen't explained but waherent that major to the story even if they could have been. like the island being underground. who built the statue, and so on. hwoever if you search the web you can find teasers and clues to some answears that the makers left
do you know were i can find them
Justice Dredd saddly no was long sense i studied it but heres a tip. forget about walts. the entire thing with him being special was dropped however i recomand reading fan throies, they tend to shad some light and if you have alot of time you can allways scroll trough abrhamstwitter
it looks that watchmojo only reads wikipedias summary of tv shows. claire from heroes´ "plot hole" is stupid knowing how "special" is the character within the series, besides many "plot holes" from lost are just things stupid people dont undersant
***** well that is a relieve, I only had a little mistake while typing instead of being closed minded
+Dhairo Robayo Yeah, i don't understand why so many complain about lost. I think they wrapped up most plot points that mattered. The ones watchmojo brought up were dumb as hell. LIke the time travel. A show doesn't have to explain every little fucking thing.
+Dhairo Robayo I agree that this video's Claire Bennett "plot hole" is rather lame, however, the new show Heroes Reborn does have a dozy of a plot hole... Claire was killed and there is even video of her dead body in the last episode. How is this possible? Claire survived a nuclear blast in the original series and her uncle, who had her powers also survived himself going nuclear because he had her power. Sylar could not be killed because he had Claire's powers too. So how is it that Claire died in something her father survived? True they have 10 more episodes to explain this but that only raises another question, her adoptive Dad knew her power even if she appeared to be dead she was merely immobilized because some object was in her head and once it was removed she would revive.
What the hell? If they can get out of the obvious contradiction and plot hole, I would be impressed.
Brian C dude that´s spoiler for me, i wanna watch reborn but havent had the time hahah i hope its better than the disaster that the 4th season was xD
+Brian C I believe that is the big question into Heroes Reborn. I won't call it a plot hole until it's completed. Thankfully 2 of the episodes will be set during that day on June 19th.
in a sense, there are no plot holes in lost. the plot is designed to fuck with the viewer
I have one from Big Bang (waits for jeering to stop) Leonard was going to get a cat when he broke up with Leslie and Sheldon claimed he was allergic to cats. Fast forward a few seasons and Sheldon and Amy split temporarily and Sheldon adopts a bunch of cats.
Sheldon is a known hypochondriac and likely just convinced himself he was allergic to cats due to the high number of cases of people who are.
Maybe Sheldon had a bad experience with cats at some point and didn’t want to be around them until his frame of mind was otherwise. It’s in character for Sheldon to avoid or be dismissive of something until something turns him around on it. Another possible answer is that Sheldon saw himself tolerating Leonard’s other break up habits as enough, and a cat was where he drew the line in the sand.
Lost didn't have that many plot holes the show just suffered from having way too many dumb audience
on LOST: the man in black couldn't kill Jacob himself, so he had Ben do it. that's the loop hole. polar bears are on the island because the darma initiative wanted to test the islands weird levels and powers, and see if an animal from an opposite climate would survive on it. (explained in a DVD epilogue). and the islamd was underwater at the start of season 6 because...uh.... hmm...
What happened at the end of the series? Explain the numbers? Explain the button and the map on the wall that John finds. Explain how to fat guy won the lottery... I could go on for days. Lost had major plot holes.
+BamBoJam the numbers are the candidates so 4,8,15,16,23,42 are the final candidates to replace Jacob which included Hurley, Jack, Kate, Sawyer and I don't remember who the other ones were
+BamBoJam the island being underwater was in the alternate timeline and since it was underwater was why the people in the alternate timeline's plane didn't crash
+BamBoJam the button was for too suppress the electromagnetic pressure in the station. The map shoved all the Dharma stations and the question mark in the middle is the heart of the island where Jacob pushed his brother so he became smokey, seriously did you not watch the show
+BamBoJam the numbers were from a long numbered list of names Jacob made to pick a new leader of the island. names of the leads who got taken to the island. the button was to keep the unstable island radioactive levels in check. when they weren't entered, the names relating to those numbers were brought to the island. the "?" on the map was the light of the island. because they couldn't find it. Hurley won because of his destiny being tied with those numbers and the island, and his eventual leading of the island. the ending is flat out explained. and over the course of season 6. the church is a place they made to wait for each other and meet up in the afterlife so they could all go to heaven together. BOOM. no plot holes.
I'm surprised Happy Days didn't make the list. The older brother goes upstairs at the end of season 1 and is never seen again.
NixtonV Putting characters upstairs is not too uncommon on TV.
But Judy disappearing on "Family Matters" makes #3? Chuck Cunningham disappearing never to be referred to again on "Happy Days" is what spawned the term "The Chuck Cunningham Syndrome"!
Not to mention Al told a Christmas story involving Chuck which was weird.
Yeah because the dad just says he only has two kids after that
big bang theory season one Sheldon says he doesn't know how to dance...couple seasons later he is actually a great dancer cus he was forced to do it as s kid
Probably bad memories
It seems like you guys only watched Lost first season, and then some stupid told u about the rest. They did answered why there were Polar Bears in the Island. And the statue under the water was like basically the plot of season 6, the Flashsideways. Only some of them were transported to 1977 bc the rest were dead or not on the island anymore (and the Others were actually there in that time)
I also believe the island kind of had a mind of its own or maybe a date thing. that's why on the second ajira flight only those who needed to get back transported back to the 70s and those who stayed in present. it was for a reason a bigger plan.
Concerning the LOST plot holes-
1. The polar bears were on the island because the original Dharma Initiative brought them there for experimentation.
2. Jack, Hurley, Kate and Sayid were all touched by Jacob while off the island. They were transported to 1977 after flight 216 to unite/retrieve Sawyer, the other person touched and watched by Jacob.
3. The loophole was that the man in black could not kill Jacob himself, so he had to get one of Jacobs followers to do it. He found Ben the easiest to manipulate.
4. At the start of season 6, the island is underwater because viewers are meant to believe that this scene is taking place in the alternate/false reality where the island had been blown up by the H-bomb in season 5.
Heroes Plot Hole isn't a plot hole they never said that claire only got her powers when she was a teenager....she has been like that all her life , that's because she has been healed when as a baby and why she never has been sick her whole life!!!
And About Lost , just because you didn't watch all the seasons of the shows or wasn't clever enought to understanding that doesn't mean there are plot holes!!!! Mojo just became hipster haters and just go with the flow hate....
The polar bear was brought to the island by The Dharma Initiative. Because what intrigued them so much about the island was its magnetic force, they brought an animal that lives at one of the two magnetic extremes on Earth (those being the North Pole and South Pole).
The show that would be my number one wasn't even mentioned?
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS
Lost is a mystery show, which means you have to seek out clues to understand the whole series. I didn't understand everything the first time I saw every episode, but when you rewatch it with the ending in mind, you notice even clues about the ending in every season including the first season and even the first episode. The writers admit the whole show wasn't planned out from the first season, but if the writers never admitted that, there is an argument that it looked like they did plan it out.. For those who have never seen Lost, you may say why would I want to rewatch a show to understand it. The show is so well written with well written characters and fun mythology that you would want to rewatch it. If you are a fan of twists, humor, emotional scenes, and creepiness, this is the show for you. The reason this show gets so much flac for it's ending is because so many people were into it emotionally and you can't satisfy everyone with an ending.
All of the Lost plot holes you said are actually part of the story. For example, the island is underwater because it is in a parallel universe where Juliet's bomb exploded, which means that they never went to the island. This universe is the 'Flash Sideways' universe. Every character later finds their 'True love', which is basically when they see theirselves on the island with their love. But I get where you are going at because the island is a plug for hell, so if the island is underwater, then it is unplugged. They should add season seven where they cover the plot holes, and show what Ben and Hurley do on the island after the show.
Pretty weird to use that simpson part, its a cartoon. Other wise you could use south park for constatly letting kenny die or family guy with lost of weird things.
Kenny stopped dying :(
did u even watch Lost dude?
just cause you don't understand doesn't make the entire series of Lost one big plot hole. confusing, absolutely. did they leave some stuff hanging? yeah. but near as I can tell there was only one plot hole in the examples given. only the candidates got transported to 1977 from the ajira flight, sun wasn't a candidate cause jacob stated to kate becoming a mother caused him to cross her name out. he didn't want mothers to become the next guardian. that doesn't explain why kate was transported back though so yeah that is a bit of plot hole i'll admit to that one.
the others are explainable, the polar bear came from the drama initiative, jacobs mother forbid them from harming one another so they were incapable of doing so thats the loophole. the island is under water cause most of it was destroyed in the past caused the rest to fall off into the ocean, not to mention that was purgatory and the rules there are a bit more lax.
Almost all the characters in Lost were candidates, excluding extras, characters like Lapidus and characters that were never on the Island, Locke’s ex. It’s just that later on their names were crossed out. Also, the island was under water at the beginning of season 6 cos that was in the flash sideways world, purgatory, so it could’ve been in any timeline. The island could’ve submerged because that might have been 1000s of years later, another way u might interpret it is that some things weren’t real in the flash sideways, Jack’s son so it didn’t matter whether the island was underwater or not, the directors were just saying that the island was irrelevant because that characters never crashed, this is in the flash sideways
I mean with Ross he did appear to have entirely forgotten that he was the one who slept with the cleaning lady. He was utterly convinced it was Chandler until Chandler corrected him. Meaning earlier in the series he would have though Carol was his first time.
(And with the Simpsons, it's not really a plot hole if they state they're never going to talk about it again, ever.)
Actually Lisa in a much later episode referred to him as his real title (Principal then his actual Surname) as a way of calling him out on his hypocrisy for naming a new identical cat to Snowball II... Snowball II instead of Snowball V a way of either cheating or coverup. Forgot what exactly it was
Lisa named the cat I meant
It was the episode where Homer was inside a robot so he could bond with Bart (it’s Homer, following advice from his father!). Lisa’s subplot was adopting cats who’d soon die (one jumped out of a window after Lisa played jazz). In the end she gets one from the Crazy Cat Lady and suggests that she call the last one by the name of the original, which is where “Skinner” walks by.
I object not to Doctor Who's inclusion in this list but to the very minor plot hole that was showcased here. There are much bigger plot holes in the series. For example, the Doctor's age which is only ever slightly written off by the Doctor once stating that he lost track. This is just the first that comes to mind. Anyone remember the reapers from the Ninth Doctor's era? You know, the ones that Never show up again despite the many paradoxes later created. (ex: The Year That Never Was, or the second Big Bang) Again, just one of many. I wouldn't be surprised if WatchMojo made a top 10 list of plot holes just from Doctor Who. Though I love the show, I have to admit, that over 50 years its many writers and producers have accidentally created many plot holes.
Lost has no plot holes, Man in Black/Smoke Monster disguise himself as John Locke. Seeing that the Man in Black nor Jacob can hurt each other Smoke Monster/ Duguise as John Locke who is the current leader of the other ordered or pressured him to kill Jacob. The Polar bear is on the Island because the Dharma Initiative were doing experiments on different kind of animals. The Island is under water because it starts up the formula of flash sideways showing that the island is under water because when Juliet blew up the mini jughead it create an alternate timeline, thus showing us what would have happened if the plane had never crash. Simple. And oh, the five that disappeared from the planes where Jacob's Candidates.
I'm so happy they at least pointed out the Dexter one in the honorable mentions. I noticed that when i watched it. Dexter decides his son is better off not growing up with a serial killer, so he fakes his death.....and leaves his son WITH A SERIAL KILLER!
Thank you
+PvtGermanWagz She wasn't really a serial killer or was she?? never really saw her that way, she just killed when she couldnt figure her way out of a jam.
That's the definition of a serial killer. She repeat kills for a specific reason and has an MO when it comes to HOW she kills them.
+Matt Josh That not only makes her a serial killer, but also makes the decision even worse. She is left alone by Dexter to be on the run, without stability, in another country, with a child that most assuredly everyone is looking for. Also, if I recall, as least one person knew what country she was planning to go to. Dexter practically set the kid up to be a necessary kill.
With that in mind, when Hannah asked Harrison if he wanted ice cream after finding out Dexter was "dead", all I could think was "That scoop is going to have antifreeze in it."
The Star Trek issue stemmed from lack of adjusted shielding in Voyager, whereas the Enterprises were shield adjusted for safety of crew.
The loophole in Lost is that Locke can't kill Jacob, so he convinces Ben to, and at the start of season 6, it's what would have happened to the island in the alternate reality, but not what actually happens.
the friends thing can simply just be that he did'nt remember because he got so drunk and after he was reminded of the incident he agnolidged it
Yeah or it was a secret between him and Chandler (cuz they were snitching secrets) and he didn't wanna call Ross out at that point cuz he wasn't mad and Ross was going thru it and Ross didn't remember til he was reminded cuz obviously he forgot and thought it was Chandler.
I just realized how long ago this comment was 😂
Answers: Why do only certain characters travel back to 1977? Because if they didnt recreate flight 815 in flight 316, the results would be unpredictable. Hence it didnt totally work. What was the loophole that killed Jacob? It was basically the whole manipulation of Locke and Ben by the Smokie. Man in Black / Smokie used the skipping island, plus Locke's psyche, to convince him he was special and to convince Alpert he was the Others' leaders. Then he could see Jacob, imitating Locke, and convince Ben to kill Jacob. (The loophole is basically all of Smokie's interactions with Locke and Ben from Walkabout to the end of season 5 when Jacob dies.) Jacob says it directly to the MiB (as Locke): "I see you found your loophole." Why was the island underwater at the start of Season 6? Because in the "sideways" universe the Losties played out their fantasies while they waited to find each other to move in the after-life. Obviously one of their fantasy scenarios is the island sank. There ARE some plot-holes in Lost, but those three were not.
You left out 3 great examples: 1) The Unkillable Russian (The Sopranos), 2) What happened to the big mutant eggs (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and 3) where is Victor Zsasz (Gotham). All three had the potential to pay off, and didn't...although there's still a chance with the latter.
I'm giving one "bonus," although there's still a chance the show (Once Upon a Time) will come through on this: Where is the Lady of the Lake? We've seen the dried-up lake, and King Arthur sent her son Lancelot in search of her...and we haven't heard about her since.
cheesegrater3000 They are in the episode "Bad Eggs." This link is from Cracked.com's list of plot holes, and it ranks at #4:
www.cracked.com/article/117_the-5-most-maddeningly-unresolved-tv-plotlines/
If you watch the whole show, those questions will be CLEARLY answered.
Polar bears were for the dharma experiments, the island was under water due the parallel universe where everyone never came to the island from the plane and is living a different life.
The loop hole was "the man in black" finding a way to Jacob in a way that he could kill Jacob. But they can't kill each other so he got Ben to do it.
Really confused at the apparent "plot holes" of Lost. The loophole, the island being underwater etc are all things that are explained in the series.
Lost was #1 but it didn't earn the top spot at all. Watchmojo just wanted to be trendy. Watch Lost as a whole again and it answers a lot of it's own questions
Also with Power Rangers nobody connects the dots that the 6 teens always seem to wear the colors of the 6 heroes.
another plot hole from friends is jack and judy geller hating chandler for " making ross smoke weed". but in all episodes before that one they acted normal towards him. they even liked him
They never interacted with him in any other episodes before that though.
maybe the tried smoking weed themselves and learned it was cool.
About the warp 10-issue: in all others warp 10 speeds and beyond, they were created by an outside-force (gravity, non-human infulence, future scenes, etc.) Tom Paris achived warp 10 with shuttle's own engines at the main timeline.
I think at least the island being underwater is part of the alternate post-mortem crap.
/nerd warp 10 was redefined in tng and beyond to mean infinite speed. TOS warp 10+ were just basically 'faster than is safe'.
+Bondanalloy I had to scroll way too far to find this.
Cece is A - PLL should've been on the list
PLL Better be on here, That A reveal was Bullshit.
+Daniel Reilly the A reveal is not a plothole. Since the show still has time to explain what A was lying about. If the show doesn't explain the "plothole" before the series ends then it is a plothole for right now it is answered questions.
Kyle William Livingston I hope your right, but after Marlene behavioue on Twitter, I'm think they are sticking to the story they said
+Daniel Reilly don't listen to him... He's some hardcore pll supporter I swear he's IMK in disguise
I think there was a much bigger plot hole in Heroes, such as Peter falling in love with that Irish girl (katelyn?) and then leaving her in the horrible past where he either a) doomed her to a life with a terrible virus where most everyone she knows is probably dead or b) erased of existance. And this is never ever addressed by the tv show.
Thank you so much for Judy and Family Matters !! 😄
My brothers and I kept wondering how the Winslow family could live their lives on without EVER mentioning her again ! 😱
Did we really need 75 seconds of intro?
Please, watch Lost first, then remove it from this video when you realize your mistake.
you had to mention gilmore girls when david's carachter literally vanished from everyone's memory when the actor who played him left the show.
F. Giannopoulou Not true. After the actor left, Lane said David moved, so that's why he wasn't around. All the characters moved on so he wasn't mentioned again.
That falls under Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, where a character just vanishes and never appears again, nor are they mentioned ever again.
Lost was a beautiful series. If you have a small attention span and poor attention to detail, then I could understand this. Otherwise, it was an amazing piece of mystery, adventure and philosophy.
I wish you’d reply watchmojo to everyone telling you that all those lost plot holes were explained
Angel was brought back by the First Evil
Exactly
That is just what Angel believed in the Buffy episode Amends. It is never actually confirmed that the First Evil brought him back. Buffy even said in the same episode that Angel does not actually know that. I"ve seen every episode multiple times and it never actually says for sure how Angel came back.
That's not true. In 'amends' the Christmas episode the first evil 'Jenny Calender' keeps appearing to Angel and specifically says when it's trying to get him to fall off the wagon and drink human blood again "this is why we brought you back" and that was the first evil appearing to the characters for the first time. Angel was brought back by the first evil and the only reason Buffy said that to Angel is because she never saw the visions Angel did, and later on in the episode Buffy goes to the Christmas tree farm and we see the devilish version of the first evil reveal itself to Buffy as a little taster for later on, and then disappear. it was confirmed how Angel returned and it's not a plothole.
Actually the first evil was taunting Angel in effort to get him to kill himself. Doesn't mean anything it said was true. It is even said in later episodes of Angel and Buffy that the first evil was trying to get Angel to kill himself because it knew Angel would be a powerful champion for the Powers That Be. In fact if you watch Angel at all it generally becomes accepted that the first evil was lying and probably didn't bring Angel back at all because it doesn't make any sense that the first evil would bring Angel back and then try to kill him because he would work for the Powers that be. Even in the season finale of Buffy, Angel and Buffy say that the first evil tried to kill Angel. I was at the very end of Amends that Buffy said she didn't believe what the First said and didn't believe that the first brought Angel back. Later on Angel definately questions whether the first brought him back as well. Just because the first said it, it does not confirm it and since later on the main characters are still questioning how Angel was brought back, it was in fact never actually confirmed.
Yeah I actually thought that not only was it believed the first might be lying, I thought later on it was generally excepted the first was lying. It was said a couple times in Buffy that the firs was just trying to get Angel to kill himself. Besides why would anyone assume that because the first said something it was true. You see the first out right lie in season 7 more than once. Just because the first was able to appear to Angel in visions doesn't mean it's telling the truth.
Uber -A - Pretty Little Liars.
How?
what about pretty little liars cece is charles ( A ) ??
Don't you just love it when Watchmojo.com does their research?
The first season of LOST was the greatest television I have ever watched, back when we were all curious and excited about all of the mysteries and not later when it was clear that we wouldn't get all of the answers.
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WatchMojo.com really? would that involve money?
Do your research, then make a video.
Ikr!
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Every plot line on Glee...
+Nick Crouse i guess everything in the last 3 seasons
Watchmojo doesn't even care about Glee...the top tens are usually about pop culture TV shows with great status
*groans* Season 6
In lost, the loophole that killed Jacob was that the man in black got Ben to kill him, so he himself didn't have to do it. And I have a theory that the reason the island is at the bottom of the ocean at the beginning of the season is because the Man in black later talks about how he's going to destroy the island and send it to "the bottom of the ocean", so maybe it's just showing his dream/goal.
+Malini Correa Actually about my theory, I read some other comments and it seems like the generally accepted answer for the island being at the bottom of the ocean is because it was in the parallel dimension; the one where the hydrogen bomb blew up the island and flight 815 never crashes. It makes a lot of sense really, since season five leaves off with Juliet detonating the bomb, and so then starts season six with a shot of the aftermath. Also, I just realized now, the reason for the polar bears was because they were kept and used for experiments by the Dharma Initiative back in the seventies, and then escaped. The characters talk about the bear cages, and when some characters get sent back to the seventies in season five they mention that they were kept for science. It doesn't really explain how they were able to travel from the smaller island to the main one, but polar bears are able to swim so we can just go with that lol.
because, if we can't live together, we are going to die alone
-Jack Shephard (Lost, best show ever)
We have to go back!!!! To watching the show of course
Heroes had so many plot holes, especially in Season 3, that WatchMojo could do a Top Ten Plot Holes in Heroes list.
hell yea like what happened to Molly and Peters girlfriend from season 2 that got trapped in the future like did he just forgot about her
Caitlin gets stuck in the future is one of the biggest plot holes of em all.
Ben killed Jacob since only Man in Black couldnt kill him
Only some people werent transported to the past since the original flight wasnt perfectly recreated
Was that really why Sun didnt get transported back to the 70s cause that seemed so convenient, Jack, Kate and Hugo get sent to the past but not Sun, at first my theory was only the people from the original flight got sent back in time but when Sun didnt land in 74, I was like OK this is fucking weird, they never really explained why it happened like that, either everyone on that plane bar Locke should've been sent to 1974 or no one.
People who understand lost thank god
Only the candidates got sent to the 70s
The writers left some questions for the viewers to theorize and answer. It's possible Sun didn't transport because see might not have been a candidate, or that they didn't perfectly recreate the flight. But I believe it was because Locke didn't visit her (per Jin's request). He needed to make a connection with them to bring them back. In a way, he was their constant like how Penny saved Desmond simply by talking on the phone.
HonorFather mothers couldn't be candidates, so Sun and Claire were left out
What about That 70s Show? They went through 1979 twice.
+The Uncanny Spider-Fan wwwwwhhhhhaaaaattttt
+Sean O'Connor Yeah. at the end of season 7 it was a little after Christmas of 1979. Then in the 8th season they went through 79 AGAIN. It just bothers me now.
ok cool
We are so owed answers for lost! I always knew they would never be able to tie that whole series together well. The show was so mysterious and out of control there was no good way of ending it. Its a shame because I loved it alot.
I’m afraid there r a shit ton of people who would disagree with u on that. Lost is my favourite tv show of all time and I know the answer to any possible question u may have. Test me
The Friends plot hole that bothered me more was.... In the flashback episode it was exactly a year before Rachel's wedding (which was the same date as the pilot episode) Ross finds out in the flashback episode that his wife is a lesbian and since he's not one, his marriage is over. But Ross doesn't find out until episode 2 that Carol is pregnant with Ben. That was one LONG pregnancy.