Some Answers Revealed on Lost Season Finale

I have been hooked on Lost since the very first time the forest moved on the debut episode. Since then I, like so many others, have tried to make sense of the twists and turns in the plot. I watched the season finale of Lost glued to my seat hoping for some answers and validations of my endless theories and predictions. Lost fans did get some of the answers they were looking for, and as is Lost tradition, even more questions. Be warned, this article contains spoilers for those of you who haven't watched the finale, so if you want to be surprised stop reading now.

What we learned

Alex is definitely Rousseau's daughter: We were about 99.9% sure that Alex was the baby abducted from Rousseau by the Others. After all, she looked like Rousseau (at least in the hair), was the right age, she had Ben as a father, no distinguishable mother and besides, isn't it impossible to conceive a child and live on the island? Even with all the facts pointing towards Rousseau as Alex's mother, it was still nice for the Lost creators to give us indisputable proof in the season finale. Ben came right out and told Alex she was Rousseau's daughter. Case closed.

The Desperate Housewives in the Looking Glass were with the Others: Another answer Lost fans could have predicted, but there was the slim possibility that the two ladies who accosted Charlie in the Looking Glass station were not in league with Benjamin or the Others. There was one theory floating around that the women were survivors of the Dharma Initiative massacre, the blond perhaps even Annie, the girl who befriended young Ben in the flashback. But, alas, they are just plain old Others, and now they're dead anyway.