Now that the producers have worked out a deal with ABC to end the series (two more seasons, with 16 shows per season), they can map out the rest of the increasingly-confusing plot.

They’ve left themselves a trail of confusing plot threads, which they will have to tie up pretty soon — including:

• What the hell is that smoke monster thing?
• Why do pregant women die on the island?
• Who the fuck are "The Others" and why are they there?
• Polar bears?  Really?
• How did John Locke’s father get there?
• And why can John walk now?
• What is the Dharma project and why should we care?
• What about that series of numbers?

And the biggest mystery of them all….

• Why can’t Hurley lose weight???  I mean, he’s marooned on a (presumably carb-free) island, for Chrissakes!!