It seems the time has come for the final episode of Lost for this series. It’s been an interesting ride so far, and I hope they don’t leave far too much hanging out in the open.

We know there’s going to be a second series beginning in the fall, so there’s no worries of cancellation. But, this brings new problems, in that the writers surely won’t want to answer all the questions we’ve been asking, so as to keep us waiting patiently for the second season.

In ‘Exodus, Part 1′ the penultimate episode in the first season of Lost, the hatch was revealed to everyone, the raft sets sail, with Micheal, Walt, Sawyer and Jin aboard, and Danielle the French Chick brought dire warning about ‘the others’. We find out that the huge invisible monster is some kind of security system, and we see the black rock for the first time. The plan is to steal dynamite to blast open the hatch - in the hope of finding refuge inside.

So the finale is set to be a gripping story. Who are the others, and when will they come? It seems pretty obvious they have some kind of interest in Claire’s baby. What will happen to our sailors out at sea? What’s inside the hatch? Is anyone going to die?

Most importantly, I want to know: What’s the deal with these damn numbers?

The 2 hour season finale of Lost airs Wednesday 25th May.

There is endless speculation over the meaning behind the sequence of numbers that Hurley used to win the lottery in episode 1×18 ‘Numbers’. The numbers also appeared at the end of episode 1×19, ‘Deus Ex Machina’, on the outside of the ‘hatch’ that Locke and Boone discovered in the jungle.

Since the broadcast of these episodes, fans of the series have analysed the entire show for clues as to what the numbers mean and what significance they have with each of the characters on the island. A website with a list of every occurence of the numbers so far shows some interesting (and some not so interesting) connections involving these numbers.

There are numerous theories on messages boards across the internet where fans are examining the numbers and looking for patterns. There is even a website and discussion board dedicated to the topic at www.4815162342.com but so far no one knows exactly what they mean…. aside from 42 being the answer to life, the universe and everything.

We know that the numbers seem to have some significance to the past lives of the survivors. The question is how.. and why?