This is a list of every occurrence of the numbers throughout Lost. It will be updated periodically. Please leave a comment if I have missed something and I will gladly add it. Give me your opinion on the list, I’m open to criticism!
NOTE: Some of the occurences below can very easily be attributed to coincidence. Don't worry, I know that, I just thought better to post than seem as if I'd forgotten.
Season 1
Pilot, Part 1
Flight 815
Jack had 4 scratches on his face after the crash
A backgammon board has 4 quadrants
Claire is 8 months pregnant
Jack’s first patient was 16 years old
Jack, Rose and Bernard sat on row 23 on the plane
The plane crashed September 22nd, 2004
Pilot, Part 2
Danielle’s signal had been playing on a loop for 16 years
Jack and co. find the Pilot 16 hours after crashing
The transceiver’s model number is ABT-520. Following the letters alphabetic progression, A= 1, B=2, T=20. 1+2+20= 23
Tabula Rasa
Ray Mullen’s wife had died 8 months ago at the time of meeting Kate
Kate was arrested in 1996, 8 years before the plane crash
The nearest town to Ray Mullen’s was 15 kilometers away
Kate has a bounty of $23 000 on her head
Walkabout
Locke had been in his wheelchair 4 years
Locke and Helen (girl on the phone) had been in contact for 8 months
Jack needed to be in LAX in 16 hours, to meet a hearse to take his dad to be buried
White Rabbit
Sawyer made his ‘birthday wish’ 4 years ago
House Of The Rising Sun
Charlie couldn’t find his guitar for 8 days
Sun was told to leave the airport at 11:15
- 11+15=26. 2+6= 8
- 1+1+1+5= 8
Walt's Birthday: 24th August
24 08th month
24 - 08 = 16
The Moth
Driveshaft consists of 4 band members
Michael needed 4 people to help rescue Jack from the cave in
Michael worked in construction for 8 years
Driveshaft were going on tour for 8 weeks
Confidence Man
Boone brought 4 inhaler refills for Shannon with him on the plane
Sawyer’s dad killed his mother and committed suicide when Sawyer was 8
Sawyer needed Jessica to give him $160 000 as part of his con
The 23rd and the 16th are two of several dates listed on a poster behind Sawyer as he stands at a pool table
Kate guesses Sawyer was 8 when he wrote the letter to the genuine Sawyer
The sum of the pool balls on the table is 42
Solitary
The title, Solitary, consists of 8 letters
Raised By Another
The psychic tried to convince Claire to raise the baby alone for 4 months
Claire’s appointment, where she would sign the adoption papers, was at 8:15am
All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
Walt blows on the dice 4 times before rolling them
Kate spent 8 hours hunting with her father on one occasion
Jack punches Charlie 8 times in the chest to try to resuscitate him
Whatever The Case May Be
There are 4 guns in the Marshall’s case
Kate robbed safe deposit box 815
Hearts And Minds
Michelangelo stared at a block of marble for 4 months before creating a masterpiece, in Locke’s story
Boone flew for 15 hours to help Shannon
The Hatch was 4 miles away from the camp on the beach
Locke lost Claire’s trail 15 minutes before finding the Hatch
Locke ties Boone up 4 miles from camp
Special
Michael’s nurse has 4 children
Michael was hit by a car in 1996, 8 years before the crash
There are 8 walls in the room Michael meets Walt in Australia in
Homecoming
Driveshaft is number 234 on the pub jukebox
While searching for Ethan, Locke recommends they take a break. Jack responds by claiming its ‘got to be almost 4 (o’clock)
Locke sets up 4 traps around camp
Claire remains missing for 8 days before being found
Charlie was attempting to sell photocopiers. Their model was C-815
- 8+15=23
- Convert C into its numerical value, 3. 8+15=23. 23+3=26. 2+6=8
Hurley says Charlie shot Ethan 4 times in the chest
Outlaws
Between them, Christian Shepherd and Sawyer drink 8 shots
The number 15 appears on the bottle of whiskey Sawyer and Christian drink from
…In Translation
Jin is instructed to drive 8 kilometers from the secretary’s house by his associate
Numbers
Leonard repeats 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 over and over again
Hurley takes 4 bottles of water when he goes to see Danielle
Hurley’s grandfather got his pacemaker 4 years ago, in Hurley’s flashback. On the island, Hurley claims his grandfather died 4 years ago
Sam Toomey committed suicide 4 years ago
Hurley is interviewed about his lottery win by KSVU-8
The two O’s circled on the ‘Mega Lotto Jackpot’ ticket join together to make the number
8
8 people died in the fire at Hurley’s shoe factory
The Mega Lotto Jackpot had not been won for 16 weeks, before Hurley won it
Sam Toomey and Lenny heard the numbers 16 years before telling Hurley the full story
42 numbers on the paper taken from Danielle
Hurley’s winning lottery numbers are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
The numbers on Danielle’s paper are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
There are 42 slots in connect 4, the game Lenny is playing
Deus Ex Machina
Boone repeats ‘Theresa falls up the stairs, Theresa falls down the stairs’ 4 times
Locke hits the Hatch door 4 times before the light goes on
Regular balls are in aisle 8 in the shop Locke works, Nerf balls are in aisle 15
Part of a pin number on a crate in the drug smuggling plane is 23
Locke’s mother was born 10-15-1940
Do No Harm
4 people knew their blood type
Jack plays the key B4 on a piano
Sarah’s pajama’s have the number 44 on them
Shannon was 8 years old when her and Boone’s parents married
Jack’s best man (Marc Silverman) says he’ll be fine for the speech if he has 8 beers
The Greater Good
Sayid’s friend planned to commit a terrorist attack using C4
8 people in the second row of the mosque were kneeling
Sawyer tells baby Aaron about a vehicle with features including ‘32 valve V8 with 400 horses 350 lb ft of rear torque’
Born To Run
Tom and Kate buried their time capsule on 8-15-89
The plane crashed 15 years after Tom and Kate buried the capsule
4 people are able to join the crew on Michael’s raft
Exodus, Part 1
4 people left the island on the raft
Michael and Walt’s room number was 815
Shannon says she does not want to sit next to a crying baby for 15 hours
Hurley leaves his mother 160 million dollars
The departure gate for Flight 815 was gate 23
Ana-Lucia sat in seat 42F
Danielle has 4 scratches on her arm
Jacks states they still have 4 guns to protect themselves
Arzt says they must wait 4 months to launch the raft
On the airport computer, it says Flight 815 departs at 14:15
On the airport computer, the arrival time for Flight 815 is 10:42
Exodus, Part 2
Hurley’s car broke down 42 kilometers from the airport
On Hurley’s rented car, the dash reads 15KPH
Hurley’s hotel room number was 2342
4 peoplewere present when the Hatch was blown open
4 people kidnapped Walt from the raft
The man whose scooter Hurley bought for $1600 was wearing a cap bearing the number 8
Walt is taken from Michael by the Others 15 miles from the island
The girls soccer team each have one of the numbers on their backs: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
Season 2
(NOTE: All occurrences where the numbers appeared on the countdown timer may not be listed. This is to avoid repetition)
Man Of Science, Man Of Faith
Adam Rutherford died at precisely 8:15
Sarah’s wedding was planned for 8 months after the car crash
The number 8 was seen on the hospital heart rate monitor
The Dharma logo has 8 sides
Desmond was cycling on his exercise bike at a speed of 16KPH
At the caves, a woman was wearing a t-shirt bearing a large W. W is the 23rd letter in the alphabet
The number 42 appeared in the mural in the Hatch
The number 108 also appeared in the hatch mural
- 108 is the sum of 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
Parts of Desmond’s gun vault combination were 23 and 42
Adrift
When the Hatch timer started beeping, they had 4 minutes to enter the numbers
The Apollo bar’s expiry date is ?-23-04
Locke tells Desmond 4 people went to find help on the raft
Orientation
Marvin Candle states that ‘when the alarm sounds, you have 4 minutes to enter the numbers into the micro-computer processor’
The medicine Desmond injects himself with had 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 on it
Everybody Hates Hugo
Some of the gas pumps visible near Hurley had numbers on them, such as 8 and 16
Randy Nations told Hurley he owed him for an 8 piece chicken combo
23 people from the tail section of the plane survived the crash
The concrete wall in the Hatch is ‘8 to 10 feet thick’
…And Found
Sun lost her wedding ring 4 days after the raft sailed away
Abandoned
Shannon said that, for her internship, she would be working 16 hours straight. Sabrina claimed the only thing she’d seen Shannon do for 16 hours was sleep
Michael uses 4 sticks, 5 feet long, to create a stretcher for Sawyer
The Other 48 Days
The title itself contains 2 numbers: 4 and 8
Goodwin claims he is worried that Nathan had been in the pit for 4 days
Libby says Donald will be the 4th to go
Collision
Ana Lucia was shot 4 times
4 tail section survivors managed to journey to the other survivor’s camp
Ana Lucia returned to work 4 months after being shot
Ana Lucia’s mother’s door had ‘315 Captain’ on it
Locke answered ‘Gilgamesh’ to question 42 on a crossword he was doing
Ana Lucia’s car number is8-ADAM-16
Claire says she feels like she has been awake 8 hours due to Aaron’s crying
Eko says there were 4 tail section survivors when Locke asks if there were 5
What Kate Did
Kate had photographs of Sgt Austen from 4 before her birth, proving he is not her biological father
The 23rd Psalm
The title itself has the number 23 in it
Sun was told what to do by Jin for 4 years
Eko chants the 23rd Psalm
The Hunting Party
4 people (including Kate) go in search of the Others
Fire ± Water
While filming the diaper commercial, Driveshaft are told to rotate on the count of 8
The Long Con
NONE
One Of Them
One frame of the video reel shown to Sayid by Inman bears the number 23108-42
Sayid was 23 years old when he was captured during the Gulf War
15 is part of a code Locke claimed to be the access code to the armory
The Pilot Inman was looking for was buried 4 miles away from where he was
Ben (calling himself Henry Gale) claimed he’d crashed on the island 4 years ago
Maternity Leave
There were 4 planes on the mobile in the medical station
The ‘medicine’ Claire was injected with came in a bottle with 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 on it
The Whole Truth
NONE
Lockdown
Anthony Cooper’s safe bore the number 1516
These expressions were present on the blast door map: √16 √64 √225. When solved, they equal: 4, 8 and 15
Hurley bets 4 papayas in a game of poker, Sawyer bets 8
Ben claimed he was part of a search party looking for the real Henry Gale, 4 months ago
Henry Gale’s driver’s license had 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 on it
Notations on the blast door suggest there is a Periodic Re-supply Drop ever 6-8 months
Dave
23 people were on the boat, only built to hold 8, when it collapsed
S.O.S
16 people originally agreed to help build the S.O.S sign
4 people are left making the S.O.S sign by the end
- Taking the letters in S.O.S as their numerical value (A=1, B=2, etc.) S= 19 and O=15. 19+19+15=53. 5+3=8
Two For The Road
The cars at the police station each had one of these numbers on their roofs: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
Michael shoots the gun 4 times (once at Ana Lucia, twice at Libby and once at himself)
?
System Failure occurred at 4:16
The room inside the Pearl had 8 sides
Richard Malkin (Claire’s psychic) confessed he was payed $16 000 dollars to lie to Claire
The 8th is a date on Eko’s passport
The Pearl staff work 8 hour shifts
Three Minutes
NONE
Live Together, Die Alone
Libby bought Desmond a coffee for $4
The giant statue had 4 toes
Desmond had 8 months to get ready for the boat race
Penny’s address is 23 Dansmore Gardens
Kelvin died at the age of 42
The address of Desmond’s prison was 42 Berechurch Road
Desmond needed $42 000 to buy a boat
The number 7418880, shown on the computer, is made by doing this sum: 4x8x15x16x23x42
Season 3
A Tale Of Two Cities
Jacks father had been sober for 50 days (8+42)
The time 7:15:23AM appeared on Jack’s pager
On Jack’s crossword puzzle, clue 42’s solution was Necessary Evils
Kate’s locker number was 841
Juliet made 16 muffins
The Glass Ballerina
Jae Lee’s hotel number was 1516
The tempo on Sun’s metronome is 108 (4+8+15+16+23+42)
Further Instructions
Eddie’s police ID number was 84023
Every Man For Himself
Sawyer's prisoner ID number was 840, and Munson’s was 248
Munson’s money was in a store quick facility off 441 in unit 23c
A sign in the Hydra read ‘Area OP-04’
The number 8 is painted onto a rabbit Ben shows Sawyer
The Cost Of Living
The monster killed Eko in 4 movements (Up, Down, Left, Right; strangely the same shape as a religious cross)
Eko’s photograph was hidden in chapter 4 of the bible
4:8:15 was carved into Eko’s stick
I Do
Suzanne had 4 children
Jack operated on Ben in room OP-08
Not In Portland
Juliet injected Rachel with 4cl of the drug labeled "TEST SAMPLE A4993-E3".
Juliet works at ‘Research Lab A-4’
Flashes Before Your Eyes
Desmond saw a clock reading 1:08
The delivery man’s package was ‘for 815’
The cart where they took the picture of Desmond and Penny had the number 15 on the side
Sawyer’s Playpen magazine had ‘15th Annual Girls of Fiji Pictorial’ written on it
The town bell rang 4 times
Stranger In A Strange Land
Jacks pendant was shaped like an 8
Juliet’s mark had 8 points
Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
Tricia Tanaka worked for Action 8 News
There were 4 letters from the word Yamaha (AMAH) left on Hurley’s father’s bike
- Using their numerical values (A=1, M=13, H=8) A+M+A+H= B
Enter 77
Locke’s chess game would actually have ended in checkmate on move 42
Mikahil’s birthday was 11/12. 11+12=23
The compass bearing 305: 3+0+5=8
Sayid finds a binder with 90M1654-21644 written on. 9+0+1+6+5+4+2+1+6+4+4=42
Comments
815 = 4+8+15+16+23+42! ;)
Btw cerb, I beat Dark in the promo pics! :D
Posted by:
Josh |
March 14, 2007 7:03 PM
omg! thats so weird...i wonder why the numbers are so cursed to begin with?
Posted by:
Heather |
March 14, 2007 9:04 PM
Man, I'm so stupid! :P
It's not 815 = 4+8+15+16+23+42
It's 108 = 4+8+15+16+23+42
Sorry! :P
But 815 also is 8 and 15! And 8+15 = 23
Man, these writers really did their math! :P
Posted by:
Josh |
March 14, 2007 9:10 PM
Gosh this is starting to freak me out
its been 4 since i came home
ever since i watched 8 episodes of futurama
today is the 15. of march (at least in my country) , i smoked 16 cigarettes (well what else am i supposed to do while not being able to sleep)
my girlfriend is 23 years old and altogether ive been up for 42 hours trying to figure out how to get freakin tired O_O......you guys think i should worry already?
Well anyways nice list you got yourself right there, even though its not gonna get you anything but the sheer fact that the Valenzetti Equation is the TRUTH.....anyways, has yány of you guys seen the Movie "23"? I heard they are making a flick right now which is called like that, i dunno if its the same storyline but over here (which would be Germany) weve been having that Movie for a couple of years already you should check it out its quite cool actually and since youre Lost-Fans youre probably gonna enjoy it(i know i did), allrighty guess im going to sleep for 108 hours now, wake me in time for pushing the button.
Posted by:
cldx |
March 15, 2007 5:30 AM
exodus part 2
-Right after- the girls jerseys, a man holds out his hand in front of the camera, one hand with two fingers, one hand with three fingers, and grins.
Posted by:
Anonymous |
March 16, 2007 2:47 PM
Episode 3.7:Not In Portland
Juliet says she has been on the island for 3 years 2 months and 28 days.
(2 + 8) - (3 * 2) = 4
--> 8
(2+ 8) + 3 + 2 = 15
(2 + 8) + (3 * 2) = 16
28 - 3 - 2 = 23
(28 * 3) / 2 = 42
Posted by:
Nick Marra |
March 21, 2007 8:44 PM
I think in the episode 'I Do' the room/apartment number that Kate is staying in during her flashback is one of the numbers.... I might be wrong. I love LOST! I was born on 16th of the 4th month..... ohhhhh!
Posted by:
Annette |
March 23, 2007 4:26 AM
hey, me and my brother are watching 1x06: house of the rising sun and he noticed something.
Walt's Birthday: 24th August
24 08th month
24 - 08 = 16
please tell me if you will post it :)
Posted by:
Ben Hunter |
May 17, 2007 10:30 PM
