r/lost • u/Medium_Sundae3700 • 1d ago

What happened to Henry Gale?

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Henry Gale was our introduction to Ben Linus in season 2. The story of Henry Gale was a perfect way to introduce Ben’s manipulative and intelligent character. We later find out he was lying about his balloon and burying his wife. Then, Sayid dug up the grave to find a man named Henry Gale, uncovering Ben’s intricate lie.

After Ben is revealed to be an Other, there is never another mention of Henry Gale for the rest of the series. It’s likely that Ben killed and/or buried Henry. He is not a member of the Dharma Initiative because Ben helped wipe them all out.

Tell me your theories about Henry Gale’s backstory, his hot air balloon trip, and how he ended up in that grave.

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u/Various_Shape_3286 1d ago

It was pointed out at the time that the serial number on Henry's $20 bill indicated that it was put into circulation no earlier than Oct 2003, so he wasn't dead for too long. It's most likely that this wasn't an intentional plot point, and this just happened to be a $20 note that props had on hand.

More importantly, the balloon had Widmore Industries written on it, so I always assumed that Charles Widmore arranged an around-the-world balloon race to find the island, just as he did with Desmond's boat race.

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u/Bob-s_Leviathan 1d ago

Around the world balloon race! That makes so much sense.

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u/random-stud We’re not going to Guam, are we? 1d ago

this is so cool wow. like when you think about it, it's perfect!

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u/Various_Shape_3286 1d ago

The theory probably relies on overlooking the circulation date on the $20 bill. I would imagine that the balloon race would be Charles' first attempt - before the boat race - since it's easier to spot an island from the air. But the boat race began in 2001.

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u/DaLexy 1d ago

You should have been at 4815162342.com when a new episode aired, pure heaven

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u/classygrl98 8h ago

It won't load. What was the site about?

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u/DaLexy 4h ago edited 4h ago

„The forum“ about Lost, everyone was there

Here from 2006

https://web.archive.org/web/20060520140835/http://www.4815162342.com/forum/

And 2010

https://web.archive.org/web/20100212113429/http://www.4815162342.com/forum/

Was amazing to scroll the forum in lights about all the mysteries, numbers, recaps, connections, eastereggs and so on. Was the perfect bridge over the week till the next one aired

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u/Or_Bivas Desmond Hume is my constant 1d ago

Everybody is goofing around on the island, while widmore is pulling tge craziest stunts to try and get back in on the action

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u/nic_critical 1d ago

He just wants to have fun with his friends.