​4 8 15 16 23 42… Just what did the Numbers on Lost mean? To the 9,000+ people that recently won with them in New York’s Mega Millions Lottery (not to mention God knows how many people must play the Numbers on a regular basis in lotteries around the world), they obviously meant something. According to the show, they were the numbers of Jacob’s Candidates. According to official sources outside the show, they were the Valenzetti Equation, which predicted the end of the world. Why exactly they were being broadcast from a radio tower on the Island we’ll probably never know.

Whatever the case, the Numbers were a constant presence on Lost, a core part of the fabric that bound all of its characters together. They were so prevalent that they appeared numerous times throughout the series, popping up again and again, hidden in the background and in unexpected places. Here are the coolest appearances of the Numbers, many of them well-hidden, inserted by the creators of Lost into the show. Thanks to Lostpedia for info and pix.

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