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Debunked Theories -- Dreamworld/All Inside Someone's Head

• Theory: All the events on the island are not "real", and merely the dream/imagination/hallucination of one of the characters (most commonly named as Walt). According to this, that character will wake up by the end of the show, and the audience will realize that none of the events actually happened.
• Debunked by:
  • Damon Lindelof
  • Carlton Cuse
• Source:
  • SciFiWire Interview
  • Lost-TV Forum Interview
  • Mysteries, Conspiracies and Theories (Season 2 DVD featurette) - Carlton says: "What we have said and will continue to say is that we will not end the show with a cheat. It will not all have taken place in a snowglobe, it will not all have been a dream."
• Special Note:
  • Though the writers have said that the entire story is not all in the mind of one character, they have not denied that dreams and hallucinations are of significance, simply that not all the events will be fabricated in someone's mind (a la ending for St. Elsewhere, the snowglobe reference that Carlton makes above).
• In-show parody:
  • Dave to Hurley: "It's hard, I know, but I mean -- all this? You, me, this island, that peanut butter -- none of it's real, man. None of it's happening. It's all in your head, my friend. The second you closed that window your brain popped a gasket. You went back into your little coma thing. That's where you are right this very second. In your own private Idaho, inside Santa Rosa". ("Dave")