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Horace Goodspeed

Portrayed by Doug Hutchison

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First seen

"The Man Behind the Curtain" (flashback)

Last seen

"Cabin Fever"

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Name

Horace Goodspeed

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Status

Deceased

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Date of death

19 December 1992

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Origin

United States

Profession

Mathematician for the DHARMA Initiative

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Family members

Olivia Goodspeed - Wife

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Season(s)

S1 - S2 - S3 - MP - S4

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Horace Goodspeed was a mathematician in the DHARMA Initiative. Little is known about him so far except that he was present in Oregon on the day that Benjamin Linus was born, helped Ben's father to get a job on the Island, and was killed during the Purge. However, on the DVD commentary track for "The Man Behind the Curtain" Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse describe Horace and his companion Olivia as factoring significantly in the future "game plan" for Lost.

Off the Island

Horace greets Roger and Ben on the Island.("The Man Behind the Curtain")

Before he came to the Island, Horace was driving with his wife Olivia 32 miles outside of Portland when he came upon Roger Linus carrying Emily Linus on the side of the road, right after Ben had been prematurely born. He wanted to take Ben's dying mother to the hospital, but she died before he had the chance to. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")

On the Island

Horace Goodspeed is killed during The Purge.("The Man Behind the Curtain")

As part of the DHARMA Initiative, Horace was involved in bringing Roger and Ben to the Island roughly ten years after Ben's birth. His DHARMA jumpsuit identified his role as "Mathematician". He also wore the Arrow logo.On Horace's Arrow logo the colors of the inside circle are inverted. After a shootout with the Hostiles, Roger confronted Horace, demanding that he be paid more for such a dangerous job.

At some point during his time with DHARMA, Horace designed and built the cabin that is now inhabited by Jacob. ("Cabin Fever")

Horace was in the Barracks at the time of the Purge; he died while sitting on a bench. Ben discovered his body after coming back from having killed his father and showed his respect by closing Horace's eyes, a respect which Ben didn't pay to any of the other deceased. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")

Post-Death

Horace appears in Locke's dream. ("Cabin Fever")

Approximately 12 years later, Horace appears to Locke in a dream. Locke observes Horace in a repetitive cycle, chopping down a tree over and over, and occasionally wiping blood from a nosebleed which appears and disappears. Horace is building a cabin for himself and "the missus" (presumably Olivia). In different aspects of the repeating cycle, Horace tells Locke that he (Horace) has been dead for 12 years, that Jacob has been waiting a long time for Locke, and that in order to find him, Locke must first find Horace himself. Locke goes to the mass grave for the Dharma Initiative, and in the front shirt pocket on Horace's corpse, he finds the blueprints for Jacob's cabin, also containing a map of its location. ("Cabin Fever")

Unanswered questions

For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Horace Goodspeed/Theories

• What was the connection between Horace's position as a mathematician and his apparent posting at The Arrow?
• Why does Jacob now inhabit the cabin he built?
• Did Horace know about Jacob before he died?
• Was it coincidence that Horace and his wife "came upon" Ben's birth? Or had they been directed there by some force, in the same way that Richard knew of Locke's birth?
• Why it seems that Ben has more attention on Horace than the other Dharma people?