Tiger King: 12 Unanswered Questions Season 2 Must Answer
11. What Was Don Lewis' Mission To Costa Rica?
In the truly absorbing third episode of the series, 'The Secret', it was revealed that Don Lewis had intricately planned a mission to Costa Rica that "would change everything." The mystery as to what on Earth this actually meant by this is something the first series only briefly explored, but would surely become a major focus of the Florida Police Investigation, and a second Tiger King season.
The chronology of events as explained in the series lead viewers to believe that Don's mission to Costa Rica that 'would change everything' was most likely linked to getting out of his marriage with Carole. But apart from some unsubstantiated suspicions from former friends and family, there was no clear links of Don's mission to Costa Rica having anything to do with a potential divorce or 'refinancing' to keep Carole away from his fortune.
The answer to what the secret mission to Costa Rica was about may just lay with another important question- did Don make it to Costa Rica at all? His car was found empty at an airfield, but numerous experts pointed out that none of Don's planes had the capability of making its way to Costa Rica, while Carole noted that Don had crashed his planes on multiple occasions before.
While the first series explored in detail why Don's wife is the chief suspect in his apparent murder, Carole Baskin herself had some other theories...