As of May of 2020, Lost will have been off the air for a decade (longer than it was ever on ABC). Despite the time that has passed these how continues to entrance, confuse, and upset viewers as it makes the rounds of streaming services. While the show was a smash there are some things fans of the original series will never be able to forgive Damon Linedloff or Carlton Cuse for.
Lost was always an ensemble show and everyone had their favorite character. Whether your character lasted long was a very different question. While the finale continues to divide viewers, here are a few character finales that do so as well.
10 Claire
Claire, the adorable Australian mother to be crashed onto the island with more immediate problems than almost anyone and yet she didn't let it get her down. Her relationship with drugged rockstar, Charlie, was one of the best of the established couples amongst the survivors.
Unfortunately for Claire, she disappeared for all of season five for what purpose no one was ever really sure. Her baby, born on the island, was then taken to the real world by Kate and fans were never treated to an on-screen reunion between mother and child.
9 Juliet
Juliet entered the lives of Lost fans late. Her first appearance came smack in the middle of the show's run, in the premiere of season three. Despite her late start, she had one of the more intriguing character arcs, going from a sadistic doctor participating in the capture of Kate, Jack, and Sawyer, to dying in her lover's (Sawyer's) arms.
She was trying to keep flight 815 from crashing at that moment, but unsuccessfully. With all her effort she, out of everyone, deserved a happier ending.
8 Locke
The man. The marvel. The mystery. John Locke was the man who crashed with a wheelchair and then got up and walked. He cared about the island and wanted to know all of its secrets and, in a way, thank it for healing him.
He deserved to go out at least on the island he loved. Instead, a chair-bound Locke is murdered back in the real world only to have his appearance manipulated the Man in Black himself. That's a big bummer for one of the show's main men. Seriously, what the heck.
7 Mr. Eko
Mr. Eko barely lasted over a season and yet his character made quite a lasting impression on viewers. He was a great counterpoint to Lock, fighting with his own beliefs while on the island. In the end, it is the Smoke Monster that punches Mr. Eko to death, which is kind of dramatic.
But it left viewers confused about what they were supposed to take from the tail sections mysterious man. Acceptance and belief defined Mr. Eko's storyline but his storyline never received a definition of its own.
6 Walt
Walt was a casualty of puberty, it always felt as if he was written out because the young actor, the only child star on the show, started to grow up. Walt was so very important to the Others on the island that they storm off after Michael's raft, shoot Sawyer, and take Walt away with them.
In the end, what Walt meant to the Others was never made clear and, eventually, he is just allowed to leave the island and go home with his father Michael. It never really felt completely thought through.
5 Sayid
Sayid's ending was heroic, the problem was that, due to how the episode was structured, he got completely overshadowed and almost forgotten. Sayid actually sacrifices himself for his fellow survivors, taking the bomb meant to blow up the submarine and dying as it exploded.
Unfortunately, right after that, Jin and Sun are reunited on the sinking submarine and Sun is stuck. Jin refuses to leave her and the couple, reunited, dies together. Sayid deserved to has his moment last a bit longer.
4 Aaron
Aaron was only a baby, a very small child. He was not one of the main characters and yet his presence was very important. He was literally born on the magical island. He was also one of the few who got to leave it. His own mother, Claire, went crazy looking for him. Kate told him she was his mother when they got off the island.
But what did any of it mean? Did Aaron get to see Claire again in real life (not the afterlife)? How did he feel about Kate? What was up with children on the island? We'll never know.
3 Vincent
Vincent, for anyone who doesn't remember, was the Michael and Walt's dog who crashed on the island with him. He's one of the first living things Jack saw when he awoke after the crash.
He was always a very good dog and well-loved by all. He deserved to live his later year in comfort and with biscuits, not be left behind by his original owners who never looked back.
2 Jacob
Jacob, fans hardly knew you. He was spoken of more than he ever appears on the program and, once he did jump onto screens he couldn't say very much before an always upset Ben stabbed him in season five.
So many questions and feelings could have been addressed, but neither Ben nor the creators seemed willing to let fans have that moment of clarity or catharsis.
1 Libby
Libby, like Mr. Eko, didn't last long on Lost, but her presence made an impression on both the other survivors and viewers. Libby was one of the very few genuinely good characters to make an appearance on the island.
Her relationship with fellow survivor Hurley was adorable. She was shot, by accident, by Michael before she and Hurley could have their picnic or ever be truly happy. Why did no one on Lost deserve happiness?
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