I had heard rumors a character from Lost was going to get knocked off. So I thought, who is expendable? They won’t whack Jack, not that I would mind, but he’s rather integral to the show, being the first person we see in the first episode of season 1, waking up amongst the bamboo trees, miraculously un-impaled. Just thinking about it gives me shivers. They can’t kill Hurley, he’s the “real” person the viewers relate to, and he serves as compass and brings in the needed wisecracks. Kate? Hell, no. She’s the sizzling hotness of Lost everyone just secretly wants to save, though she can handle herself real well. Can’t get rid of Sawyer, he’s the bad boy men want to be and women want to be with. And no way could the story line remain solid without the presence of Locke. He’s the creepy mystical guy this island needs -- and no one will rest until we find out how exactly he ended up in a wheelchair. So this leaves mostly secondary and tertiary characters.
Most of the Tailies have been killed off so far. Except Bernard and Mr. Eko. So Bernard gets the axe right? No Bernard or his wife Rose in sight. Where are they anyway? I miss those guys. Rose is definitely the matriarch for many, with her wisdom and peaceful demeanor. Libby and Ana-Lucia we’re killed off because the actors playing them were busted for drunk driving and basically creating havoc on the set. So they suddenly got rid of them last season. Can’t say I was sorry to see Ana-Lucia go. I found her annoying and too rowdy a character -- the cast had enough muscle anyway. Claire and Charlie haven’t been getting much screen time lately, other than holding the baby or tagging along with Locke.
But they went for my second favorite character of the series. The tall, quiet, and strong Mr. Eko. How could the writers do this? Was Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje the one who wanted out? I do not know. I can’t stand shows the likes of Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood, nor do I venture in the entertainment news sections of papers, since it is mostly gossip and couple-mongering. But in writing this article, I decided to take a look.
Article comments
1 - Rohan Venkat
Ah well, as Brian Vaughn said, when you love a character so much that you want to keep them no matter what, that's when you have to kill them off.
Either that, or they wanted a steep rise in ratings before they close for the mini-season.
2 - Ty
"But they went for my second favorite character of the series. The tall, quiet, and strong Mr. Eko. How could the writers do this? Was Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje the one who wanted out?"
I also heard that he had some problem with the police a few months ago.
This fits in perfectly with the theory that bad PR gets you killed off.