#10. Mr. Eko (Adewale Akkinuoye-Agbaje)
Because this guy stared the Smoke Monster down and didn't even flinch. And his touching character arc made us all glad that at least HE was a good guy--unlike that Sayid punk. But his constant faith and his trust in God was so dang awesome that we wish he hadn't died, even though his death was pretty sweet.
Best Episode: The 23rd Psalm
#9. Daniel Faraday (Jeremy Davies)
If Daniel Faraday wasn't in this show, the whole time travel thing would have seemed a lot sillier. There was something about Jeremy Davies that made his character--and not to mention the entire show--feel believable. Plus, who doesn't love how he utters every word so smoothly like that? Too bad he had so few episodes.
Best Episode: The Variable
#8. Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell)
I personally liked Juliet a lot better when you had no idea what side she was on. One moment she's Ben's loyal lackey, the next she's feeding Jack top-secret information that reveals the ever-creepy Ben's weaknesses. She was a strong character that drove season 5 along and kept us on the edge of our seats during season 3.
Best Episode: One of Us
#7. Richard Alpert (Nestor Carbonell)
Let's face it: he had the most interesting backstory--BY FAR--and had only one centric episode. From his touching love story to that moment when his first hair turned gray, he was just...cool. Probably because he seems so chill when really he is one of the more conflicted characters on the show. And because he's a bad guy, but not a bad guy, like Juliet.
Best Episode: Ab Aeterno
#6. Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews)
Sayid had the most conflicted story on the show. No doubt. The end. But while his arc was tragic, it also showed off what the LOST storytellers are so good at; showing the good and evil within each character. He came to the Island knowing that he could never compensate for his terrible wrongdoings, but tried to anyway, ultimately resulting in his demise.
Best Episode: The Economist
#5. James "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway)
I wasn't sure what to think of Sawyer at first. Was he gonna be some sort of annoying attempt by the writers at creating a funny swashbuckler, or was he gonna become a sort of charming Han Solo dude who was just trying to slip-and-slide right through life? He became the latter. He was funny, had a sort of humane view on the situation, unlike many characters on the show, and went from rogue to hero in season 5. Not to mention that fabulous Sawyer/Juliet thing at that point in time. Oo-la-la.
Best Episode: LaFleur
#4. Sun Kwon (Yunjin Kim)
Honestly, she was the only likable female during the first two seasons. And seeing her struggle with her love for Jin made it no harder to love her and what the writers did with her. She went from little-Asian-obedient-housewife to super-Asian-boss-lady; with a kid! So, what's not to love? Her death almost made me cry, too, I'll admit that.
Best Episode: The Glass Ballerina
#3. Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia)
Who the heck doesn't LOVE Hurley? He was lovable, he was pretty much a normal human being, but he still had a troubled past, just like the other characters, and brought us an interesting backstory. Plus, he made a bunch of Star Wars references. C'mon; everybody loves Hugo.
Best Episode: Numbers
#2. Ben Linus (Michael Emerson)
Every single moment he was on screen had me on the edge of my seat (or rather, beanbag chair). He proved that even little nerdy guys can be stinkin' terrifying, and after famously becoming an unexpected regular when Michael Emerson played him so well, he became not only one of the show's most iconic characters, but TV's, also. He was interesting. He was cool. He was dynamic. And most of all, he was SO. DANG. CREEPY.
Best Episode: The Man Behind the Curtain
#1. John Locke (Terry O' Quinn)
Duh. Just...duh. Not only did Terry O' Quinn bring the house (or in my case, beanbag chair) down with his quite broad range of acting, but so did the writers. And the thing that made him so unique was that he was several characters in one, because he reinvented himself so many times. Everything about him was what makes a phenomenal and brilliant character. In other words, he was so much more interesting than Jack.
Best Episode: Walkabout (Duh)
Honorable Mentions:
Rose Nadler: I think I gained a few years of my life with how happy I got whenever she was on screen. Oh, and she's that sort of toughie-with-a-fanny-pack character that shows everyone up even though they love her.
Frank Lapidus: He's seriously the only normal character on the show, which is what made him funny. He had the only legitimately humane reactions to the Island and all of its shenanigans.
Desmond Hume: He drove me crazy with how randomly he would have a really important episode and then just disappear just as randomly, but he did have some great mind-bending episodes, too. Just think about "The Constant" and all your questions will be answered. Not really, because LOST doesn't answer your questions. It hangs them over your head for a while and then pretends that they were never important.
Doesn't matter. It was still amazing.
GRIM chapter 5 up tomorrow! Stay tuned!
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The fact that LOST answers almost no questions in my opinion makes LOST so great. We can think and have theories for ever and it keeps it exciting and interesting. Even when LOST has been gone for a long time.
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