Monday, April 20, 2009

lost fathers

Being a devoted Lost fan, I can not believe it took me this long to figure out the father theme that has splattered this series since its inception.  Here is a list of dysfunctional fathers that I could come up with...
  • Jack's (and Clarie's) father, Christian Shepherd
  • Walt and his father, Michael
  • Hurley's father, David who left him when he was young
  • Jin's supposed fisherman father
  • Sun's organized crime father
  • Desmond's wife's father, Charles Widmore
  • Ben's father, Roger Linus
  • Mile's recent father revelation, Dr. Pierre Chang, director of the Dharma Project
  • Sawyer adopts the name of the man who conned his mother, a sort of father figure
  • Sayid's father, who was shown to be disappointed with weakness
  • Kate, who killed her abusive step father, later revealed to be her real father
  • turns out I forgot John Locke (I claim selective amnesia) who's father found him late in his life, got his kidney and then disappeared.  He was later killed by Sawyer at the request of Locke himself.  Sheesh, no wonder I wanted to forget (thanks, Christine!)

3 comments:

  1. You forgot probably the most scandalous father of them all...John Locke's father, who he found late in life, and then got him to donate a kidney to him...then never talked to him again. UNTIL Locke tries to stop his father from marrying a woman for her money when his father pushes him out a window that ends up putting Locke in a wheelchair!

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  2. Why selective amnesia?? John Locke is the best character on that show—so unique, so involved, no wonder the island has chosen him.

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  3. yeah but a little dark for my tastes

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