Although initially skeptical about the role, Perrineau took it after Lost creator J. J. Abrams told him more about it. I think that they didn't know what to do with an aging Walt so they failed to tie up his loose end. [28] The last scene shot of season two was Michael and Walt sailing away from the Island. It plays into a really big, weird stereotype and, being a black person myself, that wasn't so interesting. [15] Michael then attempts suicide, unable to cope with the guilt of his murders. [23] Although initially skeptical about the show, he took the role when Lost creator J. J. Abrams explained more about it. He returns to the Island on a freighter, but is killed when a bomb on it explodes. [17] The bomb detonates, and Michael is killed in the explosion, having achieved the redemption he had been seeking. Michael's repeat attempt was interrupted by a television news report announcing the finding of the wreckage of Oceanic 815 at the bottom of the Sunda Trench. ("Special"), Together, they boarded Oceanic Flight 815, with Michael unsure if he could handle having a son in his life. Later, Michael instructed Hurley to destroy the rest of the dynamite by blowing up the Black Rock. [6] Michael begins constructing a raft, in hope that he and Walt can escape the Island. [13] He succeeds in bringing the four requested survivors to the Others, so Ben reunites him with Walt. Michael was the first character to re-join the main cast after having left the show. They said that they where there to help with the repairs, so Michael ordered the other man that was with him to go get a valve. In the emotional reunion, Walt was once again pulled away from his father after hinting that the Others aren't who they claim to be. [19] In season one, Michael was going to be part of a love triangle with Sun and Jin, however this was dropped after positive fan reaction to Sun and Jin's relationship. Shared Centric Susan Lloyd leaves Michael after their son Walt is born, and travels to Amsterdam with Walt. Despite not having raised Walt, Michael loved his son and cared for nothing else but his protection. Birth Ben stressed that some of the crew members aboard the Kahana were innocents and should not be killed during a war. When he returned, he shot Ana Lucia and Libby in order to release Benjamin Linus from captivity, and caused the capture of Jack, Sawyer, and Kate, meeting his end of the deal he had made with the Others in return for Walt. [22], When the producers were auditioning actors for roles in Lost, Harold Perrineau was in the area. 1970's "[20] Digital Spy's Ben Rawson-Jones commented that "[Michael's] suicidal plight was well conveyed and there were plenty of shocks and thrills along the way". At another, his legs got crushed underneath a giant metal door. "Special""Exodus, Part 2" "), Michael then rallied the survivors requested in order to "rescue Walt", insisting that he do it "his way", and refused help from Sayid who was by far the most qualified for a rescue attempt. Michael challenged her motives, and she admitted that she wanted him to sign all custody for Walt over to her, as well as allow Brian Porter, her new husband, legal parental rights over their son. "Pilot, Part 1" Ben told Walt that as he was "special", he could help his father in an unspecified way if he returned to the Island, which Walt agreed to do. Death However, not long after, Susan and Michael's relationship broke down, and when she was offered an impressive job prospect overseas, Susan took Walt with her, leaving Michael without any access to his child. Ben ordered him to remain on board the boat, collect the names of all its personnel and relay them to Ben, and disable the radio and the engines. [29] Perrineau received swimming lessons in preparation for this episode. Libby briefly appeared to him and told him not to do it, but she disappeared and Michael shook off the hallucination. Tom warns him not to do that again. Walt had left the island as a young boy and most likely had made much stronger connections with other people other than Jack. "Adrift""Three Minutes""Meet Kevin Johnson" During season two, Perrineau stated "[Michael]'s nicer than I expected him to be. Michael asked Henry how he knew they wouldn't tell people where they'd been, to which he replied that Michael wouldn't dare risk letting people know the lengths he went to in order to get his son back. Her ultimate answer was irrelevant, for the plane crashed, making it impossible for her to watch over Walt. He later determined that Michael was now part of the whispers, and couldn't move on because of what he did. Michael arrived in Fiji and encountered Minkowski, Naomi, and Miles as he boarded the freighter, where Michael was told a crate had been shipped to him. He eventually refused to have more deaths on his conscience and chose to sacrifice himself. When Libby (Cynthia Watros) walks in on them, a startled Michael shoots her twice. Michael died on the island and his spirit was trapped there (in the real world) because he killed Ana Lucia and Libby. He said this would happen because people are now listening to Hurley. [10] Later, Michael offers to take a shift in the hatch that the survivors have found. Upon his full recovery, Michael went to his mother's house seeking to speak with Walt, but in a heated exchange with his mother, who was caring for Walt, Michael learned that Walt was distraught and having nightmares. ", such as Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger,[49] Erin Martell of AOL's TV Squad,[50] and Joshua Rich of Entertainment Weekly. [40] Perrineau said that although he would be happy to return to Lost, he would have to know what the storyline would be. Walt had left the island as a young boy and most likely had made much stronger connections with other people other than Jack. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. [49] Sepinwall wrote that Michael's "struggle to deal with the guilt from his Faustian bargain to save Walt was another moving example of how the writers this season are really trying to build on the emotional impact of everything that's happened before. Mac Slocum of Filmfodder.com said "it wasn't all that interesting". Marguerite Duras. When the man departed, Sayid pushed Michael up against a wall and demanded to know what happened to him after he left the Island. ("Collision"), While all this was going on, Ben and Juliet met in the Pearl station to discuss their plan to use Michael to eventually lure Jack, Kate and Sawyer to a remote location where they would be taken captive. [41] She said "One of my favorite scenes of the entire season ... was Michael and Walt bonding over the letters and the drawing of the sunburned penguin. [5] Despite this gesture, Michael is skeptical about Locke, and does not want Walt spending time with him. 6. Death Reason Alone in the radio room, Michael discovered that it was actually Benjamin Linus calling him from the Island. Michael thanks him and Jack leaves after glancing at the computer screen. Walter Dawson - FatherMichael's mother - MotherSusan Lloyd - Ex-girlfriendWalter Lloyd - Son. That's why we didn't see him in the alt reality. Reason For Trip ("S.O.S.") 2 times through Lost and was wondering if anyone knew How many times Michael say and/or yells 'Walt'? He defends Michael's behavior in season two, saying "[Michael] keeps stepping into more trouble than he actually asked for". At another, he panicked while the … [22] Perrineau co-won the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award for "Best Ensemble – Drama Series. ("Meet Kevin Johnson"). After his first construction was burnt down, Michael gained the help of an unlikely ally, Jin, to aid him in his new design. ("Exodus, Part 3"), Michael's initial reaction is the yell for his now kidnapped son. ("Special"), During a legal meeting, Susan's lawyer told Michael that "for someone who wants to retain his paternal rights so badly, you don't seem to know much about your son." Thanks to them and his construction skills, he successfully built rafts and he was part of many expeditions, especially to seek Walt. Michael then witnesses Ana Lucia accidentally mistaking Shannon for an Other and shooting her. When Locke bends down to get them, Michael knocks him out with the butt of his gun. Gault then ordered Johnson to clean up after the scuffle. How does Ben say he's going to stop Jack from leaving the island with the survivors? ("Exodus, Part 2"), After the crash of Flight 815, the new relationship between Michael and his son was tested. Like most characters on Lost, flashbacks showed that both Michael and Walt didn’t have the best of lives prior to their arrival on The Island. In Daniel’s last vision, an angel describes how the last days will play out for the Jews. Sayid is quickly knocked out, and Ana acts hysterically, pointing her gun at Michael. [45] C. K. Sample of AOL's TV Squad wrote that although he suspected that Ana Lucia and Libby were going to die, he thought what "was amazing was who shot them". According to the official Oceanic Six story Michael never made it off the plane after it hit the water, though in fact he was one of the first people to get off the island alive and then returned via the freighter, though he never actually went on the island. [52] Before the fourth season finale aired, Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Jensen ranked Michael being unable to commit suicide as the thirteenth best moment of the season, but did add "This story line didn't match the hype". After Michael regained consciousness, he told them that he wasn't captured and knew where the Others lived. [4] After Vincent runs into the jungle, Michael searches for him, but to no avail; it is later that Locke (Terry O'Quinn) returns Vincent to Michael. Four days later, Ben revealed to Locke the identity of his spy, and several days later he revealed Michael's identity to the rest of Locke's faction of survivors. Jack tells Michael that he will do everything in his power to get Walt back and that he can't imagine how tough it is to Michael. Brian insisted that Michael have custody of Walt back, and while Michael thought that this was due to him not caring about his son, Brian said that Walt was somehow different. Juliet assured Michael that they will honor their end of the bargain, as she let him know of her own deal that she made to save her sister. When the girl finally wakes up, she reveals that her name is Ana Lucia and that she was also on Oceanic Flight 815. "The End" He was aboard the freighter when the C-4 bomb was found, and he froze its battery with liquid nitrogen to delay its detonation long enough for the Oceanic Six to escape, but the bomb eventually exploded, destroying the freighter and killing him. He took the toolcase down to the engine room and prepared to activate the bomb. Michael begins to sink underwater, until he is grabbed by Sawyer, who pulls him up onto the wreckage of what was the raft. Before leaving however, Jack secretly issued Michael a gun without any ammunition. ("Two for the Road") ("? He punched in a detonation count, but at the end of a short countdown, rather than detonating, the bomb popped up a flag reading "NOT YET". [17] Michael reappears halfway through the sixth season as a ghost that only Hurley can see. Michael introduces himself to Libby, Libby says that 23 people from her group survived. "Walt" tells him that he's OK and that he's alone. [2] They wash ashore and discover Jin, then are knocked unconscious by one of the survivors from the tail section of the plane. This idea would later echo Michael's relationship with his son, as he was never around as Walt grew up. [15] Tom gives Michael a passport with the new name of "Kevin Johnson" in order to infiltrate a freighter that is trying to find the Island. [30] Perrineau was unaware that his character had been captured by the Others until he was told Michael was going to kill Ana Lucia and Libby. ("The New Man in Charge"). He leaves the Tailies and runs into Sun in her garden. That's why we didn't see him in the alt reality. Miles asked why, and Hurley replied, "Michael told me to." In "The End", Lost's final episode, neither Walt nor Michael feature among the main characters moving on to the afterlife. [12] In order to free their leader, Ben (Michael Emerson), Michael convinces Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez), who is guarding Ben, that he will kill Ben on her behalf, but instead kills her when she hands over the gun and the combination to the armory. Michael reappears as a ghost, and apologizes to Hurley for killing Libby (Cynthia Watros). [33] He was the first actor that left the show as "part of a grander design to come back", and the only one until Emilie de Ravin. That is why I succeed." When Michael admitted to giving Ben the information, Keamy tried to shoot him, pulling the trigger of his gun several times with no success. Sawyer then starts pounding on Michael's chest to revive him. While carrying Sawyer, they all hear the whispers. Michael stands guard over Israel. [35] Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger found "a fine performance from Mr. Perrineau" in "Meet Kevin Johnson". Michael wakes up and yells for Walt, despite Sawyer's advice. When Sawyer refuses, Ana closes the cover of the pit. Michael later questions Ana Lucia for being so paranoid about the Others. However it can be assumed that he needed to board another plane to take him from New York to Los Angeles. "The Deal""Buried Secrets""Tropical Depression" [14] Michael and Walt are given a boat and coordinates to freedom, and they sail away from the Island.[14]. Profession He is the only character we know of that was on the plane but was not going to Los Angeles. appears on the monitor, Michael replies, typing "This is Michael, Who is this?". [47] According to Perrineau, it made fans "pissed off" with Michael. Gault maintained that he wasn’t trying to hurt them, but instead trying to save them from sharing the same fate as Minkowski and Brandon. Then their captors drop in a girl who is unconscious. After the crash, Michael had problems earning Walt's trust and respect, but the two eventually bonded during their time on the Island together. They brought him back to the Swan. Why: Ostensibly because Mike wouldn’t tell Walt the identity of nine witnesses that could tie Walt to Gus’s operation. He also features in the Lostepilogue "The New Man in Charge". AKA That's why we didn't see him in the alt reality. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan. [8] Although Walt did not want to leave the Island, he has now changed his mind. Ana Lucia tells Michael about the Others kidnapping twelve of her fellow survivors, to which Michael replies, "They took my son." Before he boarded the plane, he called his mom, expressed his insecurity, and asked her to take care of Walt. He shows Michael and Eko the film and then explains the shifts to Michael. ("Born to Run"), He and Jin became strong friends, and managed to build a sturdy boat able to carry up to four people. Michael is dazed but accepts Ben's mission, to collect information about the people from the freighter, reluctantly. Throughout the series, he is the only child main character. Visibly troubled, Hurley agreed with him ("Like your dad, yeah") despite believing that Michael died aboard the Kahana when it exploded. I try to take characters that I think are challenging and a little complicated and hopefully really smart and thoughtful and compassionate. ("House of the Rising Sun"), Michael also became jealous, but in this case of the bond Walt formed with Locke, so much so that he accused John of having improper motives in befriending his son. Actor [42] Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Jensen called the flashbacks "among the poorest and most clumsily integrated flashbacks we've seen so far", as he felt nothing new was learned. To be freed from the Island’s captivity, he accepted to be the Others' mole again, but showed hesitation when he met his would-be victims. Of all the survivors, he was the one who put forth the most effort to leave, but no matter what he did, he was always brought back. He also leads a battle in the Book of Revelation. After leaving the Island on a motor boat with Walt, Michael returned to Manhattan, but racked with guilt, he became estranged from Walt and turned suicidal. The people on the deck began to walk away, and while Michael was heading towards his cleaning area Sayid stopped him and asked him why he was on the ship. Michael introduced himself as Kevin Johnson, and proceeded to shake hands with the pair, who, while serious and confused, maintained their composure and kept Michael’s identity. Michael is one of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 who crashes on the show's mysterious island. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2"), He acknowledged that Michael kept his word, and returned Walt to him, along with the promised boat. Walt Lloyd, Michael's son who he tries so desperately to protect, gets captured by The Others at the end of the first season with the reason that He Is Special. [46] Zap2it's Amy Amatangelo described the double murder as "a brilliant move", because "one of their own [became] one of them". He then attempts to explain himself to Sun and Jin and tries to tell them he is not working for Ben, but instead to atone for his previous sins. However, it seemed that Michael simply wanted Walt to engage with him on the same level as he did with other survivors, and after he saved Walt from an attacking polar bear and showed him the drawings he had made for him every year, their relationship seemed to grow. She offered Michael a deal: if he released the Other who had been captured by his friends, as well as bring Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley to them, they would release Walt. Michael died on the island and his spirit was trapped there (in the real world) because he killed Ana Lucia and Libby. Question: Any sign of Michael or Walt on Lost? That's why we didn't see him in the alt reality. In an interesting turn of events, Ana grabs Sawyer's gun, punches him and then is pulled out by an ally of hers. (50318) Michael gets up to get a tied-up Sayid water. ("Cabin Fever"), After this Frank enters Michael's cell and he asks him why he never admitted he was a survivor of Oceanic 815. While Walt was still a baby, Susan accepted a job offer at Plum International, and moved to Amst… In a famous ad campaign launched by ‘Nike’, Michael is quoted as saying he has: Lost almost 300 games (that’s more games than many NBA players have court time in) Missed over 9000 shots at goal (again more shots than an average NBA player even takes) 26 times he was given the ball to take the game winning shot and MISSED; Jordan goes on to say the reason he has succeeded boils … save hide report. Gault took him to see Michael, who had been locked up following his outing by Sayid. ("Special"), So much was Michael's will to take Walt away from the Island, that he began to build a raft. With Ana Lucia dead and Libby slowly dying, Michael freed the Other known as Henry Gale. After, Michael was in the engine room with another man trying to fix the engines when Sayid and Desmond came down. Michael headed to Tom's hotel room where he found Tom in the company of Arturo. Later, Sawyer is given a second chance to come out, which he takes. It's entirely possible he could have just gone for revenge at that point. Michael traded Jin's Rolex watch for a revolver and ammunition at a Manhattan pawn shop. This thread is archived. The angel also refers to Michael as Daniel’s prince (Dan 10:21). Even after all he had had to do, in Michael's mind the two had finally come together once more. Despite being the best basketball player – and one of the best athletes – of all time, success was not always a slam dunk for the Jumpman. After being kept as a prisoner for almost a week, Michael was briefly allowed to see his son. 2. The group was moved to the Pala Ferry where Henry Gale showed his authority as the apparent leader of the Others. 2 times through Lost and was wondering if anyone knew How many times Michael say and/or yells 'Walt'? ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"), On both the cliffside cave wall and the lighthouse dial, the name "Dawson" is numbered 124 and crossed out. Danny and Tom leave to talk to Jack, Locke, and Sawyer, Alex uses this as an opportunity to ask about Claire's baby. They put a bag over his head and gag him. He had no access to his child until many years later, when Susan died and he was awarded custody. ("Abandoned"), Sayid, who is also present at the scene, attacks Eko despite Michael's pleas. It made absolutely no sense that Michael was stuck on the island while Ana Lucia and all the other so called spirits made it off. ("The Substitute") ("Lighthouse"), Michael appeared to Hurley at Libby's grave. After losing a custody battle with Susan Lloyd (Tamara Taylor), Michael does not see his son Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) for almost ten years. Age Jack tries to convince Michael otherwise, but is unsuccessful and Michael locks them in the closet. A flashback during "Meet Kevin Johnson" reveals that they manage to return to New York City, where Michael hands Walt over to Walt's grandmother. [31] Perrineau described shooting the scenes in "Two for the Road" where Michael murders Ana Lucia and Libby as a "tough day". ("Special"), In the hospital, Michael drew Walt a cartoon designed card, a tradition he had apparently kept to for many years. "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" Michael's Oceanic plane tickets that he receives from Brian Porter are tickets for flights from Sydney to New York. He soon notices that the monitor says "Hello?". In order to redeem himself he went undercover for Ben as a saboteur on the freighter Kahana, posing as a deckhand named Kevin Johnson. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Michael delays the explosion by freezing the battery wired to the C-4, but is unable to postpone it indefinitely because of Keamy's dead man's trigger. They all realize that they were on the same plane. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Tom orders Pickett to stop and throws a bola that trips Michael. [51], Joshua Rich from Entertainment Weekly had mixed views on the prospect of Michael returning in season four, because although Perrineau was one of his "favorite" actors, he liked how peaceful the series had become without Michael constantly screaming "Walt!". He then fought for his right to be Walt's legal guardian, as he was his biological father. She commented that Walt is very special, and that she's glad he will be able to leave after Michael complies with their deal. "[49] Cynthia Littleton of Variety was "really happy" to see Michael again, and wrote "Perrineau plays it just right most of the time—no hysterics or scenery-chewing, just a man trying to do the right thing, most of the time. After communicating with Walt on the Swan station computer, Michael ventured a rescue alone, but was captured himself. When Tom and Pickett return, Alex is forced to knock Michael out with a gun. The only main characters to see Michael again on the freighter in, Michael has the first and last lines of Season 1, which are both: "Walt! Michael returned to a motel room and tried to shoot himself in the head, but the gun did not fire. [36][37] After numerous reporters asked about what would be announced, Lost producer Damon Lindelof was contacted, and he gave permission for McPherson to say Harold Perrineau would be returning to Lost. Michael types back "Hello?". Last Walt had only really known Michael for a matter of weeks, and did not yet respect him, or for that matter consider him his father. Michael investigates the computer. u/scooter2521. Re wasting time Tom orders Pickett to stop Jack from leaving the island and his team back to engine. 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