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eldrichhobbit links to two interesting essays:

Good Bye, Jedi, and Good Riddance: I have a lot of difficulty disagreeing with this. Not just because I'm evil.

Boone: Why We Care (huge spoilers for Lost): Examines Boone, Everyman. While I do see the author's point, I don't much identify with Boone. (Ed.: Well, you're not Everyman, are you?) I love the author's summary of the other male characters:

I mean, who else is there to identify with? Sawyer? He steals things and gets gonorrhea from hookers. Doctor Jack? He’s a superhero. Lottery-winning Hurley? There’s nothing wrong with him that, say, a few months on a desert island wouldn’t cure. (Unless . . . the island doesn’t want him to lose weight!) Sayid? He used to work for Saddam Hussein. Jin? He’s a mafia legbreaker. Michael? His son’s got psychic powers. Charlie is a heroin-addict former rock star. And Locke is some kind of Jedi survivalist shaman psycho. How do you identify with that?

Apparently, you just have to be me. Of course, given my history of liking not terribly likable weirdo characters, this doesn't surprise me. Of all the characters, I most like Locke. Pressed for a second, I'd choose Sayid. Strangely, none of the women appeal to me at all. Claire is too sweet and dependent. Shannon is a manipulative man-eater/victim of her wealthy, shallow parents, neither of which have any relation to my reality. Kate is the Thief with the Heart of Gold; the only way they could have made me hate her background more is by making her the Hooker with the Heart of Gold. Sun is the sheltered daughter of a mafioso. I suppose admire her most, since she has shown an enormous amount of backbone, and I sympathize with her torn loyalties. But none of the women are Everywoman, or any character I particularly relate to. I wish the older black woman with the dead/notdead husband hadn't fallen off of the island after she comforted Charlie with her Bosom of Unconditional Love.

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I didn't care when they killed off Boone, but my Fiance thought it was a really good episode.

Personally, I like Locke and Sayid the best. I agree that Jack is flat and too much a superhero. Sun is also cool.