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Here’s a look at the Lost candidates and their defining quotes:

4 John Locke

“Don’t tell me what I can’t do!”

Also uttered by Jack and Man in Black in Locke’s clothing, this line defines the whole persona of John Locke. Here’s a man whose life has been as close to a hell as possible: his biological father used him to get a kidney transplant, and didn’t want to have anything to do with him after, to the point of throwing Locke out of a window, getting him permanently paralyzed from the waist down. But he’s a man who believes in miracles, a man who doesn’t accept limitations, a man of faith. Sadly, this man of faith turned out to be nothing more than a pawn in a larger game of chess.

8 Hugo Reyes

“Dude, I just lied to a samurai!”

There’s plenty of great Hurley quotes, but this one nicely sums up his absent-minded, good-willed, funny and care free nature. This is a guy that, when presented with a life and death situation, will make a nervous joke about it. He’s likely the one most left out of the loop, but as important as any other major character.

15 James Ford

“Son of a bitch!”
“I’m a complex guy, sweetheart.”

Couldn’t help but add the line he’s spoken more than anything else on the show. As the second quote states, he is indeed a complex guy. Troubled childhood, criminal background, great liar, go to guy for nicknames, good leader, big heart, seems to have the same tastes in women as Jack. Sawyer started out as a big jerk, than became a bigger one, but we all knew that was all a defense mechanism for a guy that cares about others and is deeply wounded inside (the death of Juliet didn’t help with that).

16 Sayid Jarrah

(after torturing Ben)“Jack asked me how I knew – knew for sure that this man was lying. How I knew for sure that he was one of them – one of the Others. I know because I feel no guilt for what I did to him.”

Sayid doesn’t exactly have a catchphrase. He doesn’t need one either. He’s a man of action and actions speak more than words. The problem is, Sayid always ends up doing horrific things, even if for good reasons. He’s tortured and killed a lot of people, and feels sorry for it, but as far as the show’s concerned, there’s no redemption in sight for him.

23 Jack Shepard

“If we can’t live together, we’re gonna die alone!”

A tagline for the show in general, part of Jack’s memorable speech in the first season, this line cemented Jack as a leader. Because, as counterpart to the other natural leader of the castaway, Locke, he’s the man of science. Though not always the rational leader, as Sawyer pointed out during the ’70s, Jack’s instinctive decisions have always been about the good of others. Which makes him prime candidate for Jacob’s spot as island mystery deity.

42 Sun & Jin Kwon

[to each other in Korean]
Jin: “Honey… I don’t like being told what to do.”
Sun: “Being told what to do was my life for four years… I didn’t like it much either.”
Jin: “Right. I don’t suppose you did.”

One of the island’s married couples, besides Rose and Bernard, they didn’t exactly enjoy a fairytale marriage. This quote exemplifies their rocky relationship over time. Sun had her affair, Jin lied to her on occasion, but the island managed to bring them closer and give them a child…only to tear them apart. Following season 4′s shock finale, they have yet to be reunited, though both have gone to extreme length to find each other.

Posted on April 3rd, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: TV