He sounds really bitter.

Guess I'm vey surprised that Michael clearly seems to be formally out of our LOST mystery adventure cast.

My LOST-y sense was that he actually fathered Sun's BAY-bah with his "Special" Walt genes, particularly after seeing his awkward meeting with Sun on the Freighter including her awkward blurting: "I'm pregnant". Thought two major storylines were evolving: 1) Special Walt via Michael's gene pool, perhaps including a Black Rock connection, and 2) Sun's new Paik & Widmore power role while raising her "Special" BAY-bah via Michael's gene pool.

Seems I'm clearly very much off-track! Fortunately, least favourite character.

Would have been interesting, perhaps even mind blowing - RichPundit

I feel terrible saying it, but Michael's death might have been the highlight of all 4 seasons. What a relief that we no longer have to hear "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!"

Of course he's bitter. How many people get kicked off a show twice. I'm kinda a bitter too. Micheal was one of my favorite characters. Of all of the poor examples of Father figures we have seen on this show. Here was someone who wanted to be a good father, and never really got a chance. Then there was the murdering two people. But he tried to make up for that too. And true to form for Lost as soon as you get over your issues you die. So I wasn't really surprised.

"You can go now"

I have to agree with Harold on one aspect of what he said. I think that his death in season 4 was a TOTAL grab at the viewer's bloodlust after the deaths of Ana Lucia and Libby (mostly Libby) and the betrayal of the Losties.

I mean, they creators of the show have already shown that they are willing to do that, in the case of Nikki and Paulo, realizing that the fans hated that character.

So they (kinda) disrespected Harold by bringing him back and totally screwing over his character by basically giving him nothing to do while being smacked around and then killed.

Sure, you can say he "redeemed" himself, but you know what, they could have had anyone do that little bit that he did.

What did he do, really? He came up with the freezing thing, which I suppose is good, but why didn't Michael take off with Jin after they emptied the can? Why did he stick around? he didn't DO anything after Jin left. There was nothing that he could possibly do, so for them to totally f*ck his character over by killing him off like that without even letting him have a reunion with his son or SOMETHING, I think that's kinda cheap.

And I totally believe that the only reason his character was brought back and killed was to satisfy the viewers who hated the character of Michael for what he had done.

Which I think is kinda sh*tty.

*shrugs* but what can ya do?

I completely disagree, Gary.

I can only base my comments on how my friends and I felt, but we all pretty much hated Michael during season 2. Not simply because of the murders, but the whole "WAAAAAAAAAALT!" and "My BOY!" repetitiveness. We weren't sad to get rid of him on that raft.

However, all of us felt differently this year. Michael had a chance to come back, redeem himself, and erase all of those bad memories we had of his character. I'd say that's successful writing, as I believe that was the point. I think both Harold and some of the fans are misinterpreting things.

I agree that he's had the chance to redeem himself, and I suppose he did that, but I still feel that the main reason to bring him back and kill him off is because a lot of fans A. HATED him with a passion (for the waaaaaaaaaaaalt thing, and the murders and the betrayal), but also B. felt he got off easy by getting away and not having to pay/atone for what he did.

And so they brought him back and he had very little to do, but they fumbled the ball with his role here. I don't understand why they brought him back just to do what little bit he did. Anyone coulda done that stuff on there, Ben coulda had another man on the boat, although I admit it was cool to see Michael back.

I never had the hatred for him that a lot of people did. Personally I've gotten more tired of Claire than anyone else, but that's just me. lol

I just think that the MAIN focus in bringing him back was because the fans felt he got away with murder and betrayal and wanted revenge.

Well, the shylocks got what they wanted, and then some.

*shrugs*

Just my views anyway.

I basically agree in one way or another with Gary's comments, but I believe that Harold had a point that shouldn't be trivialized.
The Black men on the show do seem to have a negative slant. Mr. Echo, drug dealing killing machine, redeemed himself sorta and then died. Michael, annoying jack*** murder, died for no reason other than to satisfy my craving for annoying jack***s to die :). Walt is a bird killer. And, now we have creepy bald man. He doesn't seem to be a gentle fluffy rabbit.
Out of the 5 Black women, one was dying of cancer and she is a cookie cutter type as well, but I love that the island healed her. The second, was an other and had a hand in kidnapping a child and most likely others. The third was majorly shifty taking orders from creepy guy. The fourth had a drug dealing grandson and a bit part. And, the fifth is your chubby grandma looking out for her grandson, but don't forget she raised a killer(also cookie cutter). Maybe we'll find out that the former cancer lady killed someone too. So now I must ask the creators, what is up with that?

I do love the show. I think any show that keeps me guessing and racking my brain is a good show. Also, I am aware that this isn't the only show out there that may stereotype one group or another. A person gets used to it over time. But, the fact that this show is so smart and creative, I would think that they would be above it. I expected more, but I guess I should have known better.

I agree with I grok whole-heartedly

I bet anyone disagreeing w/ him is white, no offense intended, just different points of view due to different experiences

Grok that is completely rediculous. Michael was an annoying character, but that has nothing to do with how race is portrayed on Lost. Almost every single character on the show has done something shady in their past. Kate was a murderer, Sayid was a torturer, Charlie was a drug addict, Jin was a mobster, Sun was a cheater, etc. I honestly can't even believe someone is trying to portray the show as unfair to a certain race, because the cast is made up of quite a lot of ethnicities and most of them have done something wrong over the course of the show. Almost all of the main cast has killed at least one person, even HURLEY. Also, there is a reason why Mr. Eko and Rose are fan favorites. And... really? "Walt is a bird killer?" I hope that was a joke.

Also, the others are supposed to be creepy. It doesn't matter what race the actors that play the characters are, because the characters themselves are creepy.

I agree with lucky pierre. EVERY character on the show has issues, no matter what their race.

Get over it people, it is a TV show. Quit playing the race card. Walt was an annoying character and I am glad he is dead and off the show. Now we don't have to hear MY BOY or WALLLLLLTTTTTT...I am not a raciest person but when I hear that they are stereo typing the characters on the show, that makes me sick. Come on give me a break.