What did we really gain from Michael’s demise? What did we really gain from Michael's demise?????!!!???? Only the worst "Your Voice" that has ever been posted on this site! O.K. so you liked Michael. We get it. I, however, found his character a whiny loser and am glad he was deep sixed. I only wish the island would have let him do it earlier.

You are very inconsistant - "A three-year old on drugs could spin out a better conclusion to the Michael storyline" to "because overall the show is fricking outstanding and the story is the child of the writers, which I respect" Well which is it? A story of a tripping toddler or one you respect? Or do you have a great appreciation for baby dopies?

Although you did make me laugh when you wrote "I don’t want to be too much of a bitch about this" this comes after waisting all our time being too much of a bitch about it.

I think we all are longing for Christian to show up at your computer and as you look up say "You may go now Michael." Go else where with these worthless takes!

AMEN.. i agree 100%

I have rarely, if ever, been DISAPPOINTED with this show. There's some hokey stuff going on sometimes, but the story overall has been exciting, unpredictable, and just plain fun. Having said that, I was a bit sorry to see Michael's story end(?) the way it did. I hope this is due to the abbreviated season that the writer's strike brought us. It definitely should have been done a little better.
Hey, how come no one liked Ana Lucia? She was one of my favorite characters in my FAVORITE season. Her and Libby's deaths were a total surprise.

We learned that even Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindehof can fuck up an interesting character and a potential story arc. That's what we learned.

Michael is a loser? Gee, I wonder who else is one? Oh yeah. Jack Shephard, James "Sawyer" Ford, Juliet Burke, Hugo Reyes (despite winning millions of dollars), Charlie Pace, John Locke . . . and the biggest loser of them all - Kate Austen.

Why in the fuck should they remain on this show, while Michael gets blown up in one of the most badly written story arcs in the show's history?

CORRECTION: I forgot that Charlie is dead. At least he went out in style.

I agree with the submitter.... I too waited on the story line to continue and felt cheated. My only hope is that it is revisted later in the next two seasons. Walt did ask Hurley if his dad was on the island with everyone else and he told him yes. So we will see.

Everybody with me now:

WAAAAALT!!

Yeah, bringing Michael back didn't seem to serve much purpose except resurect a few great "WAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLT" gags.

Easy come, easy go. I could never stand the character anyway. But, if they were going to bring him back, he should have done more....

I agree with Mike. It seemed to me that it was a cheep way out. I do however think that it did show us something. Christian re-appeared in the place of Jacob again. I still think Christian is Jacob and it's little things like this that support it. I also think that the Oceanic 6 (The MAIN characters, minus Sawyer who would find out if Jin isn't dead) knowing what he did to save them is a pretty good way to be remembered. And Locke would obviously find out via Christian so you never know, perhaps we will see him again.

Gotta break from the pack and say that, while I did think his introduction, use, and exit were all rushed, I do fell pretty strong that that's part of the show's new pacing mandated by a set (and rapidly approaching) end date.

In a way, I knew, like anticipating a movie you know is coming out in a few years (like with the Star Wars prequels or the new Indy) that it's not going to live up to what you feel it should be. Regarding WHAT Michael did after leaving the island and WHY, I'm totally cool with it. And if that's how he died (if he died), it made sense given the "rules" of the show. C- for execution, but B+ for tying up loose ends. (Plus, it gave us a great Mr. Friendly cameo. Gotta love that.)

Oh my lord, I'm so happy our buddy mike is dead. He sucked as a character, and he didn't die fast enough. "WALT! WALT!" "I NEED TO FIND MY SON" Don't you remember, that was a whole season of that crap!

I don't understand why everybody was so surprised that Michael died in the finale, his whole return story from the moment he came back was leading to that. There were clues in "Meet Kevin Johnson" like the "Not Yet" note on the bomb and Michael actually saying to Desmond and Sayid that he was "Here to die". Like Charlie's death last year, the writers made it pretty clear that the end of Michael's story arc this season was that he was going to die.
As for it being a lame way to go out, I'll admit I wouldn't have minded seeing more of Michael but I think his death was meaningful in the sense that we've now seen how cruelly the island can 'let go' of somebody that it's using. I think it added another layer to jacob/christian/island 'character'.

Andy, I sure do appreciate your thoughts.

Listen, guy. I said that "overall" the storyline has been fantastic. The Michael part of it, I felt, could've have been handled better by a drugged up, crazy, toddler with broken fingers. See it's not all or nothing. I appreciate most of the story. And when I say most of the story, I mean about 95% of it. The other 5% consists of my bitchings above, as well as the Nikki/Paulo thing, and that awful flashback of Jack in Phuket (boo). It's not being inconsistent.

I realize I crossed the bitch line, dude. but I don't think I was being "too much" of one. Anyway, isn't it my right to bitch? And isn't it your right to stop reading if you believe someone wasted one minute of your precious (i'm sure) time?

And I'll tell you something else, toughguy......

oh wait a sec. someone's here.

"Hello? Can I help you?"

...........

"Go? Go where?"

boom.

:)

Jon's post is right on. I really don't know what kind of redemption story people were expecting, but that doesn't seem to be what the writers had in mind for Michael's return. Expectations are a prison. Sit back & enjoy the story, and don't force your own opinions on it.

I am kinda still hoping that this is all a big set up. That the producers and Harold ranting in the news is all fake and planned. That secretly he is gonna be there next season. Why? you say? Not because of the actor, nor the character, but simply because I agree that the way they bring him back and then kill him after 5 episodes or so is.. well is kinda lame. and not really lost style. And making him a surprise regular next season would be so lost!

and btw I don't think Jin is dead either..

Michael cannot be dead. I'm sorry, but he has unfinished business with Walt he has to conclude. Though an on island reunion with ghost dad might be a tearjerking pleasant surprise, I have a feeling we will see enough of those with people like Jack/Christian, Charlie/Hurley, etc. Locke telling Walt that his father was a hero is going to be anticlimactic. We need a Michael/Walt closure between the two of them and I don't think Walt is a strong enough character to stand on yet so that cannot reintroduce him to the island. If the show wants to give Walt a few dedicated episodes to explore more of his life before, after and with Michael, great, he might be viable. Currently we know very little about him.
If Michael is dead, the island really fucked him over. He was used and left for dead. This supposedly great island will have taken a major hit. Michael was a good man and the island turned him bad? He wanted to protect his son more than anything, the island wants to protect itself more than anything. Battle of man vs nature theory garbage again. Does this mean Ben is not really evil and should be a sympathetic character because he is a victim of the islands ruthlessness, being raised by a vindictive island or leader(jacob)? If Michael is dead than the island is evil, it is the bad guy in all this killing innocent people. That would ruin the show for me as the island was supposed to be magical and worth saving at all costs. Or has Jacob corrupted the island? Using its powers to his own purposes? That would at least set up an interesting real people versus the spirits to reclaim the island chaos.

"Jon's post is right on. I really don't know what kind of redemption story people were expecting, but that doesn't seem to be what the writers had in mind for Michael's return. Expectations are a prison. Sit back & enjoy the story, and don't force your own opinions on it."

I was expecting a redemption story that lasted longer than five fucking episodes. And by the way, I can express whatever the hell I feel about this show. If I think that it fucked up, then I'm going to say so. I think that Cuse and Lindehof fucked up on Michael's story arc, this season. In fact, I think that they had also fucked up Kate's story arc with a ton of contrived writing.

If Michael's redemption arc ended with his death, then the rest of them - Jack, Sawyer, Kate, Sayid, Sun, Juliet, Ben and God knows who else deserves to die by the end of the series. If they can keep Kate's character on the show with some of the most contrived writing in the show's history - the trial and her guardianship of Aaron - then I don't see why Michael had to be killed off after five episodes.

I think no-one can deny Michael was dealt a shorthand this season. His storyline was essentially a quest to kill himself, which he got to do in the finale. I think he should have been brought back as a guest star rather then pretend he had rejoined the overall cast. They had no long term plans for him and shouldn't have pretended as such. But primarily Michael's return must have been a victim of the shortened season and something they were going to do with him got shafted for lack of time. It's regrettable but we move on.

I agree. Michael was my favorite character, and after season two I was dissapointed in the choices he made. However, I was willing to suck it up and wait for his redemption. A whole season goes by and not one mention of Mike. Than i read in TV Guide that he is coming back!!!! When he does he gets the crappiest storyline ever written in the history of television.

In my opinion the writers have two very different spectrums. They either crank out: Outstanding, mindblowing stories, or crapfests. Harold Perrineu is crying racism; i wouldn't go that far. But the writers really screwed this up. They say that Mike got redemption, i don't see how. He was the coolests character, one I thought had the most depth. I would choose to watch him over Jack whining over Kate or Hurley eating. My dreams of a fantastic Walt/Mike reunion are dashed!

Ok, as a human being, what else would you expect a man to do if his son was taken from him? just sit there and be like, "oh well." of course he's gonna scream and shout if he knew his son was on the island. I mean, he had finally gotten his son back and found a good relationship, especially after all the brainwashing I suspect Walt's mom did off-screen.

his story arc was the most compelling to me on the show, way better then the frontrunners like Kate, who jumps form man to man and makes a big deal out of little things and can't help but lie. Or Jack, who argued with Locke for five minutes in the season 2 opener about pressing the button (who the hell, just press it and walk out).

Michael of all characters had a reason to do what he was doing on the island, protecting his son. His son was taken, so he did what he had to do. Overall I don't blame him at all, sure, he killed two people, one of them was kind've asking for it after her own actions.

It is a dream of mine to watch the remaining seasons of Lost, and never to see Michael again. Nothing against Harold Perrineau, its Michael I can't stand.

Oh I applaud your fiery spirit Rosie. ;)

We all have a right to our opinions. The writers of Lost are not perfect. Amazing, but not perfect. And this, for me, is part of that imperfection. I'm not losing sleep over the the direction they took with Michael, but I am completely dissatisfied with it. And it's our right to point out when we think the writer's made a bad move.

Michael had to come back to reinvolve Walt, though the actor is not YEARS older. Walt still have some things to do for the island.

omg MIKE you just said every frickin word I was to lazy to write down... I mean I get some people don't like the character, but why is it always that when some people don't like a character they immediately get killed off...

Michael could be irratating at times, but each of his character arcs described in your post are what made him the most realistic and believable person on the island, and for once it was nice to see one of the characters who've been in it from beginning, I was looking forward to seeing how he played off all of the old characters. The writers could have made one of the most gripping stories about a man constantly fighting for survival, redemption, and most importantly his son.

I was pissed off cuz I just read 4 chapters of a book and the last 2 were detonated... WTF

Michael's death was part of the over all "Locke-centric" theme of the show. In several episode Locke mentions that is you give the islan what it wants it will give you what you want...Michael wanted to die. He helped the island-the island helped him...to die a noble death.

my biggest problem with the return of Michael is that there was no resolution with Walt - so Walt just ends up hating his dad forever? no reunion? totally bogus!

Who says Michael is dead (or Jin for that matter)? Don't assume too much too
soon. Word up.

Rosie, watch your language. So unladylike. So much anger. It's just a show for crying out loud. No one died in real life and that would be a reason to be upset. I thought Mike's post was funny and I don't know much about why Michael was killed off so quickly and eventlessly (word?) after his return, but I see why the writers brought him back. The whole point is about the island's power over life or death. Jack nor Michael were able to kill themselves. If it was just Jack, the point would not have been made. Now we have to wait and see if Locke is really dead.

christian shepard is NOT JACOB!
holy crap.
stop with that shit.

it's annoying.

unless mike isn't dead, and shock of all shocks its a massive PR stunt

Remember Mike couldn't be killed when he crashed his car.

Oh and i'm Jacob!