The following story, about ABC's "Lost," reveals events of Wednesday's episode. If you'd rather not know anything, stop reading now.


They did it again they killed off another good character! It would seem to be lights out for ... Shannon on "Lost."The spoiled Daddy's girl was apparently killed off Wednesday night as the ABC thriller made good on its promise to eliminate one of its characters.Hyped by the network as the episode that "people will be talking about all year long," it had indeed spurred lots of chatter even before it aired. Despite mighty efforts by the series' producers to keep secret the victim's identity beforehand, bloggers and other "Lost" sleuths seized on Shannon Rutherford weeks ago as the castaway most likely to be "lost forever."

Even so, the episode put forward another possible candidate: fellow refugee Sawyer (Josh Holloway). Feverish and weakened from a bullet wound, he fell into unconsciousness during a grueling hike through the jungle interior.

It seemed he was a goner. Or just a red herring? At last sighting, he was being carried on a makeshift stretcher by others in his party. His condition seemed grave. "Lost" can be a tease.

But by all indications short of a death certificate, the bell tolled for Shannon. Pushing through the thick jungle growth in frantic pursuit of Walt (Malcolm David Kelley), the vanished child whose image keeps haunting her, Shannon was mistaken for one of the demonic Others and shot by trigger-happy Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez).

Wounded and bloody, Shannon collapsed into the arms of Sayid (Naveen Andrews), who had just professed his love for her -- and told her that, by golly, he had seen Walt's vision, too.

It was just another day on the uncharted tropical island where Shannon and dozens more airline passengers crashed last fall -- at the same time launching "Lost" into a hit.

Played by Maggie Grace, Shannon had been depicted as a sexy brat whose checkered past included seducing her stepbrother Boone Carlyle, a fellow island refugee until his death last season in a freak accident. Shannon was left reeling by that loss.

On Wednesday's episode, Boone (played by Ian Somerhalder) made a guest appearance in a flashback. He was seen comforting teenage Shannon upon the sudden death of her father, after which her stepmother rudely cut off her funds.

Then trust-fund Boone betrayed Shannon when he announced that Mom had offered him a well-paying job.

No wonder Shannon wrestled with abandonment issues.

"I know when we get out of here, you're just gonna leave me," she tearfully told Sayid moments before she was shot.

"I will never leave you," he said.

His devotion seemed to be a "Lost" cause.

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Poor Shannon. I really liked her. Well she wasn't the first to die and won't be the last....any thoughts?

You know, I was -just- starting to warm up to her...AND SHE DIES! *weep* And not to mention Maggie Grace is a babe...sigh.

I was honestly happy it wasn't Sawyer. *Fangirls* My best friend and I like him a lot. I think her death was too sudden and so empty. She gets shot and all we see is Sayid glaring daggers at Ana-Lucia. I mean, I know the episode ended right there, but when Boone died there was more time left in the episode to see how others reacted to his death. *Sigh* I wish nobody had died period. I think Shannon was starting to develope into a good (well, ok, better) person. I want to see what would have happened to her had she lived.

Btw, where did you get your av?

That sucks - I liked her Does Michelle Rodriguez's character really annoy anyone else? Or is it just me?

Are we sure that Shannon is going to die? I mean that chick Cindy or whatever disappeared earlier in the episode climbing up the cliff. Maybe Shannon and Sawyer are just teasers to keep tormenting us!

At least next week is going to be an extended episode, I think it's cool that they'll show what happened to the other people on the plane after they crashed.

specialk070581 wrote:

That sucks - I liked her Does Michelle Rodriguez's character really annoy anyone else? Or is it just me?

I just wanna smack her. She is so annoying.

I found her annoying but getting "better."

Ephany, I"m sure she's dead. *Cries*

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Even so, the episode put forward another possible candidate: fellow refugee Sawyer (Josh Holloway). Feverish and weakened from a bullet wound, he fell into unconsciousness during a grueling hike through the jungle interior.

SPOILER I think

Before the new season started, they interviewed him and ET or something. He said that he gets killed off and it stinks because he was just feeling at home with the cast.

Anyway so you never know. I like him I hope they changed their minds about killing him off.

I hate Michelles character also

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Before the new season started, they interviewed him and ET or something. He said that he gets killed off and it stinks because he was just feeling at home with the cast.

Noooo, they cannot take away my man candy! Kill Jack off, not Sawyer!
It kinda stinks that Shannon died (supposidly), but I'd rather it be her than numerous others on the island. Also, I can't stand Anna Lucia (I think that's her name).

I was okay with it. As we were watching it, just after Sayid said "I'll never leave you", I said "I'm gonna have to smack the writers if they kill Sayid." But when Shannon died it worked well with the story.

I wasn't that surprised they killed her. Earlier this season one time her only appearence in one of the episodes was when she was following Claire I believe and she had like one line. And then they barely ever showed her again. I knew that meant they were having trouble writing for her and things didn't look good.

I agree, Boone's death was more emotional. With Shannon it was kinda just bang done the end. And I HATE the fact that we'll have to wait 2 weeks to see the ramifications of Shannon's death.

I HATE trigger happy Ana Lucia. She drives me insane. She is so butch and mean she drives me up a wall. I really hate how they are focusing on the new people and barely showing any of the others. They barely show Kate anymore, and were lucky if we get to see Claire and Sun. And when's the last time we saw Jack?

Expect more to die, J.J. Abrahams said in an interview eventually most of the cast will end up dead. Which makes me wonder how the show will last 5 or 6 years....

I highly doubt it'll last five or six years, especially if they plan on killing off most of the cast. *Cries some more*

Is it true that the creators don't really know where they're going with the show? I thought I'd heard some where that they were pretty much making this up very spur of the moment.

TuxedoMask, where did you get your avatar?

Sawyer's mine!! *Eyes psyknife* ^_~

I'm in the UK but i don't mind spoilers, i like em for some reason, so far i've gathered shannon and boone die (i think boone is soon to die on the show here)

is everyone else alive?

Martha xxx

There is also Ethan & Arzst (sp?) who are dead.

I got my avy from a friend cool ain't it?

Yeah, I was just very relieved it wasn't Sawyer. If they killed him, I might stop watching the show, and that would be horrible.


I wish it would have been that annoying, mean lady from the other tribe who is always ordering everybody around. What a B ! So yeah, poor Shannon, but I guess they kept her undeveloped for a reason...

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J.J. Abrahams said in an interview eventually most of the cast will end up dead.

Oh man, I hope not. That is not a good idea at all. How can they be so brilliant in writing these characters, but so stupid in thinking that so much tragedy will make for a successful show? I didn't care that much about Shannon, but I'm sure she had fans who will not be watching the show anymore because of what happened.
Not smart.
If Jack and Sawyer go, I definitely go.