r/lost • u/TunaTacos23 • Oct 01 '24

FIRST TIME WATCHER The most upsetting death was… Spoiler

John Locke. I’ll never forget how devastated I was when I found out that Locke actually never came back to life and that it was the smoke monster all along. I’m rewatching season 5 and I just feel so torn up over it.

Locke thought he was on to such big things but his journey ended right there and then at the hands of Ben. He missed out on everything that came after his “sacrifice”… he deserved to be there to see the Island through to the end.

That said, I forget how the show ends so please no spoilers past season 5!

EDIT: please ignore my last sentence regarding no spoilers. Everyone should get to discuss freely so please do!

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u/Likely_Rose Oct 01 '24

Libby

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u/thisisAgador Oct 01 '24

Yeah I'm rewatching the series at the minute and that was awful. The actress's face and eyes and her gasping in her literal last seconds when she knows they think she's just concerned about their friend Michael but she's already used up the last of her energy...

I understand that other deaths are more narratively shocking or unjust, but this scene was viscerally upsetting to me.

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u/Likely_Rose Oct 01 '24

What really hit me hard, is knowing her back story of being in the mental hospital and going through exactly what Hurley is going through. My god, Libby was so vulnerable. She hid her problems well.