#naveen andrews lost abc

[billyrussoapologist]

Rewatching LOST, and I gotta say, I don’t think this show gets enough credit for how socially aware it is (in some ways, and considering the time it was created!) Take Sayid for example. Sayid is a man originally from Iraq, who served in the Republican Guard. LOST started in 2004, just a few years after 9/11, and, considering it’s a show about a plane crash, it was bold for LOST to tackle the discrimination that anyone of middle eastern descent might face in the U.S.A. The majority of the survivors are white people with English as their native language. Some of them are wary initially about Sayid after learning about his time in the Republican Guard. Sawyer even accuses him of being a terrorist, and cites how Sayid was pulled aside by TSA (his intention is to use this as evidence to back up his claim, but he’s really just proving the discrimination against people from the Middle East). However, Sayid proves to be one of the most caring, patient, and genuine characters on the show. Like many citizens of any nation who join any military force, Sayid had good intentions, and got more and more tangled in the complicated, morally questionable (to say the least) web of war. He escaped, and felt immense guilt for his involvement in both sides of the war (he ended up also helping the Americans, after they convinced his to interrogate and torture his own commanding officer). During his time on the island, he is generally a helpful, benevolent man. Ultimately, his past doesn’t matter - and neither does anyone else’s. They’re all on the same team once they crash on the island. And then there’s the other bold choice - to have him romantically involved with a blonde, white woman (Shannon). Having an Iraqi man and a white, American woman as a couple on TV in 2004 was groundbreaking. I don’t think Sayid as a character, or Naveen Andrews as an actor, gets enough credit.

[ladygoatee]

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[asexual-squidward]

Who did it better?

[a-map-of-gays]

No thoughts just Sayid Jarrah

[claudia1829things]

"LOST" Cast Sings "Your Cheatin' Heart"

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Sayid Jarrah…

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[drizzedoffrootbeer]

◈ Lost 1x01 - "Pilot Part 1" ◈

[merelyspecters]

And what if I said Naveen Andrews in his early Lost era would have been a more canonical Captain Hook than Colin O'Donoghue for Once Upon a Time

[secretsofthewilde]

There are few things as jarring as finishing the show Lost and then going to watch the special features for more content only to discover what Naveen's actual accent sounds like

[lostallcaps-podcast]

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[stripesysheaven]

[thisisourdestiny]

appreciation post

[ljones41]

Commentary on "LOST" (4.08) "Meet Kevin Johnson

The level of hypocrisy featured in the "LOST" Season Four episode, "Meet Kevin Johnson", struck me as truly amazing.  

First, there were Ben and Tom, exploiting Michael's guilt for killing Ana-Lucia and Libby in order to recruit him.  Every time Michael brought up Walt's kidnapping, both men had failed to express any remorse for it.  Tom had responded to Michael's accusation by gaslighting the latter over Ana-Lucia and Libby's deaths.  I guess exploiting Michael's guilt was more important to him than acknowledging his own over the kidnapping.  I suspect that recruiting Michael to serve as Ben's spy would have been easier for Tom if he had acknowledged the kidnapping and expressed remorse for it, off the bat.  

Ben did the same.   He ended up committing a major mind fuck by ordering Tom to instruct Michael to kill the Kahana crew.  And Ben also provided a package - a bomb - to Michael.  Upon meeting Martin Keamy and his mercenaries, Michael programmed the bomb to set it off.  The bomb proved to be fake.  Apparently, Ben wanted to prove to Michael that he was a good guy and incapable of killing others.  I found this rich, considering at this point, Ben already had his father's blood on his hands and God only knows how many others.  And why on earth did he order Tom to instruct Michael to kill the Kahana crew in the first place?  Why deliver a bomb - namely a fake one - to Michael?  What made this whole situation so ironic is that in the end, Ben (with Keamy's help) proved to be the one who killed the remaining Kahana crew, along with Michael, when he killed Keamy inside the island's Orchid Station.  Hell, it took Ben six years to express any remorse over Walt's kidnapping.

Then, there were Sawyer and Sayid.  Both men had condemned Michael for his actions in late Season Two, when they discovered he was among the Kahana crew.  Sawyer accused Michael of killing Libby and Ana-Lucia in order to free Ben and get off the island.  Period.  After discovering that Michael was working on Ben's behalf, Sayid condemned Michael for being a traitor to the Oceanic castaways, when he led Jack, Hurley, Kate and Sawyer into a trap set by the Others.  Sayid even turned Michael over to the freighter's captain.

Not once did Sawyer or Sayid mention Walt.  Not . . . fucking . . . once.  I found it odd that Sawyer  had forgotten that Michael's actions had stemmed from his desire to get Walt out of the Others' clutches.  I find this odd, considering he called himself killing Tom in retaliation for Walt's kidnapping.  Then again, Sawyer never went after Ben for the kidnapping.  As for Sayid, he had witnessed Naomi's lies, Daniel's lies, Miles' hostility on the island.  Aboard the Kahana, Sayid met the crew, Captain Gault and other crewmen engaged in strange behavior.  He also met Keamy and his fellow mercenaries aboard the Kahana.  This should have made Sayid more leery of the Kahana crew.  Instead, he became outraged over Michael working for Ben and exposed his fellow Oceanic castaway to the Kahana's captain.  He accused Michael of not only working for Ben, but also for being a traitor to his fellow castaways.  And NOT ONCE did Sayid mention Walt or the kidnapping.

As I had stated earlier "Meet Kevin Johnson" reeked with hypocrisy from the likes of Ben, Tom, Sawyer and Sayid.  Now that I think about it, even Michael had his own hypocritical moment when he accused Ben of being responsible for Ana-Lucia and Libby's deaths. I don't know if all this hypocrisy could be viewed as questionable writing on the screenwriters' part, or deliberate. I hope it's the latter.

[a-map-of-gays]

At any given moment I'm thinking about Naveen Andrews spooning Henry Ian Cusick in a tiny metal bed and very insistently yelling 'we're huddling together for warmth' when caught by the cameras

[claudia1829things]

Happy Anniversary "LOST" (2004-2010)!

[lostfan23]

"You would remember! You would remember how deep! You would remember every shovelful, every moment! You would remember what it felt like to place her body inside. You would remember if you buried the woman you loved! You would remember, if it were true!"