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The Others
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The Others
"We're the good guys, Michael."
Played By: Dayo Ade, Blake Bashoff, Michael Bowen, Nestor Carbonell, Brett Cullen, Alan Dale, Andrew Divoff, Michael Emerson, MC Gainey, Brian Goodman, April Grace, Ariston Green, John Hawkes, Paula Malcomson, William Mapother, Mary Mara, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lana Parrilla, Mark Pellegrino, Tania Raymonde, Andrea Roth, Hiroyuki Sanada, Diana Scarwid, Sebastien Siegel, Julie Adams
"They came the first night that we got here. They took three of us. Nothing happened for two weeks. Then they came back and took nine more. They're smart, and they're animals, and they could be anywhere at any time. Now we're moving through the jungle — their jungle — just so you can save your little hick friend over here. And if you think that one gun and one bullet is going to stop them, think again."
—Ana-Lucia Cortez
The Others, referred to by the DHARMA Initiative as the Hostiles or the Natives, and also by the tail section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 as Them, are a group of people living on the Island who were followers of Jacob, intermediated by Richard Alpert. Jacob never showed himself to his people, and they took orders from a succession of leaders including Eloise Hawking, Charles Widmore, Benjamin Linus, and briefly, John Locke, before being led by Hugo Reyes, with Linus second in command.
- Cult: They are very similar to one, with their deity Jacob, closed society and strange rituals.
- In-Universe Nickname: The Others, as dubbed by Rousseau.
- Jerkass: There are few things The Others do that put them in a positive light.
- Knight Templar: "We're the good guys."
- Obfuscating Stupidity: When the survivors first encounter the Others, they give off the impression that they're barbarian hillbillies who wear burlap sacks. In reality, they wear normal clothes and utilize the remaining DHARMA infrastructure to sustain themselves.
- Undying Loyalty: Most of them are highly dedicated and firm in their beliefs, to the point where some have willingly died to protect their cause, and the Island. They hold Jacob in extremely high esteem, despite never meeting him.
Island Protectors/Leaders
Jacob
Jacob
"It only ends once. Everything before that is just progress."
Played By: Mark Pellegrino & Kenton Duty (child)
"Sometimes you can just hop in the back of someone's cab and tell them what they are supposed to do. Other times you have to let them look at the ocean for a while."
The ageless protector of the Island for more than 2,000 years. He was born on the Island with his brother, the Man in Black and lived there, eventually in the statue of Taweret, until his brother convinced Ben to kill him.
Jacob and his twin brother spent centuries debating the nature of humanity, all the while his brother trying to find a loophole to him. He repeatedly left to visit potential successors whom he drew to the Island. He also served as an unseen leader by proxy for a group of Island people. After his death, Jacob reappeared as a ghost in his youthful bodily form. He finally reappeared in his adult bodily form to his last surviving candidates to pass on the position of protector.
- Achilles in His Tent: Spends his days inside a giant hollowed out fertility statue/temple while Richard and Ben Linus run things on the island.
- The Ageless: Since becoming the island's protector, he hasn't aged a day.
- All There in the Manual: The bulk of the character's motivation and personality are only discussed/revealed in a web series that was put out called "Totally Lost" on Youtube in conjunction with Entertainment Weekly, as far as Mark Pelligrino explaining personality aspects/motivations for Jacob.
- The Aloner: Jacob really does not like company. He spends all his time by himself, weaving and fishing.
- Ambiguous Situation:
- The degree of influence Jacob exerts over the Others is quite vague; while he is their true leader and an almost religious figure to the Others, the only one of them Jacob has any regular contact with is Richard, through whom he passes along instructions, while the day-to-day work is handled by whomever is currently leading them (or by Richard, if the leader is unavailable). As such, it's not entirely clear which, if any, of the Others' actions are ordered by Jacob.
- It's never made clear if Jacob cured Rachel Carlson's cancer; Ben claimed to Juliet that Jacob could, but it's later established that Ben has never met or spoken to Jacob. Nevertheless, a video of Rachel playing with her son showed her healthy and happy (the video, it's worth noting, was taken by Richard, who does have regular contact with Jacob), and Jacob, when he finally appears, is shown to have supernatural healing abilities (his touch made Richard immortal, seemingly revived Locke, and healed Ilana). Rachel never appears again, and Juliet is never in a position to ask Jacob directly, so it's left vague if Jacob healed Rachel or if her cancer simply went into remission (as it had before).
- Anti-Hero: Jacob is a fundamentally decent and well-meaning person, but he's also manipulative and can be quite callous. He brings many people to the Island for essentially good reasons, but he does little to prevent their deaths.
- Big Good: Of the series. Averted in that his motivations and methods are very murky.
- Brutal Honesty: Despite being a very cryptic character, Jacob is actually quite blunt when he's talking to people. He's so self-assured in his own motives that he doesn't really seem to care if he comes off as insensitive or harsh, even if he is speaking the truth.
- Cain and Abel: With the Man in Black.
- The Chessmaster: The entire series has been one big game of senet between him and the Man in Black.
- Color-Coded Characters: Except for when he appears off-island, Jacob dresses exclusively in white.
- Dead Person Conversation: His ghost hangs around after his death, chatting with Hurley and others.
- Deader than Dead: After the fire started over his ashes burns out, Jacob disappears for good.
- Due to the Dead: He lays Mother and The Man in Black's human body to rest together in the caves.
- The Dutiful Son: Jacob is a hopeless momma's boy, eager to please and do whatever she tells him.
- Everyone Has Standards: Despite his manipulative tactics, Jacob ultimately wants people to make their own choices. As such, when presenting his final offer to the remaining Candidates, he makes it clear that accepting his job is up to them.
- Face Death with Dignity: Although he hoped Ben would make the right choice, Jacob did not waver in the face of his own demise. Of course, after being stabbed multiple times in the chest, he is naturally in extreme pain and distress.
- Fatal Flaw: Isolation and secrecy; Jacob means well, but he takes the notion of separating oneself from those they lead (embodied in other characters like Jack and Dogen) to an extreme, remaining in the shadows while Richard passes along any instructions he may have for his people. His hands-off approach to proving his point about human beings being fundamentally good and capable of change is likewise well-intentioned, but his refusal to simply walk up and tell people things has decidedly mixed results and makes several people easy prey for the Man in Black's machinations; Jacob's own death is arguably a result of not simply telling Ben that "Locke" was not who he appeared to be. On a similar note, Jacob's secretive nature (to the point that his very existence is questionable for much of the series) has significant drawbacks; a number of characters don't trust Jacob or his designs simply because they don't fully understand what Jacob wants. Once he actually sits down with and talks to the remaining Candidates, Jacob manages to recruit a replacement by the end of a single conversation.
- The Fettered: Jacob doesn't want the job of Big Good; he only took it because his Mother didn't give him a choice.
- Foil: To his Arch-Enemy and twin brother, the Man in Black; they're both cunning manipulators with plans that span decades, but otherwise, the two men contrast each other in just about every way, right down to their choice of attire. Jacob is brutally honest in conversation, while the Man in Black is a Consummate Liar; Jacob can be blunt and unconcerned, but is ultimately well-meaning, while the Man in Black hides his complete selfishness behind an affable exterior. Jacob is, despite his immortality, still human, while the Man in Black is a Humanoid Abomination. Jacob is calm at all times, even accepting his own death with grace, while the Man in Black is much angrier and more aggressive. Even their roles in the story contrast; Jacob, despite appearances, is the Big Good, while the Man in Black is the Big Bad.
- Forgotten First Meeting: Jack, Kate, and Sawyer all met Jacob briefly at some point in their lives (Jack after a difficult surgery, Kate and Sawyer when they were children), but when they finally meet Jacob face-to-face in "What They Died For", none of them seem to recognise him.
- Freudian Excuse: Considering that literally the only role models he had for the first forty years of his life were "Mother" and the Man in Black, it's actually impressive that he turned out as well as he did. Even before the falling out between Mother and MIB, the two seemed to make a casual sport of emotionally and psychologically manipulating the less clever Jacob.
- Gambit Roulette: Pretty much the entire series was planned by him so he could find his replacement as protector of the island. Maybe...
- Good All Along: He was built up to be the Big Bad since Season 3, but it becomes clear in Season 6 that he is actually the Big Good.
- Good Is Not Nice: He's less jerkish than most other examples but he is still pretty unconcerned with who gets hurt in all his scheming. He is also perfectly willing to let people die to prove a point or learn a lesson.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Subverted; Jacob is initially set up as a mysterious figure to whom the Others answer, and who even Ben treads carefully around, but in reality, neither Ben nor any of the Others apart from Richard have ever met or spoken to Jacob, and he's eventually revealed to be the series' Big Good, opposed to the villainous Man in Black.
- Guile Hero: Yes, he's more heroic than his nemesis, but he is still able to make people do exactly what he wants with some well-placed words. Even after his death.
- He Who Must Not Be Seen: Until Season 5's finale.
- Healing Hands: When Jacob touched a seemingly dead Locke after he'd fallen eight stories, Locke miraculously awoke, and when he visited a badly burned Ilana, who was wrapped in bandages, he touched her, and the next time Ilana was seen, she was perfectly healthy. Jacob also may have cured Juliet's sister Rachel's cancer.
- Humans Are Good: He brings people to the island to prove that his brother's Humans Are Bastards philosophy is wrong.
- Idiot Hero: It took him until Richard showed up (around 1800 years) before he realised that if you bring someone to the Island and want to prevent them from dying at the hands of the Man In Black, maybe, you know, he should actually tell them what he wants.
- Exposing his brother to a vague inhuman power source that would turn him into a monster as punishment for murdering their mom, simply to hurt him since he could not kill him. What could possibly go wrong, giving the brother who just wants to leave the island the power to turn into a giant smoke monster that can impersonate the dead and kill people like a rampaging beast as a punishment?
- Ineffectual Loner: He's a pathological recluse whose long-term goal of saving mankind hinges on his ability to get other closed-off people to open up to each other and form meaningful connections, something he himself rarely ever does.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jacob is a very morally ambiguous figure. As the man who is both responsible for the creation of the Others, presides over the Island's secrets and has been subtly orchestrating events for years (events which have led to countless deaths, in one way or another), there is a somewhat dark and ominous nature to him. However, Jacob's motives are ultimately pure. Apart from finding a worthy successor to protect the Island and defeat the Man in Black, Jacob guides broken, existentially lost individuals to the Island, where they are given the chance to let go of their pasts. He does what he does because he believes people, even incredibly flawed people, are capable of choosing to change themselves for the better. If only he didn't insist on accomplishing this in the most chaotic, roundabout yet hands-off way imaginable.
- Jerkass to One: Downplayed; most of the time, Jacob is easygoing and friendly, even to his nemesis, the Man in Black. Even when Richard tried to murder him (having been conned into doing so by the Man in Black), Jacob calms down quickly after overpowering him. The one exception to Jacob's friendly disposition is Ben, whom he holds in some degree of contempt, coldly rejecting his appeal for approval. That said, Jacob remains at least somewhat polite towards Ben in their one meeting, and, according to Miles, Jacob died hoping that he'd been wrong about Ben. Notably, Jacob doesn't blame Ben for his death at all; in describing his fate to Hurley, Jacob describes himself as having been "killed by an old friend who grew tired of my company" (the Man in Black).
- Kick the Dog:Ben: What about me?!?!?Jacob: ... What about you?
- Light Is Good: On the island, he's only ever dressed in white.
- Minor Major Character: He isn't credited as a main character, and doesn't even appear until near the end of the series, but pretty much the entire plot was set in motion either directly, or indirectly, by him.
- Momma's Boy: Jacob is not an independent type of man. He would tattle on his brother to his beloved mother, stayed with her alone well into his forties, never showed any interest in the world outside of her and became distressed when the Man in Black pointed out that she would eventually die.
- Somewhat understandable, given Mother was the only person outside of his brother that Jacob had a connection with for the majority of his pre-protector days.
- Mommy Issues: He's so desperate for Mother's approval and so hung up on her that he winds up living in a fertility statue. Jacob even disqualified Kate from being a Candidate because she became a mother, although when telling her this directly, Jacob is willing to give her the job of protecting the Island if she genuinely wants it.
- My Death Is Just the Beginning: While dying wasn't necessarily part of the plan, Jacob doesn't let it get in his way, making posthumous appearances to Hurley in order to guide the Candidates to seek out a successor and put the Man in Black's defeat into motion.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Throwing his brother into the Heart of the Island in a fit of rage and turning him into the Smoke Monster had this effect on Jacob, as he is clearly devastated afterward.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Hours after he is made Protector of the Island, Jacob is compelled to avenge Mother's death by thrusting the Man in Black into the Source, which they'd both been told would lead to A Fate Worse Than Death. This turns the Man in Black into the Monster, an entity of pure malevolence that threatens not only the Island, but the entire world along with it. Not the best first day, Jacob.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Jacob is a capable fighter. He skillfully disarms and defeats Richard when they first meet. He also beats up the pre-Monster Man in Black on two different occasions, when he provokes Jacob's anger.
- Not Afraid to Die: He certainly doesn't want to, but in the present day, Jacob, confronted by a knife-wielding Ben, makes no moves to defend himself from the fatal attack, and shows no fear of it, though after being stabbed, he's still clearly in great pain.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The only time Jacob is seen to lose his cool after becoming the Island's protector is when Ricardo tries to kill him; Jacob furiously snatches the dagger (the same one the Man in Black killed the Mother with) from Ricardo's hand, angrily demands to know where he got it, and, when Ricardo insists that he is dead and in hell, Jacob repeatedly dunks him under the waves to convince him that he's still alive.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: In a single offscreen visit, Jacob managed to convince the ruthless Charles Widmore to change his ways (mostly) and take up arms against the Man in Black.
- Older Than They Look: He looks to be in his early forties, maybe? He's actually thousands of years old.
- Only One Name: It's more than his brother got, though.
- Parental Substitute: He was apparently a father figure to Ilana, one of his protectors.
- Poor Communication Kills: Jacob, despite being fairly honest in direct conversation, has a real problem communicating what he wants to other people, preferring to manipulate them from afar to reach the conclusions he thinks they should. He almost never outright tells people things, which creates problems, especially where the Man in Black is concerned; Jacob only ever informs a handful of his people of who and what the Man in Black is, and as a result, those who don't know are vulnerable to his manipulations; had Ben known the true nature of the Smoke Monster, he would never have taken "Alex" or "Locke" at their word, and he would likely not have killed Jacob.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Tamer version. While he's not an axe murderer, he treats the deadly business that goes on with the people who arrive on the island like some sort of board game.
- Really 700 Years Old: Over 2000.
- Took a Level in Badass: Prior to becoming protector, he was a rather naive and sheltered person; his Mother states that "Jacob doesn't know how to lie." However, in the years since his inauguration, Jacob became a much more dominant figure, cunning and perceptive. Though still distant and stubborn in his idealistic worldview.
- A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: All Jacob knew is that something "worse" than death would happen if someone were to go into the light at the Heart of the Island, so, in his anger and grief over Mother's death, he threw the Man in Black into it to punish him. This transformed the Man in Black into an indestructible, inhuman monster who subsequently became the bane of Jacob's existence and a destroyer of countless lives.
- The Unfavorite: Jacob grew up knowing Mother favored his brother, who always possessed a cleverness and deceptive mind that Jacob lacked, which made Jacob all the more consumed with earning Mother's love and approval.
- We Used to Be Friends: As children, Jacob and the Man in Black were close, and remained so as adults despite living apart from each other. After the Man in Black killed their Mother, however, all that changed; Jacob subjected his brother to a Fate Worse than Death, and they spent the rest of their very long lives as enemies. In the present, Jacob doesn't even acknowledge the Man in Black as his brother, simply describing him as "an old friend who grew tired of my company".
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He's trying to protect the island, but he's distant and callous, allowing thousands of people to die over the years. He spends a long time simply bringing people to the island to die. His main issue is that he wants to prove the Man in Black's perspective wrong, but without directly interfering, a noble goal, but one that he carries out in a deeply flawed manner; even in his final moments, he doesn't simply tell Ben why he shouldn't listen to "Locke", and leaves the choice in Ben's own hands.
Jack
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Hurley
See Main Survivors
Second-in-Charge
Richard
See Main Others
Ben
See Main Others
Island Leadership
Widmore
Eloise Hawking
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Ben
See Main Characters
Locke
See Main Characters
Mid-level Leadership
Tom Friendly
Tom Friendly AKA 'Mr Friendly'
Played By: MC Gainey
"This is not your island. This is our island. And the only reason you're living on it is because we let you live on it."
A member of the Others who was loyal to Ben. In the Flight 815 survivors' first encounters with the Others, he acted as a menacing spokesperson and appeared as their leader. He wore a fake beard during his early encounters with the survivors, as a part of the Others' facade. While in captivity, Ben (as Henry Gale) said that Tom was "no one" compared to the real leader, although it is unclear whether Ben was referring to himself or Jacob. While not technically in charge of the Others, Tom did have some authority, as shown in his conversation with Ethan, in his dealings with Alex and Pickett, and with the party that captured Hurley, Jack, Kate, and Sawyer. Tom was one of few Others known to have left the Island; he visited Michael to recruit him onto the Kahana. Tom headed the attack on the survivors before he surrendered to and was executed by Sawyer on December 21, 2004 in retaliation for shooting him (and kidnapping Walt) a month earlier.
- Affably Evil: Although he initially comes off threatening, he turns out to be much nicer than most of his colleagues. He's a good-humoured man who cares about the rest of the Others, and doesn't really want to hurt anyone. He's just loyal to Ben.
- Afraid of Blood: He doesn't do so well with blood, as seen during Ben's operation.
- Beard of Barbarism: Part of his disguise. The beard is actually fake, and Tom hates wearing it (it itches).
- Character Death: After the attack on the beach fails and Tom is left as the only survivor, he surrenders. Sawyer doesn't accept his surrender, shooting him directly in the chest. Tom has only enough time to look accusingly at Sawyer before dying.
- Deadpan Snarker: With some frequency."Just sit down, Jack. Nobody's going to hurt you. I come in peace.""Manhattan, huh? We let you leave one island, you just go to another one.""I figure flying can't be too much fun for you."
- Disc-One Final Boss: Seems, at first, to be the leader of the Others. He does have some authority, but he's not the real boss.
- The Dragon: For Ben.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Tom is horrified when he realises that Michael confessed his murders of Ana Lucia and Libby to his ten-year-old son.
- Friendly Enemy: With Jack. He even warns Jack about bugs in the Others' rec room.
- Genius Bruiser: He's a big guy with big fists, but he's intelligent and has a high leadership position within the Others.
- Hidden Depths: Tom is an affable man who does possess a certain set of morals and compassion for the survivors (until they start killing more of his friends). He begins a genuine, if frail, friendship with Jack.
- Kick The Son Of A Bitch: When he tasers Anthony Cooper, a con man and sadistic sociopath.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Sawyer drew a gun to try and stop Tom from taking Walt, so Tom shot him. Two seasons later, Tom dies when Sawyer shoots him dead as revenge for taking Walt off the raft.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Along with the rest of the Others, he presents an image as a bearded barbarian in rags.
- Pet the Dog: He has quite a few of these moments, such as his friendship with Jack and cordial relationship with the survivors. Even after Michael spits on him and punches him, Tom jovially admits that 'he had it coming'.
- Riddle for the Ages: How he came to the island and joined the Others is never revealed.
- Straight Gay: You'd never know if it wasn't confirmed on-screen.
- Undying Loyalty: To Ben, who he obeys on a very personal level. Subverted when Ben starts to go through his mental breakdown, prompting Tom to become more disillusioned with Ben's leadership.
- Villainous Friendship: With most of the Others, particularly Ben.
Pickett
Danny Pickett
Played By: Michael Bowen
Pickett: If you try to run off, you will be shocked.
Sawyer: Shot?! We don't even get a warning?''
Pickett: Shocked. I said, shocked. If you talk to each other you're going to be shocked. If you touch each other, you're going to be shocked. If you're slacking, you're going to get shocked. Matter of fact, if you do anything at all that pisses me off, you're going to get shocked. Okay? Let's get to work.
One of the Others. He appeared to be an aide to Tom and Bea, and he played an administrative role as a quarry supervisor and may have been involved in Karl's punishment. He was Colleen's husband. After she was shot dead while unarmed by Sun, he took out his anger on Sawyer and almost killed him. He was killed by Juliet on Day 73. His name appears on Jacob's wall, meaning that he was a candidate.
- Arc Villain: Of the six-episode Hydra Island arc that began Season 3.
- Character Death: Just as he catches up with Sawyer, Juliet calls his name. Pickett turns toward her just in time for her to shoot him twice in the chest, killing him outright.
- Deadpan Snarker: Like quite a few of the Others, he has his moments.Tom: [over the walkie-talkie] Are you anywhere near the cages?Pickett: [standing next to the cages, holding a gun to their prisoner's head] ...Yeah, you could say that.
- Despair Event Horizon: He doesn't recover from Colleen's death, becoming obsessive and impulsive.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He adores his wife, Colleen, and she loves him back just as much. He's devastated by her death.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Danny is easily pissed off, especially by Sawyer (who, to be fair, isn't the most endearing of individuals on any given day).
- Happily Married: Or he was, to Colleen. They're quite tender toward each other, and he's utterly destroyed by her death.
- Hot-Blooded: As a counter to the more even-tempered Tom, Pickett was always easily angered. He tried to shoot Michael despite Tom's orders to keep him alive, kicked Sawyer at the docks and of course there's his Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- Implacable Man: After Colleen's death, he heads down this road, eventually ignoring Ben's direct orders to carry out his vendetta.
- Insane Troll Logic: He blames Sawyer for Colleen's death when she was actually shot by Sun and Sawyer was imprisoned at the time, meaning he couldn't possibly have had anything to do with it.
- Irrational Hatred: Pickett's vendetta against Sawyer makes little sense. He starts off by picking on Sawyer for no reason whatsoever when he is assigned to guard him and Kate, then graduates to blaming Sawyer for Colleen's death, even though he knows for a fact Sawyer was imprisoned on Hydra Island at the time and had nothing to do with it.
- Jerkass: Pickett is violent, angry and has a definite streak of sadism.
- Misplaced Retribution: It was Sun who shot and killed Colleen, but Pickett focuses all of his anger on Sawyer.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Delivers one to Sawyer.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Ironically, Sawyer is partly and indirectly responsible for Colleen's death; Sun was left with trauma surrounding the Others after Sawyer used them as a scapegoat during his con to steal control of the survivors' guns, which contributed to her willingness to shoot Colleen. Pickett, of course, has no way of knowing this, so his hatred of Sawyer still comes across as him using the man as a convenient outlet for his grief and rage.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Colleen's death, he focuses all his rage on Sawyer.
- Unknown Rival: Pickett immediately takes a dislike to Sawyer when he's assigned to guard him and Kate while the two are prisoners of the Others and forced to work on their runway, which only grows when he blames Sawyer for his wife Colleen's death at the hands of Sun, even though Sawyer was still imprisoned at the time and had nothing to do with it. For his part, Sawyer doesn't think of Pickett as anything more than a Mook for the Others and is baffled as to why the man hates him so much.
- Unstoppable Rage: Following the death of his wife. Rage becomes all that motivates him.
Dogen
Dogen (道厳 Dōgen)
"I don't like the way English tastes on my tongue."
Played By: Hiroyuki Sanada
"For every man there is a scale. On one side of the scale there is good. On the other side, evil."
A member of the Others and master of the Temple. He was drowned in the spring by Sayid, who was persuaded to do so by the Man in Black. Dogen preferred to speak in Japanese with the aid of his translator, Lennon, who indicated that Dogen was the only person capable of keeping the Man in Black out of the Temple.
- Character Death: Sayid drowns him in the waters of the Temple.
- Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: After Hurley, under Jacob's instructions, reminds Dogen that, as a candidate, he can come and go from the Temple as he pleases, Dogen irritably mutters in Japanese that if he didn't have to protect Hurley, he'd cut his head off and feed it to pigs. Jacob wisely declines to translate when Hurley asks what Dogen had said.
- Dark and Troubled Past: He eventually reveals his painful past to Sayid."I was a businessman once. In Osaka. I worked at a bank. I was good at my job. Very successful. And one Friday, I was promoted. My associates took me out to celebrate. I had too much to drink. Every Friday I picked my son up from baseball. He was twelve. The accident was very bad. I survived. But my son...(Beat) And then, in the hospital, a man came to me. A man I had never met. And he told me that he could save my son's life, but I would have to come here... to this island... where I would have a new job. And I could never see my boy again."
- Deal with the Devil: He made this kind of deal with Jacob, to save his son's life; if Dogen came to the Island and served as keeper of the Temple, Jacob would heal his son, but Dogen could never see his child again. After hearing this story, Sayid remarks that Jacob "drives a hard bargain".
- Death by Irony: Drowned in the pool of healing.
- Didn't Think This Through:
- Trying to convince Jack, a doctor, to give Sayid a pill of unknown composition, without telling him what was in it, wasn't one of Dogen's better ideas. It takes Jack trying to swallow the pill himself, forcing Dogen to quickly make him spit it back up, before Dogen admits that it was poison.
- Dogen's attempt at a Uriah Gambit for the infected Sayid was doomed to failure; Sayid is a candidate, so the Man in Black couldn't have killed him even if he'd wanted to, something Dogen either didn't realise or failed to consider.
- Elective Unintelligible: He is fluent in English, but he prefers to speak in Japanese and use a translator because he "doesn't like the way English tastes on his tongue".
- Good Is Not Nice: He works for Jacob, so he's technically a good guy, but he still casually orders the deaths of others and tries to murder several people for little-to-no reason.
- Hidden Depths: Sure, he's a jerk, but Dogen has a lot of internal pain and regret.
- Jerkass: He's easily annoyed, distant and disdainful of just about everyone who isn't one of his people.
- Knight Templar: Like most of the Others, he's a strong believer in Jacob.
- Manipulative Bastard: Tries to be, and succeeds a little. But he's no Ben, and keeps getting outsmarted by Jack.
- Papa Wolf: When his son was on death's door, Dogen gave up his entire life to save him.
Lennon
Lennon
"We didn't torture him. We were diagnosing him."
Played By: John Hawkes
One of the Others who took refuge in the Temple. He acted as translator for Dogen.
- Asshole Victim: He was such a jerk that it's hard to feel bad for him when Sayid cuts his throat.
- Character Death: After Sayid drowns Dogen, Lennon turns up to berate him. He turns away briefly, distracted by the sound of the monster approaching, and when he turns back Sayid cuts his throat with the ceremonial knife.
- Completely Unnecessary Translator: He translates for Dogen, who understands perfect English. Dogen only speaks through Lennon to maintain distance from the people he leads and because he dislikes speaking English.
- Expy: His look and mannerisms are quite reminiscent of The Photojournalist, played by Dennis Hopper, in Apocalypse Now. Additionally his appearance (long hair, Round Hippie Shades, clothing) and name seem to be modeled after John Lennon.
- Good Is Not Nice: In the same way as his boss. He casually orders the deaths of others.
- Jerkass: Irritable, sarcastic and bossy.
- Number Two: Lennon is Dogen's translator and right-hand man. Somewhat fittingly, once Dogen is killed, Lennon follows very soon after.
- Round Hippie Shades: Just like his namesake.
- Slashed Throat: After he finds Sayid standing next to Dogen's drowned body, he begins yelling at him. Sayid responds by cutting his throat and letting his body fall in the water with Dogen.
- Too Dumb to Live: Really, Lennon? You're going to bitch at the guy who just killed your badass boss not ten seconds ago?
- Translator Buddy: He seems to be the only person who Dogen has any kind of friendship with.
Ms Klugh
Beatrice Klugh
Played By: April Grace
A member of the Others who seemed to have a position of leadership within the group on a similar level to Tom Friendly. On her first appearance, she introduced herself as Ms. Klugh, and Bea was revealed to be the shortened version of her first name by Tom at a later date. Ben and Juliet referred to her by her full name. Beatrice was shot dead at the Flame by Mikhail to prevent the survivors obtaining information from her about the location of the Barracks.
- Character Death: She orders Mikhail to kill her, which he reluctantly does.
- Creepy Monotone: She always speaks in a very calm, even tone that can be deeply unsettling.
- Enigmatic Minion: We know little to nothing about her; she's mysterious, dedicated and cold. Her actress, April Grace, considered her to be a former nun.
- Ice Queen: She never shows emotion.
- Knight Templar: She's willing to kill or die for her cause.
- Not Afraid to Die: She suggests the idea herself, ordering Mikhail to kill her.
- Undying Loyalty: To Jacob.
- Senseless Sacrifice: Klugh orders her own death to prevent the survivors from finding the Barracks, but it was ultimately pointless: they use Mikhail to get there.
Pryce
Ryan Pryce
Played By: Brian Goodman
Jin: 지옥에나 떨어져라note
An Other who was the leader of the security detail policing the Others' community. On the Island, Pryce had a security function similar to the one Danny Pickett had before Danny was killed. Pryce was killed when Hurley ran him over with the DHARMA van.
- Bald of Evil: Or receding hairline of evil.
- The Brute: He's essentially Ben's blunt weapon, deployed to fight the survivors on the beach.
- Character Death: Hurley hits him with the DHARMA van, mangling his body and killing him. He has the honor of being the first person who Hurley intentionally kills.
- Genius Bruiser: An extremely minor example, but he is seen briefly playing chess before being given orders, indicating he's perhaps smarter than he appears.
- Jerkass: Pryce is just a dick.
- Just Following Orders: His default mode, apparantly.
- Mauve Shirt: Exists mostly to be a threatening slab of muscle.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Danny Pickett. A tough Jerkass seemingly in charge of security.
- Undying Loyalty: To the Others.
Colleen
Colleen Pickett
"We are not the enemy. But if you shoot me, that's exactly what we'll become."
Played By: Paula Malcomson
An Other who appeared to have some level of authority. She was married to Danny Pickett. While attempting to take the castaways' sailboat, she was shot by Sun and died shortly afterward.
- Character Death: Sun shoots her when she tries to take the sailboat. Colleen dies on the operating table due to the lack of proper facilities to treat her.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She loves her husband, Danny.
- Happily Married: To Danny.
- Jerkass: She's actually very calm when confronting Sun, but is otherwise dismissive of Juliet and has pretty much the same temper as her husband.
- Suicidal Overconfidence: Colleen was certain she could talk down an armed Sun. She was wrong, and died painfully for her mistake.
- Tempting Fate: "No, you won't [shoot me], Sun." Sun shoots her.
- Too Dumb to Live: An already-tense Sun points a loaded gun directly at Colleen, and Colleen simply responds by threatening Sun and continually coming closer, even after Sun warns her to stop.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She's dispatched very quickly, getting shot in the same episode she's introduced, and subsequently dying in her next appearance.
- You Wouldn't Shoot Me: She very confidently makes this assumption about Sun, which gets her killed.
Isabel
Isabel
Played By: Diana Scarwid
One of the Others. Known as "the sheriff" amongst her people, she held an investigative role amongst the Others.
- Bus Crash: According to Word of God.
- Character Death: Word of God is she died during the attack on the beach.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Vanishes after her first appearance.
- Jerkass: She's condescending to everyone.
- The Sheriff: According to Tom she's this among the Others.
- Smug Smiler: Constantly wearing a satisfied little smirk.
- Smug Snake: She's rather pleased with herself.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Word of God says she was killed in the beach ambush in the season 3 finale, but we never see her there. You know a character failed when you need to go to All There in the Manual to find out how they died in an onscreen event.
Miscellaneous Others
Alex
Alexandra Rousseau/Linus
"Look, I don't like taking orders from my dad any more than you do. But I know he doesn't want me to get hurt."
Played By: Tania Raymonde & Lehualani Silva (child)
Ben: I didn't want him to get you pregnant. I suppose I may have overreacted...
Danielle Rousseau's daughter who is abducted by the Others sixteen years prior to the crash of Flight 815. Ben is sent by Widmore to kill Danielle and her daughter, but he is unable to bring himself to do so, and ends up raising Alex as his own instead. She aids the crash survivors in various escapes and eventually defects from the Others. She dates Karl, though Ben tries to keep them apart because she would die if she became pregnant.
- Action Girl: With a slingshot, nonetheless. She manages to escape and thwart the Others many different times.
- Boom, Headshot!: Keamy shoots her in the head during his little hostage situation.
- Brats with Slingshots: Her weapon of choice during season 3.
- Calling the Old Man Out: Alex does this to Ben a few times. He's pretty unaffected.
- Changeling Fantasy: She's Danielle's daughter; Ben stole her when she was a baby, disobeying Widmore's orders to kill both her and her mother.
- Character Death: She's taken hostage by Keamy. Ben, still believing the rules were in place and Alex would be protected, tried to manipulate the situation and buy time. Keamy responded by abruptly shooting Alex in the head and leaving her body on the grass.
- Childhood Friend Romance: With Karl Martin.
- Daddy's Girl: Despite her rebelling against Ben, she was the apple of his eye when she was younger, and he remains very fond of her despite her rebellious ways as a teen.
- Deadpan Snarker: She gets some good lines in.Sawyer: This a hobby of yours, Underdog — digging holes?Alex: Yep. That and basket weaving. Want one?
- Due to the Dead: Ben is forced to leave her body behind after Keamy shot her. In "What They Died For", Richard Alpert reveals that he buried her at the playground in the Barracks after Ben left the Island.
- Little Miss Badass: She's only 16 during the show but is pretty handy with her slingshot.
- Missing Mom: Ben stole her from Danielle when she was just a baby and raised her himself. He told her Danielle was dead, and she didn't see her mother until she was 16 and reunited with her.
- Morality Pet: For Ben.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: This is Alex's general attitude, hence why she helps the Survivors so often and rescues Claire from Ethan.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: With Karl.
- Token Good Teammate: Is one for the Others; she betrays them to help the survivors on numerous occasions.
- Tomboyish Name: Before she appeared in the flesh, her name led to many fans speculating over whether she was male or female. This deepened the mystery around her, and for a while the theory was that the then-mysterious Ethan was Alex.
- The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: Averted, as her parents are quite attractive (as shown in Season 5 when Jin meets her parents and in Season 6 when Ben meets a more cleaned-up Rousseau), but it's implied that Sawyer is invoking this in "Not in Portland" when he is led to believe that she was related to Ben.
- Of course, Ben isn't necessarily ugly, he's just a bit strange
looking, especially compared with some of the more conventionally attractive male leads. It helps that in LOST he's frequently beaten to a bloody pulp or his clothes are ripped, whereas in real life Michael Emerson is generally very classy-looking.
- Of course, Ben isn't necessarily ugly, he's just a bit strange
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Alex is reunited with her birth mother for all of a few days before Danielle is shot dead before Alex's very eyes.
Ethan
Ethan Rom
"If you do not stop following me, I will kill one of them."
Played By: William Mapother (adult) & Devon Gearhart (child)
Hurley: Lots of names and faces. It's pretty pathetic, huh? You'd think after a couple of weeks on the Island with the same people, we'd all know each other.
Ethan: Yeah, you're right. You would think so.
The son of Amy and Horace Goodspeed, and the surgeon of the Others. He spent some time as a child with the DHARMA Initiative, as well as The Others, who he eventually ended up living with. As a boy, he participated in the kidnapping of Danielle Rousseau's baby, Alex, with Ben Linus. Years later, when Flight 815 crashed on the Island, he was sent by Ben to infiltrate the middle-section survivors. On the verge of being discovered, he kidnapped Claire and took her to a medical station. After she escaped, Ethan attempted to take her back but was captured himself. Shortly afterward, Charlie killed the captive Ethan by firing several gunshots into him.
- Affably Evil: While he's cold and borderline sadistic with the survivors once he's exposed as a mole, among his own people, Ethan is perfectly friendly.
- All There in the Manual: Ethan's history is given more detail in the canon Lost encyclopedia.
- Badass Boast:"You bring her here. If you don't, I'm going to kill one of them. And then, if you don't bring her back before sundown tomorrow, I'll kill another, and another, and another. One every day. And Charlie, I'll kill you last."
- Battle in the Rain: With Jack, twice.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Ethan seemed very affable while undercover with the survivors, but once his true loyalties were revealed, he showed off a much colder, crueler side of himself, coldly threatening Jack, hanging Charlie and leaving him for dead, and murdering Scott (with the threat of killing another survivor daily until Claire is handed over to him).
- Character Death: After being subdued by Jack and a dozen guns held on him, Charlie takes the opportunity to shoot him several times.
- Chekhov's Gunman: He appears briefly as Locke's hunting buddy before turning out to be the first-seen 'Other'.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Ethan's first fight with Jack ends quickly and in Ethan's favor, with Jack not even being able to land a punch.
- Evil Counterpart: To Jack. Both of them are their group's surgeons, and this trope is highlighted in their battles in the rain.
- Genius Bruiser: In addition to being a "brilliant" surgeon, Ethan is also a capable combatant, strong enough to overpower Jack and hang Charlie from a tree by himself, and, despite losing his second fight with Jack, Ethan gives as good as he gets.
- Improbable Age: According to show canon, he's 27. William Mapother was in his late 30s when cast as Ethan.
- Knight of Cerebus: Ethan's exposure as a mole is the first major indication that the survivors of Flight 815 have more serious problems facing them than mere survival or a then-unseen Monster.
- Meaningful Name: It's an anagram for "Other Man".
- The Mole: For the Others.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Ethan is a talented and qualified surgeon, who also dabbles in kidnap and murder.
- Multiple Gunshot Death: Downplayed; Charlie fires six rounds into Ethan's chest to kill him.
- Mysterious Past: It's never stated how or why the son of one of the DHARMA Initiative's leaders fell in with the "Hostiles", nor is it made clear why Ethan would take be an accessory to the murder of his own parents.
- Once a Season: He makes appearances each season (except Season 4), usually via flashbacks.
- Posthumous Character: Sort of. He makes more appearances after his death episode than before it.
- Self-Made Orphan: Ethan willingly participated in the Purge, which killed both his parents.
- Starter Villain: He was the first on-island antagonist to appear in the series.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: An extreme case. At times, often in flashbacks, he is shown to be a genuinely warm and friendly man. Other times ... not so much ...
- Teens Are Monsters: At no older than 12, Ethan was already associated with the Others, helping Ben kidnap Alex, and he took part in the Purge when he would have been around 14.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Like most of the Others. Ethan in particular desperately wants to solve the island's pregnancy problem.
- Younger Than They Look: Despite his mature appearance, Ethan is only 27 years old.
Karl
Karl Martin
"I just have a bad feeling about this."
Played By: Blake Bashoff
"If I get caught, your father's gonna kill me this time."
A young man who was one of the Others. His origins are unknown, but he seemed to have been desperately trying to escape. Karl was Alex's boyfriend, but Ben, fearing he would get Alex pregnant, would not allow this relationship and locked up Karl. Afterwards, Karl escaped and joined the survivors with Alex.
- Blipvert: Gets hooked up to one of these.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Averted. His brainwashing is interrupted.
- Butt-Monkey: Karl's storyline consists of being imprisoned, beaten up, imprisoned again, partially brainwashed, humiliated and finally killed.
- Character Death: Keamy and his men snipe Karl from a distance, once through the chest.
- Childhood Friend Romance: With Alex Rousseau.
- Love Interest: For Alex.
- Surprisingly Sudden Death: He's sniped by Keamy's men out of absolutely nowhere.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: With Alex. They're both from the same community, but Karl ought to know that Ben's daughter is off-limits.
Mikhail
Mikhail Bakunin
Played By: Andrew Divoff
"My name is Mikhail Bakunin, and I am the last surviving member of the Dharma Initiative."
A member of the Others and a former Soviet soldier who lived in the Flame, a station made by the DHARMA Initiative, where he was stationed to manage communications with the outside world. Skilled in the use of weapons and hand-to-hand combat, Mikhail was a trusted lieutenant of Benjamin Linus. After his capture by Locke, Sayid, Kate, and Rousseau, Locke pushed him through the sonar fence, and he was thought to have been killed, but he survived, attributing his survival to the fence's non-lethal setting. He was later shot by Desmond in the chest with a spear gun, but survived long enough, probably due to the Island's healing properties, to detonate a grenade outside the window of the Looking Glass station, drowning Charlie Pace. He perished when the grenade detonated in his hand, believing that his orders to kill Charlie were, according to Ben essential to the survival of the Island.
- Butt-Monkey: If something bad happens, it's going to happen to Mikhail. After Locke, Sayid and Kate stumbled across the Flame station, his life took a sharp turn into the realm of terrible luck. Without exaggeration, he has the crap beaten out of him in literally every one of his appearances.
- Character Death: Mikhail pulls a pin on a grenade while still holding it, killing himself and Charlie. He had previously survived mortal wounds so frequently that fans were uncertain if he'd actually died, especially considering that it looks as if he backs away from the grenade before it goes off. Word of God had to confirm his death.
- The Chew Toy: Mikhail almost matches Ben for the sheer amount of physical trauma he endures.
- Combat Medic: He used to be one, for the Soviets.
- Determinator: Despite his various (and brutal) injuries, Mikhail never gives up; after being shot with a speargun, he manages to find the strength to grab a grenade and swim to the outside of the Looking Glass in order to blow out a window to kill Charlie.
- Evil Genius: He was responsible for outside communication and information gathering, and not only was he tech savvy but he was medical expertise and spoke several languages.
- Eyepatch of Power: We never do find out what happened to his eye but when he removes the patch there's a nasty scar underneath.
- Eye Scream: In the Flash Sideways he dies after getting shot in the right eye, the same one he's missing in the main timeline.
- Genius Bruiser: In addition to being a tech-savvy Combat Medic who speaks nine different languages, Mikhail is a trained and capable combatant who gets the better of Sayid (another Genius Bruiser) during their fight.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Desmond seemingly kills Mikhail by firing a spear through his chest.
- Knight Templar: He questions his loyalty to Ben for all of six seconds before murdering two women in cold blood. Funnily, one of the women inadvertently convinced him to go through with it after going on an ill-advised tirade about the importance of not questioning orders.
- Made of Iron: Mikhail keeps on surviving despite the horrible shit that happens to him.
- Meaningful Name: Possibly. He's named after a Russian anarchist-socialist theorist
, but it's highly questionable how much the character's actions have to do with anarchism or socialism. Given how rigidly he follows orders, his name could be ironic. - Omniglot: He speaks nine different languages, including Russian (his mother tongue), English, Italian, Portuguese and Korean. This is a trait inherited from his actor, who speaks eight languages, although Korean is not one of them.
- Rasputinian Death: Shot by a speargun, and then blown up.
- Russian Guy Suffers Most: Beaten by Sayid, tossed through a sonic fence which almost killed him, beaten up by Jin and Desmond, beaten up by Locke, shot with a speargun and finally blown up.
- Undying Loyalty: To Jacob, whom he describes as 'a magnificent man'.
- Suicide Attack: On Charlie. It works.
- Taking You with Me: He was possibly dying from his speargun wounds, and pulls a grenade to kill himself and Charlie.
- Trigger-Happy: A comment from Ben implies that Mikhail was in the habit of shooting unannounced visitors to the Flame station (not that he was prone to keeping his radio on so that visitors could announce themselves).
Jason
Jason
Played By: Ariston Green
A minor Other who acts as muscle for whoever is in charge at the time. Sayid kills him by snapping his neck.
- Bald of Evil: Evil by default, being part of the Others and especially following a rogue Pickett's orders.
- The Brute: After Pickett's death, he's demoted to muscle for Tom and Pryce.
- Character Death: When he's distracted by Hurley's attack, a bound Sayid trips him up and breaks his neck.
- The Dragon: To Pickett, but he outlives him.
- Dragon Their Feet: He wasn't around to stop Juliet from killing Pickett.
- Mauve Shirt: He's seen pretty regularly, but has few lines and no character. He's just muscle working for Pickett and later Pryce.
- Neck Snap: Sayid kills him this way while tied up!
Goodwin
Goodwin Stanhope
"We're not savages."
Played By: Brett Cullen
"The children are fine. They're better off now."
An Other who was sent by Ben to infiltrate the tail section survivors. He was killed by Ana Lucia after she found out his true identity. At the time of his death, he was unhappily married to Harper Stanhope and was having an affair with Juliet Burke.
- Affably Evil: Goodwin is a pleasant enough guy, both among the Others and among the Tailies. He was welcoming to Juliet, supportive of Ana-Lucia and got along well with people in general.
- Ambiguous Situation: Ben suggests that Goodwin was developing romantic feelings for Ana-Lucia, claiming that Goodwin tried to make a case for recruiting her. While anything Ben says should be taken with a grain of salt (especially since he was saying this to Goodwin's lover Juliet, who he had a crush on), it's worth noting that Goodwin did get rather close with Ana before she found him out, and the fact that he cheated on his wife with Juliet doesn't make the idea that he'd cheat on her with someone else entirely outside the realm of possibility.
- Awful Wedded Life: Goodwin was unhappily married to Harper, which led him to have an affair with Juliet.
- Character Death: During a fight with Ana-Lucia, he leaps at her just in time for her to lift a sharpened bamboo stick. He falls onto it, impaling him through the chest and killing him.
- Creepy Monotone: He lapses into this briefly during his final confrontation with Ana.
- Deadpan Snarker: From time to time, both as The Mole and in his real persona."If you had cut off his finger and he still told you he was on the plane, I think maybe you would have started to believe you had the wrong guy."
- Exiled to the Couch: By Harper.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By Ana-Lucia, who impales him in the chest with a sharpened stick.
- The Mole: Within the Tailies.
- Neck Snap: He snaps the neck of a chicken, then creepy-yet-innocent passenger Nathan.
- Only Sane Man: Appears as this while acting as The Mole within the Tailies. He's smart, practical and is a kinder, more genial alternative to Ana-Lucia's tough my-way-or-the-island-highway leadership. It's all part of his cover.
- Underestimating Badassery: When Juliet expresses concern over Ben being jealous of Goodwin's relationship with her, Goodwin blithely quips "What's Ben gonna do?" Gilligan Cut to the day Oceanic 815 crashed on the Island and Ben immediately sends Goodwin off on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the survivors' group, wherein he is eventually killed.
- Uriah Gambit: Likely a victim of one. Juliet accuses Ben of having sent Goodwin to the Tailies for this reason.
Aldo
Aldo
Played By: Rob McElhenney
An Other who was guarding Karl in Room 23. He held a grudge against Kate for knocking him out during Karl's rescue, and wasn't seen until the survivors reached the Temple. Claire killed him when he threatened Jin.
- Asshole Victim: Considering his behavior, he isn't exactly mourned after Claire kills him.
- Butt-Monkey: He's tricked by Kate, knocked out, slapped awake and called an 'idiot' by Danny, spends a few years building a grudge, finally comes face-to-face with his 'enemy' Kate again...and gets knocked out again. And then he's killed by Claire. Aldo does not have much luck.
- Character Death: Claire shoots him from the bushes.
- Deadpan Snarker: For a brief character, he's very sarcastic.Aldo: We're protecting you.Kate: From what?Aldo: You've been on this island for a while, right? Ever see a big pillar of black smoke, makes a ticka ticka sound, looks pissed off?Kate: Yes.Aldo: From that.Jin: Do you know anything about another plane coming in? An Ajira flight.Aldo: I'm sorry. Is this a press conference?
- Evil Is Petty: Kate knocked him out once, and he still holds a grudge against her years later.
- Hot-Blooded: In the interim between appearances, he's become very aggressive.
- Jerkass: In his second appearance, he's constantly angry and rude.
- Long Bus Trip: He appears briefly in season three, and doesn't appear again until season six. He was originally a Bus Crash via Word of God, but this was retconned.
Bonnie
Bonnie
Played By: Tracy Middendorf
Bonnie: We were following orders.
Mikhail: And you never asked why?
Bonnie: No. Because I trust him. And I trust Jacob. And the minute I start questioning orders, this whole thing, everything that we're doing here falls apart.
A member of the Others, secretly assigned to the Looking Glass station by Ben, with the rest of the Others believing that she and Greta were on an assignment in Canada.
- Blood Knight: She takes a little too much joy in torturing Charlie, and later eagerly asks Mikhail if Ben gave them permission to kill him. She also wants to use a speargun on Charlie because it'll hurt more.
- Character Death: Mikhail shoots her on Ben's orders. She survives for a few minutes before succumbing to her injuries.
- Death by Irony: She unknowingly talks Mikhail into killing her and Greta by going on a very ill-advised rant about the importance of following orders without question. Mikhail concedes that she 'makes an excellent point', at which point he begins the slaughter.
- Death Equals Redemption: With her dying breath, she tells Charlie the station code to piss off Ben, who ordered her death.
- Due to the Dead: Charlie and Desmond respectfully cover her body, perhaps recognising that she was another of Ben's victims and ultimately just another pawn who was cast aside.
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: She's the bad cop to Greta's good cop.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: She's easily angered, snapping at Greta inbetween beating the hell out of Charlie just for suggesting that she take it easy for a moment.
- Hot-Blooded: She's much more temperamental and angry than Greta, viciously beating Charlie and even threatening to use a speargun on him.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: She beats Charlie to try and get information out of him, even threatening his life with a speargun when he refuses to provide anything useful.
- Jerkass: Even aside from her torture of Charlie, she's frequently wearing a scowl, overly aggressive and gets irritable with Greta and Mikhail.
- Knight Templar: She's a fervent believer in the Others' cause, and never questions orders.
- She Knows Too Much: Ben orders her execution for just this reason.
- Villainous Friendship: With Greta.
- Villain's Dying Grace: With her last breath, she tells Charlie the code for the Looking Glass Station.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She only appears in the final three episodes of season three, in which she's murdered by Mikhail on Ben's orders.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: A combination of this and She Knows Too Much is what prompts Ben to order her execution.
Greta
Greta
Played By: Lana Parrilla
A member of the Others, secretly assigned by Ben to the Looking Glass station to make sure that any transmissions leaving the Island were jammed. The rest of the Others were told that she and Bonnie were on an assignment in Canada.
- Character Death: She was shot by Mikhail on Ben's orders.
- Due to the Dead: Charlie and Desmond respectfully cover her body, perhaps recognising that she was another of Ben's victims and ultimately just another pawn who was cast aside.
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: She's the good cop to Bonnie's bad cop.
- Just Following Orders: As opposed to Knight Templar, Bonnie.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Greta is quiet, even-tempered and basically the 'good cop' in contrast to Bonnie. She's far from being a 'bad person', but still works for the Others.
- She Knows Too Much: Ben orders her execution for just this reason.
- Villainous Friendship: With Bonnie.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She only appears in the final three episodes of season three, in which she's murdered by Mikhail on Ben's orders.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: A combination of this and She Knows Too Much is what prompts Ben to order her execution.
Jill
Jill
"He'll be safe with me."
Played By: Mary Mara
A butcher who worked in Simon's Butcher Shop in Los Angeles and apparently worked for Ben. She watched Locke's body for Ben while he was out collecting the rest of the Oceanic Six together to return to the Island.
- Almighty Butcher: She poses as a butcher, but she's actually a trusted member of the Others who uses the store as a front.
- Boyish Short Hair: She has a pixyish blonde hair worn under butcher's hat.
- Enigmatic Minion: We know very little about her, but she shows herself to be one of Ben's most trusted off-island minions (and the list of people Ben trusts is very short).
Justin
Justin
Played By: Dayo Ade
An Other from the group inhabiting the Temple who, along with Aldo, was sent to follow Kate and Jin who agreed to find and bring Sawyer back to the Temple.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He's more compassionate than many of the Others, but he's still willing to kill. He tells Jin to untie him, so he can snap Claire's neck.
- Cannot Keep a Secret: Twice he almost spills information to Kate and Jin just because they ask. Aldo has to tell him to keep quiet.
- Character Death: Claire murders him with an axe while he's tied up.
- Not Quite Dead: He survives Claire's initial ambush that killed Aldo. He dies shortly afterwards, though.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Justin's just doing a job, and feels no animosity toward Kate or Jin. He even stops Kate from stepping on a trap.
Erik
Erik
Played By: Sebastien Siegel
"This is a violation of the truce. You're over the line."
An Other that confronted Sawyer, Kate, and an injured young Ben in the jungle in 1977. He agreed to bring them to Richard. He also expressed a concern about healing Ben, saying that they should check with Ellie and Charles.
- The Brute: For Richard and the Others in general.
- Character Death: He's shot and killed by Sayid.
- Jerkass: From what we saw, he was aggressive and forever-scowling.
- Red Shirt: He exists mostly to be shot by Sayid and be a second-in-command for Richard.
- Undying Loyalty: To the Others.
Matthew
Matthew
Played By: Dustin Geiger
An Other who seemed to have some medical experience.
- The Quiet One: He doesn't speak unless spoken to.
Adam
Adam
Played By: Stephen Semel
A member of the Others. In his short appearance he made it clear that he is very loyal to Ben.
- Jerkass: In his short appearance, he comes across as a whining little snob.
Harper
Harper Stanhope
Played By: Andrea Roth
"Well, maybe you feel that all eyes are on you, but you're not a celebrity, and soon enough, you'll realize that you're no different than anyone here."
A therapist and member of the Others. She was married to Goodwin, but their relationship deteriorated, prompting Goodwin to have an affair with Juliet Burke.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Much like Isabel before her, she seems to be set up for future appearances, but vanishes after her single-episode appearance.
- Informed Ability: Tom's description of her suggests that Harper is a decent therapist, but her sessions with Juliet show her to be cold, unsympathetic, and downright rude (in other words, the opposite of a good therapist).
- Ivy League for Everyone: She received her Masters from Yale, according to the certificate on her office wall.
- Jerkass: She's a horrible therapist, treating Juliet with disdain and outright insulting her on her first session for no reason.
- The Rival: To Juliet, whom she takes an instant dislike to for no reason.
- The Shrink: She's a therapist within the Others, who according to Tom, will have you 'crying about your daddy'.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: How she appears to Juliet in the jungle. It led to some debate among fans about whether or not the present-day Harper was really Harper, or if she died at some point and was subsequently impersonated by the Man in Black.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She disappears completely after her first appearance and is never mentioned again.
Amelia
Amelia
Played By: Julie Adams
A member of the Others, and specifically of their book club.
- The Confidant: Juliet trusts her enough to show her Ben's X-rays, although they're interrupted before she can actually see them.
- Cool Old Lady: She's sweet and has a sense of humor, gently ribbing Ethan while she visits Juliet.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is one of several shout outs the show makes to Amelia Earhart.
Cindy
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