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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 5109701" data-attributes="member: 63">Is the show trying to say Sayid and Sawyer are evil? I'm not buying it.Sawyer definitely not. Ever since the middle of season 2 he's been pretty solidly a good guy, even though he hates himself and occasionally has vengeance issues. But he has never once since then tried to hurt others who hadn't already displayed themselves a threat. He has actively worked to protect people. Bear in mind, I reject a large majority of stuff that happened in season 5, which felt to me like it was shoddily composed.In particular, I found Sawyer's actions in the season 5 finale, with the whole &quot;Let's drive in and shoot all these people I'm friends with&quot; to be a horrible cop out by the writing staff, because it flew in the face of how Sawyer had been characterized for the entire rest of the show. And let's not forget Juliet's laughable &quot;I saw you glance at Kate and despite us having been in love for several years now, I'm going to throw it all away and try to alter reality instead of suggesting we see a relationship counselor.&quot;Are they trying to say now that Sawyer is a villain, just because he decided to tag along with Smokey? Just because he decided that, for once, it would be nice to get at least some answers about what this island is?&nbsp;And Sayid? In what way is Sayid evil?Sure, he has blood on his hands, but he always acted out of a desire to protect people. He was deceived by Ben, an issue he later tried to rectify by, quite reasonably in my opinion, shooting the hell out of Ben as a child. Since then, what has he done? He killed Dogen and Lennon, and let Smokey into the temple to kill more Others. These same Others attacked and murdered innocent people and never showed any remorse or tried to provide a justification for why they did all those things. From Sayid's perspective, the Others are outright dangerous, and he was protecting his friends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 5109701, member: 63"] Is the show trying to say Sayid and Sawyer are evil? I'm not buying it. Sawyer definitely not. Ever since the middle of season 2 he's been pretty solidly a good guy, even though he hates himself and occasionally has vengeance issues. But he has never once since then tried to hurt others who hadn't already displayed themselves a threat. He has actively worked to protect people. Bear in mind, I reject a large majority of stuff that happened in season 5, which felt to me like it was shoddily composed. In particular, I found Sawyer's actions in the season 5 finale, with the whole "Let's drive in and shoot all these people I'm friends with" to be a horrible cop out by the writing staff, because it flew in the face of how Sawyer had been characterized for the entire rest of the show. And let's not forget Juliet's laughable "I saw you glance at Kate and despite us having been in love for several years now, I'm going to throw it all away and try to alter reality instead of suggesting we see a relationship counselor." Are they trying to say now that Sawyer is a villain, just because he decided to tag along with Smokey? Just because he decided that, for once, it would be nice to get at least [i]some[/i] answers about what this island is? And Sayid? In what way is Sayid evil? Sure, he has blood on his hands, but he always acted out of a desire to protect people. He was deceived by Ben, an issue he later tried to rectify by, quite reasonably in my opinion, shooting the hell out of Ben as a child. Since then, what has he done? He killed Dogen and Lennon, and let Smokey into the temple to kill more Others. These same Others attacked and murdered innocent people and never showed any remorse or tried to provide a justification for why they did all those things. From Sayid's perspective, the Others are outright dangerous, and he was protecting his friends. [/QUOTE]

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