r/lost • u/HonestMarketing5373 • 18h ago
Why does no one have a shred of loyalty among the main cast???
I'm halfway through season 4 and I cannot watch without posting this first
What is it with the main cast of this show and their inability to stay loyal to one partner
Let's start with Kate, the Queen of disloyalty. She starts off stuck between Jack and Sawyer, kissing Jack first and then Sawyer later, and in season 3 she chooses to sleep with Sawyer, and then Jack stays behind so they can both escape. But then when everyone regroups she's giving Jack eyes while being with Sawyer. When Jack has eyes for Juliet instead she decides only then to sleep with Sawyer again because she can't have Jack and wants Jack to want her. She also gets mad at Sawyer for calling her out on it and begins gaslighting him. Later when they're on the way to the radio tower she's giving eyes to Jack, then crashes out on Sawyer who also insults her, and then gets upset that Jack has eyes for Juliet instead. Now we're in Season 4 where even though Jack is clearly attached to Juliet, she's smiling and flirting with Jack knowing this. Now to make it super clear why I'm annoyed, I am on Season 4 episode 10, where she told Jack he can't have her unless he also wants Aaron, and after doing exactly what she asked, she goes to do things for Sawyer behind his back, which is insane to me because respectfully Sawyer can't go more than 5 seconds without being an asshole to her, which is funny because he's actually nicer to Hugo and Claire than her now. And of course all of this is on the Island and after. We on top of all of this have the numerous boyfriends she had while on the run, of whom she got all of them into trouble. And I know people have responded to me on this before saying the best friend chose to get in the car, but she chose to go involve him knowing she's bringing him into trouble, she uses her looks and flirts to get what she wants then acts like a victim when something bad happens to those people.
Let's move onto Jack next. He is not as worse but still bad. At first he seemed loyal with the wife he helped heal and all. But then he has eyes for the next lady crying to him for a surgery? And had the audacity to be upset with his father giving him genuine advice based on what he literally saw happening? His ex-wife is no better because while Jack is cheating on a very small scale and immediately regrets and walks away when it became real, and then immediately was honest with his wife with what he did, she was cheating the entire time and only told him when he decided to be honest. The difference being that she didn't regret cheating and unlike him didn't want to fix anything and just left. On the island he has liked Kate from the beginning and that's clear, but again she sends mixed signals because her mentally deranged mind can't settle down for more than 5 seconds, and when he sees her with Sawyer in the cell he makes his decision and settles for Juliet. But then Kate keeps giving him signals until finally he does settle for Kate as we see in the future, only for her to do the same thing his ex-wife did and again she's only upset she got caught. The audacity on this woman to tell him she doesn't want him around "her son" in a state she caused him to be in on top of everything he's going through, when she isn't even biologically related to Aaron.
Sawyer. He hasn't cheated on the Island, but he had obviously terrible loyalty before it. The issue I have with him is his need to always have something wrong. That when the other shoe doesn't drop he takes off his own shoe and drops it. He ruins anything good going for him again and again. Although Kate is where I can't 100% blame him because he has a right to be upset that she's just using him.
Juliet is just a victim in most of this, yes she was the affair for Goodwin, but Goodwin is the cheater, and Juliet is the homewrecker, and to be completely fair his wife had a terrible attitude. But then the poor girl has Goodwin die, only because Ben wants her all to himself. Then she has Jack but again she is just a pawn because he's only with her because he can't have Kate.
In all honesty Sawyer and Jack both should've just left Kate's ass single on the Island for all 4 seasons so she could learn her lesson because they must have no self respect to want a woman that keeps jumping between 2 men. Juliet poor girl should've also set her line or maybe even gone for Sawyer because she knows what she wants and I think she could fix him.
I love Sun and Jin, but I hate that Sun cheated. But I completely see where the writers went with Bernard because killing people for a living is definitely worse than cheating, and therefore I guess I can't be too upset with Sun but at least Jin was honest about what he does for her father and she never planned on being honest with Jin about the affair. It's actually funny because she has the audacity to slap Juliet for telling Jin something he deserved to know, and that she should've told him herserlf but never planned to and even lied to him about. That is slapping the same woman who is the reason you know you're pregnant, that the baby is Jin's and that is genuinely trying to keep you alive.
At least we have Rose and Bernard to show us what a real healthy loyal loving couple is like. And Charlie and Claire towards the end and beginning, since we have the middle portion where Charlie was tweaking. Oh and Alex and Carl, poor Carl I really didn't expect 3 people to die, Danielle has been here since Season 1 and I really thought we'd explore her backstory at least once before she died but oh well.