Michael on Lost

[nathalia]

Michael Dawson dies in the forth season finale. Honestly, I'm disappointed. Last summer, there was so much hype about Harold Perrineau coming back to Lost. And then he is in four or so episodes, doesn't get into enough action, has really few scenes and is beat up all the time and then he is blown up and it just disappointed me. They decided to come up with this plot for him where he wanted to die but it just didn't feel right. If he wants to die, the fans have to want him to survive and he has to redeem himself in a greater way. I myself pride myself with not being a Michael hater. He killed Ana Lucia and Libby in season two and I think people were mad at him not because he killed Ana Lucia but because he killed Libby who people liked. There was no closure like there was with Charlie before his death. It was rewarding to see Christian who told him he could go now, but it wasn't enough. Harold Perrineau didn't have the chance to show his full capacities as an actor this season, something I'm saying because I'm coming to appreciate his work even more because I'm watching Oz where he narrates in an interesting and original way and is a character of the show as well. So, I'm kind of upset by his death. I can see that Michael haters will enjoy it but I'm just not a Michael hater and I want to see someone else's reaction.

Perrineau himself isn't too happy about his character being killed off:

TV Guide: Did you know Michael was being killed off when you returned?
Harold Perrineau: I had no idea. It's like, what the hell? I came back for that?

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TV Guide:: And what did you say to that?
Perrineau: At this point, I've been on the island, off the island, back on the island — so I just went, "Oh, ok." [Laughs] This is their show and they know what they can or cannot write. I thought it was disappointing and a waste to come back, only to get beat up a few times and then killed. I felt like it was sort of pandering to some fans who wanted to see Michael punished because he betrayed people.

TV Guide: Are you referring to when he shot and killed Ana Lucia and Libby in Season 2?
Perrineau: Exactly. I honestly feel like Michael's death served a really weird bloodlust for the fans.

TV Guide: Were you disappointed Michael and Walt didn't reconnect before your character died?
Perrineau: Listen, if I'm being really candid, there are all these questions about how they respond to black people on the show. Sayid gets to meet Nadia again, and Desmond and Penny hook up again, but a little black boy and his father hooking up, that wasn't interesting? Instead, Walt just winds up being another fatherless child. It plays into a really big, weird stereotype and, being a black person myself, that wasn't so interesting.