Introduced in the second season but not becoming a main character until the third , Desmond proved an instant hit with audiences. And that may be down to his tragic storyline, which proved just as sad and investing as any other. There was one thing that helped Desmond stand out from the pack, and that was his ability to mentally project himself through different time periods. As was proven in The Constant perhaps Lost 's most beloved episode , this ability has dire and potentially fatal consequences.
It's obviously an annoying if handy trait to have, but it also comes with a wide swath of responsibilities - most of them incredibly stressful. For example, Desmond must continuously decide whether to save Charlie, let him die, or let him know about his upcoming death.
Season five is perhaps Lost 's most ambitious. It also contains a very tragic subplot regarding Desmond and Penny. At the end of season four, Desmond finally made his way off the island and reunited with Penny. He hoped to settle down with the love of his life, and they even got married and had a baby named Charlie. Unfortunately, the island got in the way. He traveled to London to find Eloise and was then attacked by Ben, who shot Desmond and attempted to shoot Penny.
Desmond is completely unable to find peace and security - even after getting off the island and starting a family. Perhaps Desmond's biggest flaw is his complete inability to find peace or contentment. He jumps from job to job and place to place, and his endless place-hopping eventually led him to the military. After Desmond breaks up with Penny, he enters the Royal Scots Regiment and climbs the ladder to lance-corporal.
Unfortunately, even this prosperous career opportunity ended in disaster when he proved unreliable, was thrown in a military garrison and was dishonorably discharged.
A major barrier between Desmond and Penny is Desmond's economic standing. It's clearly established that Desmond is poor and unemployed, which is one of the reasons that Charles Widmore Penny's father condescends and looks down upon Desmond.
His economic status crushes his confidence and self-worth, and it eventually leads to deep feelings of inferiority and insecurity. These oppressive feelings result in Desmond breaking up with Penny, as he feels as though he isn't "good enough" for her. The early flashback scenes echoed with resonances to Lost episodes past. When Ruth accused Desmond of cold feet, I recalled how Jack struggled with jitters in the days before his wedding to Sarah.
When Brother Campbell commended Desmond on completing his vow of silence as part of his monastery initiation, I recalled that Locke had a sentence of silence that was part of his reconnection process with the Island. Weird how this one character mirrors and twins a broad swath of others, from Jack to Locke to Charlie. Worth a future Doc Jensen theory, perhaps. What happened there? And why do I have a hunch that the Lost -cited book The Brothers Karamazov — about four brothers and a dead dad — might have something to do with it?
Whatever the cause of his restlessness, Desmond seems chronically incapable of staying engaged, on mission, committed , for a prolonged period of time before something in him breaks down and spurs him elsewhere, usually into the bottom of a bottle. The lesson that Brother Campbell believed he needed to learn was the value of personal sacrifice, a lesson which the Liam Neeson sound-alike illustrated for Desmond by citing the famous Biblical story in which God asked Abraham to kill his son Isaac as an offering.
Abraham was torn, but was willing to do it — and at the last second, got a deus ex machina reprieve from the Lord himself. Talk about mirroring and symmetry: You can find this Biblical catch in…Genesis, chapter Hawking — the creepy antique-store lady with the ouroboros pin a snake chasing its own tail who, in the last Desmond ep, seemed to know all about his life, past, present, and Island future. Which raises the question: How much does Papa Widmore really know about Desmond? This revelation put Sawyer in a double bind of his own: At what price nooky?
Does Kate really dig him — or is he merely a consolation prize? And does he really want to know? He lives! We need not take it any further. I know it! Poor Flash! Speaking of the end of the universe….
But did you know that the famous whistling tune from Kwai actually had lyrics back in the day? Specifically, how Hitler and all his right-hand men either had only one testicle or no testicles at all. I could apply this to Ben and the Others, but in the name of good taste, let us note that Kwai and Catch both share similar themes concerning the madness of war, and move on to….
But in the Bible, they are the stars of the Book of Ruth. Well, it just so happens that the book right before Ruth is the Book of Judges. The very last story in the Book of Judges is the story of a war among the tribes of Israel. The bad guy in this story: the tribe of Benjamin.
Unfortunately, that journey happened to feature a lot of characters dying, and it seemed like more good guys died than bad guys. Lost was simply not a show for the faint of heart, and it was always a good idea to have a box of tissues handy when episodes aired. Henry Ian Cusick , who joined the cast in Season 2 to play Desmond, recently spoke with CinemaBlend, and he revealed which of the many deaths on the show was most devastating:. Probably Charlie Pace, I would say.
Dominic [Monaghan] was leaving the show and I remember many times, working with him being very moved, even off-camera, by Dominic's acting. Just the fact that he was leaving the show. And also I had just sort of joined the show. That death was probably the biggest that I had to deal with. Also, we had some great scenes. The 'Not Penny's Boat' scene, that was his idea to put his hand up to the glass.
His death was probably the biggest for my character. Charlie's death has the distinction among Lost deaths of being both a long time coming and still shockingly sad. Desmond had spent Season 3 dealing with visions of Charlie dying in a variety of ways, and he did his best to keep Charlie alive The end finally came in "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" when Charlie chose to meet his fate and locked himself in a room in an underwater station as it flooded.
Moments away from drowning, Charlie nevertheless managed to scribble "Not Penny's boat" on his hand to warn Desmond that his lady love was not in the boat that was supposed to be rescuing them. Charlie and Desmond put their hands on opposite sides of a glass window for a moment, then Charlie pushed away and drowned while Desmond helplessly watched.
The entire sequence was incredibly heartbreaking, even by Lost standards, and Michael Giacchino 's haunting score didn't make the scene any less devastating.
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