The Long Con: Who are the bad guys in Lost?
Confidence games are Sawyer’s trade. Whenever emotions run high people are bigger marks for con artists. And so it’s with great amusement that Sawyer recognizes his opportunity for revenge amidst otherwise peaceful circumstances.
You’d think that after a month of mayhem the castaways would realize that Sawyer only does things for himself, but then you realize that only Boone, and possibly Kate have seen or sensed the worst of Sawyer. Even Sayid was given a reprieve when the two crossed paths after the Iraqi tortured the hillbilly.
Revenge is best served cold, when victims least suspect it. Or in this case, when viewers least expect it. Coming into season two I saw Sawyer being used by the writers as comic relief often breaking the tension of scenes involving the “tailies.” Thankfully the writers have seen fit to stay true to the characters we met during their first month on Craphole Island.
Are we entering the Lord of the Flies phase of Lost? Or is it more like Animal Farm?
Both are stories about failed utopias, which I think is ultimately what Lost is about. More on that later.
