At least not until he rescues Walt. The way they set it up, Michael has to rescue Walt now so therefore..no death.

I definitely don't want to see anything happen to Michael--before or after, he finds Walt. Their relationship has come a long way and I want him to continue to get the chance to be a dad. Walt needs him!

Yeah I think it would be horrible if they killed off Michael because Walt has been through enough already. His mother died and the only man he'd ever known as his father abandoned him. And all of a sudden he had a new father who he didn't know. He's finally warming up to Michael and they are taking baby steps towards a really healthy father/son relationship. It would be devastating for him if he lost yet another person in his life!

Of course Walt's biggest concern right now is that he's been captured by a motorbike gang on a boat....so YEAH...Michael should probably remain alive to do something about THAT :lol2:

Agree with the above.* Just look at all the major traumas Walt has gone through in the last two months.
Of course it has been mentioned his mother died and his stepfather couldn't wait to get rid of him.* Then the plane crash, and a very rough start to living with Michael.* That slowly gets better, and then Walt's best friend on the island is going nuts.* Then Boone dies, and from Walt's reaction at the funeral they had formed more of a friendship than had been indicated in previous episodes.* Next, circumstances make Walt go on the highly dangerous raft trip, and he has to give away his dog.
Killing Michael now would be absolutely sadistic, and wholly inappropriate for a prime-time television show.

Gosh I hope not! There's so much more to know. I think it is important to have a family relationship on the show. And if your lucky enough to have HP on your show, ya gotta use it to your advantage. There are so many relationship things I need to see. Micheal/Jin, Micheal/Walt, Micheal/Sawyer, Micheal/Jack. I want more Micheal not less. I need to know if him being an artist plays into the whole island thing. I need to know about his dad Walt. I need to know why he and his baby momma broke up.

That scene on the phone rocked my world!

I agree! Micheal must live. I think he is a great character and needs to be explored.

Anyone consider the possibility that the French lady's quatrain means that Michael will not come back and that someone else will be in charge of Walt?

What if Sawyer's comment that if Walt was his kid, he'd smack him by now is a clue that the raftees will return without Michael and that Sawyer will look after Walt?

Maybe Harrold Perrineau is the actor that will appear only in the first two episodes next season. He was quoted as saying that he'll know if he'll be back in a week (that's one week before the season finale).

Okay, PTB, listen up-----------------DO NOT KILL OFF MICHAEL! >:( TAKE KATE, SAYID OR LOCKE INSTEAD!!! :P

No you can't have my Katie!!!!! :'(...and you probably can't have Sayid either!

You can take Locke though... :devil:

Agreed that killing Michael would be reprehensible.* I get the impression that any more major character deaths would drive a significant part of the audience away.* If a major character has to die, my choice would be Shannon, but Vincent does not need another trauma in his life right now.

Has anyone considered that the others getting walt is one of those weird sleep dreams. Like Boone seeing Shannon dead. If you remember Walt was asleep when they first saw the beep on the machine. What if next season we find out it was a dream or for Walt a premonition. We see Walt waking up to the beep and instead of the flare gun being shot Walt tells them not to shoot it. Micheal knows Walt is special and does not shoot it.. Just a wild thought.

Has anyone considered that the others getting walt is one of those weird sleep dreams.* Like Boone seeing Shannon dead.* If you remember Walt was asleep when they first saw the beep on the machine.* What if next season we find out it was a dream or for Walt a premonition. We see Walt waking up to the beep and instead of the flare gun being shot Walt tells them not to shoot it.* Micheal knows Walt is special and does not shoot it..* Just a wild thought.


That very well may be the case! You're right he was sleeping at first!

OMG! :o Remember the "who shot JR?" subrefferernce TPTB said would be a part of the cliffhanger? If you recall, that was an example of a plotline from the 80's show Dallas. It was about how the whole last season had been a dream by Victoria Principle's character Pam. She had "woke" up on the next season premiere seeing her hubby Bobby just comming from the bathroom having had a shower. However, the prior season had him die, and Pam with Bobby's clan mourned all season over that(TPTB on Dallas caved in on fan pressure to bring Patrick Duffy back, thus the season long dream premiss by Pam). God, I hope this is what happened to Walt.

Having the abduction be a dream would be pretty lame.* I remember "Dallas" wiping out a season with Pam's dream, and it would be bogus to resort to that plot device.* Furthermore, "Lost" already had a dream sequence for Boone, where Shannon didn't really die, and it's not good to do the same things over and over.

My preference is that this is real, and we get to see Walt in captivity and find out what the Others want him to do.* It won't be too awful since this is primetime television.* Just giving the character some more air time in any capacity would be good.* Then after a while, Walt should do something clever and escape, after having learned something important.* The eventual reunification with Michael could then be a very powerful moment, which couldn't happen if it was just a dream.

Though if there won't be an eventual reunification, then I'd prefer it was a dream.

Actually, I'm very concerned that it will be Harold who won't be around long next season.
He must be bored senseless there never getting any scenes to act. He is one of the most
accomplished actors on LOST and it's been a shame we haven't seen that. There is so much
to explore, but I have a bad feeling..... on the good side, Harold's career won't suffer. He has
done a lot of work, and will continue to get good jobs. But I really feel he hasn't been given
much to do on LOST. No wonder there's so few posts. He really has been a "red shirt" most
of the season. Too bad. Our loss.

My feelings exactly. Very frustrating that there has been so little of Michael before the finale. Among the adult actors Harold has been treated by far and away the worst in terms of opportunities to demonstrate his acting skills. One really bad point in an otherwise excellent show. If he does go early next season, it could be time to start talking about jumping the shark.

My feelings exactly.* Very frustrating that there has been so little of Michael before the finale.* Among the adult actors Harold has been treated by far and away the worst in terms of opportunities to demonstrate his acting skills.* One really bad point in an otherwise excellent show.* If he does go early next season, it could be time to start talking about jumping the shark.


I think that Ian was given even less time to demonstrate his acting chops. I am gonna blow my top if Michael or Jin is the one that dies. >:( There is no excuse for letting these 2 fines actors go that way. I say take Sayid.(I want Locke gone too, but TPTB aren't gonna let him go anytime soon) He does nothing for me anymore. :P I tire of the Fab 6 getting all the screen time as it is.

No way do I want it to be Sayid. I was sorry to see Boone go. (I don't know why they're playing kill off one character every other week anyway). I really am concerned it is Harold. You can't blame him if
he's bored, but I will really miss him. Michael had such potential and it goes without saying that
Harold could have played it to the tilt.

I think after his "either you want to die, or you're a hero" speech to Sawyer, it's very likely Michael will be the one to get the axe. If Michael dies, Sawyer will have his chance to be a hero in the search for Walt. There also seems to be a bit of "torch passing" in the Michael/Sawyer discussion about fatherhood.

Okay, I'd say up to the point Boone died, Ian had more screen time, but if you include the last few episodes, then Harold may come out ahead.

According to Sawyer himself, his parenting style would have been to show Walt the back of his hand a long time ago.* That is something I definitely don't want to see.* Michael's search for Walt would make an outstanding story line for season 2, while the main story would involve exploring the hatch.* Anything less would just not be compelling, and actually I'd find it painful to watch.

I completely agree that Michael should be the one to search for Walt...It's an important evolution for his character...to finally be able to reach a good place with Walt, and then have him snatched away....he NEEDS to go after him

But as a sidenote: I don't believe for one second that Sawyer really WOULD have 'shown Walt the back of his hand' He was being typical Sayyer and making a really jerkoff type statement in order to maintain his persona. Sawyer has actually shown somewhat of a soft spot for children...and his comment to Jack "kids are like dogs, you kick 'em around enough...they'll start to think they did someting to deserve it", I think is evidence of the fact that he's sympathetic to people who are mistreated as children. I think Michael knew he was posturing when he made that comment too. If he really thought Sawyer meant what he said...he would have taken more offense to it.

Finding Walt is Michael's quest, not Sawyers. :P I am certain that Sawyer and Jin will get to a beach(not theirs though) and Michael will be alone to get Walt back---maybe.

But as a sidenote: I don't believe for one second that Sawyer really WOULD have 'shown Walt the back of his hand' He was being typical Sayyer and making a really jerkoff type statement in order to maintain his persona. Sawyer has actually shown somewhat of a soft spot for children...and his comment to Jack "kids are like dogs, you kick 'em around enough...they'll start to think they did someting to deserve it", I think is evidence of the fact that he's sympathetic to people who are mistreated as children. I think Michael knew he was posturing when he made that comment too. If he really thought Sawyer meant what he said...he would have taken more offense to it.

That's Sawyer in a nutshell, all bark. Searching for Walt is definitely Michael's task. It kind of mirrors Jack's agony over losing another pregnant woman when Claire was kidnapped. Michael had lost Walt once, and he will not allow someone else to take him now.