Where has Sayid gone to this season? He's not his usual spotlighted self...I feel like he's spent a lot of his (very little) screentime out of character. That whole trip on the boat with Jin and Sun, I just couldn't believe. It was so...not the Sayid I love.

I don't think it's Naveen Andrews' fault--He's a fantastic actor who is doing his very best with what he's been given.

I just miss the intensity and complexity of Sayid.

I worry about him, shunted off to the sidelines with no warning. There's so much interesting stuff they could do with his recovery after Shannon's death...I could see him taking charge of a portion of the Lostaways...or trying to find Ben...or anything, really. I just feel like he's in jeopardy because of this sudden drop in screentime. I don't want him to be the next to die... *worries*

I know how you feel!! I love Sayid, he has been in my top 3 fave characters since the beginning of the show. I hope during the second half of this season we will see him ALOT more. Naveen is a great actor, but I don't think the writers have invested in Sayid's storyline as much as some of the other characters' after season 1. We need to see more of him!! I wish the writers would just develop the characters they have instead of trying to bring new ones on all the time.

Last season Naveen was working on a couple of movies so I think they put Sayid on the back burning much of the time to give him the time off.

Now he has to be brought back in with a story that fits what is happening now. I think we will see more of him now that they have set the stage with the Others and the kidnapped Losties. They had to get that whole story line going. I think he and Locke will be very active come Feb. We have seen signs of the logical Sayid returning in his dealings with Locke so far.

Poor Sayid. I think the whole sail around the island thing, along with the "dumbest ambush in history", (seriously it was). I feel bad for Naveen. He needs to get back to his old badass self that he was in S1, like Locke has again.

I don't think Sayid was out of character. He's been good this season, albeit he hasn't had a whole lot to do. But I trust he'll have some nice story points with Locke when the show returns on February.

Poor Naveen? I wouldn't say. He's got a dream job on one of the best shows on TV, not to mention he lives in a paradise like Hawaii. He's very well off.

Poor Naveen? I wouldn't say. He's got a dream job on one of the best shows on TV, not to mention he lives in a paradise like Hawaii. He's very well off.

A dream job where you don't get to work? Not as dreamy anymore.

I am seriously missing Sayid! It seems like if your name's not Jack, Kate, Sawyer or Locke, you can forget about decent screen time. I'm really frustrated with the show right now for this very reason. Sayid was such a kick *** character in season 1 and now he's been severely reduced and slightly dumbed down. It's really annoying. I want the old (smart) Sayid back.

Where has Sayid gone to this season? He's not his usual spotlighted self...I feel like he's spent a lot of his (very little) screentime out of character. That whole trip on the boat with Jin and Sun, I just couldn't believe. It was so...not the Sayid I love.

I don't think it's Naveen Andrews' fault--He's a fantastic actor who is doing his very best with what he's been given.

I just miss the intensity and complexity of Sayid.

I worry about him, shunted off to the sidelines with no warning. There's so much interesting stuff they could do with his recovery after Shannon's death...I could see him taking charge of a portion of the Lostaways...or trying to find Ben...or anything, really. I just feel like he's in jeopardy because of this sudden drop in screentime. I don't want him to be the next to die... *worries*

I don't have much to comment on except my whole-hearted agreement! Bring back Sayid! I posted a topic about Sayid and his line "I believe what I see" under I Do. There are a lot of peple who miss Sayid!

Count me in too. I miss Sayid whole-heartedly, and I really wish they could bring Sayid back into being a real, three dimensional character. Some of the bright spots of season 2 were really most of the One of Them episode, and other sharp interrogations of Henry. :biggrin: And lets not even get into season 1.


What makes me mad is that TPTB must think that Sayid isn't as important or interesting as Locke, Jack, Kate or Sawyer, therefore they don't care to do much with him. He's almost become completely 2-dimensional, only a device where the plot was needed, or even 1-dimensional. If Sayid got as much screentime as Locke then I'd be as happy as ever.

Sayid is a great character. He was excellent in season one and his episode in season 2 was one of the best. Naveen is a brilliant actor but like many other actors in the show he is being left in the background to facilitate boring Jack, Kate and Sawyer stories.

Poor Sayid. I think the whole sail around the island thing, along with the "dumbest ambush in history", (seriously it was).

I don't understand why many consider this to be a huge blunder on Sayid's part. How was he to know that they had a boat? The Others were supposed to be living in a fairly primitive settlement.

I don't understand why many consider this to be a huge blunder on Sayid's part. How was he to know that they had a boat? The Others were supposed to be living in a fairly primitive settlement.

Yeah, he just underestimated his enemy. The way they slipped in unnoticed was with the sub. Who suspected they had a submarine? :jawdrop:

I don't understand why many consider this to be a huge blunder on Sayid's part. How was he to know that they had a boat? The Others were supposed to be living in a fairly primitive settlement.

Well, there was the time when they came in a boat to take Walt and blew up the raft (I don't know why Jin didn't think of that, either). Plus the time when Ethan killed Scott, I believe it was Sayid who figured out that he must have come from the water.

It's just not like Sayid to completly forget those two incidents and assume they'll come via land. As the smart, trained soilder he was set up as in season 1, he should have thought of that. I think that Sayid was once again a character fallen victum to the writers need for a plot device (Sun in the boat without Jin and Sayid).

A dream job where you don't get to work? Not as dreamy anymore.

I am seriously missing Sayid! It seems like if your name's not Jack, Kate, Sawyer or Locke, you can forget about decent screen time. I'm really frustrated with the show right now for this very reason. Sayid was such a kick *** character in season 1 and now he's been severely reduced and slightly dumbed down. It's really annoying. I want the old (smart) Sayid back.

All the better. Now, he a) doesn't have to work and b) gets paid a lot anyway. :biggrin:

Stop the complaints, we've had 6 episodes so far. They can't serve all our favorite regulars in 6 episodes and they sure can't have like 12 different storylines going on at the same time. For the time being, understand that Sayid isn't heavily involved into the story. But I'm sure he will be once the season starts up again. I think TPTB promised that the other characters will get lots more to do.

I wouldn't complain if it really was only six epiosdes. But Sayid was almost absent for a large chunk of season 2 as well. Especially considering he was set up to be one of the big major characters season 1. Then he was just dropped and we saw little of him except for when Henry was around. That's what's annoying to me.

Actually Locke hasn't had a lot more screen time, yet this season, with the exception of his FB. But it is true Sayid has had even less time. Heck, what about Sun and Jin? We haven't even seen them since they returned. I suspect we will see more of Sayid starting in Feb, especially if he does go help search for J/K/S.

It's just not like Sayid to completly forget those two incidents and assume they'll come via land. As the smart, trained soilder he was set up as in season 1, he should have thought of that. I think that Sayid was once again a character fallen victum to the writers need for a plot device (Sun in the boat without Jin and Sayid).

I completely agree and I'm so sick of it.

I do miss Sayid, it's such a shame they're not making better use of a great actor like Naveen Andrews.

It's nice to see that so many people miss Sayid.

I'm hoping that he'll gradually find his way back into the spotlight, though...he's one of the most interesting characters on the show, and certainly one of the more complex!

Encouraging news: Apparently the 5th episode after the hiatus is a Sayid flashback.

Encouraging news: Apparently the 5th episode after the hiatus is a Sayid flashback.

I'd say that was good news if most of the characters who have died hadn't died during their flashback episodes. As much as I long for another Sayid flashback, that fact kind of makes me not want one...I think as long as he hasn't had another flashback, they won't kill him off yet...but they might give him a flashback AND let him live, which would be the ideal combo.

But why would you assume Sayid is going to die in his FB? Every character has FBs and they are not all killed during them. Actually, when someone dies, it's not always during their FB. For instance, Boone fell in a Locke FB and died during a Jack FB.

But why would you assume Sayid is going to die in his FB? Every character has FBs and they are not all killed during them. Actually, when someone dies, it's not always during their FB. For instance, Boone fell in a Locke FB and died during a Jack FB.

Lately it does kinda seem that way, like with Shannon and Mr. Eko. Offhand I don't recall how things were handled with Libby and AL.

Lately it does kinda seem that way, like with Shannon and Mr. Eko. Offhand I don't recall how things were handled with Libby and AL.

Why are you spoiling things that happened LAST season?

Libby and Ana both died during an Ana Lucia flashback. Libby NEVER HAD HER OWN!!! :mad:

I'd say that was good news if most of the characters who have died hadn't died during their flashback episodes. As much as I long for another Sayid flashback, that fact kind of makes me not want one...I think as long as he hasn't had another flashback, they won't kill him off yet...but they might give him a flashback AND let him live, which would be the ideal combo.

I'm going to be optimistic and count on your ideal combo. I think there will be a lot of good Sayid story potential in these upcoming episodes. ::crosses fingers::

Well, Shannon died during her flashback episode. Eko died during his flashback episode. Ana died during her flashback episode. Are you sensing a pattern? IF they kill Sayid, I suspect it will be during a flashback episode of his. I HOPE that is not so.

Boone died in Jack's flashback and was injured in Locke's. So, we can't assume anything is going ot happen to Sayid in his next one.

Encouraging news: Apparently the 5th episode after the hiatus is a Sayid flashback.

I doubt Sayid would die, even though I'm very disgruntled about the blatant predictability that's taken place of flashback deaths. It's corny too. But what I'm worried about more than death, since that seems a little crazy right now, is that they'll make another fruitless boring flashback about his terrorist-tracking/stereotypical Iraqi flashback like The Greater Good. That I would just NOT like.


I want to see an interesting, luring side of Sayid in which the flashbacks are actually beneficial. I'm probably asking for way too much down this line though.

I'm not assuming anything. I'm just saying there's a trend, and when they do it, it's not unlikely that is the context in which they will do it.

I'm very disgruntled about the blatant predictability that's taken place of flashback deaths. It's corny too. But what I'm worried about more than death, since that seems a little crazy right now, is that they'll make another fruitless boring flashback about his terrorist-tracking/stereotypical Iraqi flashback like The Greater Good. That I would just NOT like.

I actually thought that was a poignant flashback, not at all fruitless. It continued the dramatic Nadia story begun in "Solitary"; it showed us his struggle with betraying a friend to spare a love; it told us why he was on the plane. But what I really want to learn is how he ended up as a torturer, since One of Them did not help to explain that at all but actually made it seem more unlikely that he would want to support the regime that gassed his relatives. What happened next?

I doubt Sayid would die, even though I'm very disgruntled about the blatant predictability that's taken place of flashback deaths. It's corny too. But what I'm worried about more than death, since that seems a little crazy right now, is that they'll make another fruitless boring flashback about his terrorist-tracking/stereotypical Iraqi flashback like The Greater Good. That I would just NOT like.


I want to see an interesting, luring side of Sayid in which the flashbacks are actually beneficial. I'm probably asking for way too much down this line though.

I too am ready to see a new area of Sayid's life. I need a torture break. I'm thinking we might see a flashback from some time during the years he was searching for Nadia. They like for the flashbacks to parallel the island stories, and supposedly Sayid will be accompanying Locke on a search for Jack, Kate, and Sawyer. A fruitless search, eh? Just a thought. ;)

I just re-watched the Series three mini-season, and you know what, there's LOTS of Sayid! Much more than I first thought. OK, so no FB episode - but we know one's coming. This is the typical problem of having som many characters in one show - you can't keep all the punters happy. But overall, TPTB are doing pretty well.

I just re-watched the Series three mini-season, and you know what, there's LOTS of Sayid! Much more than I first thought. OK, so no FB episode - but we know one's coming. This is the typical problem of having som many characters in one show - you can't keep all the punters happy. But overall, TPTB are doing pretty well.


I agree. Although I wasn't exactly thrilled with the way he was portrayed during the mini-season, I was statisfied with the amount of Sayid time we got, especially as compared to last season. I hope to see the trend continue in February.

I'm sure we'll see a lot more of Sayid starting in Feb. Maybe he wasn't thinking as clearly in that one particular ep, because of his greif for Shannon.

I think when people say they aren't happy with the way Sayid is now portrayed compared to the way he is in the first season, and how he isn't as mysterious etc. I think this is because the writers are writing him so well, we are now seeing the vulnerable Sayid, he has lost the woman he loves and may feel anyone he attaches to he loses, I'd like to see an episode devoted to Sayid dealing with this, I think he is now an even more interesting character because he is hurt.

I think when people say they aren't happy with the way Sayid is now portrayed compared to the way he is in the first season, and how he isn't as mysterious etc. I think this is because the writers are writing him so well, we are now seeing the vulnerable Sayid, he has lost the woman he loves and may feel anyone he attaches to he loses, I'd like to see an episode devoted to Sayid dealing with this, I think he is now an even more interesting character because he is hurt.

I disagree. While I too would like to see an episode dealing with Sayid coming to terms with his emotions, my disappoint with the way Sayid has recently been portrayed lies more in him simply being used as a plot device, rather than as a fully developed character. His development has been choppy, at best since Shannon's death. But I am encouraged by what I have seen so far this season and look forward to seeing more.

I miss Sayid too!!! He is my #1 soldier!!!!

Coach, let Sayid get off the bench!!!