Dont hate in 08

I need to start off by saying…why hate?

Yes why hate on a man who has beaten drugs, saved lives, cared for lives, nurtured lives, brought joy. I bet you’re thinking to yourself anyone who would hate on a person of this nature must think that the ultimate cocktail party guest list would include the likes of Hitler, Osama, and the fashion designer, Mugatu. Well, I can’t answer the second question, however, my friend Lisa, the law student with a heart of steel, does hate Charlie from LOST (she has praised his death), and he fits the bill of a decent, if not good, human being and perhaps the most real person on LOST.

I have yet to speak to Lisa in person but she has been quoted as saying she celebrates the death of Charlie in Season Three and is glad she will not have to endure any more of his “lame back-story” and pretend parenting of a child that isn’t even his (Claire’s baby Aaron, affectionately called Turnip Head by Charlie). Well, let me just say I strongly support any character whose back-story is based upon the band Oasis as well as anyone who is selfless enough to help a new mother nurture her child while trying to survive on a desert island. I will admit here that at times Charlie became jealous, such as his conflict with Locke over Claire or the time he knocked out Sun when aiding Sawyer in the plot to get the guns. However, lets also not forget when Charlie saved Jack during the cave in, or the time he got Claire peanut butter so she could feel at home, or the time of his death, perhaps the ultimate sacrifice, when Charlie goes into The Pearl knowing he is going to die, in order for others to survive (and if you didn’t think about making a Greatest Hits of your life after this episode you are lying to yourself….Zigs….great episode featuring Charlie’s back-story); not to mention that he saved Desmond’s life in that whole event. And how are to hate on a man with the strength to kick a heroin addiction as Charlie did when he was on the island. Finally, lets not forget that without Charlie’s actions, the entire group of castaways would probably not survived on this island. We forget that Charlie has played a critical role in the survival of the those lost on the island. You see, in season one Charlie smoked a man by the name of Ethan (a sweet scene by the way), who just happened to be the surgeon of those known as the Others. Well, Ethan’s death casued the Others to have a need for one of the survivors, Jack (whom Charlie saved by the way), a spinal surgeon. If Ethan, a surgeon as well, was available Jack would never had gone to the others to save Ben’s life and would never have started the chain of events which led to the Other’s becoming interested in the survival of those on Oceanic Flight 815.

So let’s not hate on Charlie. He’s had his lows, I admit that, but he’s also had some highs and had been an integral part to the survival of those on Oceanic Flight 815. Without him the show would not have been the same, so I say don’t look back in anger and if you want to hate on someone, hate on the most hateable character television has ever witnessed, Michael.