Yes. But hopefully, like any other character on the show, after you learn a little bit more about them, your opinion changes. Or maybe when you learn a little bit more about them, you hate them more.
ABC and Touchstone did testing on Sawyer around episode 4 of the show, and he was the lowest testing character on the show. People hated him. They thought he was belligerent and obnoxious. Then his flashback story episode aired, and suddenly he’s a little kid hiding under a bed, whose mommy and daddy… And suddenly Sawyer shot to the top of the charts.
Lost, as frustrating as this may be, requires patience, and I think in a society where people don’t have a lot of patience, the fact that the show demands that of them… We feel blessed to have the viewership we still have.
