When going back and forth through the vast story that is Lost to choose the specific favorite moments, even the most godly of bloggers can get confused or can miss something along the way. He might miss even one of his favorite moments of the show as a whole. And that is what I did when picking out my favorite moments from season 3. So I apologize for taking us aback and I present the true # 4 Moment of Season 3:
SPOILERS!!!
Sawyer meets "Mr. Sawyer"
"Keep reading." - Sawyer
During his time with the Others, John Locke was introduced to his test. His father, Anthony Cooper. The elderly con artist who manipulated Locke, stole his kidney, paralyzed him, and destroyed his life. Ben told Locke he would have to kill Cooper in order to become an Other. Locke couldn't bring himself to do it. Richard Alpert reveals that Ben knew he wouldn't and did this just to humiliate Locke. Since Locke can't do it himself, Richard proposes someone else. Our own resident con artist and murderer, Sawyer. Locke tells him he captured Ben and kept him in the Black Rock out in the jungle. Sawyer goes along reluctantly. When they get there and Sawyer realizes the man tied up in the brig isn't Ben, Locke locks him inside. The cruel Cooper goes on to detail with a guilty grin what he did to his son. As soon as Sawyer hears the word "con" he begins to get suspicious. He then asks Cooper his name. He tells him a series of fake names and one of them is Tom Sawyer. Sawyer realizes who he is talking to. The man he thought he killed in Australia. The man who conned and destroyed his family. The man he has been hunting his whole life. Mr. Sawyer. Sawyer pulls out the letter he wrote to his nemesis as a kid and gives it to Cooper, who doesn't take it seriously and even mocks him. Sawyer demands that he finish the letter, but the bastard tears it apart. Sawyer loses it. He strangles Cooper with the chains of long dead slaves. He sends to him hell. Locke opens the door, looks down at his dead father indifferently (like a dog he has been meaning to put down), and thanks Sawyer. I loved this scene, because it is one where a mystery is solved, one that goes back since the very first episodes of the show. Many people had suspected Anthony Cooper of being 'Mr. Sawyer', myself included, but it was still a surprise here. This scene is also so great because this one death brings closure to two characters' arcs: Sawyer's dedication to revenge and Locke's inability to forget his past. I'd go so far as to call this moment bittersweet. I hated Cooper ever since he conned Locke in season 1. I won't lie, I was thanking Sawyer too when he killed him. Great scene, wish I had remembered to put it on the list.
More Lost posts to come, thanks for reading.
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