Flashback Characters of Lost

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Dr. Christian Shephard

 
Dr. Christian Shephard
  • Played by: John Terry
  • Appears in: "Walkabout" (no dialogue), "White Rabbit," "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues," "Outlaws," "Do No Harm," "Man of Science, Man of Faith," "The Hunting Party," "Two for the Road," "A Tale of Two Cities"
  • Profession: Former chief of surgery at St. Sebastian Hospital
  • Character relations: Jack (father), Ana Lucia (companion), Sawyer (bar acquaintance)

Dr. Christian Shephard is the father of Jack Shephard and the chief of surgery at St. Sebastian Hospital. According to Jack, Christian was the reason for Jack becoming a doctor; however, he was often hard on his son, encouraging Jack to avoid trying to save everyone and instead focus on letting go when the time calls for it so that he could "have what it takes". Jack says that Christian was hated by many people throughout his life, but instead of taking responsibility he blamed it on fate. Although Christian's relationship with his son is unstable at times, he occasionally provides Jack with inspirational advice, particularly the night before Jack's wedding. After his divorce, Jack suspects Christian of cheating with his ex-wife, Sarah, and the conflict results in a fight between the father and the son during Christian's Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. However, the major (and ultimately final) chasm in their relationship comes as a result of Christian's drinking problem. While operating on a patient while intoxicated, Christian severed an artery, resulting in the patient's death. Christian manages to convince Jack not to report that Christian, operating under the influence, has caused the patient's death, but Jack changes his mind when he discovers that the patient was pregnant, ending Christian's medical career. Christian and Jack never speak to each other after this incident.

Christian later met Ana-Lucia at a bar in LAX. After a brief conversation, he convinces her to accompany him to Australia to serve as a bodyguard, saying that it is fate. After several days of drinking, Christian has Ana-Lucia take him to a house where he confronts a blonde-haired woman. Christian then demands to see his daughter, but is beaten away by the woman. The next day, Ana-Lucia leaves Christian, calling him pathetic. Christian goes into a nearby bar and meets Sawyer, where he tells him that he is made to suffer by fate. "That's why the Red Sox will never win the damn series," Christian says to him. Christian then tells Sawyer about Jack, and how, despite what Jack thinks, he loves his son and is proud of him for doing the right thing, calling him a great man. (Later, on the Island, after hearing Jack repeat Christian's expression about the Red Sox, Sawyer realizes that Jack is the son Christian was talking about.) Christian dies not long after his meeting with Sawyer, due to a heart attack caused by a high blood-alcohol content. Jack, in Australia looking for him, identifies his body at the morgue and has his body put on Flight 815 with him, so that he can have the funeral as soon as the flight lands in order to be "done with it". Jack finds Christian's casket on the island, but the body is not inside. In "Walkabout" and "White Rabbit", Jack has visions of Christian on the island.

Although he doesn't tell Jack Christian's words at first, before boarding the raft, Sawyer says to Jack what Christian wanted to, finally allowing Jack to relieve himself of the guilt brought on by the death of his father.

Sarah Shephard

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Sarah Shephard
  • Played by: Julie Bowen
  • Appears in: "Do No Harm", "Man of Science, Man of Faith," "The Hunting Party," "A Tale of Two Cities"
  • Character relation: Jack (ex-wife)

Sarah Shephard was Jack's wife. Eight months before her wedding to her fiancé, Kevin, she was involved in a car crash with an SUV driven by Adam Rutherford (Shannon's father and Boone's stepfather). She is rushed to St. Sebastian hospital, and is treated by Jack. Sarah has broken her back, and Jack informs her that she will never walk again. Sarah invites Jack to her wedding. However, Kevin leaves her when he discovers her paralysis. Sarah feels sad over the death of Adam Rutherford, and Jack says that he will "fix her". Knowing that a full recovery is highly improbable, the surgeon goes out for a run and meets Desmond, who tells Jack to believe in miracles. When Jack presents Sarah with the bad news, she surprises him by wiggling her toes. They fall in love and marry but sometime later, Sarah leaves Jack. Prior to her leaving, Jack confronts her and he admits to kissing the daughter of a patient who had died in surgery. Sarah, in return, reveals that she has been seeing someone else due to Jack's frequent absence, and says that she wishes to leave. Even after their divorce, she is seen caring for Jack, as she and Christian tries to help him through a rough time.

Anthony Cooper

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Anthony Cooper

Anthony Cooper is Locke's biological father. Cooper is an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing, and scuba diving, among other things. Cooper impregnates Emily Locke; however, she tells him that she wasn’t going to have the baby before leaving him. Over a year later Emily comes back with the news that she has put their son, John, up for adoption. Years pass without Cooper even trying to seek his son. However, in his older years his kidneys fail, and he needs a transplant. Emily comes back asking for money once again, and Cooper agrees to help her if she finds John for him. When he meets with his son for the first time, he extends an invitation to go hunting, which John, who never knew his father, accepts. The next few weeks Cooper and John bond over hunting, and it seems as if they have forged the father-son relationship John has always hoped for. Then Cooper tells John of his kidney failure, and Locke immediately donates his kidney to his father. Upon waking up after the surgery, however, Locke discovers that Cooper has left, going back to his home. When John tries to visit his father he is denied access, and realizes that there was no bond between them; Cooper has simply used his son for a kidney.

Unable to let go, John continues to park outside Cooper’s house, even after Cooper has moved. Cooper eventually meets with his son for the first time since the surgery, and tells him that people get conned all the time, and to get over the incident, saying “And John, don’t come back. You’re not wanted.”

Later, Cooper cons two men out of $700,000. Afraid they might kill him, Cooper fakes his death, then enlists his son’s help to get the money from a safety deposit box, promising him $200,000. When John delivers the money, he rejects it, saying that he didn’t do it for the money. John then tells Cooper about Helen, and how he was planning on proposing to her. Just then, Helen herself appears at the door and slaps Cooper for not letting John find peace and put his past behind him after finding out about his father's death. She then confronts John about his promise to let go of Cooper, and rejects his proposal. Cooper then leaves John, with only the slightest bit of sympathy for his son and what he has done to him in his face.

An interesting connection between Saywer and Anthony Cooper has been displayed through the Season 2 Lost DVD Bonus disc, prompting one to wonder about Cooper's own past and connections to James Ford. Cooper often refers to Cons in season two, specifically in reference to long Cons, one last Con, and telling his son "You think you're the first one to be conned?". In Lockdown Cooper displays that he needs to con people to survive, which gets him in trouble to the point where his life is in danger. Anthony also is very guarded, living with 24 hour security and surrounded by weapons in his home. Anthony's age would place him in his 30s to 40s when James Ford was a child, meaning he could be the elusive Sawyer.

This idea is further strengthened by Locke's interest in Sawyer's name as shown in Episode 11 of Season 2: "The Hunting Party", where he asks Sawyer why he chose that name, since the flight manifest officially lists him as James Ford.

Jae Lee

  • Played by: Tony Lee
  • Appears in: "...And Found", "The Whole Truth", "The Glass Ballerina"
  • Character relation: Sun (secret lover/English Instructor), Jin (owner of hotel where formerly employed)

Jae Lee was the wealthy son of the owner of the Seoul Gateway Hotel and the hotel's General Manager.

He attended Harvard and studied Medieval Russian Literature, where he met and fell in love with an American woman. He met Sun on a family arranged date, but told her he wasn't interested because of his previous love, which apparantly failed.

He taught Sun English (at her request), and ended up having an affair with her. He gave her a strand of pearls and asked her to leave for America with him.

In The Glass Ballerina, Mr. Paik finds out about the affair, but instead of telling Jin about it, lies to Jin and tells him Jae is stealing from him, addressing this in terms of "honor". He orders Jin to "deliver a message" (kill) to Jae. Jin finds him and beats him up, but cannot bring himself to kill him and so tells him to leave the country and never return.

Jae Lee ends up falling from many stories high and lands on Jin's car with the string of pearls he attempted to give Sun clutched in his hand.

The death was ruled a suicide, however the true nature of his death is not revealed. His funeral was attended by Sun and Mr. Paik.

List of recurring flashback characters

Character Name Actor Name Main Character Connection(s) Episodes
Sergeant Major Sam Austen Lindsey Ginter Kate (step-father), Sayid (captor) "What Kate Did," "One of Them"
Chrissy Meilinda Soerjoko Some crash survivors (ticket agent) "White Rabbit," "House of the Rising Sun," "Two for the Road"
Captain Teresa Cortez Rachel Ticotin Ana Lucia (mother) "Collision," "Two for the Road"
Cassidy Kim Dickens Sawyer (ex-girlfriend) "The Long Con," "Every Man for Himself"
JD John Dixon Crash survivors (flight attendant) "Pilot: Part 1," "Pilot: Part 2," "Exodus: Part 2"
Jason Elder/McCormick Aaron Gold Ana Lucia (attacker; victim)
Sawyer (victim)
"Collision," "The Long Con," "Two for the Road"
Diane Jansen Beth Broderick Kate (mother), Sawyer (waitress) "Born to Run," "What Kate Did," "The Long Con"
Helen Katey Sagal Locke (girlfriend) "Orientation," "Lockdown"
Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem Andrea Gabriel Sayid (girlfriend), Locke (client) "Solitary," "Lockdown"
Susan Lloyd Tamara Taylor Michael (girlfriend), Walt (mother) "Special," "Adrift"
Richard Malkin Nick Jameson Claire (psychic), Eko (acquaintance) "Raised by Another," "?"
Mary Jo Brittany Perrineau Sawyer (girlfriend), Hurley (lotto girl) "Numbers," "Outlaws," "Everybody Hates Hugo"
Michelle Michelle Arthur Crash survivors (flight attendant) "Pilot: Part 1," "Pilot: Part 2," "Exodus: Part 2"
Liam Pace Neil Hopkins (older), Zack Shada (younger) Charlie (elder brother) "The Moth," "Fire + Water"
Mr. Paik Byron Chung Sun (father), Jin (employer) "...In Translation," "The Glass Ballerina"
Randy Billy Ray Gallion Locke (supervisor), Hurley (supervisor) "Walkabout," "Everybody Hates Hugo"
Carmen Reyes Lillian Hurst Hurley (mother) "Numbers," "Everybody Hates Hugo"
Adam Rutherford Uncredited Shannon (father), Boone (step-father),
Jack (patient; victim of wife's car accident) [1]
"Man of Science, Man of Faith," "Abandoned"
Marc Silverman Zack Ward (older) Jack (friend) "White Rabbit," "Do No Harm"
Leonard Simms Ron Bottitta Hurley (friend) "Numbers," "Dave"
Yemi Tunde Adetokumboh McCormack (older),
Olekan Obileye (younger)
Eko (brother), Locke (vision) "The 23rd Psalm," "?"