Ana-Lucia…Dead!

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Holy crap! Lost shakes things up by killing off another character. Notice I said “character” and not “characters”..more on that later, as I believe Libby may not really be dead. But first, Michael’s motives for killing Ana-Lucia.

Michael is desperate to get Walt back, and my guess is The Others forced him to kill Ana-Lucia and release Henry, to ensure Walt’s safety, and perhaps as a trade (?). Libby happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He had to make it look like Henry did it, so he shot himself in the process, and Henry is most-likely on his way back to his people.

Or it could be that Michael saw this as the only way to convince his guys to go after The Others. I don’t buy this theory because Michael already had Jack, Locke, and Kate sold on the idea of going after The Others. So that couldn’t be motive for shooting Ana-Lucia.

Is Libby dead? Hard to say. Michael shot her two times, and it appears that both shots were to the stomach/waist area. I don’t believe these wounds were enough to kill her. Also, as boring as Libby’s character is, there is still much more to the Hurley/Libby storyline that needs to be explored. Hurley can’t recall where and how he remembers Libby from his past and this may prove to be important, and I think their relationship needs to be expanded upon. And Libby still hasn’t had her own episode. All the major characters have had their flashbacks, except for Libby. I don’t think she would be killed off without us learning more about her.

Of course, the real reason Ana-Lucia died and Libby got shot is because both actresses were arrested for DUI in Hawaii. But then I read this TV Guide interview with Lost writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, where they talk about Michelle Rodriguez, Ana-Lucia’s death, and her DUI. Apparently, her intentions were to stay on the show for only about a year, and then she would written out of the show. On the DUI:

Then she got this DUI and Damon and I looked at each other and we were like, “Oh, great. Everybody is going to think we’re killing her off because she got a DUI.” But there really wasn’t anything we could do about that. I mean, the story was set. We had made plans. With Lost, we think it out well ahead of when we actually shoot it.

I suppose this is possible, but I still favor DUI as reason for Ana-Lucia getting whacked.

Good stuff is finally happening on Lost, and I look forward to the remaining episodes of this season. I hope they end with something mind-blowing.