LOST (2004-2010) was known for its ability to provide almost weekly plot-twists and dramatic season finales, which is part of the reason why the show was able to cultivate such a large following during its run. However, these plot twists and dramatic season finales also resulted in the deaths of many characters and over the six seasons, there were several annoying deaths which many fans are still not over. This list will break down the top 8 most annoying deaths in the show from least to most, however, as there are over 30 dramatic deaths (at least) over the course of the show, you can expect all 8 on this list to be pretty annoying.

8. Danielle

Throughout the early seasons of the show, Danielle, the French solo survivor from a shipwrecked research team on the island makes occasional but impactful appearances. The character’s presence became a fun marker of drama to come and she felt like a quintessential part of the show. Her anticlimactic death of being shot by surprise makes for a very annoying death as it marked the end of her character for the sake of some shock factor.

7. Juliet

Juliet is a character who didn’t come into the show until the start of Season 3 but by the end of the season felt like an integral part of the show. Although her death was well written and did make for a pretty spectacular season finale along with some stellar performances from both Elizabeth Mitchell and Josh Holloway (Sawyer), the timing of the death comes shortly after we are first introduced to the two characters as a couple. One of the best episodes of the show is the episode in which we see the couple’s life in Dharmaville and I think many fans would agree that it would have been good to see their relationship develop further in Season 6. Juliet is also one of the characters with the strongest desire and need to get off the island in order to see her sister who she ultimately does not get to reunite with.

6. Sun AND Jin

As two Korean characters who have their own backstories and scenes in Korean, these characters make for a rarity in American network television. The characters become some of the most beloved in the show throughout the seasons and don’t die until the last few episodes of the show. As the two share a daughter, Jin’s decision to stay with his trapped wife as she drowns does unfortunately make for an annoying death as the action can only be seen as selfish as opposed to the ‘act of love’ and sacrifice that was likely the writers’ intention of the scene.

5. Libby

Libby was first introduced in Season 2 as one of the survivors from the tail end of the plane. She was the only one of the main characters from the tail end to not receive a character-centric episode with their own flashbacks, however, Libby herself appeared in both Hurley & Desmond’s flashbacks.

At the time of Libby’s death, the character still felt like somewhat of an enigma with Hurley struggling to remember where he knew her from before the island and the audience seeing that she was in fact also in the mental hospital. When Libby was shockingly killed before this mystery had been resolved, it felt particularly annoying for the audience that this mystery would not have a resolution. The audience was also left heartbroken for Hurley who had been waiting on Libby returning with blankets for their first date.

4. Helen (John Locke’s girlfriend)

John Locke’s flashbacks have very little joyous moments with John constantly being done wrong by people he puts his trust in, particularly his father Anderson Cooper, who not only stole his kidney but also pushed him out of the eight floor of a building which ultimately is what paralysed John Locke and is the reason he was in a wheelchair before the plane crash. However, Helen was a bright spot in John Locke’s bleak past with her constantly trying to help him move past the betrayal of his father. When John Locke returns to the ‘real world’ in Season 5, viewers are disappointed to learn that Helen has died. Helen was a particularly endearing character who viewers would have liked to have seen more of now that opportunity presented itself in season 5.

3. Charlotte

Charlotte was one of the members of the ‘rescue team’ that dropped on to the island at the start of Season 4. The character did not contribute a lot over the season, however, the mystery of what her true intentions were was not clear and the character was noticeably hiding something from everyone on the island – including the fellow members of her ‘rescue team’. When the character finally reveals that she had grown up on the island and had been looking for a way back to the island for years as she bled out, the audience was left dissatisfied at the futility of the revelation now that her character was dead. This explanation would lend well though to the Oceanic 6’s desire to return to the island after leaving.

2. Charlie

Many fans may disagree about this death being annoying, as it was revealed many episodes before that the character would soon be facing his demise. However, many fans had been hoping for some miracle twist which would allow the character to survive so were annoyed when he did ultimately die. The character’s death is a bittersweet moment in the show which is undoubtedly one of the most iconic moments in the show (NOT PENNY’S BOAT), however, the character was missed in the later seasons where it felt like his light-hearted and humorous presence would have provided some much needed refreshing moments in the heaviness of the last few seasons. The rest of the characters forgetting or seemingly not caring for very long about the character’s death was also annoying for viewers, with Claire upset but not heartbroken and many of the characters choosing to ignore the warning he literally wrote on his hand while drowning.

1. John Locke

John Locke is a fan favourite character so it came as a great disappointment to many when the Season 4 finale revealed that the John Locke in the coffin really was John Locke. The audience was hopeful that the John Locke on the island meant that the character had somehow been miraculously rewarded for his efforts in protecting the island and were disappointed to learn that it was instead the smoke monster. John Locke’s death felt very dissatisfactory to the character’s arc and many felt that his character should have been involved in the endgame of the show with the reveal of his final thought being ‘I don’t understand’ simply being the final blow on an already pretty upsetting death.

What deaths did you find most annoying in LOST?

As LOST had so many character deaths, it is likely that this list has missed some deaths which you found particularly annoying so feel free to let me know if you think I’ve missed any in the comments below!