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#19. Sun-Hwa Kwon
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Man, LOST really did Sun dirty. After being one of the few characters who truly improved over the course of the first 4 seasons (by virtue of letting her communicate with other people), I was really starting to warm up to Sun. She was pretty well developed and, after she got pregnant, actually had some real stakes in the storyline. If she didn't get off the Island before the second trimester, she was toast. And then she does, and her husband is left behind. Compelling stuff!

And then seasons 5 and 6 come along, and no one really knew what to do with her. She was probably the only character other than Ben who had a legitimate reason to want to return to the Island, yet she is also one of the most reluctant to do so. And when she finally relents after learning Jin was still alive, we are treated to about 25 episodes (literally) of Sun wandering around doing the "Where's my husbundt?" meme, and kind of being there.

But then comes the part that I, and so many others, loathe perhaps more than any other in the show. She is finally reunited with Jin and shows him a picture of their baby, alive and well in the real world. Jin is overjoyed. Seems like a really good setup for a dramatic decision, right?

Well, no. Sun and Jin are killed off not one episode later in a slow and horrific manner. Sun is trapped, and despite dedicating a scene to their daughter, neither Sun nor Jin tell the other that their daughter needs a fucking parent--and they both choose to drown together instead of escaping. It is a mind-numbingly stupid twist that takes a multiseason arc and completely flushes it down the toilet. Sun's entire existence in the show becomes purposeless and ruins what otherwise could have been one of the few solid female characters.