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#15. Daniel Faraday


Back in the day on board 8, I remember Faraday being a consensus top 3 guy. Looking back, one can see why he appealed to so many of the superfans here. He's an awkward genius with a hot girlfriend and, perhaps most importantly, he is the only character to have the mysteries of the Island figured out. So for the 20-year-old nerdy fans who spent their nights on forums piecing together theories about the show, Faraday was basically their God.

Now that I am older, Faraday has lost some of his initial appeal to me, but he's a pretty fascinating and unique character nonetheless. Him being a stand-in for the audience really still works even if it's not executed perfectly every time--but his intellectual obsession and need to figure out just what's been going on is a great meta narrative at the height of the LOST fandom.

If it's not pretty obvious yet, I am a sucker for Desmond-centric episodes, and that is where Faraday really shines the most. "The Constant" is the closest thing the show has come to successfully offering a scientific/rational explanation for the mysteries of the Island (as opposed to the spiritual/magical), and Faraday is the perfect vessel by which that is achieved. It's kind of a shame they did not do more with him throughout the series, and his death is one of about a dozen underwhelming deaths from season 6, but he will always rank in the top half for his role in the season 4 apex.