Obituary: Danielle Rousseau

Posted by Dan March 24th, 2008 at 01:25pm In Lost

Here lies Danielle Rousseau.

Like all the best French things, she was strange, mysterious and, most likely, smelly. Last week’s episode found her joining Mr. Eko’s “Well I Guess That Character Is Dead Now Club” of Lost folks who have experienced untimely and unceremonious demises.

Did anyone else feel like this was an unsatisfying end for a reasonably interesting character?  Especially since she’s been around since (pretty much) the beginning. I suppose half the point of killing her off so suddenly was the fact that it caught us all off guard, but for someone who’s been around so long I think I would have liked a little bit more hullabaloo.  When they killed Charlie, it was a whole half-season long arc and a final excruciating drowning scene. And Ana Lucia and Libby’s deaths were a hundred times more shocking because we never thought they were in danger to begin with.

In any case, Danielle.  We’ll miss you.  Your dirty hair. Your strange disappearances and resurfacings. Your mannish posture.

Au revoir.