And while 'Lost' fans were reeling from Ana Lucia's death, a startled Michael turned and shot Libby, stunning viewers. Who: Ana-Lucia Cortez, in response to "I'm sorry" from Michael, right before he shoots her; Source: Lost, episode 2x20, "Two for the Road" [5] 4 nights later, Goodwin (Brett Cullen) tricks Nathan and kills him. [16] Rodriguez described the character as "very intuitive", adding "I like that the character is pretty much always aware and suspicious". The episode doesn’t push this issue, but there’s a parallel between Ana Lucia’s status as a pariah following Shannon’s death and Kate’s position as a fugitive that seems like material the writers could have explored further if there had been time. Edward Mars - Suffocated by Jack after being severely injured in the crash [20] This happened amidst rumours that the characters were killed off because both actresses in question had been arrested for DUI while filming on location in Oahu. Ana Lucia and Libby may have been killed off for those reasons or because that was always the plan (a claim other sources make), but the decision to kill off those two characters would make Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s request to be written off at the end of Season 2 one that couldn’t be granted. Carlton Cuse! [5] Fellow tail section survivors Libby (Cynthia Watros) and Cindy (Kimberley Joseph) bring Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) to her after discovering him washed up on shore. Jin, Michael and Sawyer washed ashore on the northern part of the Island after their raft was destroyed by the Others. Shannon dies early in season two after being accidentally shot by Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez), and Libby (Cynthia Watros) dies toward the end … DECEMBER 2--Two actresses from the television series "Lost" were arrested early yesterday within minutes of each other for drunk driving in Hawaii, where the ABC megahit is filmed. Rodriguez pleaded not … Damon Lindelof and [26] On the second season DVD, supervising producer Leonard Dick says "Michelle brought real strength, a dynamic element, to the role". Ask Ausiello on the Web that is vastly different - those are people who are seeking spoilers. In flashbacks, Ana Lucia is a cop who kills a man in cold blood after he had previously shot her. The episode was directed by Adam Davidson and written by Elizabeth Sarnoff.It first aired on November 9, 2005, on ABC.The character of Shannon Rutherford (Maggie Grace) is featured in the episode's flashbacks. [3] The pair arrange to continue their conversation during the flight. Alex and Karl also failed to show that The Others can sustain a relationship as both were cruelly slayed by Charles Widmore's mercenaries. Rodriguez provoked controversy after being stopped by the police for driving under the influence a few weeks before her character was killed, leading to speculation that this was the reason for her death. It's unfortunate, but I guess at the end of the day, hopefully it didn't get too spoiled in the press, and, more importantly, we gave the actress a fighting chance to get a role on a show for next year. 8 Hurley Ausiello: But will we see her next season?Damon: That's our plan. And then she was accidentally killed by Ana Lucia, and that trajectory came crashing down. You'll start to learn Libby's moves through flashbacks over the course of the next season. It happens. [19] Rodriguez felt she had been typecast in tough female roles, so wanted this role to be different. [18] Ana Lucia was planned to start as a tough character, because that is what the audience would expect, then the layers of the character would be gradually peeled back. Ana then shot Jason six times, killing him. Ana Lucia becomes the leader of the tail section. And while most viewers were kind of okay with that, his killing of Libby was widely deplored. Disney–ABC ... "She was and still is my favourite character from the whole series, and her death was so sudden and unexpected. After Oceanic Flight 815 splits in mid-air, the tail section and fuselage crash on opposite sides of a mysterious island. Ana Lucia Cortez is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Michelle Rodriguez. 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Flashbacks in her two centric episodes, "Collision" and "Two for the Road", show her life as a police officer before the crash. [13] Anna Johns from AOL's TV Squad felt Ana Lucia is "abrasive and lacking common sense or civility". And once again, my restraint has yielded a pretty nifty reward — an exclusive postmortem courtesy of exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse! [13] She added Ana Lucia murdering Shannon, "the least deserving of sympathy of all the previously known survivors", made fans hate Ana Lucia even more. On the other side, we thought, well, shooting Ana Lucia is going to be dramatic, but what will really make it incredible for the audience is that it'll be completely surprising if we shoot Libby, too. [1] Ana Lucia decides to leave the force and eventually finds work as an airport security guard. [2] In a brief flashback in the first season finale, she flirts with Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) at a bar at the airport, unaware he is Christian's son. "Abandoned" is the 31st episode of the television series Lost, and is the sixth episode of the second season. "[17] They reconstructed the character slightly to fit what they liked about Rodriguez, such as making her more "street smart" with a "speak-her-mind quality. I think, obviously, people like working on the show. It's not a bad job to be living in Hawaii and working on a successful television series. [21] She had mixed feelings about leaving Hawaii, where Lost is filmed; her allergies were hard to deal with, but she loved the scenery. Mayte Michelle Rodriguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a Dominican housewife & Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a Puerto Rican U.S. Army solider. Ana Lucia and Libby, Lost. Shock horror - he ended up killed by Ana Lucia too! Cynthia Watros) off to the big island in the sky at the end of last night's episode, and, just like with Ana Lucia, I kept my big, spoiler-obsessed trap closed. Ana Lucia made her first appearance as a guest star in the first season finale, and became part of the main cast for season two. Watros pleaded guilty, was fined $370, and had her license suspended for 90 days. “So, Rose’s husband’s white! Flashbacks in her two centric episodes, "Collision" and "Two for the Road", show her life as a police officer before the crash. [19] Rodriguez felt comfortable on the series, but was happy to leave as she felt this would help her grow personally, and become a woman. [17] She is "street smart" and has a "speak-her-mind quality". Ausiello: Why did you kill off Libby?Carlton Cuse: We felt like we had run out of story for her. [18] In her early appearances, Ana Lucia is shown to be very tough, so the flashbacks in "Collision", where it is revealed she lost her baby, were used to show a softer side to her. Christian is present in flashbacks of Jack, Sawyer, Ana Lucia and Claire. [2] She meets Christian Shephard (John Terry) at the airport bar, who asks her to accompany him to Sydney as a bodyguard, however in Sydney the two part ways. The deaths of Ana Lucia and Libby caused speculation that they were killed off due to the DUIs that actresses Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros received within fifteen minutes of each other on December 1, 2005. Image 8 of 37 What am I — the bad guy now? [1] She is invited into a bunker the fuselage survivors found to interrogate a man claiming to be Henry Gale (Michael Emerson), and manages to receive a map to his crashed balloon. While we did develop the romance with her and Hurley, we didn't see enough in the way of avenues for where to go with that character. [19] The producers liked her energy, so agreed, with the plan to kill Ana Lucia at the end of the season. Then it's like, now suddenly 10 million people know. Ana Lucia's death was planned from the beginning. The producers of Lost stated that Rodriguez was only interested in appearing for one season, so Ana Lucia's death was written in from the beginning. [18] Rodriguez described Ana Lucia as an "animalistic type creature... tamed by the Island. Lost." Ana Lucia. When they were found by the survivors from the tail section, both sides suspected each other of being the Others. Entertainment Tonight and in TV Guide, which have much [broader audiences], then it's officially spoiled. You have a readership that reads Lost?" Like, if my mom calls me and says, "I heard Cynthia is leaving the show," then I know that it's been spoiled. [7] The on-island events of "Collision" show her guilt after Shannon's death. Ausiello: Why did you kill off Libby?Carlton Cuse: We felt like we had run out of story for her. But if we added Michael shooting Libby also, who is a very sympathetic character, that would really ratchet up the emotional stakes of the rest of the season. [25] Ana Lucia's death was second in IGN's list of the top ten Lost deaths, as she made an "immediate impact on the series" with an "unexpected end". C. K. Sample of AOL's TV Squad wrote that although he suspected that Ana Lucia and Libby were going to die, he thought what "was amazing was who shot them". [12], Ana Lucia was described by Melanie McFarland of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as "demanding", "hostile" and a "bully". [24] She added "nobody liked the Ana Lucia character anyway", but that did not stop it being "one of [the second] season's most jaw-dropping moments". And we were starting to think about what sort of stories we were going to be telling for the characters in Season 3, and we just didn't have enough for Libby that we were excited about. When I saw Michael shoot her, my mouth was open for two minutes! [21], Actress Michelle Rodriguez, who plays Ana Lucia, on the subject of her character killing Shannon Rutherford. Libby expressed great fear when they heard the Whispers right before Ana Lucia shot Shannon, as the two groups of survivors paths' collided. [1] She has Shannon's lover Sayid (Naveen Andrews) tied up and refuses to let the group move on. She was only 22 years old and pregnant. She is buried next to Libby, who was also killed by Michael. When they were lifting this stretcher up a steep cliff, Cindy disappeared without a sound. The Hollywood Reporter is one thing, but once they start talking about it on It's confession time again: I've known for weeks that Lost was going to send Libby (Cynthia Watros) off to the big island in the sky at the end of last night's episode, and, just like with Ana Lucia, I kept my big, spoiler-obsessed trap closed. It happens. [5] After landing in the ocean, Ana Lucia does her best to help everyone in need. Lost was going to send Libby ( Ben Rawson-Jones from DigitalSpy describes Christian as "flawed character with both wisdom and regret". [5] Ana Lucia and Goodwin trek atop a hill, where she tells Goodwin she has worked out he is the real traitor. Plus, most viewers could go without ever hearing the words "my son" or "Walt" ever again. The producers of Lost stated that Rodriguez was only interested in appearing for one season, so Ana Lucia's death was written in from the beginning. The tail section survivors threw the men into the tiger pit, and Ana Lucia went … [14] C. K. Sample, also from TV Squad, thought Ana Lucia was "angry", "power mad" and a "total nut job". We know she's spent some time in the mental institution with Hurley, and the idea of killing her before she had an opportunity to explain how she got there... we have a master plan for how we're going to tell that story, but it's all posthumous. [2] Seeking revenge, she seduces Sawyer and steals his gun. And although we anticipated the possibility of this getting out, it seemed like a no-brainer. When Michael murdered Ana Lucia and Libby in "Two for the Road", Slocum called it the "single biggest shocker in Lost history". She was stepping up her game. McFarland described the character as someone with a "take-charge nature", and an "inability to be reasoned away from her dictatorial decisions". But when Ana hands him the gun, he shoots her in the heart, killing her. Ausiello: So we'll see Cynthia next season?Damon: You'll see her in the [May 24] finale, in fact. [5] Jin, Michael and Sawyer are thrown into the pit, and Ana Lucia follows, pretending to have also been captured. The producers denied that Ana Lucia was killed off because of Rodriguez's behaviour on set, saying although they had no interaction with her, they had been told she had been professional. Ana Lucia “Anita” Lopez. Ana Lucia Cortez is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Michelle Rodriguez. "Abandoned" [13] She called Ana Lucia a "brooding, broken ex-cop" with a "perpetual scowl". 10 years after Lost aired its controversial finale, let's revisit some of the most painful deaths that we're still not quite over. Damon: Yeah, by saying, "You're not allowed to go out for other stuff until we formally tell you that we're not picking you up," or you can be a human being about it. It was important to us that, if we were going to kill her off, we also try to support her, just as her friends and [out of respect] for her desire to get another job. Ana-Lucia and her group were making their way to the fuselage group and got spooked when they heard whispers. Lost was a groundbreaking show for many reasons, but one that is often overlooked is the depth and diversity of the women on the show. [16], When it came time to kill off Ana Lucia, the character of Libby was killed at the same time to create an emotional impact. Well, it's simple: I knew Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse wanted Ana Lucia's death to be a big surprise to viewers and I wasn't going to be the one to ruin that for them — or you. She was bold, mean, and a great character! Ana Lucia was in turn killed by Michael - one of his two. Off-island, Ana Lucia murdered a man named Jason McCormack in retaliation for his shooting her and killing her unborn child. [6] Once she believes they are fellow 815 survivors she releases them,[5] and they travel to the camp of the other survivors. In one of the most gasp-inducing scenes of the series, Michael kills Ana Lucia in cold blood. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Agreement. [5] Suspecting fellow survivor Nathan (Josh Randall) as a traitor, she moves everyone inland, digs a pit and throws him in it until he confesses. [2] She returns to the hatch and attempts to kill Henry, but is unable to bring herself to do it. [19] All Rodriguez was told about her character was both she and her mother were in the police force. [28], Character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost, "I was pissed off, I just signed on to the show, and everybody's going to hate me! On island, Ana Lucia killed a female Other and Goodwin Stanhope in "The Other 48 Days", and accidentally killed Shannon at the end of "Abandoned". Best Movies & Shows on Netflix in January, Best Movies & Shows on Amazon Prime Video in January, 10 Shows Like Shameless That You Should Watch If You Like Shameless, 7 Shows Like Ozark That You Should Watch if You Like Ozark, 9 Shows Like Fleabag That You Should Watch if You Like Fleabag, Best Shows & Movies on Netflix This Month. [2] She confides in Michael, who offers to kill him on her behalf. The defining Lost death so far is still Charlie's. Ausiello: How did Cynthia take the news?Carlton: She was sad. ANA LUCIA CORTEZ (MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ) When: Season 2, episode 20, ''Two for the Road'' How: A violent ex-cop, Ana Lucia kept her tail-section castaways safe with an … When the show premered the next Wensday, I was praying for them to save her until I heard, "She's dead." Libby died of the gunshot wound in a later episode. What does that mean for 9 Claire - 4 [2] After Ana's death, she makes three further appearances; in a dream to Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) in "? After Oceanic Flight 815 splits in mid-air, the tail section and fuselage crash on opposite sides of a mysterious island. [13] McFarland found this makes "the creation of her character, and Rodriguez's hire, strokes of brilliant writing and casting on the part of Lost producers J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof", and described her as a "hero stewed in pathos". The story of how the tail section survivors cope during their first forty-eight days on the Island is shown in "The Other 48 Days". [19] Rodriguez, producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and Lost creator J. J. Abrams met, and Rodriguez explained she would only be interested in one season because she was a "nomadic spirit", but would like to do one "kickass arc" as she called it. [22], Melanie McFarland from Seattle Post-Intelligencer described Ana Lucia as "one of the most intensely hated characters on television [in the] fall [of 2005]", due to her being "hostile" and a "bully". Source: Lost, episode 2x8, "Collision" For what? I think it's really hard. And an unfortunate side effect of that was that people [interpreted that as], "Well, obviously that means something is up about her time on One of the most awesome characters on the show, dying to ensure everyone else lived. Who: Jason McCormick, to Ana-Lucia, not realizing that he'd shot her a few months prior and killed her unborn baby. [23] In a later article, she described Ana Lucia's death as "a brilliant move", because "one of their own become one of them". Damon: And also, it happened at a time when we were really writing to her. Damon: It's the price you pay as a producer 'cause you have a choice, and the choice is, essentially, you can force an actor to sit out an entire season... Ana Lucia: November 23, 2005 () 19.29: Mr. Eko brings Sawyer to the hatch for medical attention. As opposed to someone who picks up Prior to the crash Ana Lucia Cortez is an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department who becomes pregnant, but loses the baby after being shot by a suspect at a burglary scene. Ana Lucia made her first appearance as a guest star in the first season finale, and became part of the main cast for season two. [3] During the flight the plane splits in half, with the two parts crashing on different sides of an island;[4] Ana Lucia is one of the tail section survivors.[5]. ",[10] as a vision that Hurley (Jorge Garcia) has in "The Lie",[11] and in a flash sideways in "What They Died For". [14] Amy Amatangelo from Zap2it admitted she "enjoyed kind of loathing Ana Lucia". [24] Alan Stanley Blair from SyFy Portal "cheered when she was shot". Ausiello: Were you pissed off that news of her CBS pilot leaked? [16] Ana Lucia's style of leadership deliberately contrasts Jack's; Jack is a reluctant leader, whereas Ana Lucia quickly takes charge on her own. Her death at the hands of Ana Lucia, ties together two of the best women in the show and in wrestling parlance, gets Ana Lucia over by selling the death of Shannon as a BIG DEAL. She was a victim once and she swore to herself she would never be a victim again". Carlton: ... by exercising our exclusivity. And we were starting to think about what sort of stories we were going to be telling for the characters in Season 3, and we just didn't have enough for Libby that we were excited about. When Shannon surprised her, Ana-Lucia shot her (Ep: 2x8, Collision). It seemed like a repeat of what went on last summer when the trades speculated that Maggie Grace might do X-Men 3, and then she was killed off a couple of months later.Carlton: We were trying to be helpful to Cynthia as an actress, because she is a wonderful person and we wanted her to have a chance at a job on another show. Michelle Rodriguez, Actress: Avatar. Anita Lopez was a murder victim, pushed off a boat and left to drown in the Atlantic Ocean about 15 miles off Dania Beach. Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. We had just put the script out for "Dave," in which she was heavily featured and that relationship with Hurley was starting to develop, and in response to the awesome work she was doing, that sort of made us feel even more emboldened to go ahead and execute the double murder because we thought her death would really resonate with the audience. The killer was sentenced to life in prison and so far has been denied parole. [5] That night, some of the survivors are kidnapped by the Others, the mysterious inhabitants of the Island, then a few nights later, nine more are taken. Damon Lindelof: And all of this was obviously, first and foremost, the idea that Libby's got this mysterious backstory, of which we've only given you the tip of the iceberg. The main rumor seemed to be that Ana Lucia (as well as Libby) were killed off because the actors who played them, Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros, were arrested for drunk driving in December 2005. [5] During the second raid, Ana Lucia kills one of the Others and finds a list on him, which has descriptions of the victims. [19] The agent of Michelle Rodriguez (who was 26 at the time) called the producers, informing them Rodriguez was interested in the role, but only for a year. Ana Lucia becomes the leader of the tail section. [9] In her second centric episode, "Two for the Road", Ana Lucia attempts to speak to Henry again, but she is assaulted by him and nearly killed. When we make those calls they're incredibly hard calls to make. So we're not done with Cynthia, but Libby is dead. And it would be enhanced by the fact that Ana Lucia is not a particularly sympathetic character. It's confession time again: I've known for weeks that [15] According to supervising producer Leonard Dick, "Ana Lucia is somebody who does not want to be a victim. [1] She spends several months in physical and psychological therapy, and when the suspect is arrested, she refuses to identify him. [2] Ana Lucia buys a ticket on Oceanic Flight 815 to return to Los Angeles. [13] Anna Johns from TV Squad was unhappy at the prospect of Ana Lucia's death, feeling Ana Lucia was important because she was a "love to hate" character, she disrupted the Jack-Kate-Sawyer love triangle, and created conflicts, which make the show interesting. I was fully crushed by the death of Anna Lucia! "[18] Ana Lucia made her first appearance in the penultimate episode of season one, in order to set up her character becoming part of the cast in the next season. Things started to get better at the beginning of season two, and it looked like Shannon was finally getting some semblance of sympathy and character development. [5] After a struggle, she impales him on a broken stick, then returns to the group and tells them they are safe. Another divisive character, Ana Lucia's death was a relief to many fans who despised the … 34: 9 "What Kate Did" Paul Edwards Ana Lucia holds Sayid hostage after his attempt to kill her to avenge Shannon's accidental death. Unlike Ana Lucia, she was willing to help construct a stretcher to transport Sawyer in the hopes of keeping him alive. [8] She takes Sayid and Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) with her, and eventually discovers the crash site, and the body of the real Henry Gale. She was running after Walt, who had left the island, but whom she saw standing on the island dripping wet. I don't care if people hated her but she was my most FAVORITE characters of all times. USA Today and reads, "Cynthia Watros got a CBS pilot! [16] In 2006, Michelle Rodriguez co-won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with the cast of Lost. [1] After some reasoning from Libby, she reluctantly lets them go. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. That was on one side. [5] He breaks free, so Ana Lucia follows and finds Michael (Harold Perrineau) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway). She is shot and killed by Michael Dawson. [7] When they near the camp, Ana Lucia mistakes Shannon (Maggie Grace) for an Other and fatally shoots her. [27] She also won an ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Series. Truthfully, she did take it kind of hard, which motivated us to help her get another job. And once again, my restraint has yielded a pretty nifty reward - an exclusive postmortem courtesy of exec producers At the end of the day, a story running in © 2021 TV GUIDE, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. After his death and reappearance on the island, Christian becomes a very mysterious figure, acting as a messenger for the even more mysterious Jacob. The small group heads further inland, discovering a bunker known as the Arrow. While we did develop the romance with her and Hurley, we didn't see enough in the way of avenues for where to go with that character. [18], In February 2005, Lost producers began looking for a Latina woman in her mid-thirties who would be the leader of the tail section, and a romantic interest for Jack. [1] After his release, she kills him outside a bar. That was on one side. 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And while 'Lost' fans were reeling from Ana Lucia's death, a startled Michael turned and shot Libby, stunning viewers. Who: Ana-Lucia Cortez, in response to "I'm sorry" from Michael, right before he shoots her; Source: Lost, episode 2x20, "Two for the Road" [5] 4 nights later, Goodwin (Brett Cullen) tricks Nathan and kills him. [16] Rodriguez described the character as "very intuitive", adding "I like that the character is pretty much always aware and suspicious". The episode doesn’t push this issue, but there’s a parallel between Ana Lucia’s status as a pariah following Shannon’s death and Kate’s position as a fugitive that seems like material the writers could have explored further if there had been time. Edward Mars - Suffocated by Jack after being severely injured in the crash [20] This happened amidst rumours that the characters were killed off because both actresses in question had been arrested for DUI while filming on location in Oahu. Ana Lucia and Libby may have been killed off for those reasons or because that was always the plan (a claim other sources make), but the decision to kill off those two characters would make Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s request to be written off at the end of Season 2 one that couldn’t be granted. Carlton Cuse! [5] Fellow tail section survivors Libby (Cynthia Watros) and Cindy (Kimberley Joseph) bring Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) to her after discovering him washed up on shore. Jin, Michael and Sawyer washed ashore on the northern part of the Island after their raft was destroyed by the Others. Shannon dies early in season two after being accidentally shot by Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez), and Libby (Cynthia Watros) dies toward the end … DECEMBER 2--Two actresses from the television series "Lost" were arrested early yesterday within minutes of each other for drunk driving in Hawaii, where the ABC megahit is filmed. Rodriguez pleaded not … Damon Lindelof and [26] On the second season DVD, supervising producer Leonard Dick says "Michelle brought real strength, a dynamic element, to the role". Ask Ausiello on the Web that is vastly different - those are people who are seeking spoilers. In flashbacks, Ana Lucia is a cop who kills a man in cold blood after he had previously shot her. The episode was directed by Adam Davidson and written by Elizabeth Sarnoff.It first aired on November 9, 2005, on ABC.The character of Shannon Rutherford (Maggie Grace) is featured in the episode's flashbacks. [3] The pair arrange to continue their conversation during the flight. Alex and Karl also failed to show that The Others can sustain a relationship as both were cruelly slayed by Charles Widmore's mercenaries. Rodriguez provoked controversy after being stopped by the police for driving under the influence a few weeks before her character was killed, leading to speculation that this was the reason for her death. It's unfortunate, but I guess at the end of the day, hopefully it didn't get too spoiled in the press, and, more importantly, we gave the actress a fighting chance to get a role on a show for next year. 8 Hurley Ausiello: But will we see her next season?Damon: That's our plan. And then she was accidentally killed by Ana Lucia, and that trajectory came crashing down. You'll start to learn Libby's moves through flashbacks over the course of the next season. It happens. [19] Rodriguez felt she had been typecast in tough female roles, so wanted this role to be different. [18] Ana Lucia was planned to start as a tough character, because that is what the audience would expect, then the layers of the character would be gradually peeled back. Ana then shot Jason six times, killing him. Ana Lucia becomes the leader of the tail section. And while most viewers were kind of okay with that, his killing of Libby was widely deplored. Disney–ABC ... "She was and still is my favourite character from the whole series, and her death was so sudden and unexpected. After Oceanic Flight 815 splits in mid-air, the tail section and fuselage crash on opposite sides of a mysterious island. Ana Lucia Cortez is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Michelle Rodriguez. 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Flashbacks in her two centric episodes, "Collision" and "Two for the Road", show her life as a police officer before the crash. [13] Anna Johns from AOL's TV Squad felt Ana Lucia is "abrasive and lacking common sense or civility". And once again, my restraint has yielded a pretty nifty reward — an exclusive postmortem courtesy of exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse! [13] She added Ana Lucia murdering Shannon, "the least deserving of sympathy of all the previously known survivors", made fans hate Ana Lucia even more. On the other side, we thought, well, shooting Ana Lucia is going to be dramatic, but what will really make it incredible for the audience is that it'll be completely surprising if we shoot Libby, too. [1] Ana Lucia decides to leave the force and eventually finds work as an airport security guard. [2] In a brief flashback in the first season finale, she flirts with Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) at a bar at the airport, unaware he is Christian's son. "Abandoned" is the 31st episode of the television series Lost, and is the sixth episode of the second season. "[17] They reconstructed the character slightly to fit what they liked about Rodriguez, such as making her more "street smart" with a "speak-her-mind quality. I think, obviously, people like working on the show. It's not a bad job to be living in Hawaii and working on a successful television series. [21] She had mixed feelings about leaving Hawaii, where Lost is filmed; her allergies were hard to deal with, but she loved the scenery. Mayte Michelle Rodriguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a Dominican housewife & Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a Puerto Rican U.S. Army solider. Ana Lucia and Libby, Lost. Shock horror - he ended up killed by Ana Lucia too! Cynthia Watros) off to the big island in the sky at the end of last night's episode, and, just like with Ana Lucia, I kept my big, spoiler-obsessed trap closed. Ana Lucia made her first appearance as a guest star in the first season finale, and became part of the main cast for season two. Watros pleaded guilty, was fined $370, and had her license suspended for 90 days. “So, Rose’s husband’s white! Flashbacks in her two centric episodes, "Collision" and "Two for the Road", show her life as a police officer before the crash. [19] Rodriguez felt comfortable on the series, but was happy to leave as she felt this would help her grow personally, and become a woman. [17] She is "street smart" and has a "speak-her-mind quality". Ausiello: Why did you kill off Libby?Carlton Cuse: We felt like we had run out of story for her. [18] In her early appearances, Ana Lucia is shown to be very tough, so the flashbacks in "Collision", where it is revealed she lost her baby, were used to show a softer side to her. Christian is present in flashbacks of Jack, Sawyer, Ana Lucia and Claire. [2] She meets Christian Shephard (John Terry) at the airport bar, who asks her to accompany him to Sydney as a bodyguard, however in Sydney the two part ways. The deaths of Ana Lucia and Libby caused speculation that they were killed off due to the DUIs that actresses Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros received within fifteen minutes of each other on December 1, 2005. Image 8 of 37 What am I — the bad guy now? [1] She is invited into a bunker the fuselage survivors found to interrogate a man claiming to be Henry Gale (Michael Emerson), and manages to receive a map to his crashed balloon. While we did develop the romance with her and Hurley, we didn't see enough in the way of avenues for where to go with that character. [19] The producers liked her energy, so agreed, with the plan to kill Ana Lucia at the end of the season. Then it's like, now suddenly 10 million people know. Ana Lucia's death was planned from the beginning. The producers of Lost stated that Rodriguez was only interested in appearing for one season, so Ana Lucia's death was written in from the beginning. [18] Rodriguez described Ana Lucia as an "animalistic type creature... tamed by the Island. Lost." Ana Lucia. When they were found by the survivors from the tail section, both sides suspected each other of being the Others. Entertainment Tonight and in TV Guide, which have much [broader audiences], then it's officially spoiled. You have a readership that reads Lost?" Like, if my mom calls me and says, "I heard Cynthia is leaving the show," then I know that it's been spoiled. [7] The on-island events of "Collision" show her guilt after Shannon's death. Ausiello: Why did you kill off Libby?Carlton Cuse: We felt like we had run out of story for her. But if we added Michael shooting Libby also, who is a very sympathetic character, that would really ratchet up the emotional stakes of the rest of the season. [25] Ana Lucia's death was second in IGN's list of the top ten Lost deaths, as she made an "immediate impact on the series" with an "unexpected end". C. K. Sample of AOL's TV Squad wrote that although he suspected that Ana Lucia and Libby were going to die, he thought what "was amazing was who shot them". [12], Ana Lucia was described by Melanie McFarland of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as "demanding", "hostile" and a "bully". [24] She added "nobody liked the Ana Lucia character anyway", but that did not stop it being "one of [the second] season's most jaw-dropping moments". And we were starting to think about what sort of stories we were going to be telling for the characters in Season 3, and we just didn't have enough for Libby that we were excited about. When I saw Michael shoot her, my mouth was open for two minutes! [21], Actress Michelle Rodriguez, who plays Ana Lucia, on the subject of her character killing Shannon Rutherford. Libby expressed great fear when they heard the Whispers right before Ana Lucia shot Shannon, as the two groups of survivors paths' collided. [1] She has Shannon's lover Sayid (Naveen Andrews) tied up and refuses to let the group move on. She was only 22 years old and pregnant. She is buried next to Libby, who was also killed by Michael. When they were lifting this stretcher up a steep cliff, Cindy disappeared without a sound. The Hollywood Reporter is one thing, but once they start talking about it on It's confession time again: I've known for weeks that Lost was going to send Libby (Cynthia Watros) off to the big island in the sky at the end of last night's episode, and, just like with Ana Lucia, I kept my big, spoiler-obsessed trap closed. It happens. [5] After landing in the ocean, Ana Lucia does her best to help everyone in need. Lost was going to send Libby ( Ben Rawson-Jones from DigitalSpy describes Christian as "flawed character with both wisdom and regret". [5] Ana Lucia and Goodwin trek atop a hill, where she tells Goodwin she has worked out he is the real traitor. Plus, most viewers could go without ever hearing the words "my son" or "Walt" ever again. The producers of Lost stated that Rodriguez was only interested in appearing for one season, so Ana Lucia's death was written in from the beginning. The tail section survivors threw the men into the tiger pit, and Ana Lucia went … [14] C. K. Sample, also from TV Squad, thought Ana Lucia was "angry", "power mad" and a "total nut job". We know she's spent some time in the mental institution with Hurley, and the idea of killing her before she had an opportunity to explain how she got there... we have a master plan for how we're going to tell that story, but it's all posthumous. [2] Seeking revenge, she seduces Sawyer and steals his gun. And although we anticipated the possibility of this getting out, it seemed like a no-brainer. When Michael murdered Ana Lucia and Libby in "Two for the Road", Slocum called it the "single biggest shocker in Lost history". She was stepping up her game. McFarland described the character as someone with a "take-charge nature", and an "inability to be reasoned away from her dictatorial decisions". But when Ana hands him the gun, he shoots her in the heart, killing her. Ausiello: So we'll see Cynthia next season?Damon: You'll see her in the [May 24] finale, in fact. [5] Jin, Michael and Sawyer are thrown into the pit, and Ana Lucia follows, pretending to have also been captured. The producers denied that Ana Lucia was killed off because of Rodriguez's behaviour on set, saying although they had no interaction with her, they had been told she had been professional. Ana Lucia “Anita” Lopez. Ana Lucia Cortez is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Michelle Rodriguez. "Abandoned" [13] She called Ana Lucia a "brooding, broken ex-cop" with a "perpetual scowl". 10 years after Lost aired its controversial finale, let's revisit some of the most painful deaths that we're still not quite over. Damon: Yeah, by saying, "You're not allowed to go out for other stuff until we formally tell you that we're not picking you up," or you can be a human being about it. It was important to us that, if we were going to kill her off, we also try to support her, just as her friends and [out of respect] for her desire to get another job. Ana-Lucia and her group were making their way to the fuselage group and got spooked when they heard whispers. Lost was a groundbreaking show for many reasons, but one that is often overlooked is the depth and diversity of the women on the show. [16], When it came time to kill off Ana Lucia, the character of Libby was killed at the same time to create an emotional impact. Well, it's simple: I knew Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse wanted Ana Lucia's death to be a big surprise to viewers and I wasn't going to be the one to ruin that for them — or you. She was bold, mean, and a great character! Ana Lucia was in turn killed by Michael - one of his two. Off-island, Ana Lucia murdered a man named Jason McCormack in retaliation for his shooting her and killing her unborn child. [6] Once she believes they are fellow 815 survivors she releases them,[5] and they travel to the camp of the other survivors. In one of the most gasp-inducing scenes of the series, Michael kills Ana Lucia in cold blood. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Agreement. [5] Suspecting fellow survivor Nathan (Josh Randall) as a traitor, she moves everyone inland, digs a pit and throws him in it until he confesses. [2] She returns to the hatch and attempts to kill Henry, but is unable to bring herself to do it. [19] All Rodriguez was told about her character was both she and her mother were in the police force. [28], Character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost, "I was pissed off, I just signed on to the show, and everybody's going to hate me! On island, Ana Lucia killed a female Other and Goodwin Stanhope in "The Other 48 Days", and accidentally killed Shannon at the end of "Abandoned". Best Movies & Shows on Netflix in January, Best Movies & Shows on Amazon Prime Video in January, 10 Shows Like Shameless That You Should Watch If You Like Shameless, 7 Shows Like Ozark That You Should Watch if You Like Ozark, 9 Shows Like Fleabag That You Should Watch if You Like Fleabag, Best Shows & Movies on Netflix This Month. [2] She confides in Michael, who offers to kill him on her behalf. The defining Lost death so far is still Charlie's. Ausiello: How did Cynthia take the news?Carlton: She was sad. ANA LUCIA CORTEZ (MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ) When: Season 2, episode 20, ''Two for the Road'' How: A violent ex-cop, Ana Lucia kept her tail-section castaways safe with an … When the show premered the next Wensday, I was praying for them to save her until I heard, "She's dead." Libby died of the gunshot wound in a later episode. What does that mean for 9 Claire - 4 [2] After Ana's death, she makes three further appearances; in a dream to Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) in "? After Oceanic Flight 815 splits in mid-air, the tail section and fuselage crash on opposite sides of a mysterious island. [13] McFarland found this makes "the creation of her character, and Rodriguez's hire, strokes of brilliant writing and casting on the part of Lost producers J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof", and described her as a "hero stewed in pathos". The story of how the tail section survivors cope during their first forty-eight days on the Island is shown in "The Other 48 Days". [19] Rodriguez, producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and Lost creator J. J. Abrams met, and Rodriguez explained she would only be interested in one season because she was a "nomadic spirit", but would like to do one "kickass arc" as she called it. [22], Melanie McFarland from Seattle Post-Intelligencer described Ana Lucia as "one of the most intensely hated characters on television [in the] fall [of 2005]", due to her being "hostile" and a "bully". Source: Lost, episode 2x8, "Collision" For what? I think it's really hard. And an unfortunate side effect of that was that people [interpreted that as], "Well, obviously that means something is up about her time on One of the most awesome characters on the show, dying to ensure everyone else lived. Who: Jason McCormick, to Ana-Lucia, not realizing that he'd shot her a few months prior and killed her unborn baby. [23] In a later article, she described Ana Lucia's death as "a brilliant move", because "one of their own become one of them". Damon: And also, it happened at a time when we were really writing to her. Damon: It's the price you pay as a producer 'cause you have a choice, and the choice is, essentially, you can force an actor to sit out an entire season... Ana Lucia: November 23, 2005 () 19.29: Mr. Eko brings Sawyer to the hatch for medical attention. As opposed to someone who picks up Prior to the crash Ana Lucia Cortez is an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department who becomes pregnant, but loses the baby after being shot by a suspect at a burglary scene. Ana Lucia made her first appearance as a guest star in the first season finale, and became part of the main cast for season two. [3] During the flight the plane splits in half, with the two parts crashing on different sides of an island;[4] Ana Lucia is one of the tail section survivors.[5]. ",[10] as a vision that Hurley (Jorge Garcia) has in "The Lie",[11] and in a flash sideways in "What They Died For". [14] Amy Amatangelo from Zap2it admitted she "enjoyed kind of loathing Ana Lucia". [24] Alan Stanley Blair from SyFy Portal "cheered when she was shot". Ausiello: Were you pissed off that news of her CBS pilot leaked? [16] Ana Lucia's style of leadership deliberately contrasts Jack's; Jack is a reluctant leader, whereas Ana Lucia quickly takes charge on her own. Her death at the hands of Ana Lucia, ties together two of the best women in the show and in wrestling parlance, gets Ana Lucia over by selling the death of Shannon as a BIG DEAL. She was a victim once and she swore to herself she would never be a victim again". Carlton: ... by exercising our exclusivity. And we were starting to think about what sort of stories we were going to be telling for the characters in Season 3, and we just didn't have enough for Libby that we were excited about. When Shannon surprised her, Ana-Lucia shot her (Ep: 2x8, Collision). It seemed like a repeat of what went on last summer when the trades speculated that Maggie Grace might do X-Men 3, and then she was killed off a couple of months later.Carlton: We were trying to be helpful to Cynthia as an actress, because she is a wonderful person and we wanted her to have a chance at a job on another show. Michelle Rodriguez, Actress: Avatar. Anita Lopez was a murder victim, pushed off a boat and left to drown in the Atlantic Ocean about 15 miles off Dania Beach. Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. We had just put the script out for "Dave," in which she was heavily featured and that relationship with Hurley was starting to develop, and in response to the awesome work she was doing, that sort of made us feel even more emboldened to go ahead and execute the double murder because we thought her death would really resonate with the audience. The killer was sentenced to life in prison and so far has been denied parole. [5] That night, some of the survivors are kidnapped by the Others, the mysterious inhabitants of the Island, then a few nights later, nine more are taken. Damon Lindelof: And all of this was obviously, first and foremost, the idea that Libby's got this mysterious backstory, of which we've only given you the tip of the iceberg. The main rumor seemed to be that Ana Lucia (as well as Libby) were killed off because the actors who played them, Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros, were arrested for drunk driving in December 2005. [5] During the second raid, Ana Lucia kills one of the Others and finds a list on him, which has descriptions of the victims. [19] The agent of Michelle Rodriguez (who was 26 at the time) called the producers, informing them Rodriguez was interested in the role, but only for a year. Ana Lucia becomes the leader of the tail section. [9] In her second centric episode, "Two for the Road", Ana Lucia attempts to speak to Henry again, but she is assaulted by him and nearly killed. When we make those calls they're incredibly hard calls to make. So we're not done with Cynthia, but Libby is dead. And it would be enhanced by the fact that Ana Lucia is not a particularly sympathetic character. It's confession time again: I've known for weeks that [15] According to supervising producer Leonard Dick, "Ana Lucia is somebody who does not want to be a victim. [1] She spends several months in physical and psychological therapy, and when the suspect is arrested, she refuses to identify him. [2] Ana Lucia buys a ticket on Oceanic Flight 815 to return to Los Angeles. [13] Anna Johns from TV Squad was unhappy at the prospect of Ana Lucia's death, feeling Ana Lucia was important because she was a "love to hate" character, she disrupted the Jack-Kate-Sawyer love triangle, and created conflicts, which make the show interesting. I was fully crushed by the death of Anna Lucia! "[18] Ana Lucia made her first appearance in the penultimate episode of season one, in order to set up her character becoming part of the cast in the next season. Things started to get better at the beginning of season two, and it looked like Shannon was finally getting some semblance of sympathy and character development. [5] After a struggle, she impales him on a broken stick, then returns to the group and tells them they are safe. Another divisive character, Ana Lucia's death was a relief to many fans who despised the … 34: 9 "What Kate Did" Paul Edwards Ana Lucia holds Sayid hostage after his attempt to kill her to avenge Shannon's accidental death. Unlike Ana Lucia, she was willing to help construct a stretcher to transport Sawyer in the hopes of keeping him alive. [8] She takes Sayid and Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) with her, and eventually discovers the crash site, and the body of the real Henry Gale. She was running after Walt, who had left the island, but whom she saw standing on the island dripping wet. I don't care if people hated her but she was my most FAVORITE characters of all times. USA Today and reads, "Cynthia Watros got a CBS pilot! [16] In 2006, Michelle Rodriguez co-won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with the cast of Lost. [1] After some reasoning from Libby, she reluctantly lets them go. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. That was on one side. [5] He breaks free, so Ana Lucia follows and finds Michael (Harold Perrineau) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway). She is shot and killed by Michael Dawson. [7] When they near the camp, Ana Lucia mistakes Shannon (Maggie Grace) for an Other and fatally shoots her. [27] She also won an ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Series. Truthfully, she did take it kind of hard, which motivated us to help her get another job. And once again, my restraint has yielded a pretty nifty reward - an exclusive postmortem courtesy of exec producers At the end of the day, a story running in © 2021 TV GUIDE, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. After his death and reappearance on the island, Christian becomes a very mysterious figure, acting as a messenger for the even more mysterious Jacob. The small group heads further inland, discovering a bunker known as the Arrow. While we did develop the romance with her and Hurley, we didn't see enough in the way of avenues for where to go with that character. [18], In February 2005, Lost producers began looking for a Latina woman in her mid-thirties who would be the leader of the tail section, and a romantic interest for Jack. [1] After his release, she kills him outside a bar. That was on one side. 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