I think Matthew Fox is just not an actor with a broad range of abilities, he got his big break in Party of 5 which was that same sort of father/leader kind of role with a bit of sap mixed in... he did have that action movie recently, but I never saw it...
I think everyone on Lost was perfectly cast and did a great job playing their roles.. I think Sawyer was meant to be heated just as much as Jack and Kate, but his charm won everyone over... Kate was def the worst!
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The Sun lit the Earth like never before.
The wind blew with a new purpose.
The destruction of a fabrication that once held all the answers.
It destroyed them; swallowed them whole.
Passed through the digestive system of a monster named truth.
-Astaria Stone