The divisive but poignant sequence finale of “Misplaced” brings practically all the forged again collectively on the finish — however one main character does not seem, as a result of the present ended up resolving his storyline in an epilogue that was unique to its DVD launch. A particular 11-minute brief included within the Season 6 DVD field set revealed that Malcolm David Kelley’s Walt, the 10-year-old son of unique Oceanic 815 survivor Michael (Harold Perrineau), really went on to grow to be a steward of the island.
The enlightening epilogue — which additionally included a piece the place Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson) emancipated two Dharma Initiative workers, revealed main firm secrets and techniques, and answered a few of the sequence’ long-standing questions — gave followers an open-ended view into what Walt’s life was going to appear to be within the years past the ending.
Walt had been a key character within the present’s narrative from the start, significantly because it pertained to the central thriller of the Island and who actually inhabited the unusual land mass. However as a result of Kelley joined the forged at 12 years previous, the sequence needed to deal with Kelly ageing quickly as he went by means of puberty.
Walt’s future with the island gave followers a really open ending
The difficulty of Malcolm David Kelley ageing out of his “Misplaced” character prolonged to the sequence finale — thought-about probably the greatest finales of all time — which got here 4 seasons after Walt’s final canonical look on the island on the finish of Season 2. Within the last moments, nearly all of the characters share pleasure in a church representing a purgatorial area their souls inhabit till they’re prepared to maneuver into the subsequent section of the afterlife as a gaggle. It is a lovely sentiment, however Walt and his father do not seem in that poignant ending.
Finally, Walt does not seem as a result of he’s nonetheless alive serving the island. With the assistance of Ben, who instructed Walt he may assist his useless father if he returned to the island, Walt left the Santa Rosa Well being Institute within the epilogue. After becoming a member of forces with Ben and Hugo “Hurley” Reyes (Jorge Garcia), who turned the brand new chief of the island, Hurley supplied Walt the particular job.
That epilogue was initially meant solely for the DVD launch, however it has been extensively obtainable on YouTube for a few years now by means of unofficial accounts — and it is thought-about canon to the story by the present’s inventive workforce.
