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Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd
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David Kelley: |
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David Kelley (born May 12, 1992 in Bellflower, California) is a child
actor. He starred in the 2004 film You Got Served as Lil' Saint. He
can now be seen in the television series Lost as the character Walt; although
he is currently not featuring in the series full time (he was in the
first season), and in the episodes in which he does appear he is
credited as a guest star. He has also made an appearance in Judging
Amy and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. |
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Lloyd: |
Prior to
Oceanic Flight 815
Walt is Michael Dawson's 10-year-old son (born August 24th), named
after Michael's father. Walt's mother was Susan Lloyd, an attorney,
who rejected marriage with his father, a construction worker and
part-time artist. His mother split up with Michael while Walt was
still a baby, and moved with him to Amsterdam for a plum international
law job. Just before Walt's second birthday, Susan married her boss,
Brian Porter. Later, while Michael is recovering in a hospital from a
car accident, she visits him and insists he give up parental rights to
Walt so that Brian can adopt him. When Michael sees Walt for the last
time before he picks him up in Australia, he gives the boy a stuffed
polar bear.
Nine years later, Brian tracks down Michael, and tells him that Susan
had passed away in Australia due to a "blood disorder." He
pleads with Michael to take custody of the boy and gives him tickets
for the flight to Sydney. Brian reveals that he had not wanted to be
Walt's adoptive father, and that he is scared of the boy:
"There's something about him... Sometimes when he's around things
happen. He's different somehow."
Unusual occurrences have appeared around Walt. Just prior to his
mother's death, Walt is studying from a book about native birds, and
wants Brian to look at the entry for the Australian Bronze cuckoo.
When Brian ignores him, Walt becomes insistent, and a bird suddenly
smashes into the window and dies.
On the Island
Walt and John Locke establish a friendship shortly after arriving on
the island. Locke sees something special in the boy, and tells his
father: "Maybe you haven't spent enough time with him to see it,
but he's different... As long as we're here, I think Walt should be
allowed to realize his potential." This leads to Michael
mistrusting Locke's intentions with the boy.
In "Special", when Walt has been looking through a comic
book with a picture of a polar bear rather than listening to his
father, Michael takes it away from him. Later, in anger, Michael throw
the comic into the fire, and Walt runs off, only to be attacked
shortly afterwards by a polar bear in the jungle.
In "Born to Run", without having any apparent knowledge of
"the hatch," Walt appears to exhibit some form of
psychometric clairvoyance: after touching Locke's arm, he tells him
ominously: "Don't open it. Don't open that thing."
During the episode "In Translation" Walt secretly sets fire
to the initial raft that Michael has been building. Locke is the only
person on the island who realizes this. The day before the second raft
is set to be launched, Walt confesses to his father that he was
responsible for burning the first raft, because he didn't want to
leave the island. With a sudden realization, Michael tells him that
they don't have to go, but Walt replies solemnly, "Yes, we
do."
Walt has a yellow Labrador retriever named Vincent, which had been
owned by Brian. Before leaving the island on the raft, Walt gives
Vincent to Shannon, to help her to cope with the loss of her
step-brother Boone.
Walt is taken by the boat crew.While on the raft, in "Exodus:
Part 2", Walt and his companions run into another boat. Instead
of rescuing them, however, the crew of the other boat kidnap Walt,
destroy the raft and leave Michael, Jin, and Sawyer in the sea.
In "Man of Science, Man of Faith", a water-drenched Walt
appears before Shannon, and whispers incomprehensibly, which has been
ascribed to reversed speech. Whether this was actually Walt or a
vision is unclear.
What Walt's backwards speech translates to is disputed between the
possibilites of "Don't press the button, the button is bad"
and "Press the button, no button's bad", although most
people agree with the former.
Later, Walt is seen twice by Shannon, in the episode
"Abandoned". The first time, he again speaks in reversed
speech, which according to Entertainment Weekly, sounds like,
"They're coming and they're close". When he appears a second
time, he puts his index finger to his mouth and made a "sshhh"
sound. Then, he turns around and walks back into the jungle, only to
be chased by Shannon and Sayid. When asked, Sayid claims he also saw
the boy.
At the end of "What Kate Did", while examining the equipment
within the Dharma Initiative station, Michael discovers a message
reading "Hello?" on the station's computer screen. Typing in
a response and identifying himself by name, Michael is shocked when
the other party returns with "Dad?" Convinced that the user
on the other end is Walt, Michael continues communication with him in
"The 23rd Psalm"; when he inquires if he is alone, Walt
responds that he cannot talk long, because "they're coming back
soon." Walt concludes by telling Michael he needs to go
somewhere, but the audience is unable to see before Jack enters and
Walt cuts off the communication. |
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Information
and image taken from:
ABC's Lost Site and Wikipedia.org |
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