Lost: Season One Question

[originalpuck]

I just started watching Lost, and my question is: does something horrible eventually happen to the dog*? If so, does it happen in the first season? I have this thing about violence towards animals (don't get me started on the nausea I get from shows like Animal Cops, or the number of movies I can't stand because of an animal cruelty scene), so I

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[tammy_moore]

To the best of my recollection nothing particularly bad ever happens to Vincent on the island. Nor does he do anything that bad, although he's a bit of Jonah sometimes and tends to get lost in the jungle a lot. I think he finds a dead body at one point.

He's currently (UK) not part of the show but the last time we saw him he was happy and well-looked after.

(I had the same dread reading The Gates by John Connolly where the main character has a pet dog. My mind has just been so trained to expect the pet to end up sacrificed to show the villainy of the bad guy/seriousness of the situation.)

[originalpuck]

Thanks!

And I think you're right. I'm pretty trained to think that if a pet is introduced in a genre book, it's usually to be killed/tortured.

[kiri_moth]

The next episode is the finale, and nothing terrible has happened to the dog. For the most part, the dog is a used throughout the show as a device of levity and joy - people are always happy to see him, to see that he's okay and that he's not lost.

[originalpuck]

Oh thank goodness. Thanks tons!

[lisefrac]

I haven't watched much of Lost, so I can't answer your question, but I will say, I sympathize, and damn, don't ever read Watchmen.

[originalpuck]

Oh, jeez. Okay, I won't, thanks for the head's up.