This is in response to a ...
Question: This is in response to
a letter someone wrote about on-screen chemistry. First you said that Juliet was the best thing to happen to
Lost since Season 1. I've got to disagree. While I enjoy Juliet a lot (and I'd put Desmond ahead of her), at the top of the list of great things to happen to
Lost is Ben.
Michael Emerson is a revelation. As for chemistry, I'd submit another "couple": the Hurley-Charlie-Jin friendship. From some interviews it seems that
Dominic Monaghan,
Jorge Garcia and
Daniel Dae Kim are friends in real life, and this translates to the screen as one of the most authentic friendships on TV. In the midst of all the drama and horror on
Lost, it's good to be reminded, as we were in "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead," that real joy is also possible. Seeing Jin, Hurley and Charlie whistling the theme from
Bridge on the River Kwai and telling ghost stories around the campfire at the beginning of "Catch-22" was a great gift to the audience. In a media world where most relationships are either romantic or antagonistic, it's great to remember the simple joys of friendship.
Answer: No argument here. Thanks for pointing out that not all chemistry need be sexual, or fraught with tension. And for the reminder that, once again, there's not an ensemble cast in all of TV that compares to this wildly diverse and captivating tribe of castaways.
