fictional character played abc drama television series lost chronicled lives survivors plane crash shannon introduced pilot episode fellow crash survivor series regular funeral kate time island spent time formed relationship survivor plane crash shannon accidentally shot mistakes casting process compared played character idea encouraging writers write romantic relationship character shannon story critics found largely character shortly death nonetheless grace received teen choice award nomination role shannon arc prior crash shannon father marries frost spends studies ballet gets older teaches dance classes young girls eighteen shannon father dies car crash prepared money property goes wife refuses help shannon financially despite shannon winning prestigious non paying martha graham dance company new_york unable come money shannon moves france short time work pair shannon later forms plan con giving inheritance deserved playing knowledge love makes appear boyfriend brian abuses pays brian leave shannon plans secretly half money con sydney abusive boyfriend ruins shannon ruse cuts check storms hotel room plans return states shannon boyfriend takes money shannon goes hotel room sydney drunk allows seduce sex shannon tells things way expresses anger know control situation relationship following morning sydney airport approaches shannon asking watch bag soon leaves doomed flight takes shannon hand hands love briefly relieving misery hours flight moments crash shannon momentarily seen row crash landing island decides join transmit distress signal argument discover french looped signal transmitted shannon knowledge language translate later shannon attack found sun plants help breathing selfish manipulative behavior brands shannon useless help translate maps belonging french woman radio transmission shannon soon form romantic relationship returning romantic night beach learns died falling great height funeral shannon speak allows talk instead shannon holds terry quinn responsible death asks action refuses steals key gun case holds gunpoint jungle arrives beach morning warn camp imminent arrival shannon prepares migrate caves rest group leaving survivors built gives shannon dog vincent means help recover loss start season shannon loses vincent jungle searching shocked find standing wet finds disappears days builds shannon shelter beach brings soon decide sleep time leaves bottle water shannon absence shannon sees vision standing shelter experience dream uses vincent try find lead grave takes vincent jungle pursuit starts rain shannon admit feelings seeing shannon runs accidentally shot mistakes dies moments later arms shannon death left caused rift survivors rest season shown guilt ridden killing shannon season experienced survivors shown alternate timeline plane crashed seen plane traveling explains went save shannon bad relationship want come series finale end attacked outside local bar watching shannon tries defend gets car knocks attacker unconscious gets help shannon remember lives island realize later night reunited passengers oceanic personality casting process shannon compared lost producer described bitch like typical daddy girl gets wants responsible bit found shannon self centered called daddy girl describes self centered little bitch night island shannon confident rescued refusing help organize care rose lost husband spends time catching fish apologizes behalf shannon poor guy like use case says shannon don way look don seriously joke trying contribute useless help translate maps obtained development producers looking paris quality play shannon shallow storyline require lot women auditioned producers finally settled written bitch season producers needed character use create opposition conflict producers thought interesting shannon relationship interest came idea unrelated romantic encounter twist backstory killed end season forces shannon adult existence island grace noted person knew loved shannon spite course losing especially left unresolved change freed develop relationship plays came idea shannon relationship thought shock relationship woman looked like miss america unlikely pairing come completely left field pairing shannon person according lost producer relationships audience expect necessarily ones producers necessarily going want try find ways characters don expect kind connect connect ways kind surprising shannon flashbacks abandoned allow audience emotional level character finally understand way death planned start season producers wanted survivors tail section plane survivors fuselage forced come difficult circumstances death spin direction commented sort understood lost sign going constant character turnover stakes island life death felt intense emotional sense loss watching death post death appearance collision credited special guest star received billing returned season appearing flashbacks noted fun actually shannon stories shannon originally season premiere sixth final season written grace unavailable producers eventually arranged grace appear end reception ign critical shannon relationship plane crash commenting shannon ability sort understand french training little impact characters bring little table intriguing storylines characters deserve attention relationship added final act finally lust exciting ultimately built lost universe later review episode following death commented shannon left little season especially shannon high point documents given opportunity shine acceptable job distraught sibling looking blame death finally real depth shannon character quest vengeance believable according shannon sympathy previously known survivors iii aol squad joked mother devil shannon right killing thought death troubled shannon likable found love season death far lose jack kate sun chicago_tribune felt fans echoed view describing reaction muted angry shooting shannon won screen actors guild award best ensemble drama series nominated choice breakout performance 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Shannon Rutherford