fictional character played abc television series lost miles introduced early fourth season sarcastic medium crew member aboard freighter called offshore island lost takes place miles arrives island eventually taken captive played suspects freighter harm fellow crash survivors flight expose island general public miles mission obtain instead tries cut deal ben lie miles employer ben dead writers created role miles specifically seeing guest star actor read chose resembles word powerful reaction character positive arc miles born march child lives mother california miles know father told mother dead care alive forcing leave miles baby miles father having disdain fathers children seven years old miles discovers hear thoughts death dead professional develops ability access specific information deceased early december seven years old miles hired million freighter called island retrieve mass murderer named believes miles able communicate killed gain information location leaves miles briefly abducted team claims know miles father source warns miles mission instead trying convince miles join season miles flown helicopter freighter island december science team day island miles encounters survivors september flight believed dead world large hostile survivors killing colleague miles taken prisoner survivor kept near barracks island day miles temporarily escapes ben taken prisoner miles tell ben dead exchange million double paying barracks december mercenary team freighter murder people miles leaves aaron beach camp way miles dead bodies later night claire disappears jungle initially blames miles miles arrives december shortly rescued far island freighter explodes mercenary team killed island indigenous people ben leadership day ben moves island turning large frozen wheel underground season group beach begin flashing time landing fourteen different times island past future span week wheel turned according fellow freighter science team member physicist past changed suddenly appearing times happened survivors settle point miles passengers remain survive physically separated meet years july miles group barracks join initiative organization conducting scientific research living eventually ben despite option board submarine real world survivors stay island hope return time knew miles security officer ends friends discovers mother father live island father man organization station specific orientation films miles approach father continuing harbor resentment absence miles life july thirty year old security officer miles month old infant miles living island survivors jack kate flight rescued nearly years earlier december arrive island flying near island late join prisoner suspicion miles stays distant father talking late night witnesses peaceful moment younger self father days later groups future exposed morning comes clean future warns catastrophic incident occur building site swan planned island station dedicated instructs evacuate island non essential personnel ordering wife baby miles leave shortly finding adult miles son confronting miles realizes caused father order mother month old self leave hydrogen bomb buried island detonated swan site underground electromagnetic pocket energy timeline altered preventing group future having come island saving died arrived plan proceeds planned miles expresses skepticism antagonistic members engage jack believing miles juliet kate come aid swan site goes arm caught debris miles rushes saving calling dad tells father run far possible site bomb detonated goes white leaving miles status uncertain season episode season miles revealed returned future survivors kate jack temple save asks miles remain help bury deceased juliet use power find trying tell died reluctantly agrees seconds tells worked captured shortly taken temple stays jack kate escape days later jack escape miles left infected infected shows talk spokesperson kate returns hoping find claire miles tells claire held hostage later night temple killing path miles kate flee separated miles room ben burst help secret safely enters room miles uses gift discover jacob died reveals ben killed shelter oceanic flight survivors beach camp confronting ben later miles refuses offered million exchange freeing ben ben spared miles diamonds buried compensate lack money island jack richard join group miles particularly happy greet days later richard decides mission stop man black escaping destroy flight island dubbed man black stays trapped area destroys remaining dynamite old ship island thinking save disagreement richard splits group party talk man black richard party search explosives miles decides follow richard ben telling seen thing action doesn want talk miles richard ben barracks ben secretly kept closet miles hears screams ben daughter alex buried come confronted says needs hiding place monster coming ben reluctantly says hide secret room man black comes richard says talk claiming wants richard join ben goes miles saying sticking surviving decides leave run jungle finds jungle calls ben gave richard gets says miles need destroy plane saying finish started miles richard boat left dock boat reveals richard starting age rowing spot drifting water life boat frank proposes leave island plane man black comes richard miles agree miles radios ben saying plan plane talking claire comes bushes fires warning shots tell come closer richard manages calm refuses plane miles radios time kate picks says plane getting ready tells kate claire wanting come kate radio miles asks frank plane frank says check electrical outlet miles richard repair tape rejoin frank cockpit richard miles cockpit frank tries time turn plane time succeeds miles heads watch want come miles announces clear takeoff closes door frank tells richard miles open door sees kate miles opens door lets kate claire miles sits miles smile sight island getting smaller smaller distance oceanic flight crash island resulting different background miles instead professional medium officer partner comment miles indicates father alive reality working museum charlotte miles sets blind date ford working james miles feels lacks trust later gains access james credit card account learns partner like said instead going australia angrily demanding answers miles james eventually informing con miles objects james intention kill cooper car crashes theirs pursue hit run driver revealed kate receiving surveillance tape showing leaving scene crime miles informs james home sister law miles blocks door arrests personality miles initially hostile survivors kills colleague dies telling kate sure affected death hot dug accent learning miles captured guy pain ass miles nicknames acquaintances prompting critics fans characters compare character nickname mini claims approached people like character assumes miles wit devil care sort attitude usually people like kind throwing quick quirky remarks hiding definitely hiding asked miles like responded don think similar don know guess moments said miles doesn know social great don know social stated miles trust dead living intrigued miles stated haunted sure thoughts communication dead great thing happy skill miles speak dead similarity noted manners communication vary miles able access person mind death physically deceased executive producer writer commented unique abilities question differ explored end series development day april episode titled remember aired lost creator met fellow executive producer writer runner said actor night going tell wonder impression correctly guest starred time character young angry mental patient mid contacted agent informed july available interested working lost limit leak auditioned character scene created specifically audition analogous role want believed auditioning role russell brilliant mathematician late immense knowledge scientific fields limited social skills broken personal relationships actor tried writers written role miles accepted job character completely rewritten simply chosen writers thought cool sounded like relocated new_york filmed hawaii described initially contracted guest star potential regular status future came fruition struggled secrecy knowing character background motivations found understanding character clothing costume designer based miles wardrobe choice rolling_stones member specifically picture wore vest believed miles fit look bought jacket added hood writers planned ninth tenth episode fourth season focus miles backstory pushed thirteenth episode fifth season result strike revelation miles son confirmed miles flashback episode plot point speculated internet fan community early miles appearance speculation occurred following broadcast fifth season premiere seen tending baby boy influenced way revealed writers looked way present information way interesting insulting viewers predicting resulted miles discussing miles saying dad cut commercial break reception appearances nominated supporting television actor category lost plays entourage according miles new characters received fans chicago_tribune said intense portrayal new_york_post praised cast addition newsday thought current interesting actors mix alan_sepinwall star-ledger commented miles easily favorite characters introduced confirmed dead throw medium science fiction love sarcastic energy brings ben ones getting good liners miles introduction second episode fourth season entertainment_weekly wrote strong impression cast ign stated adequate job getting miles arrogant brand confidence
Miles Straume