I wanted Michael and Walt to have a happy ending. I was hoping Michael would get it together and actually want to be a father to his kid and try to figure out a way to get back [home], the producers' story. If I were writing it, I would write it differently.
The 2008 interview with Perrineau has become a sort of Rosetta stone for understanding the betrayal many Lost fans of color feel around how the show came to tell stories about non-white characters.
...Perrineau's TV Guide interview was essentially one of the few times an actor involved in such a huge hit show criticized it even mildly.
For the most part, when the show aired, discussion was centered around white voices. When you look at contemporaneous discussion of Perrineau's comments, you see a fanbase that seems irritated by the idea of someone questioning a storytelling decision the series made.
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