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LOS ANGELES-It would be hard to find someone in Hollywood as grounded as Matthew Fox. However, you wouldn't know that by watching him on Lost, where he plays the "messed up" Dr. Jack Shephard.

In a room at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, he says that while his character has had issues in past episodes, things will get worse before they get better in episodes that follow him into the future.

"Jack is a frickin' mess in the future so that has not been pleasant to revisit," he says. "It's never fun to put yourself in a place where you are messed up and desperate. He has gotten to rock bottom but I understand why we are taking him there. There is a period when he gets back [from the island] where he has built a construct of denial that he can maintain. Then things start to intrude on that bubble and he can no longer maintain the lie that he was telling himself, and things start falling apart. There will be a turn in there where he begins to build toward redemption, so I think taking him to the pit of despair will make that more rewarding."

Ironically, Fox, who came to Lost with a resume that included several years on another hit series, Party of Five, was never allowed to watch TV when he was growing up. His parents owned a ranch in Wyoming, and he says they made sure that he spent most of his time reading or working on the farm. He says that he is happy that he gets to live and work in Hawaii while making Lost because his two children have learned to value the outdoors and seldom watch himself or anyone else on TV.

"It is very important that they develop their own imaginations and use them," he says. "That helped me a lot, and being in Hawaii is great because they spend a lot of time outside. My daughter is 10 and discovered surfing, and she has already found some big waves to ride."

His seven-year-old son and his daughter will be able to watch his latest project, Speed Racer, which hits theatres May 9. He says he liked the character, Racer X, a flawed hero who tries to bring race-car sponsors to justice. And he says that although he is based on a cartoon figure, there are similarities to Jack Shephard.

"I don't buy into the notion of pure heroes. I think that is sort of an antiquated idea. For me it is more exciting to play guys like X and Jack who are very human, like we all are, and flawed in many ways but in very difficult circumstances do very heroic things and find some redemption in that. I think that is very interesting and challenging and relatable to me."

Source: Straight

Sure I'm a bit biased but I loved this episode and NOT because of all the Jack scenes. As I said in the episode thread, some would not be happy with any episode after the bloodbath last week. To each his own I guess.
This episode was loaded with information and that's another plus for me.

And omg...
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This is probably the first time in Lost history I did NOT wanna hear his name more than 32 times! <grumble> <damn quiz>

Not a bit surpised that Deliverance got all steamy over Foxy in the movie, but omigosh did my Pegs actually call him SEXY?? LoL
Ya know, I never really think of "Jack" in terms of hot or anything like that..much... SURPRISE.
I am just totally in tv love with his character. I can't say I haven't gotten some chills (good chills) from some of his mannerisms or smiles (when he smiles) or some of his lines. I don't think he was meant to be the stud of the group anyway. He moves me for so many reasons that have nothing to do with looks.. one - I identify with him in a way (trying to fix others but not fixing ME), two- he is much more my type IRL than the other male characters, three - he can act without speaking, and four - when his eyes tear up (JEARS!), it breaks my heart. I could list 50 more reasons why his character is so appealing to me, but I'll leave it at that. Anyway, all those things combined make him attractive, compelling and yeah.. sexy.. to me.