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Agreed, I can’t stand her character. That constant smirk on her face is killing me too. Every time we get rid of an annoying character another one pops up to take their place.

I agree with you mostly. But she knows what Ben can do and maybe it is fear that keeps her in line.

Well, I still think Juliet knows a lot more than she is letting on. But as for your question about why would she put up w/ Ben, it’s not like she can call a cab to take her home.

Good thought, Veefre. I think Juliet was preconditioned to accept being in victim mode, and pretty much accepted whatever got dumped on her. That tranquilizer for the sub ride would have been the first time I kicked butt, Harper would have been out my door on her ass in a heartbeat at the first meeting (been there, done that), and Ben would have had a daily enema per doctors orders. Evil evil man. Thanks for getting me started !!

I agree with this as well. However I’m very happy with where her relationship with Jack is going. If him and Kate were to be together, come on, it would be way too cliche. I really like where both Kate’s and Jack’s relationships are going.

Totally agree, Veefre! While watching last night’s episode, I admitted, “you know? I kinda hope that Juliet gets killed off.” I feel bad saying that, but she (the character, not the actress) REALLY irritates me. She looks so smug all the time, and she does some nasty things (even though her intentions are honorable).

I hope she ends up being some kind of a hero, because otherwise she’s really irritating me!

+1 Veefre, I have often thought the same thing, although I do like Juliet’s character on the show. I think that her first mistake was accepting the tranquilizer for the travel. I certainly would have questioned that!

Afte that, I think she was stuck on the island with no way to get off and made the best of it until the Losties showed up.

Glad you brought this up. :)

She seems to me to be pretty weepy in all her flashbacks, but on island since her 1st meeting Jack, she seems cold as ice and doesn’t show any emotion. I liked the comment “You don’t want to read my file Jack”. I think this says there is more in her past than we yet know and something changed her into someone hard as stone.

not a theory?

The things she’s been hit with lately in realation to Ben, means she’s had to harden herself just to survive. Can you imagine having no choice but to live with a group of people whose leader has effectively murdered someone you love, and flaunted it in your face, with no one to turn to for help because he has everyone else fooled or cowed? She’s really had her back up against a wall and it’s only lately that any help of escape (losties) has seemed a possibility. I’m actually liking Juliet much more than I used to, now that I understand what she was subjected to.

I agree with those that said that Juliet is getting very annoying. Something about her needs to change, we still have no idea where she stands and it is getting on my nerves. I long for Juliet-free episodes! I do however think that she felt threatened by the ‘others’ from the start. Remember that they killed her ex-husband too by getting him hit by the bus. I think that may be why she took the sedative…she was scared. I do agree with your theory, for someone who seems so capable and strong she is pretty weak when it comes to some things! +1

But as an actress she got to fool around with Angelina Jolie in Gia, so life for her isn’t that bad.

I can understand her being hardened by Ben’s cruelty, by then WHY ON EARTH is she keeping secrets from Jack and the rest? Couldn’t those secrets only help our Lostees against Ben? I mean, isn’t Ben’s control solely based on him having knowledge that others (not Others) don’t?

Juliet sure isn’t throwing any bones to Jack, etc. to help them out. Argh, she annoys me…

Thanks for all the comments.

No, this isn’t technically atheory, but it does conform to the standard of:

“Note that a “theory” can be anything from a full-blown, evidence-backed, sweeping theory about the show, a small bit of speculation on a particular character, event, theme, etc., or even a creative bit of “fan fiction” about the future of the LOST story.”

So I would think it should not raise any eyebrows as far as appropriateness.

Annie,

I also like Juliet. She’s a beautiful woman with a very empathetic, caring side. Her scene on the beach with Goodwin was lovely. Just how she periodically gets turned into a vicious robot is quite unexplained and quite unnatural (perhaps even for those with a misogynist streak). I sort of feel sorry for the actress who must portray her because it’s such a schizoid part.

That constant smirk on Juliet’s face isn’t done on purpose to show she’s smug or anything like that…I think its just a result of the actress’ (Elizabeth Mitchell’s) plastic surgery. When her face is at rest it looks like she’s smirking!

Alot of actresses who have had plastic surgery on mouth/lips have a similar problem. Angelina Jolie ironically is one of them. Another that comes to mind is Nicole Kidman.

Vegarover,

Do you know for a fact she’s had such work done? From her bio, it looks like she’s 38… not exactly the age when most women really need a facelift, but then it’s Hollywood.

I do remember her playing Dr. Weaver’s lesbian other, Dr. Kim Legaspi, on ER back around year 2000. I thought she was good in that.

It seems like Juliet is the ultimate co-dependent. Namely, she’s the co to Ben’s insatiable lust for power, manipulation, and control.

Nat, interesting observation that the key to Ben’s power is his knowledge. It keeps on leading me back to the idea - not exactly supported anywhere - that much of what happens on Lost is in Ben’s imagination. Juliet put it well, herself, when she said, “I’ve been living Ben’s dream for three years”. What exactly did she mean by “Ben’s dream”? And why has she agreed to live in it?

I also loathe Juliet, but for different reasons. I think she is a liar and not genuine. Have you seen her smile? Her eyes don’t move at all. She is so freaking annoying. At first I thought that maybe the actress was just using too much botox, but I’ve seen interviews with her and she actually can smile with her eyes. That is the mark of a true smile. Also, she won’t tell the losties anything she knows (for their own protection allegedly). But this has never been a good excuse in practice. I mean that sentiment ALWAYS backfires. She could just tell them about Ben’s intentions. She obviously knows a lot, she’s been an other for years. She could greatly help the losties if she wanted to!

But I disagree with the whole Juliet is dumb part. She knows that Ben is a VERY dangerous man. He kills any opposition to him. If she rejected him and/or spoke out against him she would for sure be killed. Firstly, can you imagine Ben as a jilted lover? He would go absolutely wild with revenge, probly worse than we’ve yet seen from him. Also, he was her only ticket off the island. She had to go along or else she would never leave.

+1 for hating her though!

The thing is, the sub was probably going to and from the island on a regular basis during Juliet’s first three years. How hard would it have been for her to just get on that sub, maybe even stow away, so she could get away from such an obviously psychotic killer?

The thing is, at this point, Juliet just doesn’t add up. Maybe there is more detail - such as what exactly is in that file of hers - that we’ll be seeing in due course to help us understand her apparently illogical behavior.

Oh, and Juliet’s first clue should have been when her ex-husband gets hit by a bus, just after she mentioned to Richard Alpert that this would be the only way she’d be able to come to work for the “research institute”. For her not to question that very suspicious coincidence, and back out of the contract, was her very first mistake.