Responding to this recent theory reminded me of a question that always comes to my mind whenever I’m reminded of the fact that the producers had originally planned to have Jack die at the end of the very first episode.
Since they clearly had a series-spanning plot outline from the very beginning (not details, but major points), I wonder which character(s) they originally had planned to play some of the parts that Jack’s character now does.
Obviously they also evolve the show and the characters as it progresses, so much of the Jack stuff might not have been a part of the original concept at all, but he’s such a prominent figure that I can’t help but assume that some parts of his story must have been a part of that up front design, and they must (I’m assuming) have had an idea of which character(s) would fit those parts since Jack wasn’t originally supposed to be around.
You won’t believe this but the producers talked about Charlie being one of the major three in the review show before the finale.
I’d actually assumed they’d intended for Kate to be the central character for most of the series, but once audiences became attached to Jack, they were more or less forced to have him guide the narrative.
Yeah, on the special features of Season 1, they discussed their original plan that Jack was for sure going to be killed off, and Kate would be the leader of the group