Exploration of Spoilers Part 1-The Regression of Sawyer

With less than a week till the highly anticipated season premire of the final season, I wanted to examine some spoilers I've come across. There has been several things discussed at Comic-Con, one which I came across about Sawyer's character. Lost Season 6's blog indicates that Josh Holloway's Sawyer will deal with the loss of Juliet in a bad way. That we will see him resort back to the Sawyer of Old (I'm thinking the "Tokoyo Rose" and "Freckles" nicknames will evolve to more bitter ones?)Also, Holloway hints at a rekinding between Kate and Sawyer, because it makes for better T.V. I would have to agree with this, because I have not been too crazy about Sawyer since he's been with Juliet. His attraction lie in his wise-cracking, tough exterior-thee audience can see there is a softie in there somewhere, but when he is fully exposed he loses his appeal very quickly. Well, in my humble opinion.

If Sawyer regresses back to the Sawyer of Season One, but takes with him the growth and development of Season Five, it will be interesting to see what we are left with at the very end. As discussed in my other blog, the theme of redemption runs heavy, and I thought last year we were actually going to see Sawyer go because he had made such a turn around. Alas, will the death of Juliet revert him back? Will he find his true redemption?
Rambles Prediction
I feel like it's going to play out like this: There are hints of Elizabeth Mitchell's Juliet returning if they can "fix it", so Sawyer will return to his wrinkled brow renegade ways but all the while on a mission to be Mr. Fix it. If you've read Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, you know that this will be his main objective and he won't spend much time reflecting on it, as he is to me the epitome of male. I feel a wrench being thrown in at the idea of him and Kate sparking things back up, but don't feel it will completely hinder him from trying to save Juliet. I also think he will keep that character growth but we won't see as much of it verbalized as in Season Five. Rather, it will be more internalized as he has been hurt by Juliet's departure and the fact that he finally opened up to someone that has now "left him". He will build those walls back up, but with a possibility of Juliet's return, there is the possibility of a full, well rounded, well developed Sawyer in the end. And that's my prediction. Stay tuned for next time and my predictions on John Locke