danielle rousseau

residence France (Former) profession Scientist Portrayed by Mira Furlan

Melissa Farman (Younger)

Danielle Rousseau is a fictional character on the ABC drama television series Lost, which chronicles the lives of over forty people after their plane crashes on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific.[1] Croatian actress Mira Furlan plays the scientist who shipwrecks on the Island sixteen years prior to the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. Rousseau is a recurring on-island character who has appeared in nineteen episodes in seasons one through four, as well as one episode where her voice alone is heard.

The character, who is commonly known as "The French Woman" among the survivors on the island, is introduced early in the first season. Sixteen years prior to the plane crash, Rousseau was a member of a French research vessel, whose ship ran aground on the island. Two months after being stranded, Rousseau gave birth to her daughter Alex (Tania Raymonde); however, Alex was taken by the Island's original inhabitants, a group which Rousseau called the "Others". Rousseau's primary objective is to reunite with her daughter, which is achieved in the season three finale "Through the Looking Glass". The reunion is short-lived; Rousseau is shot and killed by a band of mercenaries in the middle of the fourth season.

The writers wrote Rousseau out of the series upon request by Furlan, who did not wish to travel to Hawaii to film her scenes. The producers planned for Rousseau to get her own flashback episode in season four; however, this was delayed due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The writers have stated that Rousseau will be in the fifth season, and her story will be told, but to say that it will be told through a flashback would be "disingenuous".[2] Critical reaction to the character has been generally positive; however, many have expressed disappointment in the execution of Rousseau's death scene. Contents [hide] 1 Arc 1.1 Prior to the crash 1.2 After the crash 2 Development 3 Reception 4 References //

Arc

Prior to the crash

Sixteen years before Oceanic 815 crashes on the Island, Rousseau was a heavily pregnant member of a six-man crew aboard a French research vessel three days out of Tahiti. The crew picked up a radio signal emanating from the South Pacific, which was a repeating set of six numbers: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42. While attempting to find the source of the signal, the ship ran aground on rocks surrounding the Island.[3] Before reaching the shore of the island, Rousseau and her team spotted a time-travelling Jin in the water.[4] Two months after their arrival, Rousseau began to believe that the Island natives, which she called the Others, carried a disease that the rest of her crew had contracted. She believed that this disease could not be allowed to reach the rest of the world, so she killed her colleagues,