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<br> Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd
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Walt Lloyd
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10
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Sydney , Australia
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Living with his mother, Susan Lloyd, and his adoptive father, Brian Porter
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Returning to the US after Michael received custody of him
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Malcolm David Kelley
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is a
Fictional Character on the
ABC television series ''
Lost '' played by
Malcolm David Kelley .
Walt is
Michael Dawson's 10-year-old son (born
August 24th ), named after Michael's father. Walt's mother was Susan Lloyd, an
Attorney , who rejected marriage with his father, a construction worker and part-time artist. His mother split up with Michael while Walt was still a baby, and moved with him to
Amsterdam for a plum international law job. Just before Walt's second birthday, Susan married her boss, Brian Porter. Later, while Michael is recovering in a hospital from a car accident, she visits him and insists he give up parental rights to Walt so that Brian can adopt him. When Michael sees Walt for the last time before he picks him up in Australia, he gives the boy a stuffed
Polar Bear .
Nine years later, Brian tracks down Michael, and tells him that Susan had passed away in
Australia due to a "blood disorder." He pleads with Michael to take custody of the boy and gives him tickets for the flight to Sydney. Brian reveals that he had not wanted to be Walt's adoptive father, and that he is scared of the boy: "There's something about him... Sometimes when he's around things happen. He's different somehow."
Unusual occurrences have appeared around Walt. Just prior to his mother's death, Walt is studying from a book about native birds, and wants Brian to look at the entry for the
Australian Bronze Cuckoo . When Brian ignores him, Walt becomes insistent, and a bird suddenly smashes into the window and dies.
Walt and
John Locke establish a friendship shortly after arriving on the island. Locke sees something special in the boy, and tells his father: "Maybe you haven't spent enough time with him to see it, but he's different... As long as we're here, I think Walt should be allowed to realize his potential." This leads to Michael mistrusting Locke's intentions with the boy.
In "
Special ", when Walt has been looking through a
Comic Book with a picture of a
Polar Bear rather than listening to his father, Michael takes it away from him. Later, in anger, Michael throw the comic into the fire, and Walt runs off, only to be attacked shortly afterwards by a polar bear in the jungle.
In "
Born To Run ", without having any apparent knowledge of "the hatch," Walt appears to exhibit some form of
Psychometric Clairvoyance : after touching Locke's arm, he tells him ominously: "Don't open it. Don't open that thing."
During the episode "
In Translation " Walt secretly sets fire to the initial raft that Michael has been building. Locke is the only person on the island who realizes this. The day before the second raft is set to be launched, Walt confesses to his father that he was responsible for burning the first raft, because he didn't want to leave the island. With a sudden realization, Michael tells him that they don't have to go, but Walt replies solemnly, "Yes, we do."
Walt has a yellow
Labrador Retriever named Vincent, which had been owned by Brian. Before leaving the island on the raft, Walt gives Vincent to
Shannon , to help her to cope with the loss of her step-brother
Boone .
While on the raft, in "", Walt and his companions run into another boat. Instead of rescuing them, however, the crew of the other boat kidnap Walt, destroy the raft and leave Michael,
Jin , and
Sawyer in the sea. It has recently been revealed that the kidnappers are part of
The Others
In "
Man Of Science, Man Of Faith ", a water-drenched Walt appears before Shannon, and whispers incomprehensibly, which has been ascribed to
Reversed Speech . Whether this was actually Walt or a vision is unclear.
What Walt's backwards speech translates to is disputed between the possibilites of "Don't press the button, the button is bad" and "Press the button, no button's bad", although most people agree with the former.
Later, Walt is seen twice by Shannon, in the episode "
Abandoned ". The first time, he again speaks in reversed speech, which according to
Entertainment Weekly , sounds like, "They're coming and they're close". When he appears a second time, he puts his index finger to his mouth and made a "sshhh" sound. Then, he turns around and walks back into the jungle, only to be chased by Shannon and
Sayid . When asked, Sayid claims he also saw the boy.
At the end of "
What Kate Did ", while examining the equipment within the
Dharma Initiative station, Michael discovers a message reading "Hello?" on the station's computer screen. Typing in a response and identifying himself by name, Michael is shocked when the other party returns with "Dad?" Convinced that the user on the other end is Walt, Michael continues communication with him in "
The 23rd Psalm "; when he inquires if he is alone, Walt responds that he cannot talk long, because "they're coming back soon." Walt concludes by telling Michael he needs to go somewhere, but the audience is unable to see before Jack enters and Walt cuts off the communication.
