Lost/Miles Straume

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Miles Straume Lost

Actor	Ken Leung
First Appearance	4x02 - Confirmed Dead
Last Appearance	—
Show Status	Season 4: Billed
Episode Count	8
Notable Episodes	4x02 - Confirmed Dead 4x04 - Eggtown
Flashback Count	1

Miles Straume is part of the group of people on the freighter looking for the island. He is played by Ken Leung and has appeared in eight episodes to date.

1 Basic Information
- 1.1 After Oceanic 815
  - 1.1.1 Season Four
2 Episode Appearances
3 Character History
4 Memorable Moments
5 Trivia
6 Quotes

[edit] Basic Information

[edit] After Oceanic 815

Miles Straume appeared to have a job as a psychic "ghost buster" in Inglewood, California. He appears to have the ability to commune with spirits of the deceased and uses this ability to tell them to move on. He was eventually recruited as a member of the expedition to the island, an expedition organized by Matthew Abaddon.

[edit] Season Four

Miles was forced to jump from the helicopter when it experienced electrical problems above the island. He landed on the rocky coastal section of the island where he was tracked down via his GPS transponder by Jack Shephard, Kate Austen and fellow expedition member Daniel Faraday. He ambushed Jack and Kate, pulling a gun on them and demanded to be taken to Naomi's body due to her use of a code phrase to secretly inform the freighter she was under duress. Alone with Naomi's body, Miles was able to confirm Kate's story that she wasn't killed by them. The group discovered expedition member Charlotte Lewis's transponder attached to Vincent; a sign she was captured by John Locke. However, they located the final expedition member from the helicopter, Frank Lapidus, who successfully landed the helicopter intact. It was soon discovered Juliet Burke wasn't on Oceanic 815 but was a "native". Miles questioned her as to the location of Benjamin Linus, pulling out an old photograph of Ben and telling them the expedition was there to find him. He accompanied Sayid and Kate to the barracks to get Charlotte, but they were ambushed by Locke's group. Sayid made an exchange with Locke, taking Charlotte back and leaving Miles with Locke.

As Locke's captive, Miles was tied up and kept at the barracks' boathouse. Kate approached him, wanting to know how much he knew about her, but Miles refused to give her any answers until he spoke with Ben, who was being held under Locke's watchful eye. She hatched a plan and managed to get him a couple minutes with Ben. Miles offered Ben a deal: he would tell his employer's Ben was dead in exchange for $3.2 million. He wanted the extortion money in just two days but, seeing as how Ben was also a captive, gave him a week to come up with the money. As Kate fulfilled her part of the bargain, Miles revealed to Kate that the people on the freighter knew all about her and that she was a fugitive. He suggested she'd be better off staying on the island. Locke eventually found Miles and Kate, and Miles was forcefully returned to the boathouse. Locke told Miles he made a mistake in not introducing himself properly, and placed a hand grenade between Miles' teeth and removed the safety pin. He introduced himself to Miles and told him he was responsible for the well-being of the island, before leaving Miles with an active grenade in his mouth.

[edit] Episode Appearances

[edit] Character History

Information is shown in chronological order.

4x02 - Confirmed Dead: Arrives on the island with Daniel, Frank and Charlotte.
4x03 - The Economist: Goes to the barracks with Sayid and Kate to get Charlotte.
4x04 - Eggtown: Is kept prisoner by Locke. Makes a deal with Ben.

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Trivia

Last Name: Miles' last name was revealed as a clue in the Find 815 ARG leading up to the premiere of "The Beginning of the End". The name is derived from the word "Maelstrom," meaning a very large whirlpool. Word "straume" is also a word in latvian (spelled as is - "straume") meaning "current", "gush", "torrent", "stream", "flood".