'Lost' creator explains 'brutal' death

Lost's co-creator Damon Lindelof believes that the death of popular character Charlie Pace was "brutal" to both write and watch.

Played by British actor Dominic Monaghan, Charlie perished through drowning in an underwater base run by The Others.

Lindelof admitted to Sci-Fi Wire: "It was incredibly hard to say goodbye to Charlie. We really felt the season needed to end with the loss of one of the major characters and began setting it up very early in the year. Charlie's sacrifice was brutal for us to write, and Dom's performance made it particularly brutal to watch. The reverberation of that death echoes right into the premiere of season four."

Carlton Cuse, Lost's co-executive producer, added: "The ending of the show we felt had to resolve the story of The Others. We promised a showdown. That showdown had profound consequences on both sides."