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Sayid Jarrah: The Soldier Who Wanted to Be Good

A Gentle Man With a Gift He Never Asked For

Sayid Jarrah

Header still: S1E09 Solitary

Sayid is the castaways' best soldier and their sternest conscience. His story asks whether a man can stop being what he was trained to be.

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