James "Sawyer" Ford

BEFORE THE CRASH

• Watched parents die in murder/suicide after being swindled out of their life savings by a con man named "Sawyer"
• Obsessed with hunting down the original "Sawyer" for revenge; holds him responsible for his parents' deaths
• Became a con man himself and adopted Sawyer's name
• Tried the suitcase con on a woman, Cassidy, who turned the tables on him; made him teach her how to con; fell in love with her
• Forced to double-cross Cassidy and steal over $600,000 from her or his partner in the con, Gordy, would kill him
• Encountered Jack's father in an Australian bar
• Killed the wrong man thinking he was "Sawyer"
• Deported from Australia for head-butting the Minister of Agriculture

ON THE ISLAND

• Good ol' Southern boy who plays all the angles and hoards the medical supplies, booze, sunscreen, and guns
• Stubbornly allowed Sayid to torture him to prove a point
• Flirted hot and heavy with Kate
• Thought a boar specifically targeted him
• Bought his way onto raft with hoarded supplies
• Shot by Walt's kidnappers during the Others' attack on raft
• Mistakenly thought to be Others by Ana Lucia and Tailies and imprisoned in the tiger trap
• Fell unconscious from the infection of the gun shot wound
• Nursed back to health by Kate
• Referred to everyone by nicknames he gives them
• Has read many books on the island, including Watership Down, A Wrinkle in Time, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Bad Twin, and Lancelot
• Devised the long con to gain control over all the guns
• Squashed a tree frog to stop its croaking that kept him awake
• Attacked by Hurley for calling him names and teasing him about his weight
• Had sex with Ana Lucia
• Confessed to Jack that Jack was the closest thing to a friend he had on the island
• Convinced by Michael to help him attack the Others and free Walt but double-crossed by Michael
• Captured by the Others
• Held captive in cages in part of the Hydra station
• Attempted an escape after Karl picked the lock to his cage but was captured and returned
• Figured out how to work the machine in his cage and received some food, which he shared with Kate