Miles: Miles is another crew-member aboard Widmore's freighter with ties to Island. His father, Pierre Chang, was a scientist for the original Dharma initiative, and their relationship plays a pivotal role during the time traveling storyline in season five. His birth on the Island probably led to his unique abilities to communicate with the dead. With his sardonic wit, and rebellious attitude Miles reminded many fans of Sawyer. Yet his well developed relationships with the survivors, his father, and back story as a corrupt psychic from a broken home endeared him to all who followed the show. Miles' attitude and apt abilities as a sort of medium-detective reminded me a lot of one of the most iconic characters the reach the screen, Mister Tibbs. One of Sydney Poitier's best roles, Tibbs and Straume share alot of the same characteristics. And Poitier's range shown in such classics as Blackboard Jungle, A Raisin in the Sun, In the Heat of the Night, and even his comic work with Bill Cosby in Uptown Saturday Night, A Piece of the Action, and Let's Do It Again, would bring alot to the role of Miles as he progresses from a rebellious teen (in flashbacks) to a friend and confidant of Sawyer, Jin, Juliet, etc.
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