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Nikki Fernandez and Paulo (/ ˈ p aʊ l oʊ / POW-loh) are fictional characters on the ABC drama television series Lost, which chronicles the lives of over forty people after their plane crashes on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. [1]
The flashbacks begin with Nikki Fernandez (Kiele Sanchez) acting in a popular, Charlie's Angels-like TV show Exposé filmed in Sydney, in which she is a guest star. She is also having an affair with the septuagenarian executive producer, Howard L. Zuckerman, who is very wealthy, while Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro) works as his chef.
Reaction to two new characters, Nikki and Paulo, was generally negative, and Lindelof even acknowledged that the couple was "universally despised" by fans. [107] The decision to split the season and the American time-slot switch after the hiatus were also criticized. [108] [109] Cuse acknowledged that, "No one was happy with the six-episode run."
Nikki and Paulo aside, Lost always nailed character introductions, and this episode was firm evidence of the fact. Each of the four new arrivals from the freighter – Daniel, Miles, Charlotte and ...
Several characters died throughout the season; Eko was written out early on when Akinnuoye-Agbaje did not wish to continue on the show, [3] [4] Nikki and Paulo were buried alive mid-season after poor fan response, [5] and Charlie was written out in the third-season finale.
Nikki and Paulo's original introduction onto the show was deleted for time from the final cut of the episode. [10] They were supposed to be accidentally found by Claire Littleton in Jack's tent having sex in the middle of the episode. [11] They were instead introduced at the end of the episode when Locke makes a speech. [12]
The reviewer still complained about Nikki and Paulo's participation, considering them "poorly developed" and giving "the sense that they are being shoehorned in". [12] The website later ranked "The Cost of Living" as the 25th best episode of the series, saying that while early Season 3 "might have dragged a bit", "The Cost of Living" "saw the ...
Kiele Sanchez Nikki is an actress who, with her boyfriend Paulo, murders a television producer for his diamonds. When they get to the island they spend their time searching for the diamonds lost in the crash. Paulo discovers the diamonds and tries to hide them from her, but she retaliates by attacking him with a spider with a powerful ...