Here’s why this underrated couple is ranked EW’s No.
1 TV romance of all time.
The way thatLoststarsYunjin KimandDaniel Dae Kimfirst met sounds like the beginning of a great rom-com.
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Since Yunjin is allergic to alcohol, she accidentally got too drunk and Daniel came to her rescue.
I know you!'
It was such a great reunion."
Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim filming a scene for ‘Lost’.Mario Perez/ABC
Sure, you may be thinking, “What about Jack and Kate?
Or Kate and Sawyer?
Or Charlie and Claire or Penny and Desmond or any other iconicLostcouple?”
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But there’s no competition fromLostor any other series.
Theirs was the only love story to span the entire series against all odds, smoke monster or otherwise.
And it also managed to subvert problematic Asian stereotypes along the way.
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“Jin and Sun became the heart ofLost.
This wasn’t exactly a couple to root for, and that worried both Daniel and Yunjin.
“I was worried about representing the Asian community because it was a sensitive topic,” Yunjin says.
“I expected us to break up at some point,” Daniel admits.
“That was pretty special.
It really opened up the possibilities of where these characters could go, where this relationship could go.”
“It sealed our fate for the rest of the run.”
You’re so emotionally charged.
And I was like, ‘Don’t worry, I got you.’
But that’s how we worked all the time.”
That’s when things started to change."
“The character had really started to make a positive impact.
Daniel adds he considers that their death scene their most iconic moment.
“Where he says, ‘I’ll never leave you,’ that sealed it.
But again, bringing that scene to life wasn’t easy.
“It helped ground the character,” he says.
“On set the mood was always generally upbeat but on this day it was not.
It let me know that our work and our characters were having an impact.”
“People people throw the phrase around but literally,Lostwas life-changing for me.”
All the best love stories usually are.
