OfBoyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau), showing symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, was a significant part of its season one story, but was forgotten in Of seasons 2 and 3. As defined by World Health Organization, “Parkinson’s disease is a brain disease that causes problems with movement, mental health, sleep, pain and other health problems.” Common symptoms of Parkinson’s disease include involuntary movements and tremors known as dyskinesias. The severity of symptoms varies among individuals, but cognitive impairment may also occur.
Back to the future Actor Michael J. Fox is one of the most well-known individuals with Parkinson’s disease, with his diagnosis being shared publicly in 1991. He created the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which is a non-profit organization. which funds scientific research to find a cure. There are medications that can help control symptoms, but a cure has not yet been discovered. As Ofcast of characters faces new challenges, the importance of Boyd’s Parkinson’s Disease in Season 1 Has Apparently Been Forgotten.
Boyd has had symptoms of Parkinson’s disease since the first season
His father had Parkinson’s disease
In Of season 1, Boyd began to feel involuntary tremors, specifically his hands shaking. Boyd’s father had Parkinson’s and tremors were the first symptoms he began to experience when he was Boyd’s age. Parkinson’s disease is not usually hereditary, but the symptoms convinced him that he, too, had the same medical condition. He shared this information when he went to talk to his wife, Abby (Lisa Ryder), where she was buried, and shared it with Kenny Liu (Ricky He).
Boyd’s Parkinson’s symptoms were one of the main factors that motivated him to go into the woods with Sara Myers (Avery Konrad) at the end of Season 1 in order to find answers and a way home. As he explained to Kenny, he needed to do this while he still could, and before Parkinson’s, physically or cognitively, prevented him from doing so. This gave a sense of urgency to his mission and was why he was not willing to postpone his adventure in the forest.
From Seasons 2 and 3, I Forgot About Boyd’s Parkinson’s Disease
The tremors have stopped and Boyd is focused on other problems
Boyd’s Parkinson’s disease was sidelined in seasons 2 and 3although it was a significant part of his motivations in Season 1. Season 2 focused on Boyd becoming infected after being in the Tower with Martin (Robert Verlaque), with worms crawling under Boyd’s skin that no one else could see, along with experiencing terrifying hallucinations. Boyd finally stopped this by breaking the music box inside the Tower, which also saved several Of characters from their own horrific and near-lethal hallucinations.
The third season saw Boyd struggling with Ofthe brutal monsters and the city itself becoming increasingly ruthless. These challenges are fitting for the sci-fi horror series, but that doesn’t change the fact that Boyd’s Parkinson’s symptoms were unresolved and his tremors apparently stopped in seasons 2 and 3. This makes Boyd’s Season 1 story feels more disconnected than it should from his story in Seasons 2 and 3.
From Still has a convincing way of explaining Boyd’s obliviousness to his medical condition
Your past symptoms may be linked to ongoing mysteries
As more is revealed about the monsters, the Boy in White, and other supernatural mysteries, it’s possible that they were the true source of Boyd’s tremors, and not Parkinson’s disease. This could be a way to answer some of the ongoing mysteries while also addressing an important and seemingly forgotten element of Boyd’s first season story. Monsters love to torment Boyd, and making him think he had Parkinson’s disease like his father could have just been a temporary way of trying to push him over the edge.
The City seems inherently more evil than the Island in Lostbut it is also possible that the city cured Boyd of Parkinson’s disease
When that didn’t work, the city may have opted for more extreme methods, including infecting and ripping open Tian-Chen Liu’s (Elizabeth Moy) skull in front of them. The City seems inherently more evil than the Island in Lostbut it’s also possible that the town cured Boyd of Parkinson’s disease, similar to how the Island cured Rose Nadler (L. Scott Caldwell) of cancer and John Locke (Terry O’Quinn) of paralysis. Since Boyd was never officially diagnosed, he may never have had Parkinson’s disease.with the tremors being caused by something else in Of.
Source: World Health Organization