Bernard Nadler
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| Bernard Nadler | |
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 Sam Anderson as Bernard |
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| First appearance | "Everybody Hates Hugo" |
| Centric episodes | "S.O.S." |
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| Name | Bernard Nadler |
| Age | 56 or 57 |
| Status | Alive |
| Profession | Dentist |
| Portrayed by | Sam Anderson |
Bernard Nadler is a recurring fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Sam Anderson. Bernard is a survivor of the crash of the tail-section of Oceanic Flight 815 and is married to Rose.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
[edit] Prior to the crash
Bernard is a dentist. He met Rose when freeing her car from a snowbank, and proposed five months later at Niagara Falls after fifty-six years of bachelorhood. At that time, Rose revealed that she was sick with an illness that had gone into remission but which has now recurred; she only has a year left to live. The two marry regardless and on their honeymoon, Bernard surprised her by taking her to a faith healer named Isaac in Australia. Rose grew very upset, as she had long since accepted her fate, but agreed to see the man, and afterwards falsely told Bernard that she had been cured. During the flight home, Bernard went to use the bathroom at the rear of the plane. When the plane began to plummet, Bernard quickly got out of the bathroom and found a seat nearby. The tail section soon broke off and Bernard was sucked out the back of the plane.
[edit] After the crash
Bernard, still buckled to his seat, was flung away from the rest of the tail-section survivors. His seat landed 30 feet up, perched in a tree. He spotted Goodwin, an Other, walking below him and called for help. Goodwin, needing to protect his cover, pretended he was another survivor and got help for Bernard. Ana Lucia talked Bernard into unbuckling his seatbelt and grabbing a branch to climb down.
Bernard was very worried about Rose after he could not find her or her body anywhere on the beach. As the tail-section survivors were kidnapped by the Others over the following weeks, Bernard found himself among the few remaining. When working with a recently discovered radio, Bernard heard a man's voice come through, saying he was one of the survivors from Flight 815. Bernard replied that his group were the survivors, but the transmission ended when Ana Lucia turned off the radio, believing it to be a trick by the Others. The voice was Boone, using the radio from the crashed Beechcraft plane.
When Bernard learned that there was a second group of crash survivors, he asked Michael and Sawyer about Rose. He was very happy to learn she was alive and well. In Collision, Bernard is reunited with Rose when the remaining tail-section survivors arrive on the beach. Since then, Bernard forgets Rose's birthday ("The Whole Truth"), and tries to communicate with Jin to ask for an oyster. Sawyer soon approaches them and subliminally addresses Jin of his recent fatherhood, and tells Bernard of Sun's pregnancy
His relationship with Rose grew strained when Bernard undertook a project to build a giant SOS sign on the beach, which Rose refused to support. Angry at this apparent betrayal, he antagonized all the people willing to help him until he was left to build the sign on his own. At this point Rose apologized to him, and confessed that Isaac had not cured her. She went on to say that her illness had vanished once the plane crashed, and Bernard realized that she was afraid it will return if they leave. He agreed to stay on the island with her, giving up his attempts to escape.
In "Live Together, Die Alone", Bernard saved Claire and Aaron from being hit by the hatch door, after the hatch is destroyed.
[edit] Trivia
- With the death of Mr. Eko, Bernard becomes the last tail section survivor living with the fuselage survivors. However he was not supposed to be in the tail section.
| Lost | |
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| Production: | DVD releases | Episode list | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Soundtrack |
| Main characters: |
Ana Lucia | Ben | Boone | Charlie | Claire | Desmond | Hurley | Jack | Jin | Juliet | Kate Libby | Locke | Michael | Mr. Eko | Nikki | Paulo | Sawyer | Sayid | Shannon | Sun | Walt |
| Supporting characters: |
Alex | Bernard | Christian | Cindy | Ethan | The Others | Pickett | Rose | Rousseau | Tom |
| Organizations: | DHARMA Initiative | Hanso Foundation | Oceanic Airlines |
| Elements: | Crossover list | DHARMA Initiative stations | Flight 815 | Mythology | Thematic motifs |
| Miscellaneous: | Gary Troup | In popular culture | Lost Experience | Rachel Blake | Video game |
