WARNING: Spoilers ahead!

Believe me, devotees of Lost are not the only ones talking about the things that happened last night. The show’s cast also had a stake in the events that transpired. And unfortunately, most of them had no clue how things were going to turn out until right before the end.

After the jump, read what one person had to say about Season 4’s closer.

After being MIA for quite some time, it’s completely understandable that Harold Perrineau would be disappointed about his second exit from the show. But in an interview with TV Guide, the actor sounds awfully bitter about how he - and his character, Michael - were treated.

TV Guide: Did you know Michael was being killed off when you returned?
“I had no idea. It’s like, what the hell? I came back for that?”

TV Guide: You’re laughing as you say that, but you don’t sound particularly pleased.
“I’m disappointed, mostly because I wanted Michael and Walt to have a happy ending. I was hoping Michael would get it together and actually want to be a father to his kid and try to figure out a way to get back [home]. But this is [the producers’] story. If I were writing it, I would write it differently.”

TV Guide: So when did you get the news?
“[Lindelof and fellow executive producer Carlton Cuse] called before the finale scripts were out. They said they weren’t going to continue with Michael.”

TV Guide: And what did you say to that?
“At this point, I’ve been on the island, off the island, back on the island — so I just went, ‘Oh, ok.’ [Laughs] This is their show and they know what they can or cannot write. I thought it was disappointing and a waste to come back, only to get beat up a few times and then killed. I felt like it was sort of pandering to some fans who wanted to see Michael punished because he betrayed people.”

TV Guide: Were you disappointed Michael and Walt didn’t reconnect before your character died?
“Listen, if I’m being really candid, there are all these questions about how they respond to black people on the show. Sayid gets to meet Nadia again, and Desmond and Penny hook up again, but a little black boy and his father hooking up, that wasn’t interesting? Instead, Walt just winds up being another fatherless child. It plays into a really big, weird stereotype and, being a black person myself, that wasn’t so interesting.”

TV Guide: Dead characters have a way of returning to the show. Would you be open to that?
“I’d love to go back and work with people I really like working with, but I would have to know what was happening [story-wise] before I showed up again. Because this [last] storyline, I full-on feel, ‘No, that’s not cool.’”

Now, c’mon. I would have loved to see Walt and Michael reunite just as much as anyone else - but did he have to make it a race thing? Sayid’s not white—and his love gets killed in the future!  And what about Jin? He died before ever seeing his child. I mean - when does the Asian guy ever stay alive? (Granted, he could still be alive and floating in the water somewhere…but you get the drift.) And what about Rose? She’s still on the island, right?

You can read more of TV Guide’s interview with Perrineau here.