Boone Carlyle is a fictional character who was played by Ian Somerhalder on the ABC drama television series Lost, which chronicles the lives of the survivors of a plane crash in the south Pacific.

The character was generally well received by critics and fans; USA Today described Boone as a "callow, privileged young man striving for maturity.

[2] When Boone was ten years old, Sabrina marries Adam Rutherford, who has an eight-year-old daughter named Shannon.

When Boone learns of Shannon's financial difficulties after her father's death he offers to give her money, but she does not accept.

One such rescue attempt leads Boone to Sydney, Australia in September 2004, where he learns the relationships are actually scams concocted by Shannon to get his money and attention.

[5] Boone maintains a generally helpful attitude and remains protective of Shannon (although he criticizes her for her affectedness).

His protective attitude combines with jealousy when she develops feelings for Sayid Jarrah, and Boone unsuccessfully attempts to discourage the relationship.

[8] Boone and Locke find a metal hatch while tracking the kidnapped Claire Littleton and Charlie Pace.

[2] Forty-one days after the crash, Boone and Locke discover a heroin runner's Beechcraft stuck high in a tree canopy.

He receives a response to his message by a man, later revealed to be Bernard Nadler of the tail-section survivors, but the aircraft unbalances and falls nose-first to the ground.

Close to the end of the hallucination, Locke finds Eko's stick covered in blood and Boone appears bloody and injured.

In "The End", we see Hurley and Sayid talking in a car on a dark street, and they witness a thug beating up a guy (Boone) outside of a bar.

He also comments how difficult it was to get Shannon to return from Australia with him, but he and Hurley agree the effort was worth it for this moment to have her and Sayid's memories restored.

While trying to take on a leadership role, Boone steals the camp's water; however, his plan backfires and the survivors turn on him.

[25] Somerhalder was paid between $20,000 and $40,000 an episode,[27] initially received the third highest billing in the credits, before the producers decided to list the main cast alphabetically.

"[31][32] In the original outline of the eleventh episode, Locke was to be accompanied by two guest characters to search for Claire and discover the Hatch.

According to executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, Boone's death made sense from a story perspective to fuel the rivalry between Jack and Locke and lead to the events in the season finale.

"[38] A poll was run by ComingSoon.net in spring 2005 on the favorite of the fourteen main Lost characters, in which Boone placed seventh with 4.3% of over 2000 votes.