LOST: The Final Tally

Well, the re-watch is done, and I can say that the show is still every bit as satisfying on re-watch as it was the first time through.

One thing that my wife and I did this time through was to tally up several aspects.  You can see my ragged tally list in this picture.  One tally list records how many flash back/flash forward/flash sideways episodes a certain character got.  That is, how much time did the show spend developing certain characters.  Here is the list in order of episodes each character got.

1. Jack: 12 episodes (7 flash back, 2 flash forward, 1 present, and 2 flash sideways)
2. Locke: 10 episodes (9 flash back, 1 flash sideways)
3. Kate: 9 episodes (7 flash back, 1 flash forward, 1 flash sideways)
4. Jin and Sun (counted together because they could not be separated): 8 episodes (6 flash back, 1 flash forward/flash back, 1 flash sideways)
5. Sayeed: 7 episodes (5 flashback, 1 flash forward, 1 flash sideways)
6. Desmond: 7 episodes (6 flash back, 1 flash sideways)
7. Sawyer: 6 episodes (5 flash back, 1 flash sideways)
8. Hurley: 6 episodes (4 flash back, 1 flash forward, 1 flash sideways)
9. Charlie: 4 episodes (4 flash back)
10. Ben: 4 episodes (2 flash back, 1 flash forward, 1 flash sideways)
11. Walt and Michael: 4 episodes (4 flash back)
12. Eko: 3 episodes (3 flash back)
13. Juliette: 3 episodes (3 flash back)
14. Claire: 3 episodes (3 flash back)
15. Ana Lucia: 2 episodes (2 flash back)
16. Boone: 1 episode (1 flash back)
17. Shannon: 1 episode (1 flash back)
18. Rose and Bernard: 1 episode (1 flash back)
19. Richard: 1 episode (1 flash back)
20. Daniel: 1 episode (1 flash back)
21. Miles: 1 episode (1 flash back)
22. Jacob and Smokey: 1 episode (1 flash back)
23. Nikki and Paulo: 1 episode (1 flash back)

Notice the number 23?

Other characters on the show with significant roles but no dedicated episodes: 

Libby

Rousseau

Alex

Charlotte

Lapidas

Penny

Widmore

Eloise

Ilana

Christian

Cassidy

Nadia

Does this list by number of dedicated episodes fairly depict the importance of the characters in LOST?

Some surprises to me: That Desmond jumps ahead of both Sawyer and Hurley, that Daniel, whom I feel fairly connected to, only had 1 flashback, that Nikki and Paulo ever deserved an episode.