Chris Dobson
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Chris Dobson is a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815 who assumed authorship of the diary on the ABC website during season 2 after it was apparently lost by the first author, Janelle Granger.
Canonicity
Because the diary was created by ABC's marketing department, and not the creators of Lost, the canonicity of the storyline and characters is debatable.
Before the crash
Steve and Chris were returning from a two-week trip to Australia, suggested by Chris after Steve's wife died, when their plane crashed. After finding the journal previously kept by Janelle, Chris suppressed the memory of his brother's death and manifested a story about him being alive and held captive inside the Swan as a suspected "Other" (i.e. Henry Gale).
On the Island
The tone of Chris's entries were often introspective and cynical, commenting on faith and human nature, and grew increasingly paranoid. When the character of Henry Gale was introduced in the show, Chris began referring to the "suspected 'Other'" being held captive in the hatch as his "brother." At the time, his name had not been disclosed, and fans began to speculate that he was one of the Others who had infiltrated the main group — a theory corroborated by the fact that he didn't know Janelle and by other statements:
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In the final entries of the season, he revealed that his brother was actually Steve Dobson, another passenger of Oceanic 815 who died in the crash, crushed by a piece of ceiling that fell when the plane broke apart. Chris had persuaded Steve to make the trip to Australia and even traded seats with him on the plane — meaning he should have died in the crash. Perhaps because he felt responsible for his brother's death, Chris suppressed the memory until Jack, who helped with the burial, showed him the grave.
