Lost Blog

Note: this is a look back at earlier episodes to give a general review and to write about the mysteries as they unfold.

Character Episode: Locke

Quick Recap On Flashback:
Locke is working at a Box Company and has a boss called Randy who makes fun of Locke because Locke is going to Australia on a “Walkabout” and believes it is his destiny.

Later, Locke is in his bedroom having a phone conversation with a woman called Helen. Locke tells her he’s bought two tickets to Australia, hinting that one of them was for her. This seemed to agitate Helen and tells Locke she’s enjoyed speaking with him but isn’t allowed to meet customers. Locke is upset that she only thinks of him as a customer and it’s obvious he has feelings for this woman, although it’s pretty clear they’ve never met.

When Locke is in Australia he is talking to the guy who arranges the Walkabout and tells Locke he can’t come along because of his “condition”. Locke is outraged and tells the guy that it’s his destiny and as the guy walks out of the room we’re shown that Locke, is infact, paralysed and in a wheel chair!*

*(Probably one of the best OMGWTF moments on Lost!)

Quick Recap On Island:
It’s the middle of the night and Vincent is barking loudly as he seems agitated by something. Most of the camp is awake by now but then they hear noises coming from the fuselage. Jack and Sawyer take a closer look and when they can’t seem to see anything, Sawyer uses his torch to its full advantage - and shines it on 3 boars! The boars are festering at the dead bodies in the fuselage, but make a run for it at the shock of the torch.

The next day Jack suggests they burn the bodies so that they won’t be hunted by the boars again. Sayid and Kate disagree with Jack at first, but after listening to his reasoning they think it’s probably for the best.

When a fight breaks out in camp over the last of the peanuts, it’s soon apparant to everyone that all the food from the plane has gone. Locke says that with some help he can hunt the boars for meat - and shows everyone his case full of hunting knives. I think Hurley speaks for us all when he says “Who is this guy?”.

Kate and Michael join Locke hunting for boar. Kate has another agenda, however, as Sayid has given her an antenna to try to isolate the distress signal, which she will use further inland.

On the hunt, Michael is injured and Locke goes off on his own. On their way back to camp, Kate climbs a tree to use the antenna and while she’s up there she “sees” the Smoke Monster, and it’s heading in Lockes direction.

Locke looks straight at the Monster with fear in his eyes, and he looks like he’s going to be a “gonna”.

When Kate and Michael return to the beach Kate tells Jack that Locke didn’t make it. In the middle of their conversation Jack notices a figure of a man staring at him, and he dissapears into some trees. Jack quickly goes to follow him, and is greeted by none other than Mr. Locke - with boar in tow!

Later that evening the camp holds a memorial service for people who didn’t survive the crash, and Locke seemingly content looks over to his wheelchair which he no longer needs.

Things we learn:

• Locke was in a wheel chair before crashing on the Island.

What mysteries are unveiled?

• Healing Powers of the Island
• “Dead” People walking around

Mysteries we’ve already seen?

• The Smoke Monster

Questions?

• How did Locke manage to walk again after crashing on the Island?
• How did Rose know that Bernard wasn’t dead?

Things worth noting:

• The Box company Locke works at is owned by Hurley, and Locke’s boss, Randy, was also Hurley’s boss at Mr Clucks.
• We know now that Locke was pursuaded to go on the Walkabout by Matthew Abaddon (who doesn’t appear until Season 4).

The Numbers:

• Locke tells Helen he’s been speaking to her for 8 months.
• Lock tells the guy in Australia that he’s been in a wheelchair for 4 years.