Post by Jack on Dec 16, 2006 4:44:55 GMT -5
John Locke:
OUTSIDE
John Locke was born to Emily Annabeth Locke and Anthony Cooper on May 30, 1956. He was abandoned by his parents at a very young age, to be brought up in several foster homes.
Many years later, while displaying a Mouse Trap toy at a superstore, John was stalked by a mysterious woman, soon revealed to be his mother, Emily. In their first conversation, Emily claimed he was immaculately conceived, paving the way for his special "destiny". However, the disbelieving John hired an investigator to track her down, who returned with information about his living father, and a medical record of his mother's psychiatric problems. Acting on the information, John visited his father, Anthony, who seemed delighted to host him in his guarded house. Anthony invited the eager John on his hunting trips, where they apparently started to bond. One day, John arrived at the house, to find his father on a dialysis machine. Anthony then revealed his kidney failure and need for a transplant soon, before claiming that he hid this knowledge not to spoil their good time. Compassionately, John soon offered him his kidney, and before their surgery, spoke of his belief in their encounter to be an act of fate. However, when Locke awoke in his room, Cooper was no longer to his side. As revealed by the Nurse, he had fled the hospital after the operation, ditching Locke. The traumatized Locke was then visited by his mother, who confessed that their earlier meeting, and all the subsequent events, were arranged by his father, in order to con him into giving away his kidney willingly. A plan which she took part in for money. Enraged, Locke left his bed and rode to his father's house, but was stopped at the gate. Ignoring the warnings by the guard, Locke remained outside, starting what became a long history of stalking Cooper's house for hours, to demand an answer for his betrayal.
Some time later, Locke decided to join an anger management group, but ended up raising frustration around the group by trivializing their problems, through comparing it to his own. However, at the end of one session, he was approached by a woman from the group, Helen, who appeared to understand his state. Eventually, they began a relationship, which helped distract him a little from his father issues, except for losing his stalking habit.He was later forced to stop this habit when Helen, his girlfriend, caught him doing it, and made him choose between her, or his father. After a while together, Locke decided that he would propose to her. He had everything ready, but then, his father arrived on the scene.However, later on, Locke became involved with Anthony again. Anthony had conned some thugs out of a lot of money, and hidden it in a bank account which he required assistance in accessing. In return for Locke's aid, he would give his son $200,000 of the money. Locke did this, but it is unknown as to whether Locke kept the money or not. She found out about his involvement with the money, and turned down Locke's proposal, leaving him on bended knee in the car park of his father's motel. A while later, Locke attempted to re-enact his relationship by involving himself with a phone sex operator (or something similar), who went by the name of Helen. He invited her to go on a trip with him, she refused, and the "relationship" was ended. It is unknown whether Locke has had any partners since Helen.
In the commentary on the "Walkabout" episode the producers of the show say that the electrostimulation he was applying to his legs while talking to "Helen" were a large part of why he was able to walk again, in addition to the island's mysterious powers.
Sometime before his "accident," John joined what seemed to be a cult-like group of farmers, secretly living as a family that grew and sold marijuana. During this time, he met Eddie, who was hitchhiking. John picked him up and befriended him; inviting him into this "family" he was a part of. It was later discovered that Eddie was in fact a cop, so in order to save his "family" John pretended to take Eddie hunting. He took aim at him, but after much talking down by Eddie, he did not shoot him, and Eddie went free.
John Locke held several jobs before he crashed on the Island, at different times in his life. For an unspecified amount of time before the crash, he worked as an assistant manager in a large toy store; he is seen teaching a young boy how to play Mouse Trap, a game he himself played as youngster.
While in his relationship with Helen, Locke was the founder of a home inspection company, which was called Welcome Home. One of his customers was Nadia, who was Sayid's love interest in Iraq. Sometime after his breakup with Helen, he worked for a communal living community, which turned out to be a marijuana farm. He only worked there for a short period, and it is unknown what happened to the farm after Eddie walked away from Locke.
His occupation before the crash was as a Regional Collections Supervisor for a box company in Tustin, California. It is possible that this company was owned by Hurley before his trip to Australia. He enjoyed playing Axis & Allies with a colleague; he was seen exchanging military jargon. His boss, Randy, seems to bully him because of this, baiting him by saying that he has no actual military experience.
Through circumstances which are as yet unknown, Locke then lost the use of his legs four years prior to his ill-fated journey on Flight 815.
Locke has stubbornly refused to allow his disability affect the way he lives his life. He made plans to go on a walkabout tour in Australia to give himself a challenge. However, when he got there, he was told that he was not allowed to go on the trip, because of his wheelchair. To this, he angrily retorted, "Don't tell me what I can't do!", something which has become somewhat of a catch phrase for the character.
With no other options, he prepared to return to the States aboard Flight 815. Much to his embarrassment, he had to be carried on to the plane by flight attendants. He was seated at the end of the row, in seat 24D. He briefly encountered Rose at the airport, not knowing that later he would share a knowing moment with her about the healing properties of the island.
SEASON ONE
After the the crash of Flight 815, Locke was shocked to discover that he had regained his ability to walk. At first, he walked gingerly, unable to comprehend what was happening. However, within seconds, he was running to Jack's aide.
Being able to walk again profoundly affected Locke, who, due to his self-expressed outlook as a "Man of Faith", believed that it was his destiny to be on the island, and that everything was happening for a reason.
Locke was also the first Lostie to bear witness to the Monster; he was out tracking boar with Michael and Kate, when it seemed to be closing in on him. However we don't see this; all we have as evidence is what Locke said to Jack: "I looked into the eye of this island, and what I saw... was beautiful." As a result of this incident, he came to think of the island as an entity unto itself, with a plan for them all.
Soon after this incident, Locke was responsible for attacking Sayid, which destroyed his makeshift radio equipment which was being used to discover the origin of the distress signal. It is not known why he did this. This fact was kept secret from the castaways for some time, until Locke eventually told Sayid.
Throughout his time on the Island, Locke has been held in high standing by the group. This is mainly due to the fact that he has lots of skills in his arsenal, including:
Tracking, which allowed the survivors to traverse the jungle and search for missing persons.
Hunting, which prevented a food crisis; Locke found a herd of boar which he successfully hunted to feed the camp.
Powers of Perseverance; it was due to Locke that Charlie was able to quit his heroin addiction (and the two men became close as a result).
It was one of these skills which led him to the discovery of the hatch, an event which would turn out to be pivotal in the lives of the survivors of Flight 815. It was while tracking Ethan Rom with Boone that he stumbled upon the metal door in the ground, and, straight away, recruited Boone to help him excavate it. He kept it secret from the rest of the castaways, and wanted Boone to do the same. However, Boone was not quite as strong-minded as Locke; he was prepared to tell all to Shannon, his sister. Locke had to resort to drugging Boone, to stop him doing so. (The hallucinogenic experience successfully served to open Boone's mind to the mysteries of the island and - like Locke before him - to emotionally let go of others close to him, and strengthened his resolve to aid Locke in his quest.)
It was with Boone, also, that he discovered Claire, after her escape from The Staff. Locke showed his caring side when he built a cradle for Claire, out of materials he found on the island. He has always cared for Claire, and they share a close bond.
But Locke still wanted to get into the hatch. After spending a long time trying to think of a way to get into it, he constructed a trebuchet in a failed attempt to shatter the hatch door's window. Following this event, Locke had a vision. In it, he saw a beechcraft crashing, as well as his mother pointing in its direction, and a blood-stained Boone. Also, he was confined back to his wheelchair, unable to move.
This dream was a sign, because, with Boone, he managed to track the plane to its resting place in the canopy. His legs had appeared to steadily cease function (perhaps the result of some psychosomatic belief that the "island" was abandoning him), reducing him to a crawl. This meant that Boone was required to climb up to the plane. Unfortunately, though, the plane tipped and fell, nose first, to the ground, and Boone was killed. Locke returned to the camp with Boone's injured body, but fled back to the Hatch without telling Jack the true nature of Boone's injuries. Because he did not know the full problem, Jack was unable to save Boone, who died.
At the hatch, Locke explained that the island told him what it wanted, and what he was to do next. He begged, and sobbed, pounding the door with his hands in a rare display of anger. After he did this, a light appeared in the window, before disappearing just as quickly. This seemed to re-affirm Locke's faith.
Locke returned to camp at Boone's funeral, still wearing a shirt stained with Boone's blood. He was confronted violently by Jack, who was determined to exact revenge. He was calmed down however, and, soon after, he told everybody about the Hatch. But, his secretive nature had come at a price; his lying earned him temporary dislike by the group. He did not stop with his secrets, though; Walt was able to confide in him, as Locke did not tell the others in the camp that Walt was responsible for burning the first raft.
His isolation from the group was not long-lasting; when Jack, Kate, Hurley and Rousseau traveled to the Black Rock to recover dynamite to blow the Hatch open, Locke was also part of the team. During this trek, Locke was seized by the monster and was almost pulled into a pit by its smoky tendrils. The Monster was only repelled by Kate throwing dynamite into the pit, which caused The Monster to flee. During this event, Locke had asked Jack to allow the monster to pull him in; he believed nothing would happen.
When they eventually reached the Hatch, armed with the dynamite, Locke was the one who lit the fuse, despite Hurley's protestations. The hatch door was blown open, and Season One ended with Locke and Jack staring down into the Hatch.
SEASON TWO
Upon entering the newly opened hatch (discovered to be the The Swan Station of the DHARMA Initiative), Locke was briefly held captive by Desmond, the operator of the station. When Desmond fled, Locke continued his job of entering the numbers and pushing the button, which he believed was extremely important. He believed the button was so important he helped establish a rotation of the castaways for pushing the button, so it could be done efficiently.
Later in the series he discovered that Charlie had been hoarding heroin-filled statues from the beechcraft, upsetting him because he considered it a breach of trust. Shortly after he severely beat Charlie following Charlie’s kidnapping of Aaron, instigated by a series of delusions and subsequently became quite close to Claire in a fatherly manner (and made Charlie jealous of his good relationship with Claire).
Due in part to the subtle manipulations of "Henry Gale", a member of The Others that the castaways were able to capture, John found himself at odds with Jack for "leadership" of the group and the role of decision-maker. He initially believed Ben's assertion that he was not one of the Others and called on Gale’s help when his leg was impaled by a blast door during an impromptu lockdown in the hatch. He consequently promised to protect Ben from the other survivors. While he was impaled he discovered a hidden map drawn of the island on the blast door.
Following the revelation of Ben's deception, Locke was thrown into a state of self-doubt when Ben claimed that he never pushed the button and that nothing happened. Although, his faith in the Island's abilities was bolstered a bit with a conversation with Rose, who made it clear that she was also aware of the island's healing properties.
In ?, Eko had a dream in which Ana-Lucia and his brother Yemi told him to help Locke and to go to the "question mark". Eko asked Locke to help him find Henry, who had escaped. Later in the jungle, he told Locke that they are really in search of the "question mark." Locke refused to tell Eko what the question mark is, so Eko knocked him out with the butt of the hatchet. When Locke awoke, he showed Eko his sketch of the Blast Door Map, and Eko decided that they must find the question mark as shown on the map. Then, they arrived at the Beechcraft in which Boone died. Locke mocked his past ideas and implied that he still blames himself for Boone's death.
Locke had a dream involving Yemi and Eko climbing the nearby cliff. He tells Eko about it, and Eko climbs the cliff and sees a question mark is in the ground below. Realizing that the question mark sign is indicating that the plane is on the spot where something is hidden, the two men dug under the plane and find another hatch.
The new hatch was another DHARMA station called The Pearl, containing a film which suggested that the act of pushing the button was nothing more than a psychological experiment. This information (along with Henry Gale's false claim that he didn't push the button and nothing happened) shattered Locke's faith in the Island, while due to Eko's dream, Eko took away the opposite belief - that pushing the button was essential.
In Three Minutes, Locke witnessed Charlie hurling the remaining heroin statues into the ocean.
Locke became determined to prove that the button was meaningless. He entered into a partnership with the returned Desmond who triggered a lockdown that shut Eko out of the hatch, intending to wait until the countdown ended on the assumption that nothing would happen. While waiting for the timer to run out, Desmond read printouts from the Pearl and realized that the whole thing was legitimate due to a systems failure he remembered causing months ago. When he then attempted to push the button, Locke smashed the computer in protest. As the countdown ended and the electromagnetic energy beneath the station began to build up, Locke spoke only three words - "I was wrong" – to Eko, who had made his way into the computer room.
SEASON THREE
At the beginning of "Further Instructions" Locke wakes up in the jungle unable to speak. He makes his way back to the beach and, with Charlie's assistance builds a sweat lodge on the site of Eko's church. There he undergoes a vision quest where he is reunited with a vision of Boone. Boone takes John on a vision quest through an airport where he sees many of the people on the Island, continually telling John he must "Clean up his own mess." John soon realizes that what Boone is trying to tell him is that he must save Mr. Eko, since it was his opposition to Eko that caused the Hatch to implode. After his vision, Locke is able to speak and convinced that Eko was carried off by a polar bear somewhere. Together he and Charlie find and rescue Eko. After Hurley tells them about Jack, Kate and Sawyer's capture, Locke makes a memorable speech declaring his intent to rescue them.
In The Cost Of Living, Locke, Sayid, Desmond, Nikki and Paulo went after Eko to The Pearl station, to see if there was any opportunity to watch any other stations on the monitors, and perhaps locate Jack, Sawyer and Kate. They got signals on one of the monitors, and it showed a one-eyed man in a Dharma suit, in a room which contained a computer and other electrical equipment. The man understood they were watching, and turned the camera off, right before John said "I guess he'll be expecting us" - meaning he will find this possibly station.
In I Do, Locke, Desmond, Sayid, Nikki, and Paulo, find Eko dead where "The monster had left him." Locke decides to bury him at the spot where he died. When Nikki asks why, Locke explains how there has been a lot of deaths and the other survivors can't take another one. Locke goes on to explain that he believes "the monster" killed Eko for a reason, and he wants to find out what that reason is. He offers to go to the beach camp to get shovels and says he'll be back in an hour. Sayid says he'll accompany Locke. Locke replies saying he'll be alright by himself but Sayid insists. While journeying into the jungle, Sayid asks Locke where they are really going. Locke tells Sayid they're taking a "detour" back to camp. They bury Eko's body and Locke says a few words. He knows Eko died for a reason but doesn't know what that reason is, and he hopes to find out. He looks at Eko's stick and takes special note of one particular bit of scripture (Genesis 13:14) carved on it: "Lift up your eyes and look north". The reason Locke's attention is drawn to this particular quotation is that his first name appears immediately below the quotation, although Eko was undoubtedly referring to the Gospel of John. Read completely it is as though Eko was saying "Lift up your eyes and look north John."
OUTSIDE
John Locke was born to Emily Annabeth Locke and Anthony Cooper on May 30, 1956. He was abandoned by his parents at a very young age, to be brought up in several foster homes.
Many years later, while displaying a Mouse Trap toy at a superstore, John was stalked by a mysterious woman, soon revealed to be his mother, Emily. In their first conversation, Emily claimed he was immaculately conceived, paving the way for his special "destiny". However, the disbelieving John hired an investigator to track her down, who returned with information about his living father, and a medical record of his mother's psychiatric problems. Acting on the information, John visited his father, Anthony, who seemed delighted to host him in his guarded house. Anthony invited the eager John on his hunting trips, where they apparently started to bond. One day, John arrived at the house, to find his father on a dialysis machine. Anthony then revealed his kidney failure and need for a transplant soon, before claiming that he hid this knowledge not to spoil their good time. Compassionately, John soon offered him his kidney, and before their surgery, spoke of his belief in their encounter to be an act of fate. However, when Locke awoke in his room, Cooper was no longer to his side. As revealed by the Nurse, he had fled the hospital after the operation, ditching Locke. The traumatized Locke was then visited by his mother, who confessed that their earlier meeting, and all the subsequent events, were arranged by his father, in order to con him into giving away his kidney willingly. A plan which she took part in for money. Enraged, Locke left his bed and rode to his father's house, but was stopped at the gate. Ignoring the warnings by the guard, Locke remained outside, starting what became a long history of stalking Cooper's house for hours, to demand an answer for his betrayal.
Some time later, Locke decided to join an anger management group, but ended up raising frustration around the group by trivializing their problems, through comparing it to his own. However, at the end of one session, he was approached by a woman from the group, Helen, who appeared to understand his state. Eventually, they began a relationship, which helped distract him a little from his father issues, except for losing his stalking habit.He was later forced to stop this habit when Helen, his girlfriend, caught him doing it, and made him choose between her, or his father. After a while together, Locke decided that he would propose to her. He had everything ready, but then, his father arrived on the scene.However, later on, Locke became involved with Anthony again. Anthony had conned some thugs out of a lot of money, and hidden it in a bank account which he required assistance in accessing. In return for Locke's aid, he would give his son $200,000 of the money. Locke did this, but it is unknown as to whether Locke kept the money or not. She found out about his involvement with the money, and turned down Locke's proposal, leaving him on bended knee in the car park of his father's motel. A while later, Locke attempted to re-enact his relationship by involving himself with a phone sex operator (or something similar), who went by the name of Helen. He invited her to go on a trip with him, she refused, and the "relationship" was ended. It is unknown whether Locke has had any partners since Helen.
In the commentary on the "Walkabout" episode the producers of the show say that the electrostimulation he was applying to his legs while talking to "Helen" were a large part of why he was able to walk again, in addition to the island's mysterious powers.
Sometime before his "accident," John joined what seemed to be a cult-like group of farmers, secretly living as a family that grew and sold marijuana. During this time, he met Eddie, who was hitchhiking. John picked him up and befriended him; inviting him into this "family" he was a part of. It was later discovered that Eddie was in fact a cop, so in order to save his "family" John pretended to take Eddie hunting. He took aim at him, but after much talking down by Eddie, he did not shoot him, and Eddie went free.
John Locke held several jobs before he crashed on the Island, at different times in his life. For an unspecified amount of time before the crash, he worked as an assistant manager in a large toy store; he is seen teaching a young boy how to play Mouse Trap, a game he himself played as youngster.
While in his relationship with Helen, Locke was the founder of a home inspection company, which was called Welcome Home. One of his customers was Nadia, who was Sayid's love interest in Iraq. Sometime after his breakup with Helen, he worked for a communal living community, which turned out to be a marijuana farm. He only worked there for a short period, and it is unknown what happened to the farm after Eddie walked away from Locke.
His occupation before the crash was as a Regional Collections Supervisor for a box company in Tustin, California. It is possible that this company was owned by Hurley before his trip to Australia. He enjoyed playing Axis & Allies with a colleague; he was seen exchanging military jargon. His boss, Randy, seems to bully him because of this, baiting him by saying that he has no actual military experience.
Through circumstances which are as yet unknown, Locke then lost the use of his legs four years prior to his ill-fated journey on Flight 815.
Locke has stubbornly refused to allow his disability affect the way he lives his life. He made plans to go on a walkabout tour in Australia to give himself a challenge. However, when he got there, he was told that he was not allowed to go on the trip, because of his wheelchair. To this, he angrily retorted, "Don't tell me what I can't do!", something which has become somewhat of a catch phrase for the character.
With no other options, he prepared to return to the States aboard Flight 815. Much to his embarrassment, he had to be carried on to the plane by flight attendants. He was seated at the end of the row, in seat 24D. He briefly encountered Rose at the airport, not knowing that later he would share a knowing moment with her about the healing properties of the island.
SEASON ONE
After the the crash of Flight 815, Locke was shocked to discover that he had regained his ability to walk. At first, he walked gingerly, unable to comprehend what was happening. However, within seconds, he was running to Jack's aide.
Being able to walk again profoundly affected Locke, who, due to his self-expressed outlook as a "Man of Faith", believed that it was his destiny to be on the island, and that everything was happening for a reason.
Locke was also the first Lostie to bear witness to the Monster; he was out tracking boar with Michael and Kate, when it seemed to be closing in on him. However we don't see this; all we have as evidence is what Locke said to Jack: "I looked into the eye of this island, and what I saw... was beautiful." As a result of this incident, he came to think of the island as an entity unto itself, with a plan for them all.
Soon after this incident, Locke was responsible for attacking Sayid, which destroyed his makeshift radio equipment which was being used to discover the origin of the distress signal. It is not known why he did this. This fact was kept secret from the castaways for some time, until Locke eventually told Sayid.
Throughout his time on the Island, Locke has been held in high standing by the group. This is mainly due to the fact that he has lots of skills in his arsenal, including:
Tracking, which allowed the survivors to traverse the jungle and search for missing persons.
Hunting, which prevented a food crisis; Locke found a herd of boar which he successfully hunted to feed the camp.
Powers of Perseverance; it was due to Locke that Charlie was able to quit his heroin addiction (and the two men became close as a result).
It was one of these skills which led him to the discovery of the hatch, an event which would turn out to be pivotal in the lives of the survivors of Flight 815. It was while tracking Ethan Rom with Boone that he stumbled upon the metal door in the ground, and, straight away, recruited Boone to help him excavate it. He kept it secret from the rest of the castaways, and wanted Boone to do the same. However, Boone was not quite as strong-minded as Locke; he was prepared to tell all to Shannon, his sister. Locke had to resort to drugging Boone, to stop him doing so. (The hallucinogenic experience successfully served to open Boone's mind to the mysteries of the island and - like Locke before him - to emotionally let go of others close to him, and strengthened his resolve to aid Locke in his quest.)
It was with Boone, also, that he discovered Claire, after her escape from The Staff. Locke showed his caring side when he built a cradle for Claire, out of materials he found on the island. He has always cared for Claire, and they share a close bond.
But Locke still wanted to get into the hatch. After spending a long time trying to think of a way to get into it, he constructed a trebuchet in a failed attempt to shatter the hatch door's window. Following this event, Locke had a vision. In it, he saw a beechcraft crashing, as well as his mother pointing in its direction, and a blood-stained Boone. Also, he was confined back to his wheelchair, unable to move.
This dream was a sign, because, with Boone, he managed to track the plane to its resting place in the canopy. His legs had appeared to steadily cease function (perhaps the result of some psychosomatic belief that the "island" was abandoning him), reducing him to a crawl. This meant that Boone was required to climb up to the plane. Unfortunately, though, the plane tipped and fell, nose first, to the ground, and Boone was killed. Locke returned to the camp with Boone's injured body, but fled back to the Hatch without telling Jack the true nature of Boone's injuries. Because he did not know the full problem, Jack was unable to save Boone, who died.
At the hatch, Locke explained that the island told him what it wanted, and what he was to do next. He begged, and sobbed, pounding the door with his hands in a rare display of anger. After he did this, a light appeared in the window, before disappearing just as quickly. This seemed to re-affirm Locke's faith.
Locke returned to camp at Boone's funeral, still wearing a shirt stained with Boone's blood. He was confronted violently by Jack, who was determined to exact revenge. He was calmed down however, and, soon after, he told everybody about the Hatch. But, his secretive nature had come at a price; his lying earned him temporary dislike by the group. He did not stop with his secrets, though; Walt was able to confide in him, as Locke did not tell the others in the camp that Walt was responsible for burning the first raft.
His isolation from the group was not long-lasting; when Jack, Kate, Hurley and Rousseau traveled to the Black Rock to recover dynamite to blow the Hatch open, Locke was also part of the team. During this trek, Locke was seized by the monster and was almost pulled into a pit by its smoky tendrils. The Monster was only repelled by Kate throwing dynamite into the pit, which caused The Monster to flee. During this event, Locke had asked Jack to allow the monster to pull him in; he believed nothing would happen.
When they eventually reached the Hatch, armed with the dynamite, Locke was the one who lit the fuse, despite Hurley's protestations. The hatch door was blown open, and Season One ended with Locke and Jack staring down into the Hatch.
SEASON TWO
Upon entering the newly opened hatch (discovered to be the The Swan Station of the DHARMA Initiative), Locke was briefly held captive by Desmond, the operator of the station. When Desmond fled, Locke continued his job of entering the numbers and pushing the button, which he believed was extremely important. He believed the button was so important he helped establish a rotation of the castaways for pushing the button, so it could be done efficiently.
Later in the series he discovered that Charlie had been hoarding heroin-filled statues from the beechcraft, upsetting him because he considered it a breach of trust. Shortly after he severely beat Charlie following Charlie’s kidnapping of Aaron, instigated by a series of delusions and subsequently became quite close to Claire in a fatherly manner (and made Charlie jealous of his good relationship with Claire).
Due in part to the subtle manipulations of "Henry Gale", a member of The Others that the castaways were able to capture, John found himself at odds with Jack for "leadership" of the group and the role of decision-maker. He initially believed Ben's assertion that he was not one of the Others and called on Gale’s help when his leg was impaled by a blast door during an impromptu lockdown in the hatch. He consequently promised to protect Ben from the other survivors. While he was impaled he discovered a hidden map drawn of the island on the blast door.
Following the revelation of Ben's deception, Locke was thrown into a state of self-doubt when Ben claimed that he never pushed the button and that nothing happened. Although, his faith in the Island's abilities was bolstered a bit with a conversation with Rose, who made it clear that she was also aware of the island's healing properties.
In ?, Eko had a dream in which Ana-Lucia and his brother Yemi told him to help Locke and to go to the "question mark". Eko asked Locke to help him find Henry, who had escaped. Later in the jungle, he told Locke that they are really in search of the "question mark." Locke refused to tell Eko what the question mark is, so Eko knocked him out with the butt of the hatchet. When Locke awoke, he showed Eko his sketch of the Blast Door Map, and Eko decided that they must find the question mark as shown on the map. Then, they arrived at the Beechcraft in which Boone died. Locke mocked his past ideas and implied that he still blames himself for Boone's death.
Locke had a dream involving Yemi and Eko climbing the nearby cliff. He tells Eko about it, and Eko climbs the cliff and sees a question mark is in the ground below. Realizing that the question mark sign is indicating that the plane is on the spot where something is hidden, the two men dug under the plane and find another hatch.
The new hatch was another DHARMA station called The Pearl, containing a film which suggested that the act of pushing the button was nothing more than a psychological experiment. This information (along with Henry Gale's false claim that he didn't push the button and nothing happened) shattered Locke's faith in the Island, while due to Eko's dream, Eko took away the opposite belief - that pushing the button was essential.
In Three Minutes, Locke witnessed Charlie hurling the remaining heroin statues into the ocean.
Locke became determined to prove that the button was meaningless. He entered into a partnership with the returned Desmond who triggered a lockdown that shut Eko out of the hatch, intending to wait until the countdown ended on the assumption that nothing would happen. While waiting for the timer to run out, Desmond read printouts from the Pearl and realized that the whole thing was legitimate due to a systems failure he remembered causing months ago. When he then attempted to push the button, Locke smashed the computer in protest. As the countdown ended and the electromagnetic energy beneath the station began to build up, Locke spoke only three words - "I was wrong" – to Eko, who had made his way into the computer room.
SEASON THREE
At the beginning of "Further Instructions" Locke wakes up in the jungle unable to speak. He makes his way back to the beach and, with Charlie's assistance builds a sweat lodge on the site of Eko's church. There he undergoes a vision quest where he is reunited with a vision of Boone. Boone takes John on a vision quest through an airport where he sees many of the people on the Island, continually telling John he must "Clean up his own mess." John soon realizes that what Boone is trying to tell him is that he must save Mr. Eko, since it was his opposition to Eko that caused the Hatch to implode. After his vision, Locke is able to speak and convinced that Eko was carried off by a polar bear somewhere. Together he and Charlie find and rescue Eko. After Hurley tells them about Jack, Kate and Sawyer's capture, Locke makes a memorable speech declaring his intent to rescue them.
In The Cost Of Living, Locke, Sayid, Desmond, Nikki and Paulo went after Eko to The Pearl station, to see if there was any opportunity to watch any other stations on the monitors, and perhaps locate Jack, Sawyer and Kate. They got signals on one of the monitors, and it showed a one-eyed man in a Dharma suit, in a room which contained a computer and other electrical equipment. The man understood they were watching, and turned the camera off, right before John said "I guess he'll be expecting us" - meaning he will find this possibly station.
In I Do, Locke, Desmond, Sayid, Nikki, and Paulo, find Eko dead where "The monster had left him." Locke decides to bury him at the spot where he died. When Nikki asks why, Locke explains how there has been a lot of deaths and the other survivors can't take another one. Locke goes on to explain that he believes "the monster" killed Eko for a reason, and he wants to find out what that reason is. He offers to go to the beach camp to get shovels and says he'll be back in an hour. Sayid says he'll accompany Locke. Locke replies saying he'll be alright by himself but Sayid insists. While journeying into the jungle, Sayid asks Locke where they are really going. Locke tells Sayid they're taking a "detour" back to camp. They bury Eko's body and Locke says a few words. He knows Eko died for a reason but doesn't know what that reason is, and he hopes to find out. He looks at Eko's stick and takes special note of one particular bit of scripture (Genesis 13:14) carved on it: "Lift up your eyes and look north". The reason Locke's attention is drawn to this particular quotation is that his first name appears immediately below the quotation, although Eko was undoubtedly referring to the Gospel of John. Read completely it is as though Eko was saying "Lift up your eyes and look north John."