Lost: The Lack of Locke

John Locke is by far, I think at least, the most central and important character to this show.

So the fact that we saw all of about 5 minutes of him in the last 2 episodes of the season was a bit of a tragedy. But he did the 'work' that WALT, yes WALT told him he had to do. Was this Jacob, the Smoke Monster, actually Walt? Who knows.

Anyways, Locke buried his trusty knife right into Naomi's skull, but not before the satellite phone begins to dial. It was the showdown we had been waiting for, and Jack won, defying the (completely right) opinions of Locke, and Ben, seeing nothing else but escape.

Locke had the gun pointed at Jack, and as much as many of us wanted him to pull the trigger, you knew he wasn't going to. If he couldn't kill Anthony Cooper, after all that man has done to him, he's not going to kill Jack.

He could walk, but he was still holding his side, so we're not sure if Walt/Jacob/Smokey actually healed him, or his legs were just the power of positive thinking.

After he couldn't pull the trigger, Locke just went back into the jungle, sad, alone, defeated, as he has been for much of his life. He is such a tragic, conflicted hero, doing what he thinks is best, and finding all he has done means nothing.

Who knows what next season holds for any one of the castaways, but for Mr. Locke, it may be more complicated than the rest, no matter what the last few minutes meant for the path this show is set to chart.