![]() Even with her, though, we see his faith in the goodness of humanity. God only knows what kind of company she works for. He tells his friends that he has a girlfriend named Helen, but we soon learn that he has become emotionally attached to a woman that he pays to talk to him. He works for a box company for a man who mocks him at every turn his only sense of adventure comes from playing war games. We see in this episode that Locke prior to the crash was living a very sad, almost pathetic existence. And faith in the healing power of nature. I argue that what that monster sensed, what connects Locke to the island, is nothing more than his simple, but very strong, faith. There has been much speculation over the past three seasons of the show over Locke's connection to the island, but it all begins right here: the moment that Locke looks into the eyes of the monster and lives. That the monster allows him to live means that Locke does not pose a threat, even that the monster may feel some affinity with Locke. Locke who has not walked for four years, who wanted nothing more than to take a Walkabout of Australia and to commune with nature. And then it meets Locke, Locke who has literally been healed by the island, or so we must assume. Up until this point, the monster has done nothing but kill and terrify our precious Losties. Nothing could prove this more than the fact that the monster let him live. Because that's just what he's doing, claiming the island as his own. I also claimed that no one on the island, even Kate, comes close to the freedom and sense of belonging that Locke feels upon letting go of his old life and claiming the island as his new home. I said in my reviews of the pilot that Locke had a very good reason for being the only happy person on the island. ![]()
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