Lost Discussion Group: What's the Key to Locke?

I don't know if there are any answers, as it is an open question if even the writers know just what they are doing with Locke.

Simply put, Locke is a wildcard. Season 1 Locke is one of the kindest Losties around; end of Season 2 Locke is willing to risk everything/nothing to find out the truth about the Hatch.

And while I thought killer-Locke was a terrible character development, we don't know what (fake/ghostly/Smokey/Astral) Walt told Locke. If Walt told Locke that Naomi and her boat were Hanso, and that Hanso would just kill all the Losties to keep the Island secret, and that Hanso is up to bad news on a global scale, were Locke's actions even wrong?

I was watching the first season again over the weekend and it was nice to see the character development from him being suspicious of his new gift to his wanting to defend it.

One thing that bugged me though was the thing with Helen. In his first flashback he's talking to her on the phone talking about his walking trip and she doesn't really act like she knows him beyond him being a "customer". This could just be her trying to distance herself from him but it didn't seem like it to me. Also, I think he had a Dialyses (sp?) machine in his room. Did the island cure kidney problems too?

I think Locke is a good person, he doesn't want to hurt people but he definitely is afraid for the island. Should be itneresting to see what happens next.

Re: Helen: Locke was her customer. He asked to call the phones sex (or whatever it was) worker Helen simply so he could reconnect to his memories of the real Helen.

Re: Locke: he feels a "special connection" to the mysteries of the island, but is the island really speaking to him? "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." That's Susan B. Anthony, and it applies to Locke as well.

Or, you know, maybe not.

I do think that the writers know exactly where they are going with everything.

I think the flash-forward we saw gives Lock way more credibility. According to Future Jack, Lock was right all along about leaving the island. Now it really seems like he's the only one who knows what’s going on with the island—and that there is something very serious at stake (Jack’s hell on earth and whoever’s funeral)l, or at least has the right instincts. Does the reason they should not leave the island justify murder? Who knows, but I bet it’s pretty bad.