The Core Of Season 2

[Jarlaxle]

It seemed that most of season 2 revolved wound the Swan. I don't object to that at all. Throughout the whole season I couldn't help but to wonder if it was just a test and the people pushing in the code were nothing more than lab rats or if in fact something terrible would happen if it was just ignored. I got my answer and boy was it unexpected and impactful! The scene when the number board was crushed seemed to be such a tromendous event! After all that time thinking about what might happend if the button was not pushed, after spending so much time looking after it, it was just destroyed! Beyond that it's a little hard to explain. It was just an impactful moment.

[Reno]

I know what you mean, Eko walks in, "John!" things fly by, camera shows Locke, camera goes back to Eko, He looks up The number board just gets destroyed, "I was Wrong"

oo buy, think about how bad he would feel there, all this time, beliving he was 100% right, just to be proved compeltely wrong. A good ending indeed.

[Jarlaxle]

Now that that has happened, I wonder what how Eko will react to Locke now. There is potential for violence here. I seriously doubt they died though. There is too much Locke and Eko discovered and there is still something that Henry said that needs to be answered: What did he mean when he said Locke was one of the good guys?

[Reno]

I know, they are not dead, but how will the two fates react to each other?

[buttonpresser4815]

They will probably avoid each other for a while, and then some journey toa new hatch, maybe the Flame or the Arrow, will make them friends again

[Reno]

That is a possibilty that could happen.

[Raistlin Majere]

I find it unlikely that they will simply "become friends again" just like that. Eko represents religious faith, a faith that Locke used to embrace, but slowly Locke turned his back on it. There is far too large of a rift between them now to be resolved quickly. Perhaps on a future expedition to another hatch they may work together in some fashion, but I doubt that they would go alone. It is also possible that Eko may try to rekindle the faith within Locke.

[buttonpresser4815]

Good Point, it is a big faith battle between them, but what i was getting to is that when they discover the hatch, it will be something that will rekindle locke's faith in the island. Their friendship might have begun to heal when Locke and admitted, "I was wrong."

[Raistlin Majere]

It somewhat depends on whether Eko will forgive or condemn Locke for his loss of faith, he could go either way, though I suspect forgiveness will be his choice. Though I wonder how Eko's failure to live up to his ..."visions" will affect Eko in the future, because he strongly believed that it was his place to replace Locke and continue to push the button, Eko may have to forgive Locke for making him fail as well.

[Jarlaxle]

I say there is a good chance that Eko will forgive them. As of now, they don't know the full scale of what they are dealing with. No one is sure what signifigance of the hatch was. Since they can't tell how important it is, then they might not be so hostile to eachother, but if they knew exactly what they were dealing with, then Eko might not be so forgiving.

[Raistlin Majere]

A complicated matter, time will tell, but I'm not sure that you are explaining what you mean very well.

[Jarlaxle]

Oh? In short I am saying that if they knew exactly what they were dealing with, then Eko might not be so forgiving. For now, they don't know what just happened, so in ignorance Eko might forgive him.

[Reno]

Well, Eko was a drug lord, so, maybe his faith is only so far, and maybe he'll get pretty rough with Locke.

[Raistlin Majere]

Then again, being a drug lord could work both ways. He would have known what it was like to not have faith, so maybe he will be sympathetic to Locke. As I say, it could work both ways.

[Jarlaxle]

I think he gave up his drug lord ways. He would not be a so devoted priest of go through the effort of building a chruch if he still was.