Terry o'quinn's performance as locke (and later as mib) was so incredible and so nuanced, he stands out so much in a show with many great actors. I think to this day it's still one of the greatest acting performances in television.
Hey mate, we’ve spoken before. My wife is currently rewatching the whole series, and thanks to your videos I’m able to explain many aspects from the series. Your ability to understand and portray your thoughts is unprecedented in my opinion! Please carry on, not just for lost! You have an ability to break things down and explain them well. You can apply this ability to anything mate.
Locke is one of the most (if not THE most) tragic characters in the show! I've watched the show many many times, and each time I always end up hoping that he gets a better ending. He was the only one that believed in the island, as misguided as he may have been at times. Thanks for the great video!!
I'm the exact same I understand the reason Locke was chosen by the smoke monster but him dying never sat well with me in the show as a whole. He was my favorite character.
Mate, thank you so much for what you’ve done. Lost is my obsession and I can’t thank you enough for making it feel fresh and new. I thought I was a walking and talking Lostpedia but boy was I wrong 😊.
Locke has fascinated me since I saw him smiling with a mango skin in front of his teeth while sitting and serenely watching the sea in the pilot. I also love the fact that he mentions Norman Croucher in this episode. Another great video, thanks.
Yes, exactly!! It was such small moment in the pilot but made a huge impact. Locke is by far one of the most dynamic characters, in my opinion and I love how he will always be remembered as a kind yet troubled soul even with the twist of the MIB taking over his body and turning him into something he wasn't. Such a badass way to make his story even more intriguing!! No show has ever grabbed my attention like this before or since. ❤
"John Locke wasn't a believer, Jack. He was a sucker." That one line was one of the saddest summations of one of the saddest characters in screen history.
Coming from the MiB, we know this isn’t an accurate summation, albeit, it’s a very grim account from his perspective but NOT how he should be remembered.
@@jamescarr1265 My least favorite is "The Other Woman". And that's the case since my first watch of the series. I find the whole "soap opera" element between Juliet, Goodwin and Ben ridiculous, tasteless and misplaced. While I admit that "Fire + Water" and "Stranger in a Strange Land" are far from being the best LOST episodes, I like them, and see their qualities. They express important aspects about their central characters (respectively Charlie and Jack). Perhaps they are not advancing the plot a lot, but I don't perceive it as a problem, because they enhance some significant traits of the main protagonists and what they are confronted to in their specific situation.
Love your recaps. The more I rewatch the show, the more I respect what they did to Locke’s character. He was the perfect mark for MIB. Fun fact about this episode: you can see his wheelchair in the wide shot of his bedroom when he’s talking to Helen.
Awesome video. Just a little detail: in this episode, Locke, Kate and Michael are hunting wild boar to feed everyone. For me, when Locke finds himself facing the Smoke Monster, the latter killed the boar and gave it to Locke as an offering. Which reinforces Locke's faith in the island and the fact that he considers the smoke Monster like a positive entity. Sorry for my very bad English, I'm French.
Well said! Your observation can be strengthened when Michael compliments John for catching the wild boar (at the end of the episode), but Locke doesn't even thank him, indeed he is unconvinced and he doesn't even seem to remember what Michael is referring to. (I’m from Italy, sorry for the English ahah)
So glad you are the voice over now. Just gone to watch one of your older vids but can not stand watching videos with the AI voice overs. Your voice is great. Watched your deep dives too, they are brilliant. You are doing great work here. Thank you 💚🙏💜🌸
Yeah, Lock was by far my favourite character. I resent that he was killed off without finishing his character arch. I guess it was finished in purgatory, but I feel that it is a bit cheat
@felipealejandro225 I wonder if that was somehow tied to bright flashes around the time traveling. At this point in time, John would have existed at various points in time before now, each time leaving in a flash of white light. Maybe that was somehow translated into the 'memories' he was exposed to, even though he hadn't experienced them yet. I don't know... just a thought.
Walkabout is one of those hours of television that feels almost criminally good. Terry O'Quinn's acting, the music, the writing, everything is firing on all cylinders in this episode.
Another outstanding episode. John Locke was one of, if not my favorite character of the show. It's a close run with Ben. But when both Ben and Lock are on screen together, buckle in, it's going to be gold. And yes, episode four was the one where I knew, this was something different.
The algo does you dirty friend - I can't wait for your new ep's but never see them until I specifically go to your channel - even after using the search. Thanks for continuing this series! Definitely gonna be legendary when it rolls into later seasons!
The logic of how the RUclips algorithm works is almost as mysterious as some of the plot points in LOST! I appreciate that you seek my channel out to check if new videos have been added. I try to add a new one every month (usually towards the end of it). Have you clicked the notification bell? That should give you the heads up when one of my videos drops. And yes, I can't wait to hit Season Two when the island lore really kicks into high gear!
I know Im getting ahead. The next episode White Rabbit. There was a moment where Jack was looking up to Locke and listening to him, after he saved him from hanging off the cliff. Jack asking him what he should do next. You said everything so perfectly in this video
Very astute of you to mention this particular moment because I am going to touch upon it in the White Rabbit episode guide, and discuss how Jack initially looks up to Locke. Will definitely be exploring their dynamic and relationship further.
Lost is still my favourite tv show of all time. I watch it once every year and have done since it came out. I think ive watched it all like 16 times over 😂😊
I love the episode explanation series!!! Walkabout is fantastic! But TBH, White Rabbit is the episode where my obsession with LOST began. I'm really looking forward to hearing your analysis of that episode ❤❤
Another stellar breakdown. I'm really looking forward to each of your episode guides as I rewatch the entire series again on Netlfix. This particular episode made me feel the same as you - it's the one that made me realize this is a special kind of story. I was already in from the pilot but this is the one that made me tell anyone and everyone that they need to watch this show. All these years later and your channel has reignited that initial spark I originally felt during the show's first run. I can't wait until you get to the series finale! ✈🏝
That’s great to hear! I hope you enjoy the journey we shall be taking to get to the series finale 🙏 It will be long but we shall cover the entire show in depth along the way.
@@radagast7200I've sometimes wondered if Vincent returned to Rose & Bernard or if he returned to Hurley after Jack died. Lol. I've just re-watched scenes of when they found the blue van. Vincent seemed so happy (was smiling) when he boarded the van with Jin & Sawyer. I hope he lived a good doggy life in the island until his death. 😅🐶
Locke is one of my favourite characters of all time too. I could make a whole video series exclusively discussing his character journey, but I will put all of those thoughts and details into the guide as I go along.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 there is definitely a lot to be said about him and Rousseau and the differences in their philosophy. I'm not sure how well it translates to the philosophical differences of their namesakes, but the idea of exploring that sounds fascinating.
@@radagast7200 My hope with this guide is that, due to the length and richness of the series, I will have an opportunity to cover literally every possible aspect of the show in this way, both in terms of character dynamics like you mention and the wider mythology. Plus any cool info from outside of the show as well. I plan to discuss the Locke-Rousseau connection/parallel when I reach Exodus, where they have a couple of interactions.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I can't wait for that one. I might have to brush up the two at some point so I have something intelligent to contribute in the comments. Haha.
Loving this episode guide series brutha! Wish I could watch the whole guide right now haha! But it's also nice to have the methodical rollout so I can look forward to a new Lost video on the regular.
My current schedule aims to drop a new video at the end of every month, usually on a weekend. The only reason that this can vary from time to time is due to RUclips’s copyright strike system, which blocks videos until your dispute has been reviewed and released by the copyright holder. It can often take up to 30 days for the dispute to be resolved. I'm lucky that my videos are always released from any restrictions, but I still have to go through this process almost every time. So, that can mess up the scheduling a little bit. Otherwise, you can expect a new one of these guides to drop every month!
I always seem to get the notification when a new Lost Explained video drops on Monday instead of Sunday. Nontheless, perfect way to start off the work week!
Weird RUclips algorithm stuff at work there, I think. We are seeing less and less of our subscriptions pop up in our home feeds and more random unrelated stuff.
Agreed. I think it's easily the finest score in television history and one of the greatest, most eclectic scores of all time. Even people who haven't seen LOST can hear Giacchino's pieces, divorced from the context of the show, and find the compositions beautiful to listen to.
Going into the final season with Locke dead, it feels like a sad turnout for this character, but, seeing as the main protagonist is Jack, Locke fulfilled his purpose in life. His journey and sacrifice changed Jack to finally see the real importance of the Island and it's purpose. In stories and even in life, there are individuals who go through trials so that someone is inspired by them to continue the work. That is what Locke eventually did
Completely agree. If you watch up to "Walkabout" and you're still not vibing with it, Lost is not for you. Also, highly recommend that Michael Giacchino vinyl. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have explained this in some previous videos before but there’s a lot of content to trawl through to find it haha! So, why was Boone “a sacrifice The Island demanded”? Basically, Boone’s death set off a chain reaction of events. His accident is the only reason Locke ended up pounding on the hatch door with grief stricken anger, which in turn is the only reason that Desmond decided not to shoot himself that night because it confirmed to him that he was not alone on The Island. It gave him hope that someone was still up there. Had Boone not died, Locke would not have been there that night, and Desmond would have gone ahead and shot himself, leaving no one alive down in The Swan to push the button. Therefore, the world would have ended. Boone’s sacrifice saved the world. Or as Desmond said to Locke: “You saved my life so I could save yours.” I shall explore this in more detail when I cover the episode ‘Deus Ex Machina’ later on in the season.
Something I'm really curious about is how Jacob was able to get off the island to affect the flight members. Especially when TMIB wanted to get off of it. If you have a theory, I would love to hear it. I love your channel. It's helped me connect a lot of dots I missed before. Great insight. ❤
In my video on The Game between Jacob and MiB, I discuss my theory about the lighthouse and how I believe that Jacob used the lighthouse mirrors as a targeting system for his travel. Almost all of the candidate locations reflect places we saw him visit. That's why we see Sawyer's church reflected in the mirror where the funeral of his parents took place, as well as Sun's family home where her wedding to Jin took place. Jacob goes "through the looking glass" as it were. Harnessing those hotspots of electromagnetism and jumping between them. A form of teleportation, like we see the Man in Black do on The Island.
Not sure if this has been covered already as I've only just discovered your channel and have subscribed due to now rewatching through Lost again at 43. John Locks very specific SCAR on his right eye. It appears very deliberate and wondered if this is purely just a wound from the crash or something more deep meaning? I mean he became the MIB so wondered if this was written in to be a way of relating him to being bad? Thanks 😊
I initially watched lost as a kid, and I loved Jack as the main character”hero.” Because of it, I always hated Locke and constant confrontations. Rewatching the series many times as I’ve gotten older, I truly appreciate how amazing the character of John Locke is. And how easy it is to relate to, especially as life goes on. A truly tragic character.
I had somewhat the reverse of that experience. I loved Locke when I first saw the show and found Jack's attitude towards him rather frustrating, but when going back for rewatches after the show ended (knowing where everyone ended up with their arcs), I had a newfound appreciation for Jack's journey and his transformation, as well as a clearer understanding of the bigger picture when it came to the tragedy of Locke's life.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 absolutely! Jack is still my favorite character, but in rewatching it’s so cool to see just how pivotal Locke was in his journey. And Locke was also a cautionary tale of why faith is good, but blind faith can be dangerous. Absolutely love your videos, keep up the great work!
Everyone always talks about how hard the twist in this episode hits. And yeah, it definitely got me the first time and it's one of the best moments when showing this show to someone who hasn't seen it before. But it was only after several viewings that it occurred to me that Locke never killed the boar. The smoke monster did it for him. And as a Lost veteran, that's the more intriguing part of this episode for me.
@@aIewishus It happens when he encounters the monster. He had just started running to catch the boar when he stops as the monster reveals itself in the same bushes as the boar. At first, I could have said that it's technically only implied, not revealed. But you can actually hear the boar's death squeal.
Can you make character analysis videos? That is what i really need from lost. And i definitely want the first to be john locke, since I don't really understand his arc at all
Technically, every episode I cover in this guide gets into the character analysis. For example, this video explores a large part of John Locke’s story and the meaning of his overall character arc. There is no need for me to make individual videos about the characters since I’m covering pretty much every part of their stories and arcs in these guides. Especially in my Season One guides, every time we hit a new character centric episode I will frame the discussion around where the characters end up going in the narrative.
Locke really does speak to the average person in infinite ways. You may see him as a warning of where blind faith leads you, and that may even be true to some degree. However, to me, Locke is a Martyr who went where he needed to go willingly, knowing it was for a higher purpose despite not fully understanding what that was. It takes ultimate courage to be John Locke.
I agree that Locke was an audience surrogate of sorts. Someone who the audience could see themselves in. I discuss that in the video a little bit. He is my favourite character in the show whom I identified with a lot in my youth. However, that identification did skewer my perceptions of his arc and made me misunderstand his overall purpose in the story. I wanted him to be the hero really. When we identify with a character and relate to their suffering/struggle, we centre their importance within the narrative and it can be all too easy to miss how the story is trying to present them to us. It's not so much that I subjectively viewed Locke as a cautionary tale about blind faith (certainly not at the time of first viewing), it's that the show itself frames him in this way throughout. He is a complicated figure, with many admirable and relatable qualities. But he also demonstrated many impulsive and reckless qualities too. And that is something that I only really came to terms with on the rewatches. Locke was right about so many things, he had a fundamental connection to The Island. But he was often wrong in how he went about demonstrating his understanding of this connection, and was often led astray. That isn't to diminish how great of a character he was, it's simply taking a more objective vantage point of his character in the bigger picture of the overall narrative. I'll continue to dive deeper into all this as we go along.
I remember everybody who watched the series with me hated Locke to varying degrees. They also found the ever more increasing mystery more annoying than anything else, and were all in all just too dumb and plain to get it. Early hints I was growing up surrounded by the entirely wrong people.
Hurley admits in season 1 that he’s dropped a few belt sizes and later on they do find food in the hatch. And we see him struggle with binge eating to cope with his trauma. But really I think viewers tend to forget that the survivors were not on the island for that long. SPOILER but the Oceanic Six are rescued 108 days after the crash. That’s a little over 3 months. It’s unreasonable to assume that a man of Hurley’s size would dramatically loose weight, when there was food available, in that amount of time.
@@sourpatchsydthanks for this. Yeah, even if Hurley lost a few pounds, at his size it would take maybe 20 pounds for weight loss to be noticeable. Then they found the hatch & Dharma food, so he (and other losties) never went hungry. Then when he returned to "civilization" as part of the Oceanic 6, he was back to his lifestyle as a rich lottery winner. He also owned Mr Clucks, so he always had access to food & didn't lose weight even towards the end of the series.
Same here. If they aren't compelled to keep watching after the end of this episode then it will be a bumpy ride for them. The ending of 'Walkabout' defines the very essence of LOST.
The one eye holds multiple meanings here imo. One being the “eye of Horus”, displayed in nearly all big production media. Its brand symbolizing “their” propaganda.
How would you reconcile the island's need for a character to fulfill a purpose and its (or the universe's) capacity to course correct? Ie, if it's able to continuously find ways to kill Charlie and get Desmond to push the button, then couldn't it find a way to carry out the Incident without Locke, Jack, Juliet, etc?
I believe the show's final answer to this conundrum comes down on the side of "Whatever happened, happened". The past cannot be changed despite the illusion that it can be. Time travellers believing that they can change the past is actually what causes the future to happen. And everything that happens as a result was destined to happen the way that it did. The Island is shepherding everything. Even Desmond's actions ultimately lead to the same outcomes that The Island needs. His flashes of Charlie's death lead to a specific result with Charlie in the Looking Glass that furthers the chain of causality with the freighter and the frozen wheel. While it is true that Eloise claims that the universe "course corrects", is that simply the way she justifies sending her son to his death? "No matter what I do, my son will go to The Island to die" Because when we really think about "course correction" it is essentially just another way of saying that no matter what you do or try, the fated outcome is predetermined and inevitable. That you have no real choice in the matter. While Desmond is unstuck in time and believing he can make changes, does he ever actually change anything? Or does he just cause the future to happen due to him being unstuck in the first place? It's quite complex to answer this because the show does flip-flop on the issue between Season Three and Season Five. I explore the nature of Desmond's flashes and "course correction" in my videos on time travel. Here's one on Desmond's flashes: ruclips.net/video/9N6Tx_sAX7E/видео.html Here's the main one on all of the time travel events: ruclips.net/video/PzhKFeyqVjw/видео.html
I explain everything to do with the Egyptian period, including their statues and structures, in this video here: LOST Explained - The Theory of Everything: Part Two (Mother, Jacob, Man in Black & The Egyptians) ruclips.net/video/aB4kvRxN7Hc/видео.html
I discuss this in my video on the time travel. Remember how Locke time travels to 1954 and meets Richard? At first Richard is sceptical that Locke is from the future, so Locke has to prove it to the man somehow. Locke tells Richard that he will born in two years from now in 1957 and that Richard should go to visit him. Locke then disappears in a time flash before Richard’s very eyes. Two years later, Richard does as requested. That is why we see him present at Locke’s birth. This helps Richard to start believing that this bald guy who claimed to come from the future and be the leader of The Others in the year 2004 might just be telling the truth. So Richard starts watching the young Locke from birth as he grows up. He wants to bring this kid to The Island. About five years later, Richard shows up to test the Young Locke to see if he shows any signs of being special - because a leader of The Others tends to demonstrate specialness in some way - only to find that the boy is not ticking all of the boxes that Richard needs him to. And that is because The Island isn’t ready for the Young Locke to come there yet. Not for many more years. Not until Locke has grown up and lost a kidney to his con artist father, then grown bitter and angry, and then put in a wheelchair for four years, which is where he slowly developed his system of belief. All of these things are crucial to Locke becoming the man he needs to be. It is only then that Locke will be ready for The Island. And Richard awaits his arrival in 2004, ready to help Locke usurp Ben as leader, knowing that Locke will travel back in time at some point to get the ball rolling on this entire fifty year chain of events. Time travelling Locke accidentally created his own legend amongst The Others. I explore and explain all of the time travel in this video here: ruclips.net/video/PzhKFeyqVjw/видео.html
I comment a lot, but forgot to congratulate you on making the switch from a bot voice to doing your own narration, must have taken a lot of courage and your channel is a thousand times better for it, I would have kept watching anyway, but I am an avid fan now that there is a human voice to this awesome channel 🥳✌️❤️
Wouldn't it have been great if Randy would have been in the flash sideways world, and we'd have seen him getting bullied or even having his @ss kicked..???
➡ Here's another Lost Paradox. If Desmond had let the countdown run all the way down in the hatch, he would have been right about > Everything being a joke. Because John Locke was a candidate, therefore can't end his own life. Think about it!
But that is why Desmond was brought back to The Island (and the hatch) in the first place. To make sure the fail-safe was turned. That was his whole purpose, and The Island's way to ensure that Locke did not destroy himself or the world to prove a point. Desmond even says: "You said there isn't any purpose. You say there's no such thing as fate. But you saved my life, brother, so I could save yours." It's an acknowledgement from Desmond that he is there, in this moment, to save Locke's life. So, is that a paradox, or was it The Island's design?
I just watched The Leftovers and did not think it was nearly as good as Lost. I noticed some similarities in themes and styles, but it didn't have that spark. It was also much more depressing.
I completely agree. I'd heard so many people say it did everything Lost did but better, and while I enjoyed it and thought it was good, it didn't scratch that itch for me even close to the way Lost does
I am posting as regularly as I can. Let’s first forget that I have a life and other work to do outside of the channel. Here’s how the process of making one of these videos actually works. It takes about two weeks to script, record and edit one video, but the real delays begin when I upload. RUclips’s copyright strike system always flags my uploads and it often takes 30 days for the dispute to be reviewed by the copyright holder. They always waive the copyright strike and let my videos go live and monetised, but they also make me wait the whole 30 days. They haven’t whitelisted me or anything. So, I have to go through this waiting process every single time, which is a real pain. Right now, with these restrictions and general time allowances, the best schedule I can manage is once a month. So, it will be a very gradual project that will take years to complete - it’s a marathon not a 10k race. And it is impossible to keep up with one person’s watch schedule over a few months, which is simply unrealistic to expect or demand from me considering how much work goes into one single video. Quality content takes time no matter what. I hope the guide will give LOST fans something to look forward to every four weeks or so, which considering I am a one man operation trying to make quality content whilst navigating the copyrights system of RUclips? Trust me, these videos are pretty regular. If I can speed up the schedule at any point I definitely will but for now just be grateful to get a new video each month.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 after this many years, youd think RUclips would have their shit together! Didn’t mean to sound like I was rushing you just wanted to show my support for the next video you drop homie!!! And I can tell you put in a lot of work into the videos that’s why I’m here! Also would love to see you cover other shows I like lol
I think it's interesting that Locke says "I saw it once, y'know" to Eko, referring to his encounter in "Walkabout". As if he views that encounter as his own - his personal and almost godlike encounter with the Monster. And not the second one where he was terrified of it in "Exodus". Why not count that one? He could've said "I've seen it a couple of times, y'know" to Eko. I think Locke must've exagerrated that encounter in "Walkabout", viewed that one as the soul of the Island at that point in time. He describes it as a "very bright light", but the Monster's scanning process at daytime is not bright at all. The bright light functions as a camera and you need a brighter light to properly take a photograph at night or in dark places, or else you won't capture anything. Older cameras didn't have ISO settings. So it makes sense that it's a blinding light when it scans Juliet and Kate. The scanning process with Eko in the jungle you see white flashes, but they are not that bright at all compared to Juliet. They are bright during Ricardo's encoutner, but that's a darker room. I also like the theories some people have that the Monster showed him a more heavenly light (Source/Cave of Light) as part of the scanning process, similarly how it showed Ben's memories in "Dead is Dead".
As you mentioned, the Monster could have presented himself as "the Light" to Locke because he knows the attachment John has to the island from the miracle it gave to him. The second encounter feels "incomplete" to Locke, in my opinion, since he internalized it as a test with Jack and Kate "making him fail it" by saving him.
Well, I think it's essentially a visual retcon in terms of the monster's functionality. The first two times we see the monster encountering a person and "scanning" them, we don't see any obvious flashes on the face, i.e. Locke and Eko. Although in 'The 23rd Psalm' we go into the actual cloud itself when it scans Eko, so we don't see how it looks from Eko's POV. He might have seen the flashes while we were in the thick of the smoke monster's downloading process, we don't know. I think those bright flashes on the face is something the show adds later in Season Three specifically to provide a contextual answer regarding Locke's explanation to Eko about seeing "a very bright light". The writers were like: "how do we explain that discrepancy?" And they decided to show the scanning process as having a noticeable exterior effect on the subject. Sure, I agree that Locke could have been enveloped by the smoke cloud like Ben was in 'Dead is Dead' and shown things that way. Although Ben was shown pieces of his own life, not the Man in Black's, so I don't know if I can get on board with this whole "MiB projected the Heart of the Island at Locke" idea. What I do find compelling is that we see Ben get momentarily blinded by the strobe flashes within the cloud, which is yet another reference to a bright light emanating from within the smoke monster, and once again helps to reinforce Locke's line from Season Three. I agree that the flashes are more prominent in darker conditions, but the point is those flashes would still have to be visible in daylight regardless, especially when directly in someone's face. Either way, it still all begs the same question in terms of why Locke says he saw a very bright light and not "I saw a big cloud of black smoke that showed me a very bright light." The way I see it is that the monster presented itself to Locke and didn't harm him, scanned him, then left him alone. Locke misunderstood the encounter and the bright light effect, and it reinforced his feelings of specialness. Later, when he encounters it again in the jungle, he isn't afraid of it at first. He is still beguiled, thinking it is "the soul of The Island". Until it blows him off his feet, rises up in the air, and comes back down at him in an aggressive formation. I think of it like a dog. First time Locke met "the dog", it was friendly and allowed itself to be petted. The second time the dog was snarling and barking and running towards him at speed. Same dog, very different energies.
I’ve always had mixed feelings about this plot line. The framing of Locke’s disability in the show, especially by himself, gets a bit too close to a lot of ableist tropes for comfort, but it feels very in character to me for Locke to view his own limitations that way. I wish the show would have had him coming to terms with it more, but I understand why that wasn’t something there was an opportunity for.
Ah that's an interesting take. I've never looked at Locke's disability in terms of ableism or as a negative portrayal of a disabled person. While there are many people with disabilities IRL, like Locke, who lead full and fulfilling lives -- sometimes with an even greater increase in physical capability than your average able-bodied couch potato! -- I do think the show is right to show how some people can struggle mentally and physically with these conditions too, especially if they were not born that way to begin with. I do prefer it when stories treat their characters as individuals rather than as ciphers or representatives for a whole identity group, and it is by that metric that we measure their depiction. Locke's disability was inflicted upon him by his father's actions, so his feelings about the wheelchair are deeply tied to that event and that betrayal - a man whose love he once desperately wanted to win. His confinement to the chair was about more than simply not being able to walk. And, to be fair, the flashbacks in 'Walkabout' show him as having accepted his condition to the point where he actively tries to maintain a positive mindset in spite of his hang-ups and personal fantasies. He wants to to go on the walkabout because he believes his chair is no longer an issue; he has self-belief. If anything, it's the people and world around him who tell him what he can't do, and judge him according to the chair rather than who he is. So, I think his transformation on The Island at the end is a really beautiful moment that stands in contrast to all of those who tried to weaken or destroy his spirit across his life.
Unpopular opinion I guess but I never could stand locke as a character, I was constantly annoyed during his flash episode due to finding him so irritating and arrogant. The fact walking was a new thing for him and then when it was revealed he was really dead were really the only times he interested me.
'thats the power of belief'? no, Loche ultimately was betrayed in the writing as pretty much abandoning logic completely, forget about his box days he was never totally gullible. Proper belief in anything real isnt deceived by nonsense if it's really real an that's what happened to Loche really I suppose; he was deceived
I don’t think he was betrayed by the writing, I just think those of us who wanted Locke to be the hero of the story were misplaced in our expectations the first time around, and it seems some of us never got over that. Locke wasn’t the hero. He was the mentor. And the mentor always dies in stories like this so that the actual hero can grow and transform. I think Locke’s arc is clearly laid out for us in the Season One episode Deus Ex Machina when his dream leads him out to the beechcraft and to Boone’s death. It is only his second ever centric episode and we see exactly where he is headed for the rest of the series. He experiences a supernatural event, which he believes is telling him where to go and what to do. He risks his life and other people’s lives in pursuit of this belief. It turns out that he has misinterpreted or misunderstood the situation. And even though he is right in his core beliefs, he is being manipulated by outside forces into doing things, and it costs lives. That is all established in Season One. Furthermore, his flashbacks in that episode literally show us how he is conned by his biological father out of a kidney and how he is amenable for coercion when he believes or wants something badly enough. I think the writers knew full well that Locke was going to have a tragic arc at this early point in the show and that he was going to be led astray by dark forces on The Island. So, I disagree with you that he was betrayed by the writing. The only thing that Locke fans like us were betrayed by were our own expectations of where the character should go. Of course no one wanted to see him get the end he got. That doesn’t make it bad writing. It just means we didn’t get what we wanted. There’s an old expression in storytelling: give the audience what they need, not what they want. The reason why I say it’s about belief is because we see the power of belief take Locke from being an unfulfilled nobody to an empowered somebody; from an anonymous office drone to a leader worshipped amongst his zealot followers. He transforms into this remarkable man. But it has a flip side. Because it can also make a man who wants to live (and continue being this consequential special somebody) be willing to give all of that up and sacrifice his life because he was told to by forces he thinks are for a greater good but really doesn’t fully understand. Belief is both Locke’s biggest strength and greatest weakness. The power of belief is what makes him shine and what snuffs him out. And it’s all setup for us early on in Season One.
Had a pretty beautiful weekend and then you drop the John Lock episode!! 🥳 you’re the friend most of us never had, who we could just, talk Lost with. Sitting here with my Newfie girl Oceanic 815, watching this awesome episode. Thanks for making our weekend even better 🙏❤️
When you're alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always watch Lost Explained 😊
You can go downtown next! Lol
You can go downtown next! Lol
Things will be great when Lost is....Explained
Anytime I hear this song anywhere I always think of Lost and Lost only. 😄
@@ASkyy166 every single time. By the way, "Make Your Own Kind of Music" is now playing in your head
Terry o'quinn's performance as locke (and later as mib) was so incredible and so nuanced, he stands out so much in a show with many great actors. I think to this day it's still one of the greatest acting performances in television.
Absolutely!!! He earned a fee emmys
Hey mate, we’ve spoken before. My wife is currently rewatching the whole series, and thanks to your videos I’m able to explain many aspects from the series. Your ability to understand and portray your thoughts is unprecedented in my opinion! Please carry on, not just for lost! You have an ability to break things down and explain them well. You can apply this ability to anything mate.
Thank you, that's incredibly kind of you to say 🙏
Locke is one of the most (if not THE most) tragic characters in the show! I've watched the show many many times, and each time I always end up hoping that he gets a better ending. He was the only one that believed in the island, as misguided as he may have been at times. Thanks for the great video!!
I'm the exact same I understand the reason Locke was chosen by the smoke monster but him dying never sat well with me in the show as a whole. He was my favorite character.
@@arkryder1421I agree I hate his death so much I’m doing a rewatch now and I’m hoping I feel different about it this time lmao.
Locke has always been my absolute favorite character in Lost. Thank you for this video on this episode!
Can we talk about how good this channel is?
Mate, thank you so much for what you’ve done. Lost is my obsession and I can’t thank you enough for making it feel fresh and new. I thought I was a walking and talking Lostpedia but boy was I wrong 😊.
Locke has fascinated me since I saw him smiling with a mango skin in front of his teeth while sitting and serenely watching the sea in the pilot. I also love the fact that he mentions Norman Croucher in this episode. Another great video, thanks.
Yes, exactly!! It was such small moment in the pilot but made a huge impact. Locke is by far one of the most dynamic characters, in my opinion and I love how he will always be remembered as a kind yet troubled soul even with the twist of the MIB taking over his body and turning him into something he wasn't. Such a badass way to make his story even more intriguing!! No show has ever grabbed my attention like this before or since. ❤
@@maggiebeltaa5421 Same here ! And I am quite sure no show ever will 💖
@@maggiebeltaa5421I love Locke but I’m so confused at people saying he’s kind? Did we watch the same show but each to their own haha
"John Locke wasn't a believer, Jack. He was a sucker."
That one line was one of the saddest summations of one of the saddest characters in screen history.
Is it from the MIB?
@@mauriciofontes yes. The MiB as Locke when he had his sit down with Jack in the final season.
Coming from the MiB, we know this isn’t an accurate summation, albeit, it’s a very grim account from his perspective but NOT how he should be remembered.
I love Lost so much. What a great show. Thank you for still taking about it.
I know lost has often been confusing even to my friends, But i always see it as quite logical.
I honestly struggled with it first time round, took til my 2nd and 3rd watches to fully see the whole picture. So bloody good.
I became a believer in the show just as John Locke became a believer in the Island at the end of this episode.
That sums it up perfectly
Walkabout is my favorite LOST episode.
It's perfect in all aspects.
Mine is The constant followed by Through the looking glass
@@jamescarr1265 Solid choice 👌
@@erawa2740what’s your least favourite? Mine is Fire + water or jacks tattoos
@@jamescarr1265 My least favorite is "The Other Woman". And that's the case since my first watch of the series. I find the whole "soap opera" element between Juliet, Goodwin and Ben ridiculous, tasteless and misplaced.
While I admit that "Fire + Water" and "Stranger in a Strange Land" are far from being the best LOST episodes, I like them, and see their qualities. They express important aspects about their central characters (respectively Charlie and Jack). Perhaps they are not advancing the plot a lot, but I don't perceive it as a problem, because they enhance some significant traits of the main protagonists and what they are confronted to in their specific situation.
@@erawa2740 I agree with you that The other woman is not a good episode. Season 4 had some duds for such a truncated season.
Love your recaps. The more I rewatch the show, the more I respect what they did to Locke’s character. He was the perfect mark for MIB.
Fun fact about this episode: you can see his wheelchair in the wide shot of his bedroom when he’s talking to Helen.
Shoutout to this channel for all the Lost content! Your hard work is appreciated
Awesome video.
Just a little detail: in this episode, Locke, Kate and Michael are hunting wild boar to feed everyone.
For me, when Locke finds himself facing the Smoke Monster, the latter killed the boar and gave it to Locke as an offering. Which reinforces Locke's faith in the island and the fact that he considers the smoke Monster like a positive entity.
Sorry for my very bad English, I'm French.
Well said! Your observation can be strengthened when Michael compliments John for catching the wild boar (at the end of the episode), but Locke doesn't even thank him, indeed he is unconvinced and he doesn't even seem to remember what Michael is referring to. (I’m from Italy, sorry for the English ahah)
Your enough is fantastic
This is the GOAT episode of lost. This was the first moment where I felt like I was watching something special.
So glad you are the voice over now. Just gone to watch one of your older vids but can not stand watching videos with the AI voice overs. Your voice is great.
Watched your deep dives too, they are brilliant. You are doing great work here. Thank you 💚🙏💜🌸
Yeah, Lock was by far my favourite character. I resent that he was killed off without finishing his character arch. I guess it was finished in purgatory, but I feel that it is a bit cheat
I feel like not finishing his character arc was deliberate.
I love the way the co worker looks at Randy while he's eating the sandwich...
That shot always makes me laugh! GR-12 is the most real character to ever appear in the series 😆
Love these deep dives into each episode. There is so much to be said about this show!
LOCKE: I have looked into the heart of this island and what I saw was a very bright light
EKO: Thats not what I saw
@felipealejandro225 I wonder if that was somehow tied to bright flashes around the time traveling. At this point in time, John would have existed at various points in time before now, each time leaving in a flash of white light. Maybe that was somehow translated into the 'memories' he was exposed to, even though he hadn't experienced them yet. I don't know... just a thought.
Walkabout is one of those hours of television that feels almost criminally good. Terry O'Quinn's acting, the music, the writing, everything is firing on all cylinders in this episode.
Agreed! It’s one of the best episodes of the show and from television in general. Just a great statement episode.
Another outstanding episode. John Locke was one of, if not my favorite character of the show. It's a close run with Ben. But when both Ben and Lock are on screen together, buckle in, it's going to be gold.
And yes, episode four was the one where I knew, this was something different.
Still one of the best channels on RUclips, anytime I see a new Lost Explained video I know it’s going to be a good week
Seems like an interesting show. Maybe someday I'll give it a watch.
No need to watch it, John. You actually lived it!
SO excited seeing you just dropped a new video. My Sunday is perfect now. ❤❤
great video as always.
The algo does you dirty friend - I can't wait for your new ep's but never see them until I specifically go to your channel - even after using the search.
Thanks for continuing this series! Definitely gonna be legendary when it rolls into later seasons!
The logic of how the RUclips algorithm works is almost as mysterious as some of the plot points in LOST! I appreciate that you seek my channel out to check if new videos have been added. I try to add a new one every month (usually towards the end of it). Have you clicked the notification bell? That should give you the heads up when one of my videos drops. And yes, I can't wait to hit Season Two when the island lore really kicks into high gear!
20 years ago this episode came out 😊
It’s mad to think that it has been 20 years! I feel like Rousseau: “Has it really been that long?”
😳
I know Im getting ahead. The next episode White Rabbit. There was a moment where Jack was looking up to Locke and listening to him, after he saved him from hanging off the cliff. Jack asking him what he should do next. You said everything so perfectly in this video
Very astute of you to mention this particular moment because I am going to touch upon it in the White Rabbit episode guide, and discuss how Jack initially looks up to Locke. Will definitely be exploring their dynamic and relationship further.
Lost is still my favourite tv show of all time. I watch it once every year and have done since it came out. I think ive watched it all like 16 times over 😂😊
Season 1 & 2 were absolutely perfect!!
I completely agree.
The best seasons of LOST!
I disagree with 2, it’s my least favourite season which might seem a bit crazy haha
I love the episode explanation series!!! Walkabout is fantastic! But TBH, White Rabbit is the episode where my obsession with LOST began. I'm really looking forward to hearing your analysis of that episode ❤❤
Almost finished the edit of White Rabbit!
Another stellar breakdown. I'm really looking forward to each of your episode guides as I rewatch the entire series again on Netlfix. This particular episode made me feel the same as you - it's the one that made me realize this is a special kind of story. I was already in from the pilot but this is the one that made me tell anyone and everyone that they need to watch this show. All these years later and your channel has reignited that initial spark I originally felt during the show's first run. I can't wait until you get to the series finale! ✈🏝
That’s great to hear! I hope you enjoy the journey we shall be taking to get to the series finale 🙏 It will be long but we shall cover the entire show in depth along the way.
13:44 wow that makes sense in relation to the mentor dying. Although I would say it was always clear Jack is the main character.
@@yamnayaseed356 nah, Vincent was the main character. He woke Jack up and laid him to rest.
@@radagast7200I've sometimes wondered if Vincent returned to Rose & Bernard or if he returned to Hurley after Jack died. Lol.
I've just re-watched scenes of when they found the blue van. Vincent seemed so happy (was smiling) when he boarded the van with Jin & Sawyer. I hope he lived a good doggy life in the island until his death. 😅🐶
One of my favourite episodes
Locke is one of my favorite characters on any TV show. Loving these episode guides!
He is always popping up in other shows to, and it always amuses me. Like when he popped up in Falling Skies.
Locke is one of my favourite characters of all time too. I could make a whole video series exclusively discussing his character journey, but I will put all of those thoughts and details into the guide as I go along.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 there is definitely a lot to be said about him and Rousseau and the differences in their philosophy. I'm not sure how well it translates to the philosophical differences of their namesakes, but the idea of exploring that sounds fascinating.
@@radagast7200 My hope with this guide is that, due to the length and richness of the series, I will have an opportunity to cover literally every possible aspect of the show in this way, both in terms of character dynamics like you mention and the wider mythology. Plus any cool info from outside of the show as well. I plan to discuss the Locke-Rousseau connection/parallel when I reach Exodus, where they have a couple of interactions.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I can't wait for that one. I might have to brush up the two at some point so I have something intelligent to contribute in the comments. Haha.
Great job as always. I’ll stay tuned eagerly for the next installment.
Wow! My favorite episode!
Mine too :)
Locke is my favourite character. Terry O'Quinn's heel turn as MiB showed his chops as an actor.
Almost moved you to tears??? I still tear up every time I watch it lol
I'm really looking forward to watching this one! Thank you for these wonderful and intriguing videos 😊
Loving this episode guide series brutha! Wish I could watch the whole guide right now haha! But it's also nice to have the methodical rollout so I can look forward to a new Lost video on the regular.
Man to this day I wonder how Locke vs Mr. Eko would have gone. It woud be mad interrsting to see a less naive man of faith to counter Locke
He's back!! Love your videos, you deserve so much more views!
Thanks! Feel free to share it with any LOST fans you come across 🙏
such a great episode
Can’t wait for the next episode! Just a quick question, do you follow an upload schedule or do you just post randomly? Great stuff!
My current schedule aims to drop a new video at the end of every month, usually on a weekend. The only reason that this can vary from time to time is due to RUclips’s copyright strike system, which blocks videos until your dispute has been reviewed and released by the copyright holder. It can often take up to 30 days for the dispute to be resolved. I'm lucky that my videos are always released from any restrictions, but I still have to go through this process almost every time. So, that can mess up the scheduling a little bit. Otherwise, you can expect a new one of these guides to drop every month!
I always seem to get the notification when a new Lost Explained video drops on Monday instead of Sunday. Nontheless, perfect way to start off the work week!
Weird RUclips algorithm stuff at work there, I think. We are seeing less and less of our subscriptions pop up in our home feeds and more random unrelated stuff.
Every Locke episode is great! I would say this is the best episode of Lost.
I would put Michael Giacchino's score up there with John Williams Star Wars work. Its perfect.
Agreed. I think it's easily the finest score in television history and one of the greatest, most eclectic scores of all time. Even people who haven't seen LOST can hear Giacchino's pieces, divorced from the context of the show, and find the compositions beautiful to listen to.
Awesome episode!; Well done! :) Keep 'em coming!
Going into the final season with Locke dead, it feels like a sad turnout for this character, but, seeing as the main protagonist is Jack, Locke fulfilled his purpose in life. His journey and sacrifice changed Jack to finally see the real importance of the Island and it's purpose.
In stories and even in life, there are individuals who go through trials so that someone is inspired by them to continue the work. That is what Locke eventually did
Completely agree. If you watch up to "Walkabout" and you're still not vibing with it, Lost is not for you.
Also, highly recommend that Michael Giacchino vinyl. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another great video. Greetings from Perú. 🙏🙏🙏
Amazing video, could you explain why Boone had to die?
I have explained this in some previous videos before but there’s a lot of content to trawl through to find it haha! So, why was Boone “a sacrifice The Island demanded”? Basically, Boone’s death set off a chain reaction of events. His accident is the only reason Locke ended up pounding on the hatch door with grief stricken anger, which in turn is the only reason that Desmond decided not to shoot himself that night because it confirmed to him that he was not alone on The Island. It gave him hope that someone was still up there. Had Boone not died, Locke would not have been there that night, and Desmond would have gone ahead and shot himself, leaving no one alive down in The Swan to push the button. Therefore, the world would have ended. Boone’s sacrifice saved the world. Or as Desmond said to Locke: “You saved my life so I could save yours.”
I shall explore this in more detail when I cover the episode ‘Deus Ex Machina’ later on in the season.
Love your work, man.
This is very kind of you, and so very much appreciated. Thank you 🙏
Keep up the good work
Finally the next one is here
Something I'm really curious about is how Jacob was able to get off the island to affect the flight members. Especially when TMIB wanted to get off of it. If you have a theory, I would love to hear it. I love your channel. It's helped me connect a lot of dots I missed before. Great insight. ❤
In my video on The Game between Jacob and MiB, I discuss my theory about the lighthouse and how I believe that Jacob used the lighthouse mirrors as a targeting system for his travel. Almost all of the candidate locations reflect places we saw him visit. That's why we see Sawyer's church reflected in the mirror where the funeral of his parents took place, as well as Sun's family home where her wedding to Jin took place. Jacob goes "through the looking glass" as it were. Harnessing those hotspots of electromagnetism and jumping between them. A form of teleportation, like we see the Man in Black do on The Island.
As usual : thank you.
Thanks!
Thank you 🙏
Great representation for those of us who felt Locke was the key. 😜
Not sure if this has been covered already as I've only just discovered your channel and have subscribed due to now rewatching through Lost again at 43. John Locks very specific SCAR on his right eye. It appears very deliberate and wondered if this is purely just a wound from the crash or something more deep meaning? I mean he became the MIB so wondered if this was written in to be a way of relating him to being bad? Thanks 😊
New video! Yes 😁😁
This was such a great episode. ..... Randy... seems like someone who should manage a fried chicken fast food.... oh...wait
I initially watched lost as a kid, and I loved Jack as the main character”hero.” Because of it, I always hated Locke and constant confrontations.
Rewatching the series many times as I’ve gotten older, I truly appreciate how amazing the character of John Locke is. And how easy it is to relate to, especially as life goes on. A truly tragic character.
I had somewhat the reverse of that experience. I loved Locke when I first saw the show and found Jack's attitude towards him rather frustrating, but when going back for rewatches after the show ended (knowing where everyone ended up with their arcs), I had a newfound appreciation for Jack's journey and his transformation, as well as a clearer understanding of the bigger picture when it came to the tragedy of Locke's life.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 absolutely! Jack is still my favorite character, but in rewatching it’s so cool to see just how pivotal Locke was in his journey. And Locke was also a cautionary tale of why faith is good, but blind faith can be dangerous.
Absolutely love your videos, keep up the great work!
Everyone always talks about how hard the twist in this episode hits. And yeah, it definitely got me the first time and it's one of the best moments when showing this show to someone who hasn't seen it before. But it was only after several viewings that it occurred to me that Locke never killed the boar. The smoke monster did it for him. And as a Lost veteran, that's the more intriguing part of this episode for me.
Interesting I've never thought of that. Is there evidence for this?
@@aIewishus It happens when he encounters the monster. He had just started running to catch the boar when he stops as the monster reveals itself in the same bushes as the boar. At first, I could have said that it's technically only implied, not revealed. But you can actually hear the boar's death squeal.
and that’s what gave him faith omg
Can you make character analysis videos? That is what i really need from lost. And i definitely want the first to be john locke, since I don't really understand his arc at all
Technically, every episode I cover in this guide gets into the character analysis. For example, this video explores a large part of John Locke’s story and the meaning of his overall character arc. There is no need for me to make individual videos about the characters since I’m covering pretty much every part of their stories and arcs in these guides. Especially in my Season One guides, every time we hit a new character centric episode I will frame the discussion around where the characters end up going in the narrative.
Locke really does speak to the average person in infinite ways. You may see him as a warning of where blind faith leads you, and that may even be true to some degree. However, to me, Locke is a Martyr who went where he needed to go willingly, knowing it was for a higher purpose despite not fully understanding what that was. It takes ultimate courage to be John Locke.
I agree that Locke was an audience surrogate of sorts. Someone who the audience could see themselves in. I discuss that in the video a little bit. He is my favourite character in the show whom I identified with a lot in my youth. However, that identification did skewer my perceptions of his arc and made me misunderstand his overall purpose in the story. I wanted him to be the hero really. When we identify with a character and relate to their suffering/struggle, we centre their importance within the narrative and it can be all too easy to miss how the story is trying to present them to us. It's not so much that I subjectively viewed Locke as a cautionary tale about blind faith (certainly not at the time of first viewing), it's that the show itself frames him in this way throughout. He is a complicated figure, with many admirable and relatable qualities. But he also demonstrated many impulsive and reckless qualities too. And that is something that I only really came to terms with on the rewatches. Locke was right about so many things, he had a fundamental connection to The Island. But he was often wrong in how he went about demonstrating his understanding of this connection, and was often led astray. That isn't to diminish how great of a character he was, it's simply taking a more objective vantage point of his character in the bigger picture of the overall narrative. I'll continue to dive deeper into all this as we go along.
My favourite part of every Lock centric episode is the inevitable meltdown.
Jack and Locke always had my favourite meltdowns on the show!
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Yeah, Ben Linus often pushing their buttons. 🤥
Ben Linus is the greatest shitstirrer in TV history
@@SigmaBenLinus His deranged sounding music theme really fitted his personality!
Fantastic! Maybe I could translate your videos to portuguese to share this amazing content with the Brazilian fandom!
You can click on the "gear" thingy, then enable captions. Then click auto translate, then choose Portuguese.
I've watched this show 10 times. I only just found out Randy nation is also Hurleys boss 😂
Can you do a “ what if” video what if Jacob when with his brother or if Aaron actually got Adopted
I remember everybody who watched the series with me hated Locke to varying degrees. They also found the ever more increasing mystery more annoying than anything else, and were all in all just too dumb and plain to get it. Early hints I was growing up surrounded by the entirely wrong people.
O'Quinn the best dude ever
Here's the real mystery of LOST....... How is it that, being stranded on an island, Hurley never lost weight?
Hurley admits in season 1 that he’s dropped a few belt sizes and later on they do find food in the hatch. And we see him struggle with binge eating to cope with his trauma. But really I think viewers tend to forget that the survivors were not on the island for that long. SPOILER but the Oceanic Six are rescued 108 days after the crash. That’s a little over 3 months. It’s unreasonable to assume that a man of Hurley’s size would dramatically loose weight, when there was food available, in that amount of time.
@@sourpatchsydthanks for this. Yeah, even if Hurley lost a few pounds, at his size it would take maybe 20 pounds for weight loss to be noticeable. Then they found the hatch & Dharma food, so he (and other losties) never went hungry.
Then when he returned to "civilization" as part of the Oceanic 6, he was back to his lifestyle as a rich lottery winner. He also owned Mr Clucks, so he always had access to food & didn't lose weight even towards the end of the series.
This episode is my litmus test for new watchers-I tell people that if they don’t lose their shit at the end of Walkabout, turn it off.
Same here. If they aren't compelled to keep watching after the end of this episode then it will be a bumpy ride for them. The ending of 'Walkabout' defines the very essence of LOST.
For same effect, follow the new series ; From👍
The one eye holds multiple meanings here imo. One being the “eye of Horus”, displayed in nearly all big production media.
Its brand symbolizing “their” propaganda.
How would you reconcile the island's need for a character to fulfill a purpose and its (or the universe's) capacity to course correct? Ie, if it's able to continuously find ways to kill Charlie and get Desmond to push the button, then couldn't it find a way to carry out the Incident without Locke, Jack, Juliet, etc?
I believe the show's final answer to this conundrum comes down on the side of "Whatever happened, happened". The past cannot be changed despite the illusion that it can be. Time travellers believing that they can change the past is actually what causes the future to happen. And everything that happens as a result was destined to happen the way that it did. The Island is shepherding everything.
Even Desmond's actions ultimately lead to the same outcomes that The Island needs. His flashes of Charlie's death lead to a specific result with Charlie in the Looking Glass that furthers the chain of causality with the freighter and the frozen wheel. While it is true that Eloise claims that the universe "course corrects", is that simply the way she justifies sending her son to his death? "No matter what I do, my son will go to The Island to die" Because when we really think about "course correction" it is essentially just another way of saying that no matter what you do or try, the fated outcome is predetermined and inevitable. That you have no real choice in the matter.
While Desmond is unstuck in time and believing he can make changes, does he ever actually change anything? Or does he just cause the future to happen due to him being unstuck in the first place? It's quite complex to answer this because the show does flip-flop on the issue between Season Three and Season Five. I explore the nature of Desmond's flashes and "course correction" in my videos on time travel.
Here's one on Desmond's flashes: ruclips.net/video/9N6Tx_sAX7E/видео.html
Here's the main one on all of the time travel events: ruclips.net/video/PzhKFeyqVjw/видео.html
Lost!
Can you make a video explaining the massive statue thing
I explain everything to do with the Egyptian period, including their statues and structures, in this video here:
LOST Explained - The Theory of Everything: Part Two (Mother, Jacob, Man in Black & The Egyptians)
ruclips.net/video/aB4kvRxN7Hc/видео.html
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 thank you bro
Someone please explain why Richard visited Locke when he was a child? Was it because Jacob told him to? Were they checking on him as a “candidate”?
I discuss this in my video on the time travel. Remember how Locke time travels to 1954 and meets Richard? At first Richard is sceptical that Locke is from the future, so Locke has to prove it to the man somehow. Locke tells Richard that he will born in two years from now in 1957 and that Richard should go to visit him. Locke then disappears in a time flash before Richard’s very eyes.
Two years later, Richard does as requested. That is why we see him present at Locke’s birth. This helps Richard to start believing that this bald guy who claimed to come from the future and be the leader of The Others in the year 2004 might just be telling the truth. So Richard starts watching the young Locke from birth as he grows up. He wants to bring this kid to The Island.
About five years later, Richard shows up to test the Young Locke to see if he shows any signs of being special - because a leader of The Others tends to demonstrate specialness in some way - only to find that the boy is not ticking all of the boxes that Richard needs him to. And that is because The Island isn’t ready for the Young Locke to come there yet. Not for many more years.
Not until Locke has grown up and lost a kidney to his con artist father, then grown bitter and angry, and then put in a wheelchair for four years, which is where he slowly developed his system of belief. All of these things are crucial to Locke becoming the man he needs to be. It is only then that Locke will be ready for The Island.
And Richard awaits his arrival in 2004, ready to help Locke usurp Ben as leader, knowing that Locke will travel back in time at some point to get the ball rolling on this entire fifty year chain of events.
Time travelling Locke accidentally created his own legend amongst The Others. I explore and explain all of the time travel in this video here: ruclips.net/video/PzhKFeyqVjw/видео.html
I comment a lot, but forgot to congratulate you on making the switch from a bot voice to doing your own narration, must have taken a lot of courage and your channel is a thousand times better for it, I would have kept watching anyway, but I am an avid fan now that there is a human voice to this awesome channel 🥳✌️❤️
Wouldn't it have been great if Randy would have been in the flash sideways world, and we'd have seen him getting bullied or even having his @ss kicked..???
➡ Here's another Lost Paradox.
If Desmond had let the countdown run all the way down in the hatch,
he would have been right about > Everything being a joke.
Because John Locke was a candidate, therefore can't end his own life.
Think about it!
But that is why Desmond was brought back to The Island (and the hatch) in the first place. To make sure the fail-safe was turned. That was his whole purpose, and The Island's way to ensure that Locke did not destroy himself or the world to prove a point. Desmond even says: "You said there isn't any purpose. You say there's no such thing as fate. But you saved my life, brother, so I could save yours." It's an acknowledgement from Desmond that he is there, in this moment, to save Locke's life. So, is that a paradox, or was it The Island's design?
I just watched The Leftovers and did not think it was nearly as good as Lost. I noticed some similarities in themes and styles, but it didn't have that spark. It was also much more depressing.
Leftovers was horrible
I loved The Leftovers. Top 5 shows off all time for me that's for sure.
I completely agree. I'd heard so many people say it did everything Lost did but better, and while I enjoyed it and thought it was good, it didn't scratch that itch for me even close to the way Lost does
@@razvanmateiu4687 thats interesting man! can you give us another recommendation?
Fantastic show
Randy is so hateable but honestly I understood Susan? Haven’t watched in years but I didn’t hate her if I rewatched it would definitely be different
Bro, you gotta post more. I’m way ahead now.
I am posting as regularly as I can. Let’s first forget that I have a life and other work to do outside of the channel. Here’s how the process of making one of these videos actually works. It takes about two weeks to script, record and edit one video, but the real delays begin when I upload.
RUclips’s copyright strike system always flags my uploads and it often takes 30 days for the dispute to be reviewed by the copyright holder. They always waive the copyright strike and let my videos go live and monetised, but they also make me wait the whole 30 days. They haven’t whitelisted me or anything. So, I have to go through this waiting process every single time, which is a real pain. Right now, with these restrictions and general time allowances, the best schedule I can manage is once a month. So, it will be a very gradual project that will take years to complete - it’s a marathon not a 10k race. And it is impossible to keep up with one person’s watch schedule over a few months, which is simply unrealistic to expect or demand from me considering how much work goes into one single video. Quality content takes time no matter what.
I hope the guide will give LOST fans something to look forward to every four weeks or so, which considering I am a one man operation trying to make quality content whilst navigating the copyrights system of RUclips? Trust me, these videos are pretty regular. If I can speed up the schedule at any point I definitely will but for now just be grateful to get a new video each month.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 after this many years, youd think RUclips would have their shit together!
Didn’t mean to sound like I was rushing you just wanted to show my support for the next video you drop homie!!!
And I can tell you put in a lot of work into the videos that’s why I’m here! Also would love to see you cover other shows I like lol
I think it's interesting that Locke says "I saw it once, y'know" to Eko, referring to his encounter in "Walkabout". As if he views that encounter as his own - his personal and almost godlike encounter with the Monster. And not the second one where he was terrified of it in "Exodus". Why not count that one? He could've said "I've seen it a couple of times, y'know" to Eko. I think Locke must've exagerrated that encounter in "Walkabout", viewed that one as the soul of the Island at that point in time. He describes it as a "very bright light", but the Monster's scanning process at daytime is not bright at all. The bright light functions as a camera and you need a brighter light to properly take a photograph at night or in dark places, or else you won't capture anything. Older cameras didn't have ISO settings. So it makes sense that it's a blinding light when it scans Juliet and Kate. The scanning process with Eko in the jungle you see white flashes, but they are not that bright at all compared to Juliet. They are bright during Ricardo's encoutner, but that's a darker room. I also like the theories some people have that the Monster showed him a more heavenly light (Source/Cave of Light) as part of the scanning process, similarly how it showed Ben's memories in "Dead is Dead".
As you mentioned, the Monster could have presented himself as "the Light" to Locke because he knows the attachment John has to the island from the miracle it gave to him.
The second encounter feels "incomplete" to Locke, in my opinion, since he internalized it as a test with Jack and Kate "making him fail it" by saving him.
Well, I think it's essentially a visual retcon in terms of the monster's functionality. The first two times we see the monster encountering a person and "scanning" them, we don't see any obvious flashes on the face, i.e. Locke and Eko. Although in 'The 23rd Psalm' we go into the actual cloud itself when it scans Eko, so we don't see how it looks from Eko's POV. He might have seen the flashes while we were in the thick of the smoke monster's downloading process, we don't know.
I think those bright flashes on the face is something the show adds later in Season Three specifically to provide a contextual answer regarding Locke's explanation to Eko about seeing "a very bright light". The writers were like: "how do we explain that discrepancy?" And they decided to show the scanning process as having a noticeable exterior effect on the subject.
Sure, I agree that Locke could have been enveloped by the smoke cloud like Ben was in 'Dead is Dead' and shown things that way. Although Ben was shown pieces of his own life, not the Man in Black's, so I don't know if I can get on board with this whole "MiB projected the Heart of the Island at Locke" idea. What I do find compelling is that we see Ben get momentarily blinded by the strobe flashes within the cloud, which is yet another reference to a bright light emanating from within the smoke monster, and once again helps to reinforce Locke's line from Season Three. I agree that the flashes are more prominent in darker conditions, but the point is those flashes would still have to be visible in daylight regardless, especially when directly in someone's face.
Either way, it still all begs the same question in terms of why Locke says he saw a very bright light and not "I saw a big cloud of black smoke that showed me a very bright light." The way I see it is that the monster presented itself to Locke and didn't harm him, scanned him, then left him alone. Locke misunderstood the encounter and the bright light effect, and it reinforced his feelings of specialness. Later, when he encounters it again in the jungle, he isn't afraid of it at first. He is still beguiled, thinking it is "the soul of The Island". Until it blows him off his feet, rises up in the air, and comes back down at him in an aggressive formation.
I think of it like a dog. First time Locke met "the dog", it was friendly and allowed itself to be petted. The second time the dog was snarling and barking and running towards him at speed. Same dog, very different energies.
I’ve always had mixed feelings about this plot line. The framing of Locke’s disability in the show, especially by himself, gets a bit too close to a lot of ableist tropes for comfort, but it feels very in character to me for Locke to view his own limitations that way. I wish the show would have had him coming to terms with it more, but I understand why that wasn’t something there was an opportunity for.
lol, shush
Ah that's an interesting take. I've never looked at Locke's disability in terms of ableism or as a negative portrayal of a disabled person. While there are many people with disabilities IRL, like Locke, who lead full and fulfilling lives -- sometimes with an even greater increase in physical capability than your average able-bodied couch potato! -- I do think the show is right to show how some people can struggle mentally and physically with these conditions too, especially if they were not born that way to begin with.
I do prefer it when stories treat their characters as individuals rather than as ciphers or representatives for a whole identity group, and it is by that metric that we measure their depiction. Locke's disability was inflicted upon him by his father's actions, so his feelings about the wheelchair are deeply tied to that event and that betrayal - a man whose love he once desperately wanted to win. His confinement to the chair was about more than simply not being able to walk. And, to be fair, the flashbacks in 'Walkabout' show him as having accepted his condition to the point where he actively tries to maintain a positive mindset in spite of his hang-ups and personal fantasies. He wants to to go on the walkabout because he believes his chair is no longer an issue; he has self-belief. If anything, it's the people and world around him who tell him what he can't do, and judge him according to the chair rather than who he is. So, I think his transformation on The Island at the end is a really beautiful moment that stands in contrast to all of those who tried to weaken or destroy his spirit across his life.
@@LOSTEXPLAINED108A perfect response to the ableism perspective.
Unpopular opinion I guess but I never could stand locke as a character, I was constantly annoyed during his flash episode due to finding him so irritating and arrogant. The fact walking was a new thing for him and then when it was revealed he was really dead were really the only times he interested me.
'thats the power of belief'? no, Loche ultimately was betrayed in the writing as pretty much abandoning logic completely, forget about his box days he was never totally gullible. Proper belief in anything real isnt deceived by nonsense if it's really real an that's what happened to Loche really I suppose; he was deceived
I don’t think he was betrayed by the writing, I just think those of us who wanted Locke to be the hero of the story were misplaced in our expectations the first time around, and it seems some of us never got over that. Locke wasn’t the hero. He was the mentor. And the mentor always dies in stories like this so that the actual hero can grow and transform.
I think Locke’s arc is clearly laid out for us in the Season One episode Deus Ex Machina when his dream leads him out to the beechcraft and to Boone’s death. It is only his second ever centric episode and we see exactly where he is headed for the rest of the series. He experiences a supernatural event, which he believes is telling him where to go and what to do. He risks his life and other people’s lives in pursuit of this belief. It turns out that he has misinterpreted or misunderstood the situation. And even though he is right in his core beliefs, he is being manipulated by outside forces into doing things, and it costs lives. That is all established in Season One. Furthermore, his flashbacks in that episode literally show us how he is conned by his biological father out of a kidney and how he is amenable for coercion when he believes or wants something badly enough. I think the writers knew full well that Locke was going to have a tragic arc at this early point in the show and that he was going to be led astray by dark forces on The Island.
So, I disagree with you that he was betrayed by the writing. The only thing that Locke fans like us were betrayed by were our own expectations of where the character should go. Of course no one wanted to see him get the end he got. That doesn’t make it bad writing. It just means we didn’t get what we wanted. There’s an old expression in storytelling: give the audience what they need, not what they want.
The reason why I say it’s about belief is because we see the power of belief take Locke from being an unfulfilled nobody to an empowered somebody; from an anonymous office drone to a leader worshipped amongst his zealot followers. He transforms into this remarkable man. But it has a flip side. Because it can also make a man who wants to live (and continue being this consequential special somebody) be willing to give all of that up and sacrifice his life because he was told to by forces he thinks are for a greater good but really doesn’t fully understand. Belief is both Locke’s biggest strength and greatest weakness. The power of belief is what makes him shine and what snuffs him out. And it’s all setup for us early on in Season One.
Had a pretty beautiful weekend and then you drop the John Lock episode!! 🥳 you’re the friend most of us never had, who we could just, talk Lost with. Sitting here with my Newfie girl Oceanic 815, watching this awesome episode. Thanks for making our weekend even better 🙏❤️
Aww that is a really lovely comment to read. I'm truly honoured to be part of your weekend 🙏