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I hope Terry O'Quinn never receives an emmy or an oscar, getting him better parts and flaming him out and instead stays the incredible under-the-radar character actor he is so that when you see a cast list for a show and he's on it, you know at least some part of it will be good.

you know he was a gold gloves boxer in his younger days?

I was overwhelmed with relief to find that the "[p]revious Locke discussion" didn't center on property rights and economic theory.

But Jim, will he continue to play string-puller for each character, helping them to see their innermost desires/fears, or will he really become the leader of either the white or black tribe? Lots of folks seem to think they will split up, a la "The Stand", but I have my doubts. I think Locke has recognized the island for what it can do or show, and is helping others to see it to.

I realize this post has contributed nothing, so I will now shut up.

Hey, between the quasi-incestual wuvving of Shannon and Boone, and the WTF "Is this because I'm a lesbian" question of Serena on "Law & Order: Original Recipe" last night, my head's still spinning.

Kurtz or Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan? Helping everyone to See What They Need To Know? Either way, I hope they stop pretending to kill people.

Boone fucked his STEPsister, Jim, not his sister. What do you think he is, some kind of pervert?

Maybe I misunderstood something (and I've missed parts of various episodes), but during his flashback/backstory didn't Locke get a phone call at the office from someone calling him Colonel, or something like that? It implied that he was really undercover at the box company and was involved in some sort of CIA type work. In any case he and Sayid are the two most interesting characters in this show so far. I never get caught up in television, ever, but this show has hooked me.

That was his gamer buddy calling him "Colonel." The "rendezvous at 1300 hours" was them meeting at lunch to play Risk or whatever. It was a fakeout to make the viewer think Locke was a big shot in his previous life, when in reality [camera zooms out] he worked for a box company and had a dicky Dave Grohl lookalike for a boss.

I think his line to Boone McSisterfucker (great name, Treach) about "choosing sides" implies that at least in Locke's mind, there's going to be a split between those who "get the island" and those who want to get off the island. Locke's obviously picking his groupies and "saving them" for the eventuality.

Then Charlie Sheen will be sent into the island to find him and the crazy lady from Babylon 5.

Forget this metaphysical shit. I still can't figure out why Kiefer held up the Quik-E-Mart, instead of just slashing the tires on Osama Bin Lexus' car.

Locke is so David Koresh. He means well, he's probably not leading well, but I'd still follow him to Joan Rivers' house for sex if he said it was OK.

Yeah, but Koresh looked like the D&D geek to end all D&D geeks. The true mystery of the Branch Davidians is how someone who looked like that managed to not only get people to buy his bullshit, but convince those chicks that he was Jesus and they needed to fuck him for salvation. Inspired, I briefly considered starting a cult to get a lot of ass, but decided against it because they'd eventually want the apocalypse to finally arrive and I couldn't think of an appropriate exit strategy that didn't involve dying.

Locke, on the other hand, is a virile bald man who can kill living things with his knife when he's not doing the Shaman thing, plus he's convinced Merry to follow him to the Crack of Doom if it came to that.

From what I see, there's three distinct groups forming, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. You have Locke's group, who's main advantage is a man who's figured out the secret of the island and can apparently control the weather, but the loyal group is small and consists of a kid, a former heroin addict who's easily manipulated, and a sister-fucker who's easy to beat-up.

The second group is a nebulous affair consisting of Sayid, Bikini Girl, Hurley, Jack, Guy from Matrix, and Sun. They have guns, but they have no organization and none of them trust each other. Unlike Locke's group, who follow the Chief/Brave model, this second group is a bunch of individuals that share a common interest from time to time, namely Bikini Girl.

The third group consists of Sawyer. Like an Ent, nobody's on his side, so he's on nobody's side. He's convicned everyone that he's a selfish badass, even though he's never refused a request for an item he posesses. He just gives people a hard time because they never ask nicely. On the other hand, people don't mind torturing and mocking him for no reason other than they have an irrational loathing of him.

The fourth group are extras of the week who exist in case the writers want to kill somebody for real.

"I still can't figure out why Kiefer held up the Quik-E-Mart, instead of just slashing the tires on Osama Bin Lexus' car."

I was hoping he'd get in line ahead of the guy, buy a bunch of stuff, and pay with a check. "Oh, you need to see my ID? Wait a sec, where did I put that..." Etc. Less dramatic, I suppose.

What bothers me is that O'Quinn played a charcter named Adm. Boone on JAG, so whenever I hear Boone, I think of the wrong guy.

I'm the same way when Jack talks about Charlie...

"Guy from Matrix"

Guy From Angel. Or, Guy Briefly From 24, Guy Even More Briefly from Enterprise, or Guy On That Babylon 5 Spinoff That No One Ever Remembers Even Though TNT Tried To Make A Big Deal Of It Before It Fell Flat.

Guy From Matrix was someone else entirely.

Just for grins and giggles, my theory about Locke is that he is a disabled Special Forces/SEAL type, who had the crappy box-factory job as a way of eking out a small pension... he just seems too competant to have been some wierd war-gamer wannabe. Someone used to working with a small group of other competant professionals, not hand-holding a bunch of feebs.

Sgt Mom - I was thinking the same thing about Locke.

Paul - Group Four should be called the Red Shirts in honor Star Trek dead crew members . Should the "Others" on the island have their own group(s) ?