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AKA: Colonel Locke
Resided in: Tustin, CA
Occupation: Regional Collections Supervisor for a Box Company
Reason for Travel: Returning home from trip to Australia for walkabout tour
Flight Seat #: 24D

Locke grew up in various foster homes and didn't know his real father and mother until he was an adult.

One day, while working in a toy store, his mother approached him and told Locke he was immaculately conceived. This prompted Locke to hire a PI named Frainey and take a look into the background of his real parents.

The PI discovered that Emily Annabeth Locke was born in 1940, and had been in and out of Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute several times for schizophrenia. In addition, the PI discovered that Locke's father was Anthony Cooper. Locke visited his father, and the two formed a bond. Locke discovered that his father was in need of a kidney, and agreed to donate one of his own kidneys to save him.

After the surgery, Locke discovered that his father didn't really care about him, but just used Locke in order to get the kidney he needed. Once he had what he wanted, he cut off his relationship with Locke.

A few years later, Locke owned and worked for a California home inspection agency called Welcome Home, through which he examined Nadia's home for mold.

He had a relationship with a woman he met in a support group named Helen and fell in love with her, eventually moving in together.  She convinced him to give up on his obsession with his uncaring father.  However, later on, Anthony Cooper faked his own death as part of an insurance scam and now wanted Locke's help with the con.  Locke and Helen are accosted in their home by Jimmy Bane and another mafia-looking associate, who were owed money by Cooper and suspected he was still alive.  Locke helped his father retrieve the money he had scammed from a lockbox in a bank, but didn't want any of it.  When Helen followed them and found out Locke's involvement, she left him, rejecting his marriage proposal.

After that, Locke was working for a Box Company in Tustin for a boss named Randy (who was also Hurley's boss).  He worked with a man nicknamed GL-12, from the Risk-like war game they liked to play together; Locke was a "Colonel" in this game.

Locke was confined to a wheelchair for unknown reasons.  He booked a walkabout tour in Australia for himself and a 900 number woman he was imagining to be the real Helen, but she declined to go. Locke took the trip alone, but wasn't allowed to go on the tour due to his physical condition.

Locke was returning home when Flight 815 breaks up and crashes. Miraculously, Locke regains the use of his legs on the island, and becomes a survival leader amongst the group, showing that he has great skill at hunting and tracking boar.  He finds a connection with young Walt, who he believes is special.  He teaches him to play backgammon and hunt, much to Michael's dismay.

Locke has what he feels is a connection with the island, an almost religious devotion since he believes it healed his paralysis. He survives an encounter with the Monster, and believes that it will not harm him, even when it later tries to drag him into the ground.  

Locke at one point even secretly destroys the transceiver that Sayid  fixed, saying that it was dangerous to go to a place where they were broadcasting about death.

While searching for Claire, Locke and Boone discover a hatch buried in the jungle. Keeping it a secret, they work on uncovering the hatch, and try to open it. Unable to open it, Locke and Boone follow a vision Locke had of his mother pointing at a plane crashing on the island. They find a Beechcraft plane perched on a cliff, but Locke temporarily loses the use of his legs. Boone has to go into the plane alone, where he discovers a working radio. As Boone makes brief radio contact with someone (later found to be just Bernard), the plane falls off the cliff, fatally injuring Boone.

Locke carries Boone back to camp, where he dies despite Jack's best efforts.  Shannon blames Locke for the death, and tries to shoot him to get revenge, but Sayid intervenes.  Eventually, Locke is forced to show the hatch to Sayid and Jack. Together, they decide to open the hatch using dynamite from the Black Rock.

After Jack, Kate and Locke climb down, they meet Desmond.  Desmond is initially hostile, but then frantic after the computer in the Swan gets shot; he hurriedly explains the protocol of pushing the button, before fleeing.

Locke decides that they must set up shifts to enter the Numbers in the computer every 108 minutes, following the direction of the orientation film.  He becomes obsessed with being in the hatch and pushing the button.  Locke and The Prisoner "Henry" are alone in the hatch at the time of the food drop, and the blast doors close on them.  In an effort to escape, Locke pries open the door with The Prisoner's help, but gets trapped under it/injured as it collapses on his legs.  Locke is the first to see the blast door map when the black lights come on, but doesn't tell anyone when The Prisoner returns to help him out.  After it is discovered that he is lying about his identity, The Prisoner tells Locke that he saved him because he is different from the other survivors; he also tells him he never entered the Numbers during the lockdown.  

After The Prisoner escapes, Mr. Eko coerces Locke to go with him into the jungle, telling the other survivors that they will track The Prisoner.  Under the direction of Locke's prophetic dream (in which he believes he is Mr. Eko, and sees Yemi), Mr. Eko climbs atop the cliff from which the Beechcraft plane had once fallen.  He sees nothing on the other side, but finds a large mark in the earth when looking down the cliff.  They realize that the ? mark in the ground is marking the entrance to another hatch (partly obscured by the now burnt Beechcraft), and underneath, find the Pearl Station.  Learning that the purpose of the Pearl is observation (of the Swan Station) affirms Eko's faith that what they are doing ("pushing the button") is of great importance, but has the opposite effect on Locke's faith.

When Desmond returns, Locke tells him of the new finding of the Pearl, and with his help, locks Eko out of the Swan.  Locke is so determined to see what happens when the countdown runs down that he smashes the computer screen.  During the final moments of the EMP, Locke and Desmond are caught in the Swan.

This is non-Lost-related Terry O'Quinn news, but thought someone might be interested.

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12:00 AM, 04-AUGUST-06 Stars Line Up For SF Masters Lost's Terry O'Quinn is among the long list of actors—including Judy Davis, Sam Waterston and Anne Heche—who have signed on to star in episodes of ABC's upcoming SF anthology series Masters of Science Fiction, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Other stars who have signed on include Malcolm McDowell, James Cromwell, John Hurt, Sean Astin and Brian Dennehy. They will appear in installments of the six-episode series, which is based on short stories by some of SF's top writers, the trade paper reported. The hourlong show is set to air during the 2006-'07 season. Other actors starring in episodes are Elisabeth Rohm, Clifton Collins Jr., Kimberly Elise and James Denton. In addition, physicist-professor Stephen Hawking will introduce each episode of the show, which is filmed on location in Vancouver, B.C.

From http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=37426

Locke's S3 promo pic.

I think Locke is gonna become the most important character in the show...Love the direction the writters are taking his character to, with the whole island connection thing!

I remember during Season 1, Terry O'Quinn was interviewed about the show and was told by TPTB he would play a very significant role on the island. This season has been great for the development of his character, and I too am enjoying the route he has headed. I'm sure it will only get better with Cooper "on island."

Unanswered questions about Locke from Lostpedia:

• How did he escape the Swan if it imploded?
  

• Why doesn't Locke want to investigate the Swan station's remains?
  

• What made him mute immediately after the Swan implosion?
  

• If Ben really was coming to the camp to recruit him, why does Mikhail clearly say that he is not on the list?
  

• Was he on the list before the Hatch implosion when his anger led to its destruction?
  

• Why did the "Monster" not attack him at first, but then try to drag him down a hole later?  
  

• Did Locke have a similar experience as Desmond did after the implosion?
  

• Has he received future information he's keeping a secret?
  

• Did he have knowledge besides Eko's stick that directed him toward the Flame?
  

• Did he have a motive (besides hiding his former paralysis) for murdering Mikhail Bakunin?  
  

• Why did Locke's back heal instantly but Ben's didn't?
  

• Was he pushed from the same building Hurley was in with his financial adviser?
  

• Is he going to join The Others?
  

• John was carried on board flight 815 by three stewards. How come no-one else noticed (apart from Rose in the terminal), and remembers him being disabled? Or did they?
  

• John appears to not want to leave the island. Why then, after beating the chess game, was he quick to follow the sequences for "mainland communication?"  

I didn`t think about the last one - but it could lend some help to the theory about Locke not blowing up the sub. I just keep assuming he doesn`t want to leave the island, but it is true he did try to contact mainland in the chess game...

Unless he knew that entering 77 would blow it up. The only way I can see he knew that is the following:

1. He has premonitions like Des
2. He has inside information
3. He is damn lucky

I'll be back to address some of those other points later.

The siting of the Mousetrap game in "Left Behind" on the table where Kate is being detained reminds us of his reference to his brother and him playing this game together--- do you think we will learn who Locke's brother is - and if yes, do you think we may know him already???

Three Identity Theories:

1. His brother is HIM
2. His brother is Ben
3. His brother is a Shepherd - Christian Shepherd  

--Last edited by Penelope on 2007-04-08 12:02:59 --

oooo very interesting Pen!

Well, I can't see Ben being his brother, if Locke said he played with his brother, and Ben lived his whole life on the island...

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ILovedEko wrote : Well, I can't see Ben being his brother, if Locke said he played with his brother, and Ben lived his whole life on the island...

Or did Ben? I don't trust half of what he says after all.

Another theory some people were saying about this topic at The Fuselage is that perhaps the island is so fascinating to Locke because he has been there before - as a very young boy. A boy the age of 5-7 would be able to remember playing mousetrap but may not have a full grasp of his location in the world. (My mother teaches 6-7 year olds and most do not know that they live in the United States, let alone which state!!

Tom said he took Kate to his place, which means the Mousetrap game was his....so, with your theory, it would make more sense that Tom would be his brother.

Yay for Brother Tom!!
LOLOL

We all know how much I hate people ending discussion with shit, but I think there's a chance the game isn't THAT important. I think it may just be a sorta "oh, we have this game lying around in the prop dept. still, let's throw it in the game room... show they have peices of American culture around" or something.

*shrugs*

I remember there was some brief discussion about this before, that Locke could have been in the army/navy. He says to Ben  "For all you know, I was a commander in the Navy.". This could explain his tracking and survival skills I suppose. What do you think?

If that's true, I suppose it could rule out his death this season (no aowwires, not a spoiler, unspoiled folks - just speculation LOL) as it may be something else they could explore in his past.

Yes it certainly would be an interesting twist. I always wondered why he was so good at that.

I also wanted to add I don't think his brother will be Christian Shepherd either. Because I am pretty sure Locke would've found ot Jack's last name and probably even knew the story about him transporting his father's coffin. He might be a little interested in the whole thing. UNLESS, that being of course a big unless, Locke is somehow connected to his brother/Him/the Others.