This is partly rumor/speculation but there is a possible Hawaii "source" that may have reputable info... we'll see I guess!

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So just why was John Locke so whack as to name his for-pay-phone-friend after his ex-girlfriend? Is it just nostalgia? Or is the man bent? Some spys in Hawaii have confided that they saw a scene being shot which appeared to be a car accident. One of the two thugs that confronted Locke about his dad in "LockDown" was on set, as well as Katey Segal who played Locke's girlfriend Helen. Ther scene definitely looked like it showed the death of Helen, and obviously the circumstances over how John Locke was paralyzed. Segal has recently joined the cast of "Boston Legal".

hmm interesting.

I assumed she was 'dead' since he had an obsession with her name. Interesting if his paralysis is associated with her death.

I had made the same assumption, Pen. I wasn't thinking about her death and his paralysis being tied together though.

That would be an interesting scenerio.