Episode 19

Locke is the flashback focus of this episode. Finally we get a bit of an explanation, however a bit isn't an understatement at all. While at work, a strange woman approaches Locke and later claims to be his mother. After doing some further research, Locke finds that this woman is actually his mother and he finds information on his father. He finally meets the man that his mother says doesn't exist and the two form a close bond over hunting. One day when Locke arrives to go hunting, he finds his father going through dialysis because his kidneys are failing. Locke decides to give a kidney to his father. Before the operation his father says to him, "See you on the other side." He is lying. When Locke wakes up, the bed next to him is empty. His mother is in the doorway and tells him she set the whole thing up because she needed money and his father would pay her if she got Locke to give him a kidney. My little heart broke.

Meanwhile, Locke and Boone are still trying to open the hatch without luck. Locke has a dream where he sees a plane crash and he sees a bloody Boone repeating the phrase, "Teresa fell up the stairs, Teresa fell down the stairs." Locke asks Boone about it and later on he replies that Teresa was his nanny that fell on the stairs and broke her neck. Not sure how important that is, but oh well. Also, Locke and Boone continue onward to find the plane. Locke's legs aren't working, so Boone climbs into the plane to find what's inside. At first he only thinks it is drugs, until he finds the WORKING radio in the plane. Locke tells him to get out because the plane is at risk of falling, but Boone doesn't listen. The plane falls out of the tree, crushing Boone. Locke is furious and begins pounding on the hatch, yelling, asking what he did wrong, when a light comes on with in the hatch. BUM BUM BUM!

In other news, Sawyer is experiencing terrible headaches and it turns out he is far sighted, so Jack and Sayid help him to get some reading glasses. Also, Jin and Michael begin bonding over raft building.

Thoughts on Locke's past?

OK: I was so sad when his dad turned on him and played him just to get a kidney. Although I'm wondering why if his mother and father screwed him over like that, why he still believes everything his mom said about fate.

SH: I feel terribly for Locke but there is still so much more to know in order to understand him. As of now, I think of him as a person with a heart that is too big for his best interest and I feel awful that he had to go through what he did with his parents. Although, I am glad that we have a little more information on why he is how he is.

Why do you think Locke's legs have stopped working suddenly?

OK: I think that the failure of not being to open the hatch is taking a psychological toll on him and because he is failing at one thing, it causes his legs to begin failing him even though when he believed that he could use his legs, they worked.

SH: I think that like Locke was saying, they all have a test they must overcome, and I believe this is Locke's test. He has to believe he can keep the function of his legs in order to save Boone, and that's what he does.