dsa_shea

Desmond had to try and alter Locke's life in the Sideways life to somehow affect him in the island life. That is what I am thinking here.

whotony

Did Des in alt time do that because Locke on Island dumped him in the well?

aktick

God it's nice having Desmond back...

DthRdrX

Could the ALT be the Afterlife?

That would explain why people who have been dead longer have more of an idea about the OT, and why Desmond claimed to the MiB that there was nothing left to fear in the OT? It would also explain that some are stuck 'in-between' like Michael. Of course, this means that most of the main characters die at some point!

Moopher

Wow, its so weird. I feel like a moron, but the differences between Locke and MiB Locke made me not even realize the parallel because they're two totally different characters in my head.

Matthew Ackerly

Jack/Locke reunion - EPIC!

Achtung

Looks like this season just shifted up a gear. Lots of stuff going on in this episode.

Sideways Desmond clearly has figured out a lot. Perhaps with the help of Sideways Daniel.

DthRdrX

Well, Locke is headed towards Jack's OR IMO.

dino88

He needs Locke to remember the island. He's doing what Charlie did with him. He may have done the same with Hurley, but he saw there was another way to work with him after they spoke.

redrum

i bet Jack will be Lockes doctor in the sideways timeline

Achtung

Sideways Desmond's number at Mr Cluck's? 42.

Matthew Ackerly

yep - jack/locke in the sideways - Jack/Flocke reunion on the Island.

Orbi-Wan Techno

Yeah, I caught that....

CharlieK

Seems like Desmond was looking to kill Sideways Locke. How would you expect someone to live through a hit like that? I think because Locke is dead on the island, he needs to be dead in SidewaysWorld, too.

DthRdrX

I'm convinced the boy is Jacob now. Third time they showed a boy in the jungle and he has aged each time. This one looked more like Jacob than the last two.

dino88

I don't think so. He didn't kill Faraday, Charlie or Libby. He just needs them to remember.

whotony

We were saying the same thing, Island guy Is NOT locke anymore, he is someone else entirely and he plays it that way.

Doubt it, plenty of people dead on one and not the other.

downwardspiral

Couldn't agree more.

I also really enjoyed the eerie wonders of Ben's sing-a-long to a Willy Wonka tune!

MoviePage

I think it's 100% obvious and not even worth debating that Desmond's ultimate goal is getting Locke to remember the island, probably by reuniting him with Jack at the hospital, rather than just plowing into him as some sort of revenge. Since, you know, that's what he's doing now.

Shinobi

I'd give her cleavage a solid 8.

dino88

That was Gene Wilder.

StephenX

THIS. If you rewatch it, just before the LOST logo appears, you can clearly see Locke look around, blink very widely, and then it looked as though he had just 'realized' something.

Methinks Desmond had to ALMOST kill him, and get Locke to remember the plane crash and landing. This would tie Locke back into the OR. This is to justify my theory that the island isn't done with Locke yet, either.

Of course, I could be full of it.

DthRdrX

Maybe, but how would Desmond even know about the Jack/Locke relationship? Desmond only knows that Locke fought it out with Eko over the button.

I'm going with my afterlife theory now. In the same way Charlie kinda spit on killing himself again, which wouldn't have worked since he was already dead, Desmond ran down Locke hoping he would have a OT flashback.

BravesMG

So he's just going on faith that sending Locke to the hospital will somehow get him to Jack's OR? It seems like these sideways coincidences have needed a little push to get going, but that seems unusually far.

I bet he hoped to kill him and that he understands something about how the consciousness between timelines is important and hopes to use that to alter FLocke's island plans.

MoviePage

Damn Hurley episodes. I always want KFC afterwards.

Also, Smocke's method of getting rid of Desmond was rather silly if he really wants him dead. I mean really, pushing him down a well and then walking away? Wouldn't it be more thorough to turn into smoke, grab him, and whack his head against a tree half a dozen times?