Lost : Went on Lockedown

Ah, Lost...

What a truly great show. I started watching halfway into the first season, when they took a break and ran all the reruns. I've been caught - hook, line, and sinker - ever since.

"Lockdown" was a Locke-centric episode. We learned more about John Locke's relationship with his father and how he lost Helen. Naturally, this was all interspliced into the hatch going into lockdown mode and pretty much crushing Locke's legs. Poor man, he was in a wheelchair before Oceanic Flight 815 crashed and mysteriously could walk once he found himself on the island. My first thought was honestly, "They can't do that to Locke, he just won them an Emmy for the show!"

Jack and Sawyer finally had their pissing contest; Kate even offered to go find a ruler for them. I'm still unsure why Sawyer bet the medicine against fruit. Fruit he could have gone and picked more of. It isn't like there is another medicine supply on the island, that they know of anyway. I think that was a dumb move on his part, since that was ultimately where he got his power. That and the guns. Like Jack said, "When I need the guns, I'll get them." But it was nice of Jack to win the medicine so the rest of the survivors could actually use medication instead of doing laundry for a tube of Neosporin.

Poor Hurley feels out of the loop. Well, they are keeping him out. I wish they wouldn't, as I absolutely love him. Seeing the previews for next week has me worried. JJ Abrams never kills off the right people. Sigh. I suppose that is the point.

We've all known something wasn't right with Henry since he was first caught. I mean, there is a reason Locke and Jack don't trust him and keep him locked in the armory. He seems mightily suspicious, but insists he is from Minnesota, crashed on the island, and has buried his wife. He makes claims about a hot air balloon, but who knows if he is serious or using it as a ploy to lead people out there into a trap? Charlie, Sayid, and Ana Lucia trek a day away to find this balloon. And they do, along with a grave. The problem is, there is a man buried in there. A man by the name of Henry Gale. At least we know how 'Henry' came up with that name.

Plus, when Locke sent him through the vent to enter the code into the computer, 'Henry' repeated the code back in an awfully quick manner. That, and he had to have done something to make the doors go back up. I, personally, think he is from the Dharma Initiative and not one of the Others.