Walkabout

After the first few episodes set Locke as a mysterious potentially dangerous character, we learn has about his past working at a...box company? Walkabout also includes one of the most iconic scenes in the show when we realize Locke paralyzed before the island, was able to walk again after crashing.

Favorite Scenes/Quotes

• The boars in the fuselage opening was exciting.
• I liked Jack's leadership making the tough decision to burn the bodies, and using it as a way to potentially signal for rescue.
• The entire Locke flashback, the first time through it was so surprising, he had such a sad and tragic past.
• The reveal that Helen was a woman he paid to talk on the phone was probably the most depressing reveal about Locke in the episode.
• "Don't tell me what I can't do!" Probably my favorite and most memorable quote from the entire series.
• The start of the Hurley/Charlie friendship with the fishing was hilarious.
• Jack/Rose talk on the beach.
• I liked Claire organizing the memorial service, she was such a sweet and pure character when it started.
• Terry O'Quinn really nailed the scene at the travel office, I'm glad he won an Emmy already for the show because he was consistently amazing.

 Minor (or Major) Quips 

• Another instance of a really exaggerated sound effect when Locke through the Knife into the seat next to Sawyer (does this continue through all the seasons?)
• "Locke, his name is Locke." That line by Michael was really awkward, and Harold Perrineau's delivery didn't help.
  

Random Thoughts/Episode in Relation to the Rest of the Series

• The Kate/Sayid relationship was another one I had kind of forgotten about later in the series.
• I forgot Kate was a vegetarian, does that come up any other times in the series?
• Sun was very convincing that she didn't know english in the first few episodes. I wonder if Yunjin Kim was told that her character actually did know english in the early episodes?
• Mentioning them again, I think I might be in the minority but I really liked Boone's contribution to the show. Even Shannon who I didn't like individually, I liked how those two were a little younger than the rest of the group, and I think it could have been interesting to have a younger demographic represented in the later seasons.
• Charlie's interest in Shannon even after meeting Claire was interesting.
• What kind of jerk makes fun of a paralyzed man wanting to go on a walkabout?
• Did the monster decide in this episode that he would be using Locke as his loophole?
• Rose "My husband is not dead", at the very least the show knew what it was going to do in season 2 from the first episode.
• I forgot that Christian showed up for the first time in the same episode that Locke was confronted by the Monster.
•  Without making Jack go crazy because of his father, Jack may have not been so compelled to believe he was supposed to protect the Island, so the monster/Man in Black really caused his own downfall.
  

 Score
 9.5-It took the episode a little while to get going, but once it did it was phenomenal. The final couple of scenes were some of the show's very best.



Your Thoughts 
Why do you think the Monster was doing when it confronted Locke? What were you thoughts when you saw the episode for the first time  and realized that the Island cured Locke's paralysis?