Johnathan John Locke is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. His paralysis was immediately healed upon crashing on the Island, which has ultimately led him to believe he has some sort of special connection to the Island. He is sometimes shown in antithesis to Benjamin Linus, sharing several traits including the ability to commune with Jacob. Seen as antithetical to Jack Shephard, he and Jack are philosophical opposites and used to share leadership among the survivors, but now seems to be creating his own agenda for his actions on the Island and has broken off from the survivors.John Locke was born to Emily Annabeth Locke and Anthony Cooper on May 30, 1956. His mother was 15 years old when she gave birth. This may have contributed to his being abandoned by his parents at a very young age and consequently brought up in several foster homes. He has (or had) a brother and a sister. His sister, Jeannie, died at a young age, from a broken neck received falling from some monkey bars. Her mother blamed herself for not looking after her. After her death, a Golden Retriever showed up and took up residence in Jeannie's bedroom. Locke's foster mother believed that the dog contained the spirit of Jeannie returning to tell her that the accident was not her fault. The dog vanished shortly after Locke's foster mother's death 5 years later. It was never to be seen again.( Outlaws )Many years later, while working in the toy department of a superstore, John notices that he is being stalked by a mysterious woman, soon revealed to be his mother, Emily. In their first conversation, Emily claimed he was immaculately conceived (although she meant that he had no father), paving the way for his special destiny . However, the disbelieving John hired an investigator to track her down, who returned with information about his living father, and a medical record of his mother's psychiatric problems.Acting on the information, John visited his father, Anthony, who seemed delighted to host him in his guarded house. Anthony invited the eager John on his hunting trips, where they apparently started to bond. One day, John arrived at the house, to find his father on a dialysis machine. Anthony then revealed his kidney failure and need for a transplant soon, before claiming that he hid this knowledge not to spoil their good time. Compassionately, John soon offered him his kidney, and before their surgery, spoke of his belief in their encounter to be an act of fate. However, when Locke awoke in his room, Cooper was no longer at his side. As revealed by the Nurse, Cooper had left the hospital immediately after the operation, ditching Locke.The traumatized Locke was then visited by his mother, who confessed that their earlier meeting, and all the subsequent events, were arranged by his father, in order to con him into giving away his kidney willingly, a plan which she took part in for money.Enraged, Locke left his bed and drove to his father's house, but was stopped at the gate. Ignoring the warnings by the guard, Locke remained outside. He eventually left the house, but he continued to drive his car to Cooper's house and stay parked outside the gate for hours, wanting an answer for his betrayal. ( Deus Ex Machina )Locke, proposing to Helen ( Lockdown ) (promotional still)Some time later, Locke decided to join an anger management group where he trivialized some of the members' problems by comparing them to his own. However, at the end of one session, he was approached by a woman from the group, Helen, who appeared to understand his state. The two of them began a relationship, which helped distract him a little from his father issues, except for the stalking habit. Around this time, Anthony had moved to another house thinking that John would stop parking outside once he did so, but he did not. Eventually, Anthony came outside to tell John to get over it and to not come back, because he was not wanted. However, he still continued to do so until he was forced to stop this habit when Helen caught him at it, and made him choose between her, or his father. ( Orientation )Locke, saying a prayer at the commune ( Further Instructions ) (promotional still)After a while together, Locke decided that he would propose to her. He had everything ready, but then, his father arrived on the scene. Anthony had conned some thugs out of a lot of money, faked his own death, and hidden the money in a bank account which he required assistance in accessing. In return for Locke's aid, he would give his son $200,000 of the money. Locke did this, but it is unknown as to whether Locke kept the money or not. Shortly after retrieving the money, two men visited Locke asking about the money, but Locke denied any knowledge of it, telling Helen the same thing. But Helen found out about his involvement with the money. She turned down Locke's proposal, leaving him on bended knee in the car park of his father's motel. In this period Locke was working as Professional Home Inspector, for a company of his own called Welcome Home . ( Lockdown )Some time after his relationship with Helen, John joined a commune of farmers, secretly living as a family that grew and sold marijuana. During this time, he met Eddie, who was hitchhiking. John picked him up and befriended him; inviting him into this family he was a part of. It was later discovered that Eddie was in fact a police officer, there to investigate if the nature of the commune was criminal. In order to save his family, John pretended to take Eddie hunting. He took aim at him, but after much negotiating by Eddie, Locke did not shoot him, and Eddie went free. It is unknown what happened to the farm after Eddie walked away from Locke. ( Further Instructions )Locke falls eight stories ( The Man from Tallahassee )Having been conned by his father, turned down by the woman he loved, and losing the closest thing to a real family that he ever had, Locke went into a state of depression and began to see a therapist and receive insurance for his disability. Sometime in 2000, he is approached by Peter Talbot, whose mother was going to get married to Cooper. Locke, knowing Cooper was planning to con the family, ordered him to call off the con, threatening to expose him. Cooper initially agreed; however, Locke later learned that Peter had been killed. Upon confronting Cooper, his father claimed to have had no part in the murder. Cooper also said that Mrs. Talbot had called off the wedding. When Locke asked if he could call and verify this information, Cooper pointed him to the phone, situated in front of a glass window eight stories up.Locke in a wheelchair, at the Sydney airport ( The Man from Tallahassee ) (promotional still)As Locke reached for the phone, Cooper charged him and knocked him out the window, causing Locke to fall eight stories and break his back, paralyzing him from the waist down. On the day of the first time he had to go sit on his wheelchair, Locke felt that he wasn't able to do it. The nurse treating him helped him, and said to him that he didn't want him to say what he couldn't do. Locke is then placed into the wheelchair for the first time to his great dismay, Locke sadly looks at his immobile legs and breaks down into tears( The Man from Tallahassee )Sometime after his accident, Locke worked in a box company. He was treated poorly by his boss. Locke attempted to re-enact his relationship by involving himself with a phone sex operator (or something similar), who went by the name of Helen. He invited her to go on a trip with him, she refused, and the relationship was ended. It is unknown whether Locke has had any partners since Helen. ( Walkabout )Locke has stubbornly refused to allow his disability affect the way he lives his life. He made plans to go on a walkabout tour in Australia to give himself a challenge. However, when he got there, he was told that he was not allowed to go on the trip, because of his wheelchair. Locke was crushed, and he angrily screamed after the tour guide, but to no avail. He was left, heartbroken, abandoned, and alone, and he watched the other people happily leave. ( Walkabout )With no other options, he prepared to return to the States aboard Flight 815. Much to his embarrassment, he had to be carried on to the plane by flight attendants. He was seated at the end of the row, in seat 24D. He briefly encountered Rose at the airport, not knowing that later he would share a knowing moment with her about the healing properties of the Island. ( Exodus, Part 2 ) ( S.O.S. ).[edit] Season 1 (Days 1-44) Locke, checking his knives before going huntingAfter the the crash of Flight 815, Locke was shocked to discover that he had regained his ability to walk. At first, he walked gingerly, unable to comprehend what was happening. However, within seconds, he was running to Jack's aid. ( Pilot, Part 1 )Being able to walk again profoundly affected Locke, who, due to his self-expressed outlook as a Man of Faith , believed that it was his destiny to be on the Island, and that everything was happening for a reason.Locke was also the first Lostie to bear witness to the Monster ; he was out tracking boar with Michael and Kate, when it seemed to be closing in on him. However we don't see this; all we have as evidence is what Locke said to Jack: I looked into the eye of this island, and what I saw... was beautiful. He describes the Monster as a bright light to Eko in The Cost of Living (who only replies curtly that is not what I saw ). As a result of this incident, he came to think of the Island as an entity unto itself with a plan for them all. ( Walkabout ) This account of seeing the monster seems to be similar to what we saw between Juliet and the monster in Left Behind .Soon after this incident, Locke was responsible for beating Sayid unconscious and destroying his makeshift radio equipment which was being used to discover the origin of the distress signal. Locke kept what he had done to Sayid a secret for a long time until he eventually admitted what he had done to Sayid. ( The Moth )Locke earned a great deal of respect on the Island, one reason being his varied and many skills:Tracking, which allowed the survivors to traverse the jungle and search for missing persons.Hunting, which prevented a food crisis; Locke found a sounder of boars which he successfully hunted to feed the camp.Perseverance; it was due to Locke that Charlie was able to quit his heroin addiction (and the two men became close as a result).Locke, enjoying his huntDuring a trail hunt around the Island for the recently abducted Charlie and Claire, he threw a flashlight towards Boone, which he failed to catch and landed on a metal surface under the soil, this led to the discovery of the hatch, an event which would turn out to be pivotal in the lives of the survivors of Flight 815. He kept it secret from the rest of the castaways, and wanted Boone to do the same. However, Boone was not quite as strong-minded as Locke; he was prepared to tell all to Shannon, his sister. Locke drugged Boone, to stop him doing so and to convince himself to give up all other attachments. ( All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues ), ( Hearts and Minds )It was with Boone, also, that he discovered Claire, after her escape from the Staff. Locke showed his caring side when he built a cradle for Claire, out of materials he found on the Island. ( Special ), ( Numbers )But Locke still wanted to get into the Hatch. After spending a long time trying to think of a way to get into it, he constructed a trebuchet in a failed attempt to shatter the Hatch door's window. Following this event, Locke had a vision. In it, he saw a Beechcraft crashing, as well as his mother pointing in its direction, and a blood-stained Boone. Also, he was confined back to his wheelchair, unable to move. The dream also mentioned a woman from Boone's past who had died from a fall. ( Deus Ex Machina )This dream was a sign, because, with Boone, he managed to track the plane to its resting place in the canopy. His legs had appeared to steadily cease to function, reducing him to a crawl. This meant that Boone was required to climb up to the plane. Unfortunately, though, the plane tipped and fell, nose first, to the ground, and Boone was mortally injured. Locke returned to the camp with Boone's injured body, but fled back to the Hatch without telling Jack the true nature of Boone's injuries. Because he did not know the full problem, Jack was unable to save Boone, who died. ( Deus Ex Machina ), ( Do No Harm )At the Hatch, Locke explained that the Island told him what it wanted, and what he was to do next. He begged, and sobbed, pounding the door with his hands. After he did this, a light appeared in the window, before disappearing just as quickly. This seemed to re-affirm Locke's faith. ( Deus Ex Machina )Locke returned to camp at Boone's funeral, still wearing a shirt stained with Boone's blood. He was confronted violently by Jack who demanded some sort of explanation. He was calmed down however, and, soon after, he told everybody about the Hatch. But, the death of Boone and his deceptions cost him much of his credibility. Jack never fully trusted him again.Later, when the first raft was burnt, Locke gave a rousing but dishonest speech to the group blaming the Others even though he suspected Walt. He was eventually able to get Walt to confess to him. But Locke did not tell anyone else in the camp that Walt was responsible for burning the first raft. ( The Greater Good )Locke and Jack over what to do upon the opening of the hatchWhen Jack, Kate, Hurley and Rousseau traveled to the Black Rock to recover dynamite to blow the Hatch open, Locke was also part of the team. During this trek, Locke was seized by the Monster and was almost pulled into a pit by its smoky tendrils. The Monster was only repelled by Kate throwing dynamite into the pit, which caused the Monster to flee. During this event, Locke had asked Jack to allow the Monster to pull him in; he believed nothing would happen. ( Exodus, Part 1 ), ( Exodus, Part 2 )When they eventually reached the Hatch, armed with the dynamite, Locke was the one who lit the fuse, despite Hurley's protests. The Hatch door was blown open, and Season One ended with Locke and Jack staring down into the Hatch. ( Exodus, Part 2 )[edit] Season 2 (Days 44-67) Locke, entering the Numbers into the Swan computerUpon entering the newly opened hatch (discovered to be the the Swan Station of the DHARMA Initiative), Locke was briefly held captive by Desmond (who once saw Jack running in L.A), the operator of the station. When Desmond fled, Locke continued his job of entering the Numbers and pushing the button, which he believed was extremely important. He believed the button was so important he helped establish a rotation of the castaways for pushing the button, so it could be done efficiently. ( Man of Science, Man of Faith ), ( Adrift ), ( Orientation )Later in the series he discovered that Charlie had been hoarding heroin-filled statues from the Beechcraft, upsetting him because he considered it a breach of trust. Shortly after, he severely beat Charlie following Charlies kidnapping of Aaron, instigated by a series of delusions and subsequently became quite close to Claire in a fatherly manner (and made Charlie jealous of his good relationship with Claire). ( Abandoned ), ( Fire + Water )On day 49 following the crash, Locke was passing Paulo on the beach as Paulo appeared to be burying something (the diamonds). He provided some more words of wisdom about the island, stating that things never stay buried , and offering some advice on where to bury whatever he was burying further inland or up to beach, due to beach erosion. Locke then walked on. ( Expos