LOST Season 1: Ep.4 - "Walkabout"

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SYNOPSIS - walkabout represents a rite of passage when a male Austrailian aborigines would undergo a journey during adolescence and live in the wilderness. in this episode we will learn more about Locke and how he came got stuck with the rest of the crew deserted on a island. from the previous episode, Locke told Vincent some kind of secret or a miracle that had happened to him. as we learn Locke had been working in a cubicle under a very bitchy boss, talking to someone over the sex hot line called Helen and that he had been waiting to visit Australia to embark on his destiny of living in the wilderness and becoming one with the nature. at the same time we find out that he moves around in a wheelchair. from his jackass boss to the walkabout tour organizer, he was kept being told that he cant this walkabout in which he replied "don't tell me what I cant do" with anger. I presume this is something people have been telling him for a long time and he had enought of it. back on the island Locke is walking perfectly fine which reveals the miracle he told to Vincent. As far the story of the crew goes, Sayid with the help from Kate, attempt to triangulated the French ladies transmission and locate the power source but it fails. we learn that Lock gets really close to the monster but doesn't tell Michael of what he saw but manages to get a boar for everyone to eat.

CHARACTERS

• Rose, the lady from the first episode that Jack saves gets introduced in this episode. Rose is the lady that Jack comforts during the plane flight when her husband is in the rear part of the plane. Jack gives her the opportunity to say something about her husband during the creamation but Rose feels offended and tells Jack that her husband Bernard is still alive. how can she be so sure of her self? is she is complete denial or does she know something we dont?
• speaking of being delusional, Jack apparently seems somebody wearing a suit in the woods. when he tries to look again it disappears. Who is this person and why is Jack so interested in this person?
• we get a glimpse of Sayid's past with a lost photograph claire finds from the wreakage. the photo shows a women wearing a hyjab. could it be Sayid's lost love?
• it looks like Charlie is going to have a real problem when he runs out of drugs he is being using. the drug addiction could mean the end of him. on a fun note, we see him being used by Shannon, Boone's sister by hunting for a fish, funny.
• in terms of what others think about Locke is quite clear, they dont know much but they do know that he carries a suit filled with deadly knifes. there could be stir in a leadership role between Jack now that he can hunt for food.

MYSTERY VAULT

• where is this island?
• how did the plane crash?
• what is that creature in the woods with strange noises?
• where did the polar bear come from?
• who is this French lady with the distress call and why hasn't anybody pick it up in 16 years?

MYSTERIES RESOLVED

• so far none of the mysteries above have been answered.