Comments on: Did you notice…

By: Inquisitor

Inquisitor — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:52:28 +0000

@Joshcgs, if the whole point of Richard showing all those objects to young Locke was to see if he took the compass alone, why was Richard “confused” about Locke taking the knife only? Why was he not as perplexed/aggravated that he took the vial of sand/ash as well?

I agree that it was meant to be the same compass that Locke gave to Richard in the army camp (even though the props dept. messed that one up in production) but it seemed as if it was going good until the knife..

“Sand, okay… compass, okay… knife, ugh, what a waste of time.”

By: Joshcgs

Joshcgs — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:16:07 +0000

The whole point of that test was to see if young Locke would pick the compass.

In 1954, John Locke gives the compass to Richard and tells Richard that he is from the future. “Jacob sent me, I will not be born for two years, if you don’t believe me go see for yourself”

So Richard visits John Locke throughout his life to see if this ‘self prophesied leader of the others’ was the real deal.

Which one of the objects already belong to you? It was the compass because Locke gave the compass to Richard before he was even born. Nothing else belonged to him, it was all to throw him off from picking the compass.

By: hurley

hurley — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:41:08 +0000

I thought it was the same knife Dogan gave Sayid!

By: locked

locked — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:03:33 +0000

For what I remember it was the same knife Flocke uses to kill Jacob inside the temple. And not the one that Flocke gives Richard on AB Aeternum episode.

Could be wrong though.

By: Halapeno

Halapeno — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:04:52 +0000

I don’t think it was the same knife (the one in Young Locke scene wasn’t so big), but could be wrong. The test scene with Young Locke is a good one to bring up though, and I hope it is resolved (maybe in the Richard-centric show?). Keeping the blood may mean something, given that the rest of Jacob is now ash.