Well, I didn't like the delivery. It sounded too much like that was the only conclusion he had come to. I guess he has somehow blocked out regular logic from his mind.

Well, I don't listen to what Sayid *says*, or actually *how* he says it, as I'm generally too busy looking longingly and thinking, "ooh, pretty..."

t runs away before Lee comes in and kicks my ass

Hey, the man doesn't want to be lonely.

The dude is all about being a loner! But, there's an additional motivation, which I think is required. Not wanting to be alone, wanting power over the group, the fear that rescuers would ruin the island mojo, etc.

I wonder though- can't he hang there by himself if the others get rescued? Why sabatoge other people getting what they want?

Hard to be the admired leader of your flock if there are no sheep.

Hey, the man doesn't want to be lonely

This, and he's respected, and a provider. Pretty much the polar opposite of how he was viewed in his previous life.

Then he'd have to explain how come he's not in the wheelchair any more and why he didn't bring up that fact. It would at the least break into the illusion and at the worst could mean the reality goes back to what he knew before. Not worth the risk.

Don't threaten Fantasy Island, man.

Remember, Locke is the one person that clearly does not want to be rescued.

Good point. But do his 'sides' necessarily have anything to do with getting rescued? Is the whole thing just a game to him?

Also, I'm really looking forward to the Hurley ep. I'm getting sick of him being the chubby comic relief.

Why is Sayid such a fucking moron?

I read that scene as both Jack and Sayid knowing there was something weird about the compass/island but were just glossing over it in a sort of "We both know it's weird but we'll just blame Locke".

Sayid had a perfectly good magnetized needle floating in water when he got the compass, right? Surely he would have checked to see if botheneedles pointed in the same direction before saying "This compass is faulty". Though I can't imagine what would make a compass point somewhere but not magnetic north (or south).

Perhaps a large outcropping of iron-rich black rock nearby?

Perhaps a large outcropping of iron-rich black rock nearby?

Maybe that's how Rousseau and her team defeated some of the original invisimechasaurs, by luring them to the Black Rock of MAGNETISM, where they became immobile and useless.

Then the Others got wise and started making them out of plastic.