has anything been made of the fact that his name is John Locke?

There was a mention of it up thread, along with Rousseau.

And Jack's last name is Shepherd. (His father's name: Christian Shepherd)

I still find it odd that not one person noticed him. Maybe it is all Walt.

Hmmm. Is 10 young enough to be pre-borded? Because if Walt was also getting on the plane early, that might explain why he would notice Locke. (Michael might not, because he's been socialized not to stare more thoroughly, plus I'm sure he was thinking about other things.)

Of course the whole theory is sort of undermined by the fact we've seen no hint Walt knows Locke was in the wheelchair. (Have we?)

Do we know for sure that Sawyer is his last name? Since it's fake, it could be either.

I always assumed it was supposed to be a first name. It's less goofy as one than Boone is, anyhow.

Because my ass is always in fucking "group 4", I never see those who pre-board. I'd have no idea if someone was in a wheelchair or not.

Of course the whole theory is sort of undermined by the fact we've seen no hint Walt knows Locke was in the wheelchair. (Have we?)

Locke told Walt a secret when he was teaching him backgammon. I don't think we know exactly what it was

Plus there's the whole trauma of being on a plane that got torn in half, dealing with polar bears, etc. This may have distracted people a bit from playing, "What's different about that guy?" Locke's walking around without saying how odd that is, doing all this super-wilderness thing, so odds are anyone who might be thinking they saw him in a wheelchair pre-flight would immediately think, "Nah, couldn't be Locke." At least until the rest of the weirdness came to the fore. And by then they're probably focusing on the specific weirdness that's capturing or eating people.

Also, Locke himself isn't exactly unusual in appearance for someone one might see on a flight. Sure his personality is riveting, but he looks like any of a few dozen businessmen who would have been on that plane.

I'd say that people who are visually distinctive, like Claire or Sayid, would be more likely to stay in someone's memory.

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Walt told Michael what the secret was in the following ep:

I believe it was something like "we are on this island for a reason."

Kim, yay for the sunny and warm!!! I'm not jealous at all...hmmph. as for us having a cd yet... We will next week!!!! They are sitting at a box at the place that made them waiting for my bandmate to come pick them up after she gets back from vacation. We're having a CD release party at the Ottobar Feb. 4. I can send you one if you'd like. Email me your address. Or we'll have a website soonish for real and you will be able to order one through there. (If we get our act together.)

Walt told Michael what the secret was in the following ep:

It was "a miracle happened here".

thanks Kate. Yes, that was it.