With Locke, it's reasonable to presume he would've begun receiving physical therapy after a certain period of time, which would've begun to reverse any atrophy occuring.
My dad underwent physical therapy for many years for left side paralysis. I don't know that his results would be universal, but even with full use of his right leg allowing him to walk he suffered considerable muscle atrophy in his left leg. This despite several therapy sessions a week. PT could slow the rate of atrophy and maintain some function, but after the first few months if his paralysis had been miraculously cured he'd still have been limited to a shuffling very slowly and keeping most of his weight on the good leg until exercise let him build the muscles back.
I don't see a way around Locke being physically healed if we take the 4 years in a wheelchair as a given.
An interesting NYTimes interview with Terry O'Quinn.
Ambiguity is power, potentially, for an actor - and the power has come as a revelation to Mr. O'Quinn. "That's the gift that they've given me on this set - the time to explore the depth. Some actors get it when they're 12; they feel strong enough. But some of us feel, as functionaries, that we don't really have the power. We're not important enough on a set, or to throw our weight behind something, because we don't feel we have the weight. That's terrible. I let myself be that way for way too long in my career."
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Goood Golly Gosh!
AICN reports that Fury is leaving Lost and going to The Inside and 24.
AICN report
Nooooooooo!
The Inside is bogarting all the good writers!
I'm sad for
Lost
but kind of excited for
24.
(And
The Inside.
)
What sumi said - exactly.
Although I don't know what exactly Fury will bring to the party on 24. Maybe I should pray they let him work on some of the sub-plots - that could only lead to an improvement.
That's a blow to Lost. Fury's been their best writer. But go Tim with the stealing!
Huh.
I dunno that's the best move for Fury. Hope it works out for him, but we'll miss him on Lost for sure.
I dunno that's the best move for Fury.
I'm pretty sure they'd take him back to Lost if he wanted to return.
