Just give it some time. I think his grief is only going to make him bad asser when the time comes.

Dead Yemi also brought Eko and Locke to The Pearl which is where Locke gets the idea to stop going with blind faith and stop pushing the button. I guess I can see that supporting and refuting the Smokey=fate / Jacob=Choice argument.

Hmm… not sure I'm on board, M-Dan, but it is kind of like Dave telling Hurley to jump off the cliff in S2. If you die, you wake up where you were, basically.

I don't have an awesome in-depth theory on it, but I think what's going on with Locke is way different than what happens with normal corpses. I also think a lot of that has to do with Claire breaking the ash ring around "Jacob's Cabin" and letting old smokey free. Perhaps he was limited in some way before that?

Locke is my favorite character in television ever and I would love to see him redeemed, but I think I'd be okay if he was just a sad, tragic character, too.

@The Bourne Valedictorian I thought the same thing. It kind of matches up with something he said to Sun in Dead is Dead. I don't remember the exact quote, but he mentions that it's weird for him being there, but he assures her that he's the same man. So either Smokey was part of Locke all along (perhaps from his…

And considering the amount of old people that watch this, it's not helpful when trying to get them comfortable with their computers. My grandmother still thinks she will blow up her computer if she turns it off without shutting down. Thanks a lot, NCIS.