Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogmeister
Technically, a tool does not need to understand its purpose to be useful and effective.
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Wow Froggy, that was almost Zen. I like it!
I think of Locke as a multi-layered guy, but he is easy to manipulate because he wants not only to be needed and wanted but, to prove himself as smart and able. He needs it. His past is full of times when he felt underestimated, tricked and out-smarted. The fact that he was told the chess game had not been won in years, would have been like a drug to him. "Don't tell me what I can and can not do." - Locke.
Then the game was calling to him, like a challenge. His eyes lite up when he won like a kid in a candy store. The prize was the chance to push more buttons. Maybe he can do it right this time. Maybe he's back on the right track.
I don't think he ment to blow up the Flame. I think he thought he had just outsmarted the others. Entering 77 was like calling in additional troops for the war.
Maybe the other's set up the explosives just incase someone did take the Flame back.