Yea his story is interesting and I guess you do need a complicated character like that. But now it almost seems like Desmond is the more complicated character who is more important to the island than Locke is. Its like Locke is so spiritual and almost wishes he had this sort of connection that Desmond now has and doesn't really want. The question now is, now that Locke's father appeared in Ben's magic box, how will this change Locke's behavior?

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