Alright.... The episode 'Walkabout' and the Episode 'Orientation' both tell Locke's background story. The girl on the phone in 'Walkabout' is named Helen, he invites her to go on the walkabout, but she says she can't see a client and that they aren't allowed meet clients. If you remember, Katie Sagal (Of Married With Children and Futurama fame) is also named Helen. Now, He met Katie Sagal before he lost the ability to walk, and he talks to the lady on the phone after he loses the ability to walk. The Helen on the phone doesn't sound like Katie Sagal, and also is a phone hooker obviously. Now I'm wondering the significance of this. Was Locke so obsessed with the Helen on the phone because he lost Katie Sagal and he was trying to mentally and emotionally project Katie Sagal onto the Helen on the phone? Locke was in the wheelchair for 4 years before the plain crash, and had been talking to the Helen on the phone for 8 month, obsess much?

Kyle

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