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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 3154831" data-attributes="member: 4090">How many people died or were injured/destroyed by the drug smuggling that Eko was doing? Sure, the initial crime he did in order to protect his brother (which doesn't make it any less murder, but perhaps a bit more forgivable due to the circumstances), but all the rest- him going with the drug dealers and not only becoming one of them, but becoming their leader, I don't think you can really justify by him "protecting his brother." There are allowances in American law at least, for extenuating circumstances (such as him committing the first murder as a child, under duress, and in defense of his brother and fellow villagers), as well as even in last episode (I think self-defense would certainly be an arguable defense against killing those men), but for all the other crimes he has committed over the years? Drug-smuggling, violence, and who knows what else he may have done as a criminal. I think you may be letting him off a little too easily for those by using his protecting his brother defense.That being said, the whole point about Eko that we came to learn last season was that he saw coming to the island as his second chance, a chance at redemption, and all the things he did were in pursuit of that. Last episode pretty much threw that all away right before they ended his life, which seemed rather abrupt and out of character to me, which is why I am disappointed.</blockquote>

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