Zulithe
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I REALLY like Charlie (my fav character after Locke) but I agree, he should have died. It would have given you more a feeling that nobody is safe, everyone is expendable. That said, we already know that at LEAST one of the main characters is supposed to die before the season ends, according to what I read on AintItCoolNews a while back.
Of all the characters who's backgrounds we haven't heard about yet, Hurley definitely ranks #1 for me right now. "something of a warrior" indeed, I think the chances of him being a gamer are pretty good, or maybe he was into LARPs, reenactments or something? Jack's background is very interesting and fit with the episode well but I expected them to not explore the same character more than once, at least until the second season. Clearly I was wrong.
No new episodes until after the holidays ... this is going to be hard.
RE: Locke doubters ... according to an aintitcoolnews interview with the creator a while back, Locke was likened to Walter of The Stand and The Dark Tower fame, (+ many other Stephen King books), that should provide some hints as to where his character is going ... or maybe not.
Of all the characters who's backgrounds we haven't heard about yet, Hurley definitely ranks #1 for me right now. "something of a warrior" indeed, I think the chances of him being a gamer are pretty good, or maybe he was into LARPs, reenactments or something? Jack's background is very interesting and fit with the episode well but I expected them to not explore the same character more than once, at least until the second season. Clearly I was wrong.
No new episodes until after the holidays ... this is going to be hard.

RE: Locke doubters ... according to an aintitcoolnews interview with the creator a while back, Locke was likened to Walter of The Stand and The Dark Tower fame, (+ many other Stephen King books), that should provide some hints as to where his character is going ... or maybe not.