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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3390602" data-attributes="member: 8158">I hear this complaint all the time, and I honestly don't get this mentality. Answering questions doesn't make it worthwhile. Having stuff to speculate about makes it worthwhile. Actually getting the answers to the big questions is what makes things boring. Want examples?Locke. John was cool when we thought there was more to him. We filled in the blank spots on our own and built him up to be this cunning badass anti-hero with lots of tricks up his sleeve. When he did capricious stuff like he does this episode, we forgave him because we saw his as wisdom--even when it got other characters killed! Then we see his flashbacks and find out there's actually less. He's not some ex-CIA assassin or Navy Seal. He's just some loser who's worked minimum-wage jobs his whole life and has exhibited lousy judgment almost every step of the way. And now when he does something that seems like a really bad idea on a total whim, we can no longer let it slide.The Others. These guys were menacing as hell in the first two seasons. In our mind's eye, they were like the Devil's Rejects and the Hills Have Eyes mutants with a touch of Predator thrown in for good measure. We thought Ethan some kind of super-soldier. Then we find out they're a bunch of lame Jim-Jones cult wannabes from the suburbs who spend their days farming potatoes for The Leader. Few mysteries are made cooler by their revelation. Who doesn't get that?I like the character, but being the high-strung poodle-woman she is, she would have just gone nuts around Eyepatch saying "Let's keel him! Let's keel him!" every other minute.</blockquote>

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