"WE are going to want him on OUR side"

[Speck]

Locke's comment to Boone about Sayid............

What is OUR side?

[lost_in_my_mind]

Perhaps he means the survivors as opposed to crazy Danielle and whoever the "others" might be?

Only guessing... I'm a west coaster and haven't seen the eppy so I don't know the context of the quote...

[srt4jeeps]

So Locke doesn't want Boone making waves with Sayid because they'll need him on there side? What side - good or bad, me thinks bad.

[theG]

Wow. I have no idea, but it's got me excited.

If only I had a time machine *le sigh*

[EllaStarr]

I'm not sure... and what was the story behind the compass?? was the compass messed up, or is the island made up of a different magnetic field or whatever...?

[Varda]

first of all, Locke wanted him to let go of Shannon and not freak out at Sayid. then, Locke knows about the 'others', but he doesn't know if they will attack or try to get the people to turn against eachother. then again, they may do so without any 'outside' pressure. having allies is essential

[toast]

Definite 'The Stand' reference there with the sides. Locke is building his forces up. Charlie is already on his side, so is Boone and Locke sees something in Sayid that he needs too.

[runonmoonlight]

I don't get the Stand reference, because, I only tried to read it once, I was 10 and it started to scare me, so I never finished it.....



But that whole thing: What about the fact that Danielle said that people would get sick... And she "had" to kill them, wouldn't that make sides then??


I do NOT know what to think of Locke now, but I certainly do love his character.

I have a very bad feeling that someone is going to kill someone else.

[petnumber1]

Agree with Toast. He's also subtly going after Walt. He's gathering his forces for....something....

[Just_Plain_Lost]

Locke may be building up the forces of good, so to speak. *checking people out, making sure that he trusts them. *Because this is kinda Lord of the Flies -ish, and it's human nature. *They will split into factions. *Locke is just checking his faction out, building it up so that he's prepared for when it happens. * He's now got two very devoted followers: *Boone and *Charlie. Andn I would argue that he's not going after Walt. . . he has him. Just not quite as openly as Charlie and Boone.

It could also mean taking sides agains the "others." *Let's face it,t hey seem kinda evil. *I'd want Sayid on my side too. *After all, he was a soldier.