Lost Episode 3.03 Further Instructions

Locke wakes up in the jungle, disoriented, wondering how he got there. Then he hears something in the brush. It sounds like someone running. He looks over and sees Desmond run by, completely naked. Locke tries to shout out to him but can't. Locke finds himself mute.

Back at the camp, Locke builds a sweat lodge. Charlie tries to talk to him, but Locke can't speak. He mimes that he's going to talk to the island, and he asks Charlie to stand guard outside his structure.

Inside, Locke prepares a bowl of paste and then eats it. Sweating, Locke goes into a trance and finds Boone sitting next to him. In Locke's vision, Boone puts him in his old wheelchair and takes him through the Sydney airport. Boone tells him someone is in danger and Locke is the only one who can save them. Is it Claire and Charlie with Aaron waiting at check in? Sun and Jin arguing with Sayid breaking it up? Hurley and Desmond as Oceanic Air employees? Or Jack, Kate and Sawyer in line at a security checkpoint with Henry Gale as the security guard? No, it's none of them. Locke finds Mr. Eko's Jesus stick covered in blood. Boone, now appearing bloody and mangled, tells Locke he hasn't much time. Locke wakes up in the sweat lodge right as a polar bear lunges at him. Locke stumbles outside where Charlie waits. Locke now knows what he must do: he needs to save Mr. Eko from the polar bears.

Flashback to northern California where Locke picks up a hitchhiker, Eddie, and takes him back to his "family." Locke introduces Eddie to Mike and Jan who own the commune like farm and the twenty or so people who live and work there. They welcome Eddie with open arms to their family. Locke helps Eddie get adjusted to the place. He even shows Eddie their sweat lodge, where you can meditate and find out what to do with your life. You can find out if you're a hunter or a farmer.

On the island, Locke and Charlie trek to the hatch. It seems to have imploded. They continue on and cross paths with a polar bear. They take off running. They stop in a clearing, but the bear is right behind them. Locke pulls a knife, throws it and Hurley yells out in surprise! Locke pulls the brush aside and finds Hurley standing there with the knife sticking out of his canteen. It barely missed him.

Hurley continues to the camp and discovers Desmond naked in the brush. Hurley gives him a shirt to wear and Desmond tells Hurley not to worry about Jack, Kate and Sawyer. That Locke said in his speech he would go after them. But Locke didn't give a speech. What's Desmond talking about?

On the communal farm, Eddie notices a greenhouse and asks Locke why everyone is so secretive about it. With all the fertilizer and guns, he knows they're planning to blow up something and tells Locke he wants in on it. Locke laughs at the suggestion but promises to talk to Mike and Jan. He finds them inside the greenhouse, which is filled with marijuana plants. They are frantically stuffing records into bags. They tell Locke that Eddie is an undercover cop, and he's been gathering evidence to arrest them.

Locke confronts Eddie at gunpoint. Eddie admits he's a sheriff, and that they chose Locke on purpose. Locke feels betrayed yet again and threatens to shoot Eddie. But Eddie just backs away, telling Locke he's a farmer, not a hunter. Locke wants to shoot him so badly but doesn't. He lets Eddie run away as he tries to convince himself he really is a hunter.

Back to Locke and Charlie on the island as they track the polar bear to its cave. Locke goes in alone, and finds a yellow toy truck, human bones, a torn shirt with the Pearl station logo on it. He also finds a wounded Mr. Eko. The polar bear attacks again, but Locke fights it off and drags the unconscious Eko away.

On the way back, they stop for water. While Charlie fills their bottles, Locke apologizes to Eko. Surprisingly, Eko awakes and tells him that he will find Jack, Kate and Sawyer because Locke is a hunter. But when Charlie returns, Eko is still unconscious.

They return to camp with Eko. Hurley and Locke tell everyone what the Others have done. They look to Locke as they would look to Jack like a leader. Locke steps into the role effortlessly, assures them that they'll go find Jack, Kate and Sawyer and bring them back but for now they need to help Eko. His confidence and leadership comforts them.

Hurley realizes Desmond predicted Locke's speech. How'd he know? But Desmond stands apart from the group, simply throwing rocks into the ocean...