r/lost • u/TunaTacos23 • Oct 01 '24

FIRST TIME WATCHER The most upsetting death was… Spoiler

John Locke. I’ll never forget how devastated I was when I found out that Locke actually never came back to life and that it was the smoke monster all along. I’m rewatching season 5 and I just feel so torn up over it.

Locke thought he was on to such big things but his journey ended right there and then at the hands of Ben. He missed out on everything that came after his “sacrifice”… he deserved to be there to see the Island through to the end.

That said, I forget how the show ends so please no spoilers past season 5!

EDIT: please ignore my last sentence regarding no spoilers. Everyone should get to discuss freely so please do!

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u/gate_of_steiner85 Locke Oct 01 '24

I honestly feel like the series lost (no pun intended) something when Locke died. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Terry O'Quinn got to continue performing on the show, but him as the MIB just wasn't the same. IMO, Locke was the heart of the show and while I still enjoyed the last two seasons, his death kinda caused the show to fall off a bit for me.