I have been looking forward to watching Walkabout during the hiatus in Season 6. During that week of no new Lost I watched Expose, A Stranger in Strange Land and White Rabbit. My re-watch of White Rabbit really provoked my interest in watching this episode because of the way Locke was acting. I'll talk about that next time. For now, let's go on this Walkabout.
The boar in the fuselage. I totally think that was MIB checking everything out. We have seen him do the same with Richard. Maybe this is what he does when new people arrive at the island. It may have been a random boar, but to me, this is a really cool idea. Also, toward the end of the episode MIB appeared as Christian. Again, just checking everything out. Similarly to MIB appearing as Isabella to Richard. I think I keep going back to Ab Aeterno because it is the only other episode we get to see people "accidentally" making their way to this island and interacting with Jacob and MIB.
"...but a Walkabout is a journey of spiritual renewal..." - Locke (to his evil boss)
I am going to go out on a limb and say something really out there. Could our Losties have been summoned to the island to go on their very own Walkabout? We all know they were broken and flawed individuals. Could this have been a place to "clean up their own mess?" If they aren't able to do this they get stuck (like Michael) but if they are, they quickly leave the island soon after (dying or on a plane like Kate & Co.) After watching this episode, I totally think that this is their place for spiritual renewal. And Sideways Christian did say it was the most important time of their life. NOT purgatory, because they are all still alive and everything is very much real. Maybe the evil that everyone is afraid of is the destruction of the island and the idea that Lost souls will be unable to go through this spiritual renewal. They crash, they get a Tabula Rasa, and then they start on their Walkabout. Just a thought...
So, I can't get through this recap without talking about Locke. And I am going to go out on another limb here and say that I totally think he had an encounter with MIB in this episode. I think Locke was scanned and MIB saw a pathetic and easily manipulated guy and decided that he would be his guy (MIB to Locke: "I'll have you" haha!). I think that Locke sees "Jacob's brother" in the jungle and that they form some type of relationship over the course of things, pumping Locke up as "special". MIB then further manipulates Locke by appearing as Christian, making him move the island and so forth. I know this is something we will never know. But he did say he couldn't catch that boar by himself. I just have to wonder if he had help.
The more I watch these early episodes again the more I begin to make my own connections. I am not saying that this is what Lost is. I don't know if what I see is right or wrong. To me, things are coming together and it is now an entirely different show. I absolutely love it.
