LOST: Locked, Stocked and Barreled

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If I was worried that these flash-sideways were just another boring way to do character development while the fun stuff happens on the island, last night's episode proved me wrong. In the X-world, Locke tries to adjust to life in a wheelchair. On the Island, Smokey/Evil Locke tries to recruit people for his cause.

As usual with Locke-centric episodes, you really don't get anything from anyone else, so if you aren't/weren't a Locke fan you were out of luck. For Locke's fans, it's worth noting that in the X-world he has a pretty good life (and attitude), despite being in a wheelchair.

DISCOVERIES
  1. Evil Locke can't change into anything/anyone else (except into his Smokey form, apparently).
  2. Hugo owned a Temp Agency (if this was mentioned in previous seasons, I missed it).
  3. Sawyer is part of Jacob's secret (and male-dominated) list that was kept in Jacob's cave.
  4. (If you believe Evil Locke) Jacob had planned to use some of the Flight 815 survivors as candidates for the new guardian of the Island.
OBSERVATIONS
  1. There's things on The Island (like the scary little blond kid) that even Smokey/Evil Locke doesn't understand.
  2. If X-Locke lost his ability to walk because of his father, he's certainly not holding a grudge.
  3. Assuming the X-World represents the Island being relatively uninhabitable from the events of last season's finale (the 70's on), it's possible that X-Ben left while he was still young and managed to lead a somewhat normal life.
  4. Regardless of the reality, Randy Nations is still a prick.
QUESTIONS
  1. Why can't Evil Locke change anymore?
  2. Why are most of Jacob's candidates male?
  3. Why didn't X-Locke want his old job back? And more to the point, why didn't he ask Hurley to fire Randy?
  4. What happened to X-Locke that he's finally with Helen, and is on good terms with his father?
  5. Why does Sawyer trust Evil Locke more than everybody else at the Temple?

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