As we progress on through our watch viewing, we continue to yearn for some type of unified theory. Though that outcome maybe unlikely or too daunting, it's quite obvious that the concept of Course Correction is beginning to garner more and more momentum. There are several moments of Course Correction that have gone entirely unnoticed, perhaps during the show's first season, but one early indication that the writers and showrunners were intent on implimenting this unified solution, would be the episode in season two entitled, "The 23rd Psalm."
This was the first Mr. Eko flashback, in which we learned that Eko was a rough and tumble smuggler and cutthroat gangster. But the scene in question, to speed towards the point, is when Eko and his cohorts were at the airport, smuggling heroin in statues, and loading them onto the plane. Yemi drives up, screaming that Eko can not board the plane. It is clear from the dialogue used and from the intensity of the scene that Yemi was not trying to stop the smuggling effort, or was not upholding moral standing, but had seen the future outcome of the plane arriving on the island. I urge you to rewatch this portion of the episode, in which it is obvious that Yemi was well aware of the fact that this plane would crash on the island. Yemi was doing his best Desmond impression, by trying to prevent Eko from making his inevitable arrival to the island.
And so it was slated that Eko find his way to the island. Since his previous attempt was foiled, new powers in play resort to finding another way to course correct him to the island. And so again, we see another familiar face in the episode "?", the psychic who brought Claire to the island. Eko travels to Australia to see the man's daughter, who returned from life after drowning. Clearly, though, this man is just a pawn in delivering individuals to the island, for another power, possibly for hire. And so, Eko makes his way to the island in this fashion, instead of the first attempt, which would have seen him crash on the smuggling mission.
As noted, there seems to be powers in play, "course correctors." Perhaps Yemi was more of an "anti-course corrector", while Ms. Hawking, Widmore and the Psychic were "Course Correctors." But that speculation will continue, with another discussion of another early example of Course Correction within the early seasons of Lost. Til then!
Theory by WNGYPSY
This was the first Mr. Eko flashback, in which we learned that Eko was a rough and tumble smuggler and cutthroat gangster. But the scene in question, to speed towards the point, is when Eko and his cohorts were at the airport, smuggling heroin in statues, and loading them onto the plane. Yemi drives up, screaming that Eko can not board the plane. It is clear from the dialogue used and from the intensity of the scene that Yemi was not trying to stop the smuggling effort, or was not upholding moral standing, but had seen the future outcome of the plane arriving on the island. I urge you to rewatch this portion of the episode, in which it is obvious that Yemi was well aware of the fact that this plane would crash on the island. Yemi was doing his best Desmond impression, by trying to prevent Eko from making his inevitable arrival to the island.
And so it was slated that Eko find his way to the island. Since his previous attempt was foiled, new powers in play resort to finding another way to course correct him to the island. And so again, we see another familiar face in the episode "?", the psychic who brought Claire to the island. Eko travels to Australia to see the man's daughter, who returned from life after drowning. Clearly, though, this man is just a pawn in delivering individuals to the island, for another power, possibly for hire. And so, Eko makes his way to the island in this fashion, instead of the first attempt, which would have seen him crash on the smuggling mission.
As noted, there seems to be powers in play, "course correctors." Perhaps Yemi was more of an "anti-course corrector", while Ms. Hawking, Widmore and the Psychic were "Course Correctors." But that speculation will continue, with another discussion of another early example of Course Correction within the early seasons of Lost. Til then!
Theory by WNGYPSY
