Lost S03 EP05
This was the saddest episode I've ever seen on Lost.
It was Eko-centered and it shows what happened after he was left behind by his partners and Yemi was shot and taken by the plane to God knows where. The island obviously.
No, he didn't repent and turn into a modest priest. Or even a good man. And he knew that. Now the island is summoning him to stand his final trial. To confess his sins and let himself be forgiven. It takes the shape of Eko's brother Yemi and Eko decides to go to the site where the plane with the drugs and Yemi chrashed. He finds nothing there, but on his way there he sees the black smoke again. And it doesn't fill him with confidence. When Locke (who follows Eko to the plane crash site with a possey) answers Eko's question about what he saw in the black smoke, he says that he saw a bright light and it was beautiful. Eko says to that: "That is not what I saw." When the others go down to the Pearl station (that was discovered by Eko and Locke in the previous season and that caused Locke to lose his faith in the island), Eko stays outside and suddenly Yemi appears. Eko follows him and they confront. When Yemi asks him if he is ready to confess, Eko says that he doesn't ask his forgivness, for he has done nothing wrong in his life. He did what he had to do to survive. To protect himself and his little brother. Yemi looks at him with contempt and says: "You speak to me as if I were your brother." Eko is confused and follows 'Yemi', but he disappears and the black smoke is there in his place. It lifts Eko up in the air and tosses him around like he was a ragdoll. By the time the guys come up from the hatch it's too late. He only has time to whisper to Locke: "You're next." and then he passes away. What a way to go.
Eko didn't have an easy life. Neither did Sawyer, Kate or Sayid, for that matter. But I can only sympathise with Eko and Sawyer and no one else. Everyone did bad stuff in their life. That's why they are on this island. Is it taking it upon itself to judge them? And if they don't repent it punishes them? Locke seems to have the most 'pure' connection to the island. He had blind faith that he lost at some point, but he regained it and after the implosion of their hatch, when he lost his voice, he turned back to the island and the new found faith. The prodigal son returning home. And in all this time he hadn't felt any negative consequences. In fact, the black smoke to him was something beautiful. But to Eko it was horror and death.
After Eko took his brother's place in his church, he killed some men in there. And when he was leaving, he saw the villagers locking it down because it was no longer a sacred place. And a woman said to him: "You owe Yemi a church." That's why he was building one on the island.
Eko was a bad man, no doubt there. But where he came from you either killed or waited to be killed. He did what he had to in order to survive. But still it isn't hard to sympathise with him. I don't know why - is the character really well drawn or do all the credits go to Adewale? He rocks as an actor, I liked him in practically every part I've seen him in. He makes Eko a human, not a monster. Mr. Eko, you will be sorely missed. Rest in peace.
It was Eko-centered and it shows what happened after he was left behind by his partners and Yemi was shot and taken by the plane to God knows where. The island obviously.
No, he didn't repent and turn into a modest priest. Or even a good man. And he knew that. Now the island is summoning him to stand his final trial. To confess his sins and let himself be forgiven. It takes the shape of Eko's brother Yemi and Eko decides to go to the site where the plane with the drugs and Yemi chrashed. He finds nothing there, but on his way there he sees the black smoke again. And it doesn't fill him with confidence. When Locke (who follows Eko to the plane crash site with a possey) answers Eko's question about what he saw in the black smoke, he says that he saw a bright light and it was beautiful. Eko says to that: "That is not what I saw." When the others go down to the Pearl station (that was discovered by Eko and Locke in the previous season and that caused Locke to lose his faith in the island), Eko stays outside and suddenly Yemi appears. Eko follows him and they confront. When Yemi asks him if he is ready to confess, Eko says that he doesn't ask his forgivness, for he has done nothing wrong in his life. He did what he had to do to survive. To protect himself and his little brother. Yemi looks at him with contempt and says: "You speak to me as if I were your brother." Eko is confused and follows 'Yemi', but he disappears and the black smoke is there in his place. It lifts Eko up in the air and tosses him around like he was a ragdoll. By the time the guys come up from the hatch it's too late. He only has time to whisper to Locke: "You're next." and then he passes away. What a way to go.
Eko didn't have an easy life. Neither did Sawyer, Kate or Sayid, for that matter. But I can only sympathise with Eko and Sawyer and no one else. Everyone did bad stuff in their life. That's why they are on this island. Is it taking it upon itself to judge them? And if they don't repent it punishes them? Locke seems to have the most 'pure' connection to the island. He had blind faith that he lost at some point, but he regained it and after the implosion of their hatch, when he lost his voice, he turned back to the island and the new found faith. The prodigal son returning home. And in all this time he hadn't felt any negative consequences. In fact, the black smoke to him was something beautiful. But to Eko it was horror and death.
After Eko took his brother's place in his church, he killed some men in there. And when he was leaving, he saw the villagers locking it down because it was no longer a sacred place. And a woman said to him: "You owe Yemi a church." That's why he was building one on the island.
Eko was a bad man, no doubt there. But where he came from you either killed or waited to be killed. He did what he had to in order to survive. But still it isn't hard to sympathise with him. I don't know why - is the character really well drawn or do all the credits go to Adewale? He rocks as an actor, I liked him in practically every part I've seen him in. He makes Eko a human, not a monster. Mr. Eko, you will be sorely missed. Rest in peace.