I think you're totally missing the point of the early seasons. Locke was revaluing in his new found role of "hunter". In one of the first early shows of season one he tells Jack "no go back Jack, let me be the hunter". Which in the later show with the pot farm flash back where the fbi agent tells him he's a farmer, you can tell that bothered Locke, because he considers himself a Hunter. It wasnt until he got to the island that people started taking him seriously. So he feels important for the first time in his life, so he's trying to save everyone around him in the first season. Because it makes him feel good. It's a theme, he only ever really confronts Jack when Jack make him feel as if he is out of control and has no say in the situation. There isn't anything sinister about Locke, he's just doing what he thinks the Island wants, because he feels accepted by the Island, and dosnt want to offend it.
I think that it's Locke's and other characters' faults and inconsistencies that contribute to the good quality of the show. Save for a couple of meanies like Widmore and Keamy, the characters on LOST are all flawed and layered, and it's never easy to decide who is best to be trusted. That's good stuff in my book.
Yes, I do understand that the flawed nature of the characters make them interesting. I would have never been able to write this article about Locke, if he had really been the all-wise guru that he tried to be back in Season 1.
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