Lockes Parents is Richard one of them

[firemanandlostfan]

it makes more sense (as if some of this stuff does actually make sense) that Richard is jumping around in time to try and manipulate the future events instead of just not aging.  But the coarse correction keeps screwing everything up.

[T Mack]

He was there to recruit a specail kid. not because he was the dad.

Definitely open to interpretation, but I agree, he's not the Dad, just a creepy enabler moving through time.

[LostAndSeek]

Hmmm... the time traveling idea is intriguing....

On the main topic, I agree not the father.

[LostinLock]

Great thoughts all the way through.  But even though Richard may not be the father, it is interesting that Emily is hit by a car.  Connection Juliette's ex husband getting hit by a bus after meeting with Richard.

What ever Richard represents, an angel, an ageless time travelling dude, he does get around and he looks fantastic.

If the boyfriend ergo father of Locke was twice Emily's age it would put him in his 20's and I guess my thinking is was Sawyer/Cooper the guy?  Or was this a big con from the start? 

I didn't really think that Richard was the father, but if she was impregnated through other methods.... well, a thought.

[MangoBingo]

Great thoughts all the way through.  But even though Richard may not be the father, it is interesting that Emily is hit by a car.  Connection Juliette's ex husband getting hit by a bus after meeting with Richard.

There's been more than a coincidental number of automobile accidents amongst the Losties and their relatives.

I totally belileve that Anthony Cooper's car crash was arranged by Tom, prior to him teleporting back to the island.

[MangoBingo]

p.s. A caller on the GSPN podcast said something interesting that I hadn't picked up on.

Emily's mother says something along the lines of "He's twice your age".

According to Lostpedia, Emily Locke was 15 years old in 1955, the year of John's birth.

http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Emily_Locke

If we're to take Locke's mother's words literally, his father would be 30 in 1955, making his father's year of birth 1925.

Anthony Cooper did not look around eighty years old during any of his appearances on the show. I'd say mid-to-late sixties.

[LostinLock]

p.s. A caller on the GSPN podcast said something interesting that I hadn't picked up on.

Emily's mother says something along the lines of "He's twice your age".

According to Lostpedia, Emily Locke was 15 years old in 1955, the year of John's birth.

http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Emily_Locke

If we're to take Locke's mother's words literally, his father would be 30 in 1955, making his father's year of birth 1925.

Anthony Cooper did not look around eighty years old during any of his appearances on the show. I'd say mid-to-late sixties.

Mango thanks that is what I was thinking and thanks for doing the leg work on that confirmation.

So this person could be anyone!

[Suzanne4Au2]

I still think Cooper is his dad. I really think it doesn't make a difference. John is the important one.

[MangoBingo]

So this person could be anyone!

Not just anyone, but somebody we know... It's more than telling that we never saw his father's identity. It could be Widmore for all we know!

[No Pants Gary]

Maybe Locke's real daddy is Jacob himself.

[Suzanne4Au2]

Maybe Locke's real daddy is Jacob himself.

Now that is a theory to think about!

[LostinLock]

So this person could be anyone!

Not just anyone, but somebody we know... It's more than telling that we never saw his father's identity. It could be Widmore for all we know!

Mango you have some way outs there and as I do agree that it is someone we are familiar with I do not concur that it is Widmore.  As much as that amuses me and sparks all kinds of wonderful images...I would be more in the thought of a Hanso connection.

I was thinking of Christian, but he isn't old enough...and maybe the mother was exaggerating ..perhaps he looked older.

I am going to keep my mind open on this subject as I do hope they tell us.
If it is Charles I owe you a mango

[MangoBingo]

If it is Charles I owe you a mango

lol

But what better way to take over the island than to breed it's future saviour and leader? The best way to take charge of any situation is to get an inside man on the job.

Unlike Richard, Charles has obviously aged over the years, as he appears to be in his sixties - but what if his ageing has been sporadic?

Maybe Richard never appears to age because he spends 99.9% of his time on the island? Charles may have started ageing after he was exiled from the island by the DHARMA Initiative.

So, Charles could have appeared as a 30 year old for three or four hundred years until DHARMA usurped the island from him in 1970. Being off-island for 38 years has caused him to age.

[LostAndSeek]

I think Cooper is Locke's daddy, just 'cause all those dramatic moments will be cheapened if he's not. But I agree that he doesn't look 80. Maybe Grandma was exaggerating the age difference. Or maybe Cooper was an earlier boy friend.

[§møĐēąη]

Maybe Locke's real daddy is Jacob himself.

Dude!  When it came on last night and Emily's mom kept talking about HIM, I thought the same thing.  I didn't know it was a Locke ep, so for a second there I thought it was gonna be a Jacob origin ep.