Lost - Orientation**

Locke and his further back story with his awful father who tells him to quit bothering him (to “get over it”) is included in Orientation. It does shed light on a relationship Locke was involved with (Katey Sagal; Married with Children & Sons of Anarchy), as his hairline continues to recede. It is like six months and she gives him a key to her apartment. He has been camped outside the gate of his father in his car all that time, seemingly unable to just let go. She wants him to embrace her while the father couldn’t care less about him. That kidney he gave up for this dirtbag and all that he gets out of it is a scar. That scar will remain a long-lasting reminder of a father that was only using him and could give a rat’s ass about him at all. Locke, a person who is right the opposite, is trying to come to terms with this. While I still have a hard time accepting Tighe as O’Quinn’s father (only a difference of eight years!), enough is done to encourage my inner loathing for that bastard. I will cop to the feelings of lingering distaste for him and would love to see Lost hand down upon him the wrath of the universe/God/kharma/whatever they consider the cosmic destroyer/punisher. O’Quinn is just absolutely an incredible acting talent with such subdued skills who can speak with eyes, a slight turn of his mouth, a tilt of his head, entire countenance going from one emotional high to low within a matter of seconds, and just how his demeanor can change depending on what the story requires. Sagal really left Married with Children and began to flex her acting chops. In Lost, her part is of a person to lean on, to depend on, willing to give and take if Locke will just meet her half way and dump this albatross that is Tighe’s Anthony Cooper. Because no matter how much he wants his father to associate with him, Locke will be waiting for naught. Anthony doesn’t care about anyone but himself. That is just how some people are. Look, you and I might be considerate of another person’s feelings. The pain of someone looking for time lost and a reconnection that was borne out of neglect that Locke endures many of us sympathize with. But Sagal’s Helen rightfully tries to shift Locke away from punishing himself over and over, day after day. It isn’t healthy, and Locke doesn’t deserve to emotionally mutilate himself. She’s right…he had to stop.