Locke, Sideways but At Least Alive

The sideways gives us a glimpse into what might be. The possibility that Locke works through his handicap and finds a certain peace through communication with those he also meets on the island in the parallel timeline. He no longer must deal with the awful behavior of his douchebag boss, fired because of his use of company funds in attempt for his walkabout. Meeting Hurley at his van, the two strike up a friendly conversation which leads to a temp agency talk with Rose who tells him of her cancer and making the most of what time he does have. Getting a teaching job, Locke even meets Ben, of all people, himself a teacher of European history! That this is an alternative to Locke's body being buried on the island, his form occupied by The Man in Black, I'll take it. It is simple, nothing extraordinary, like many of our own lives, but he's not a dead corpse buried on the island. And Ben being a friendly school teacher in the sideways timeline, much different than the guilt-stricken version responsibile for Locke's death is also welcome.