It was trying to use his memories of Yemi to guilt him into working for MIB's agenda. Eko manned up and said he had nothing to be sorry for, which may be true, since we don't really see him actually doing anything bad aside from some relatively morally-nuetral smuggling. The only violence we see him commit as an adult is more or less justified.
But Eko's declaration that he had nothing to be sorry for (and certainly nothing for which he had to answer to a smoke monster on a mysterious island) meant he was a potential problem for the monster. At the least, he would not be a useful tool, and thus could be discarded.
But Eko's declaration that he had nothing to be sorry for (and certainly nothing for which he had to answer to a smoke monster on a mysterious island) meant he was a potential problem for the monster. At the least, he would not be a useful tool, and thus could be discarded.
That makes perfect sense actually. Back then we still thought of Smokey as an instrument of judging the good from the bad and as you said, Eko never seemed so bad, and didn't admit to it.
I am not entirely sure about Smokey's list of killings now, but why the pilot for example? Why would MIB ever go and just kill someone, if not for very good reasons and having no purpose for that person? But who knows, maybe he checked out the pilot and found him to be wanting.
Maybe he killed people just because he could? If he's there all that time, fuming about his inability to get Jacob or Jacob's little minions, and here come a whole new bunch of people Jacob's going to try to prove whatever point they were discussing on the beach, and hey! he can take out his frustration on this pilot guy! That aside, maybe the pilot being the PILOT was reason enough. Maybe he didn't want a technically proficient person calling for help or figuring out their location or even repairing Yemi's plane or something, until he could get his own escape/jacob-murder plans in motion.
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
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Deus Vult!
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
Re-watching Lost
- 04/03/2010 05:57:53 PM
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Oh my, there is so much strangeness in re-watching
- 05/03/2010 01:55:27 AM
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I thought it killed Eko because he refused to be manipulated.
- 05/03/2010 12:35:16 PM
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