S2 Ep10 "The 23rd Psalm"

(started 5/20/10 16:15)

PCL Eko was some kind of child soldier in Africa. Started killing rather young. We see him grown up and a drug warlord. He's pretty ruthless and still kills rather easily and competently.

Claire has conversation with Eko about the religious provenance of baby Aaron's name and Claire lets slip that Charlie has a religious statue, Eko's entire demeanor changes when she shows him the statue, which he promptly smashes and grabs out the heroin. He finds Charlie and demands he take him to where the statues are in the planewreck. Give this guy a wide berth and give him whatever he wants. He's a powerful man. Eko spies a sideway smoke plume - another smoke gnat.

PCL Eko goes to see his brother the priest and proposes using the statues to take the drugs out of Nigeria, while the brother can still get money for his church. It's a win-win. What's the problem? Other than it's, you know, drug-related.

Charlie and Eko go to find the plane. Charlie climbs up a tree to get a better view. The smoke plume swirls around Eko, who stares it down. That's how badass Eko is. He makes the smoke monster disperse. Don't know if it's because he is supremely badass or has no fear or strong faith, but he's not playing around with the smoke monster.

PCL Eko shows us it was his plane that was taking the priests, the statues, the drugs and everything including his brother the priest. Eko was disguising himself as a priest as well. The military show up, there's a shootout. The brother is shot and the plane takes off without Eko.

With Charlie in the jungle he verifies this body is his brother by the cross that he wears, takes the cross and places it on himself. Eko is not going to be a priest, in penance of he previous acts, it seems.

MEanwhile back at the beach, Claire rejects Charlie for keeping the drugs nearby and tells him she doesn't want him around the baby. He packs off alone and finds a stash of the statues in the jungle, and sits there contemplating.

Nooooo Charlie. This can't be good.