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Claiming that the small scene of Eko and Yemi as kids is retroactively a Flash Sideways scene is genius and I'm mad I've never thought of it that way. Brilliant. I love this channel, now.

Without a doubt, Mr. Eko is one of my Top 5 favorite LOST characters. Though his presence in the show is brief, it is fundamental and unforgettable.

Eko was a great character and one of the show’s biggest missed opportunities. It’s a shame the actor wanted off. Ultimately, none of the tail section survivors played a major role in the series’ climax, making their addition to the series - with the exception of Bernard, we all love Rose & Bernard - seem somewhat pointless and distracting from the main characters. Even Cindy eventually vanished into the Others’ world.

This was my favorite character in the entire show. So full of layers and the actor was amazing.

Eko, Ana Lucia and Libby had so much potentially to grow as characters truly sad that they had to go so early. They could've changed the dynamic of season 3 4 5 and 6

Nice! That "you're next" has always intrigued me, but it makes sense now!

One of the most interesting characters

With Eko’s incredible strength and renewed faith he would have wrestled and defeated MiB with his bare hands even as the new protector of the island. Eko was a truly worthy candidate

These are great. I've been a fan of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje since I saw him on Oz. He was only in Lost for two seasons which is a shame, but he still stood out all the way until the end.

Mr. Eko asking Ben for forgiveness on killing his two men when being taken in his sleep was him saying “I forgive your orders and do not do it again.”

Eko would have been a great protector! Man I wish he hadn't left. It's always a toss up between him and Desmond as my favorite character.

Great explanation ! I never thought about Jacob appointing candidates after the crash.

My favorite character for his short time on the show. Good actor too and I was sad to see him go.

While re-watching 3x05 yesterday, I've noticed one thing about the brothers: When we didn't know Eko's full story about his priesthood, he sometimes wore a white shirt with black trousers - colour scheme of Jacob's outfit. In his last episode, when Eko's about to be judged, his shirt colour changed to more beige - we see his full story and what he did even after taking his brother's place. Again, when Jacob killed his brother, his shirt wasn't pure white either - compare how he looked in 6x15 and the rest of his appearances. "Resurrected" Yemi has his priest's clothes, making him a literal man in black. Eko's lack of remorse about his previous deeds made him impossible to manipulate in MiB's grand plan. Eko's faith could've been used in a similar way MiB used Richard with probably the same effect of becoming Jacob's agent. However, that's something we could only speculate, as we don't know what Darlton had in mind for Eko if AAA didn't leave the show. Nevertheless, such a visual foreshadowing - for a lack of better word - of Jacob/MiB conflict is present in Lost since season 1 (take a look at 1x05!), even though it was done in unconscious way, as I struggle to believe that the producers planned the ultimate outcome of the show in 2004.

probably my favourite character

This is very impressive. His death scene from season 3 goes perfectly with the eventual revelation that dead characters and the smoke monster are the same person.

whoever is explaining these videos really knows their shit lol

man! you can really hear eko say he saw the devil and to know he moved on in his flash sideways is facinating! i always saw it as the past. That combined with the music makes LOST even more beautiful To me! Keep up The good Work!!!

I had always wondered why Eko did not appear in the sideways flashes, now I know ! These explanations you give are always so spot on, it gives a new dimension to the whole show, thanks !

Awesome! I wondered why Eko didn’t show up at the church!

Mr. Ecko was one of my favorite characters. Didn't realize that his end scene was flash sideways. Makes me much happier. Thanks

Mr Eko was one of my favorites.

This explains why the smoke monster didn't initially kill Eko... good shit sir

I always wondered how Eko could be killed if he was a candidate...but you're right..he didn't get anointed until later.

You nailed it mate. Well done. Great video.

Omg you analyzed it exactly like I believe it to be. Every detail. That's really cool. :)) I'm thinking you understand the MIB better than most. Look forward to watching further videos of yours.

I sensed right away that mr Eko was very important. I was shocked that he was killed and only recently learned that it was because the actor left the show. I'm wondering what the original purpose of Eko's storyline would've been

I prefer mr Eko as a man of faith than Locke

I think that Eko is supposed to be an "Echo" of a kind: he mirrors, or echoes, his brother's priesthood, then Locke's faith in the button... Even his plan to build a church is a reflection of Amina's words ("you owe him a church"). So he is a vessel of ideas, and I'm pretty sure he was originally indented to become a perfect carrier for the Smoke. The final version is quite good though and consistent with his earlier unwillingness to repent.

I absolutely love this channel great job ! Glad to see Lost still relevant in the 2020s 0:28 Is there any info or speculation on what the plot elements were? That's really interesting

What i thought happened during his death scene was that he just said "I saw the devil", and Locke, as a man of faith, not wanting to incite fear and eradicate hopelessness in the rest of the group, claimed that he said "You're next", which is obviously still a foreboding message, but perhaps not as foreboding from the perspective of a man who, at this point in time, would absolutely have been willing to believe they all were truly dead and in hell, and this was indeed the literal devil, effortlessly coming to wipe them all out at his own discretion. In other words, he never actually uttered the words "Your, (Or You're) next!" at all. Could be wrong, but i feel like it's a valid interpretation.

Mr Eko also asked MiB (posing as Eko's brother) "who are you??". I think they wrote it like this to show that Eko was the first to see him as an impostor and that's why MiB got rid off him before he could warn others.

Oh wow the "flash sideways" was first revealed with mr Eko, fantastic that part always puzzled me, an even more significant moment now. One theory I found too was that there were two smoke monsters? "The devil" and "the MIB". Perhaps the Devil smoke monster killed mr. Eko, jealous of his faith, in a similar way in which he tried to kill Locke when he tried to drag him into the pit?

Eko was a great character, there have been stories about the alleged racism within the show coming out over the years which is sad to hear. Apparently making him an African drug lord was one of the reasons he wanted off

i loved this caracther so much, great acting and energy

damn i fell asleep binging these and i heard the intro music now i'm convinced im not sleeping tonight

I loved Echo, he was my Dad's favorite character

This helped a bit thanks

sometimes it seems to me that you are one of the writers

Mr Eko was definitely a candidate. Everything about him epitomises what candidates are chosen for. The reason he was able to be killed by MiB was because he wasn't touched by Jacob unlike our 4 8 15 16 23 42 candidates.

Makes one yearn to find a connection as deep as the one which calls these brothers together.

I felt they were prepping EKO to be the vessel for the MIB. Locke was given his role.

He was great.i relly loved him

Top 5 character of the season. Very sad that he left the series so early. They would have put him trough the end too

Amazing n faultless reaction. Love how detailed your explanation is you’re amazing keep your amazing work you’re a revelation 👌🏻🙌🏼

Eko was one of the finest and strongest character in lost he must be there till last and must not be killed

I was always wondered that i thought MiB need a body to copy the human. I think till season 5 we never see MiB Tool someones someones form without the body (if Kate's horse and Dave wasnt also forms of MiB). What is ur opinion to this, did the writer changed MiB abilities at some point ? Why he never picked Kate's old dead childfriend or someone else important to manipulate the canidates?

That's an interesting one. I did realize that Eko was being tempted by MIB and that if he did confess his sins then he probably would have been told that the only way to redeem himself was by killing the Devil (Jacob) but I thought that all the passengers were candidates already and that Eko stopped being one once he moved on and made peace with himself. That's why MIB could kill him. That did always clash with Jacob visiting Sayid and Hugo after the Island though and the idea that not all passengers were candidates makes a lot more sense. I love the take on Eko's last flashback: that it wasn't just a memory but him in the flashsideways. It seems to me that when the actor quit, the writers were determined to at least use Eko as a massive foreshadowing of the show's endgame to give the character a meaningful part. With his last episodes they foreshadowed the killing of Jacob, Locke being used by MIB and possibly the flashsideways (I say possibly because if I recall correctly, the writers came up with the afterlife stuff later on so it could be just a lucky coincidence). You mentioned that Eko's story was given to Des and Ben. Do you know any details on that and what was Eko's original story? Would he be the one to see Charlie's death? He already had a relation with him in season 2 and him having to let Charlie die would make sense for a man of faith like Eko who would be tested like Abraham in the Bible. An ultimate test of Eko's faith in the Island. I wonder what would be Des' story in that case since him seeing the future was a massive part of his arc. But I'm not sure which part of Eko's story was given to Ben: was Eko originally the one to kill Jacob? After all Ben wasn't originally meant to be a regular character so they must've improvised his story since season 3. Since they lost one character they didn't intend to lose and gained another one that they didn't account for, it makes sense that they would give one's story to another.

Do you have any videos explaining why Michael wasn't in any of the flash sideways sequences? Was it because his soul was trapped on the island?

Oh so if eko stayed would he have been ben or locke? Base off the argument over the button. I can see locke being the one questioning his faith and Eko being they one convincing him and failing and then beliving it was his spiritual mission after jacob dies (because he could still see his spirit) to bring back the oceanic 6. Hypothetically none of the plot we got may have happened if he stayed

You should publish this content for a careful study.

Such a shame, Adawala really gave this character life. Which he was in more things

2:26 did the Egyptians make the bomb in the tunnel. As numbers countdown they turn into hydroglpics

Let me ask you a question, or more of a confirmation. So you think the island has planed out everything since the beginning of time and that the mib could have never gotten what he wanted witch is why lock doesn't die in the pit after Ben shot him? Also If the island makes people come to it as part of the plan then why did it bring echoes brother? Did it know that mib wanted to use echo and help him out by bringing his brother for some reason, or did the mib bring echoes brother. I just don't get why the island would jeopardize its plan by helping the mib use echoes brother to control echo. Was it all just to get him to press the button when lock lost fate like it could have just used another character that the mib didn't care about to take over the button. Or did the island just know that echo was to strong willed to fall for it.

What if Eko was a candidate and was written off from the lighthouse or cave records the moment he didnt confess to Yemi?

Why did the MIB kill the pilot then was that guy a potential candidate or something

Hi. Re Eko's candidacy. There is a full image of the Lighthouse dial on LOSTpedia that clearly shows Eko at #76. However, I'm unsure of the photo's origin.

So he did say that he saw the devil

My Boyfriend cried liked a baby

I actually always thought that Eko was a candidate already. That the Candidates were candidates before they were on the island. The way I saw it was every candidate is a candidate because of a flaw that they have. Something in their past they can't seem to reconcile. This matters because candidates are meant to prove the MiB belief about corruption wrong even in the face of this lack of closure. The MiB was trying to manipulate Eko just like Locke. But to his surprise Eko withstood the MiB attempts at exploiting his flawed past and instead he owned up to it. This was good for Eko but unfortunately it also ended is candidacy (much like Kate becoming a mother did for her) thus allowing the MiB to kill him. Kind of a win-win for MiB either way. What do you think about this theory?

Wasn’t Eko’s candidate #76 as seen in 6x05 lighthouse, on the lighthouse list?

This my be overly didactic, but why would Eko become a candidate after MiB is him?

Great videos. Very little to disagree with. But don’t call Mr. Echo a priest. He wasn’t and if his parishioners in Africa knew he wasn’t a priest they would see all the sacraments he gave them invalid. They would’ve horrified.

God I hated Mr. Eko. Could not stand him, can't really say why, I just didn't see any redeemable qualities in him unlike the rest of the characters. Could you imagine if he had stayed on and they made him the Man in Black at the end instead of Locke?? God that would have been hoorrible! Kind of predictable as well.

It killed him becuase that actor had to leave abruptly. Just like anne lucia.