I can't help but wonder how long they were setting this up. I'm not a serious Lost geek, but I seem to recall that several seasons ago, we got confused because there seemed to be a good Locke and a bad Locke. At the time, I assumed that he was just moody, but maybe they were setting up the Smoke Monster thing way back when. Am I right? Could it have been Smokey that gave Locke back his legs when he walked out of the plane?
Oh, and I guess I lost my $1 bet that Hurley would be the new guardian.