The show starts of with yet another huge eyeball. In a mirror image of Season 1's opening shot, Locke is lying on the ground in the jungle with a bloody head. When he looks up he sees a buck naked Desmond running by in the jungle. When Locke tries to scream out "Desmond, I can totally see your bagpipes!" but nothing comes out. He has lost his voice in the explosion. Now I you're like me thinking how can a huge explosion leave you with a small cut on your head and no voice, remember its more of a plot device than anything else. His larynx probably cushioned the fall to the jungle floor and saved his life. When Locke stands up he hears something and looks up. When he does he almost gets hit on the head with Eko's priest whacking stick. Then he starts to walk towards the village but steps on the head of a rake and WHAM! It flies up and hits him in the face makes him fall over and he lands in a pile of mousetraps. Not his day.

Locke limps back to the camp but he is limping with a purpose. He goes right to his beach shack and starts taking it apart. As he is doing this Charlie and Claire see him. Claire asks Charlie if he knows how long he's been back, Charlie just nods no. The shit eating grin on his face also leads me to believe that Charlie has now moved on to becoming a full fledged villain now, as opposed to just an annoying Scottish midget.

Locke takes everything he cut down and goes to the church structure that Eko began last season before abandoning it to worship at his new god, the numbers. Charlie comes by and asks him where he was, his voice dripping with sarcasm the whole time. Since Locke cant speak he simply pantomimes what he wants to do. After a few confused answers like "Ice cream in the sawmill with your uncle Bob?" Charlie figures it out "You need to talk to the island?"