[Kiowa Warrior]

Ah yes I do remember talking about this with you before the forum crashed Him; we had a very good debate thread that unfortunately got eaten up!

I think it is a strong possibility that Locke ends up in the coffin, maybe because he broke the habit and did help people escape the island and so was somehow punished by the island (like losing his legs in a way that required amputation and so he killed himself. Which is one theory I've read, not mine). Maybe he has to leave the island while others remain behind in order for their lives to be saved, but so that everyone is still punished by the evil Not Penny's Boat crew (Locke who wants to stay has to leave and everyone else who wants to leave have to stay), and in despair Locke kills himself.

But I really don't like the theories that end with Locke killing himself! If he does have to die it's just got to have some meaning and purpose to it, like him sacrificing himself so that people could escape the island, because the poor man's suffered enough as it is. Which could be why Jack comes to visit him, because only now that he's off the island does he know the price Locke paid...and that he's feeling guilty for not making the most of Locke's sacrifice because he now wants to go back. If Kate is the only other person to escape the island then it seems that she's busy with 'him' and it's not as if Locke had any friends or family to attend his funeral, so only Jack going does have some logic behind it.