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Originally Posted by Roco
I agree that Charlie's message is a real clincher, although surely Locke's presence and inclination counts for something?
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I feel that Locke has ... well, not exactly cried wolf, but he's acted with a view to keeping the survivors on the island on numerous occasions in the past (from jeopardising Sayid's attempt to use the radio to blowing up the submarine) without actually knowing that it was in their best interests. His motivation, whatever he said in episode 4.01, was self-interest - he wanted to stay on the island because he was special there and because he was curious. And now he really does think that it'd be best for everyone to avoid this particular escape attempt, and he might well be right, but I can understand why anyone who's known Locke for any length of time might suspect he's simply up to his old tricks. Same goes for Ben - they all know he has self-interested reasons for wanting to keep the Losties on the island, so they're bound to be skeptical. That's really why Charlie's message is essential, for me at least, to clinch the deal. I think that's the case for Hurley as well, in spite of his dubious claim that Locke isn't crazy - when he said 'I'm going with my friend' (or whatever it was), I reckon a few people thought 'What, Locke?' for a moment until he confirmed that he meant Charlie.