2.10 The 23rd Psalm

1. Nigeria, Eko and his brother, Yemi. A thug tells Yemi to kill a man, but he won't do it, so Eko does it on his behalf. They ask him his name and call him Mr. Eko, rip his necklace with a cross off, then the thugs take him away with them. From Lostpedia
   
2. Eko works on his Jesus stick. "Things I need to remember."
3. Aaron, the brother of Moses. "Moses had great difficulty speaking, so it was Aaron who spoke for him." Eko
4. Eko finds out about the Virgin Mary statue, shows Claire the heroin, confronts Charlie about where he found it.
5. Eko gets drugs from dealer to export out of the country.
6. Locke teaches Michael how to fire a rifle.
7. Charlie takes Eko to statues, but Eko doesn't believe that's where he found them.
8. "Take me to the plane." Eko
9. Black smoke passes them by.
10. Yemi is a priest, his church is selling statues for the polio vaccine. Eko visits his brother for the first time in 3 years, he wants to use church relief to transport drugs out of the country, but Yemi refuses to let him.
11. "I've only done what I needed to do to survive. How is that a sin?" Eko
12. Kate gives up her hatch/button duty to Michael.
13. "I was a good person." Charlie tells Eko it was his brother's fault he did drugs.
14. Eko and Charlie find priest in the jungle, the same one that Locke and Boone found. He has gold teeth, Eko says he knows him, that he saved his life.
15. Eko threatens Yemi, he makes Eko and his men priests, they want 300 Virgin Mary statues.
16. "Yemi, I understand that you live in a world where righteousness and evil seem very far apart, but that is not the real world." Eko
17. Charlie and Eko encounter the smoke monster in the jungle when Charlie climbs tree. Eko is not frightened by it, rather it seems the smoke monster is frightened of him. It appears to read his memories, flashes, people's faces, whispers, then it disappears. From Lostpedia
18. Michael talks to Walt on the Swan's computer right before Jack walks in on him. From Lostpedia
19. Eko is loading the beachcraft with the statues and drugs, Yemi tries to stop him. The military comes in, Yemi is shot and put on the plane, Eko is left behind.
20. "Do not get on that plane, Eko. You saved my life once and now I'm here to save yours." Yemi "Save my life?" Eko "Look, if you get on this plane. If you do this..." Yemi "Do what, Yemi? Are you a prophet now?" Eko From Lostpedia
21. The same beachcraft is the one on the island. Eko finds Yemi's body, with his cross around Yemi's neck. He tells Charlie it's his brother. They burn the plane, he tells Charlie that he is a priest, gives him a statue to make up for the one that he broke.
22. Charlie and Eko recite the 23rd Psalm. From Lostpedia
23. Jin and Sun give Ana Lucia a fish, Hurley helps Libby with her tent, Jack gives Sawyer his medicine.
24. Claire kicks Charlie out, says he lied to her.
25. Charlie has a large stash of the Virgin Mary statues for himself.

Questions:

1. Why did the Monster decide to not attack Mr. Eko?
2. What are the flashes in the Monster when it hovers in front of Eko? Did it read his memories or thoughts?
3. Who was talking to Michael on the computer?
4. How did Eko know the Virgin Mary statues were the same ones that he was smuggling drugs with on the beachcraft?
5. Was Eko the one who was meant to crash on the island in the beachcraft? Is the island his destiny?
6. How did the Nigerian drug plane get to the South Pacific?
7. Did Yemi know the plane would crash on the island?
8. Is Charlie using drugs?

Favorites:

1. "Yeah, that must have been tough to live up to, right? The pressure of everyone saying, "Why can't you be more like your brother, Moses?" Claire
2. "Hey, Jin, do you like The Kinks?" Charlie
3. "Oh, thank you very much, Jin. I do have a beautiful voice, don't I?" Charlie
4. "Uh, I'm lost. It was dark. I was following Sayid. Right afterwards a big bag of rocks fell on my head so I'm sorry if I'm a bit spotty with the geography." Charlie
5. "You climb it. What if I don't? You going to beat me with your Jesus stick? I find it a little odd that your scripture stick has dried blood on it." Charlie

Notes:

1. The two brothers that play young Eko and young Yemi are actually brothers in real life.
2. From Lostpedia: Even though the line of the 23rd Psalm that Eko recites with Charlie is supposed to be "the valley of the shadow of death," both clearly say, "the shadow of the valley of death." When the writers created this scene, they made that mistake, but upon reflection believed that the error was appropriate as Eko was never a proper priest.
3. The first time we knew of Yemi was when Locke had a dream about the plane and Boone climbed up into it, discovering Yemi's body inside.
4. Mr. Eko comes face to face with the Smoke Monster and it did not harm him, just as John Locke did.
5. Charlie's story with his brother, Liam, parallels the story of Eko and his brother, Yemi.
6. This is where the Charlie and Claire story really starts to get annoying.
7. The whispers with Mr. Eko and the Smoke Monster, From Dark UFO: (Facing off with Mr. Eko) Who are you and why are you here? Report, report! Saw Charlie with him. There’s Charlie. Go to hell. Steadily. (Within the smoke) He’s trying here. Nothing yet. Now try him from here, okay. Those are the roles (or rules) you accept. Go to hell (said with Eko’s accent). Nine. Where? Seven.He’s hiding something. He’s hiding from me.