Re: Do Ben Linus and John Locke Share a Father?

If they do share the same mother, they didn't get the same actress.

Last night's Emily doesn't have any previous Lost credits.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1555699/


On May 9, 12:41=A0pm, Jim Gysin <jimgy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 May 2008 08:46:08 -0700 (PDT), sol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > Hi Tim,
>
> > On May 9, 9:53=A0am, Tim <jmeth...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > > > I agree. =A0Ben and John had the same mother, and both were born
> > > > prematurely. =A0And she had definite (Biblical) names picked out
for=

> > > > each.
>
> > > So then, Locke's mother in a previous episode is not really his
mother=
..
> > > Was he set up by the guy who wanted his kidney to the extent that
even=

> > > the woman who was claiming to be his real mother wasn't?
>
> > I think she was part of the kidney con Cooper was running and not
> > really his biological mother.
>
> In that case, Locke's detective would have been in on the scam, since
> he verified the DNA match.
>
> > > Why then did she say he was concieved by immaculate conception or
> > > something along that line?
>
> > Well, Locke did find out she had mental problems. =A0He hired an
> > investigator to track her down, who returned with information about
> > his living father, and a medical record of his mother's psychiatric
> > problems.
>
> Exactly. =A0I'm reasonably convinced that Locke's parents are Emily and
> Cooper. =A0The whole "immaculate conception" thing was just Emily off
> her meds. =A0And twin studies have shown that schizophrenia does have a
> high level of genetic predisposition, so we should keep that in mind
> where Locke is concerned, too...
>
> --
> Jim Gysin
> Waukesha, WI