About Mr. Eko

The Actor: Adewale Akkinoyue Agbaje

Flashback Episodes: "The 23rd Psalm", "?", "The Cost of Living"


Introduction: Eko Tunde (also known as Mr. Eko) was a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815. He was a notorious war lord and drug smuggler in Nigeria before his brother Yemi's death. To get out of the country he hastily posed as a priest, but after Yemi's death, he seemed to take his role more seriousily. Eko was on the island for 72 days, before he was killed by the Monster.

Hails from: Nigeria

Plane Section: Tail

Who he was before: Thug/Drug Dealer-turned-priest-turned murderer

Who he is now: Deeply religious Tailie, church builder, island muscle, new button-pusher/faith believer, another sacrifice the island demanded

Why he was in Australia: Eko was sent by his parish to investigate a miracle that took place in Australia.

Family issues: His drug-running resulted in the death of his brother, a priest, whose place he took in the ensuing confusion.

Big secret: Saw the Monster along with Charlie (In the form of Black Smoke). No one knows about his past criminal history.

He might know of Michael's actions (towards Ana Lucia and Libby) by a parable he told him.

Status: Dead. Buried by Locke.

How did he die: The monster had killed him ( black smoke)

Adventures on the Island
Mr. Eko lands on the north of the Island, along with the rest of the Tailies, and is responsible for taking care of the dead bodies and the kids. The first night the Others try to take him along with three men, but he kills two of them. Since this moment, he won't speak for another 40 days, in which he tells Ana Lucia it was because he was paying for his sin. When the rest of the Tailies find the Arrow station, he finds the Bible. When they find the survivors of the raft, Jin, Michael and Sawyer, he beats them to trap them, later to apologize by the misunderstanding. Eko tries to help Sawyer and his wound, delivering him to the camp during the collision of groups. He shows Locke the missing parts of the Dharma tape hidden in the Bible, and watches it along with him. He exposes Charlie's secret of heroin to Claire, and it's shown how the Beech-craft in which Boone died was carrying his brother. During his trip to it with Charlie, he's faced with the Black Smoke, not fearing it, and it downloads Eko's memory. He then burns the plane and his brother's body. Eko is one of the first to know about Henry Gale (Benjamin Linus), and apologizes to him for the death of the two Others. He starts to build a church along with Charlie, stating that there are different ways of being saved. After Ana Lucia's and Libby's deaths, Ana appears along with Yemi (his brother) in a dream, telling him that he must help John find his way, taking him to the Question Mark. Forcing John to go to it, they find the Pearl Station, in which it's said that the button in the Swan isn't more than an experiment. Although John refuses to believe it anymore and decides to stop pushing it, Eko takes his place. On the season finale, sixty-five days after the crash, he's locked out of the Swan by Locke and Desmond, and tries to blow it with dynamite and Charlie's help - useless against blast doors. Finally, he's caught on the hatch's implosion.

After the implosion of the Swan station, Eko gets lost in the jungle, and is dragged by a polar bear into it's cave, later to be rescued by John. In an unconscious state, he tells him that he's a hunter, and he'll find the captured survivors. Two days later, Yemi appears in his tent, telling Eko that he must confess his sins, that it's time to be judged, and he burns the tent. Eko disappears into the jungle, and the demons from his past follow him through the jungle, and the Black Smoke approaches him, until John arrives. Eko doesn't find Yemi on the small airplane, and waits while Locke ventures into the Pearl station. Yemi then appears and leads him to a valley, in which he asks for confession, but Eko doesn't ask for forgiveness. He didn't sin; he only did what he needed to survive on his life. The figure tells him that he isn't his brother, and after going in the jungle, the Black Smoke takes him and kills him violently. Eko's supposed lasts words to John were "We're next". After listening closely, though, Eko actually said "I saw the devil.".He was buried by Locke, Sayid, Desmond, Nikki and Paulo, with his Jesus Stick on top. John says he died for a reason, and thanks him for helping him find his way, just before he finds his further instructions written on Eko's stick- "LIFT UP YOUR EYES AND LOOK NORTH" JOHN.

Eko always carried a 'Jesus Stick' in which he carved Scriptures and things he needed to remember; he also used it to protect himself.

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