LOST Revisited: Pre-Game for “Dr. Linus”

So let’s say that I haven’t gone off the reservation, and Timeline X comes from Smokey. He’s giving the candidates what they want most, but only what they want most. Locke doesn’t have a perfect life over there. He’s still at the box company, and he’s still in the wheelchair. But he never lost Helen, and he has a father who loves him.