I read that the cave scenes are shot in a soundstage in Hawaii. Will the wreckage on the beach be moved there as well in time? I lived in Hawaii many years & can not see them letting the mangled fuselage be left on the beach for any extended period of time.

Oh, & did the writers intend for Locke to become such a huge sex symbol?

I adore this show & you guys do an awesome job.

the valley - as we like to call it (because while it has caves, it also is an open area between rock faces with a tree canopy) - occupies most of the interior of what was once a xerox factory.* at the time lost got established in oahu there were already several shows filming there, the soundstage space was short and this was the best space to suit our needs.

the wreckage of the plane slowly being washed away by rising seasonal tides will be one of many issues explored in future episodes: in general our castaways have proven very adept at stripping what they need out of the fuselage - so i am sure that if and when it finally gets washed off it won't be a great loss...

...or will it?

did we intend for locke to become such a sex symbol?* frankly, we intended to make an historical change in the fame-arc of most tv shows and turn the writing staff into the sex symbols... but alas we were foiled again.

in all seriousness, terry o'quinn is a tremendously magnetic actor who brings great strength and authority to everything he does, so while we didn't sit around saying "let's make locke a sex symbol" it was pretty clear to all of us from the beginning that the self-assuredness of his interpretation would make locke a popular character.