Reception
Response to O'Quinn's performance has been generally positive. His role as John Locke won the actor an Emmy Award in 2007. IGN named him as the #1 character from the first three seasons of Lost, and Entertainment Weekly called him the sixty-third greatest character of all time in a list about both television and film. Also, he was #1 on Television Without Pity's list of the show's "10 Best Backstories” as well. TV Guide ranked him the 32nd greatest television character ever, being the second of five Lost characters on the list.
The writing for Locke in "Through the Looking Glass" was criticized, and one IGN writer said that "it seems irrational that he would go and in the back without explaining himself." Although not responding to the IGN comment, series co-creator, Damon Lindelof, has stated, "we might be willing to give the benefit of the doubt for any action he took in response to, even if considered slightly 'out of character'."
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