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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
"Lost" spoiler discussion:

I still wonder what the fuck was up with the phone call he received at work (the one that sounded like he was an operative or something).

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My $0.02:

It's clear that Locke has a rich fantasy life that involves playing military-based role-playing games (and also believing phone-sex girls are his girlfriend). I believe the phone call was from a friend/co-worker who was also into role-playing. Locke and the friend were merely "in character" during that phone call, and could have simply been psyching each other up for their big battle during lunch hour. His superviser is aware of Locke's role-playing and derisively calls him "colonel" as he walks by.

I took the whole thing as emphasizing the contrast between who Locke acutally is, and who he wants to be. On the island, it seems he has a chance to actually be the tough-guy character he was pretending to be. He's a possibly psychotic Walter Mitty.