 In " The 23rd Psalm " , Eko discovers a Virgin Mary statue in Charlie Pace 's ( Dominic Monaghan ) possession and he demands to be taken to the Beechcraft where it came from , knowing his brother 's body is there . Eko and Charlie decide to burn the plane along with all the heroin @-@ filled statues . On his fiftieth day on the island , Eko baptizes baby Aaron and his mother Claire Littleton ( Emilie De Ravin ) . As he discovers the survivors hold one of the others named " Henry Gale " ( Michael Emerson ) captured in the Swan hatch , he requests to speak him . Eko confesses to him about killing two people on the first night of the crash and expresses his condolences before leaving . Following his confession , Eko starts building a church down the beach with Charlie 's help . However , after Ana Lucia Cortez ( Michelle Rodriguez ) and Yemi tell him to help Locke in a dream in " ? " , Eko abandons the church and ventures into the jungle with Locke , claiming to hunt down the escaped " Henry Gale " . Eko manages to coax Locke into taking him to the " ? " he drew on a map , resulting in the discovery of the Pearl station . After watching the station 's orientation video , Eko vows to continue pushing the button in the hatch , despite Locke 's protests . In the season 2 finale " Live Together , Die Alone " , Locke and Desmond Hume ( Henry Ian Cusick ) initiate a lockdown and lock Eko out of the computer room . Desperate not to let the timer run out , Eko goes to the stash of dynamite from the Black Rock , a ship which wrecked on the island before the plane . Eko 's attempt to blow open the blast door has no effect except to knock him unconscious , and he is thus unable to prevent the timer 's reaching zero . As a result , the station implodes . 
