Locke & Key: 7 Details Not To Forget Before Seeing The Second Season On Netflix

The first season of Locke & Key was released on Netflix on February 7, 2020. It has therefore been 20 months since that day and it is normal that not all the details of the first episodes can be remembered perfectly. The second season of the series conceived by Joe Hill is shortly before airing, which will be available on the red N platform from 22 October 2021. Here are 7 details to remember, useful to not feel displaced by the first episodes of Locke & Key 2:

Locke & Key: What Is An ECO

In Locke & Key an ECHO is the entity of a dead person who has been trapped in the House of the Well. These deceased are identical to how they were in life, so for better or for worse they mirror their ancient personality. ECOs cannot be killed.

The Rules Of The Casa Del Pozzo

The House of the Well traps an ECHO until it is voluntarily released by someone. To summon an ECHO you must go to the Well of the Locke house with the Echo key. In this way you can interact with the presence, but to really free it from allowing it to leave the House of the Well, you need to use a second key, that of All-Where. The ECHO cannot actually leave the door of the House of the Well, but the Everywhere key gives him access to any place he already knows.

The Triangle Lucas, Dodge, Gabe

One of the most important things to remember is what Lucas, Dodge and Gabe represent within the series. Lucas was a friend of Rendell or the dead father of the Lockes. As young Lucas, Rendell and other boys formed a close-knit group of friends, who discovered the existence of the magic keys and the portal inside the cave.

During their excursion, Lucas was hit by one of the magic bullets “fired” from the portal inside the cave. So a demon took possession of Lucas. To prevent the demon from making further victims, Rendell was forced to kill his friend.

The love of Lucas or Ellie has not resigned herself to the death of her boyfriend, so she thought she could bring him back with one of the magic keys. Ellie then used the ECO key to communicate with Lucas, but sadly she didn’t realize she brought back the demon who possessed him and not her beloved. This demon took the form of Dodge who then, at the beginning of the first season, tricked the little Bode Locke to be able to escape from the House of the Well.

At the end of the first season it is revealed that Dodge, thanks to the key changes face, has also impersonated the friend and schoolmate of Kinsey Locke Gabe. This will obviously have repercussions on the story of the second season.

Kinsey’s Fear

It is important to remember that in the first season, thanks to the Open Head key, Kinsey Locke got rid of all her fears. These were represented by a very creepy white-haired girl who, after the end of the first season, is still free.

The Disappearance of Ellie Whedon

Ellie Whedon was Lucas’s girlfriend and is the mom of Rufus (a friend of Bode’s). At the end of the first season it is revealed that Dodge has put in place a cunning plan to confuse the Lockes: he used the key change face to give Ellie her own face. In this way Dodge practically confused the boys who – thinking of defeating the ECHO – threw Ellie into the dimensional gap of the cave.

Erin Voss Aka The Last Keeper Of The Keys

Another character not to be forgotten is that of Erin Voss. In the first season, Erin is in a psychiatric institution as she no longer speaks and seems to have no memory of her past. Erin was part of Rendell’s group called the Keeper of the Keys and, after Ellie’s disappearance, she remains the last of the group. In the first season it is revealed that Erin had been Rendell’s girlfriend before he met Nina, while in the eighth episode it is revealed that Erin is in this state since she has been trapped in her own mind.

Who is Sam Lesser

Sam was a schoolmate of Tyler’s who had several behavioral problems. Tyler’s father Rendell tried to help but Sam was also approached by Dodge. The latter managed to leverage Sam’s weaknesses in order to sneak him into the Locke house in Seattle to search for the magic keys. On this occasion – shown in the flashback of episode 7 of the first season – Sam killed Rendell with a gunshot.

After being in prison for the crime he committed, Sam becomes an ally of Dodge. In the final act of the series dedicated to this character Dodge stabs Sam by stealing the Open Head key, Sam tries to escape but goes through the ghost door with the corresponding key in hand. The door is closed by the cops and Sam is forever a supernatural entity in the Locke cemetery.