6x09 "Ab Aeterno" Flashback
At long last we finally get Richard Alpert's story. I've been waiting for this episode for a very long time.
1. Canary Islands, 1867. Richard is 240 years old!
2. His sick wife Isabelle gave him her cross before he went to the doctor.
3. Ah 1860's healthcare. When the doctors had the attitudes of insurance companies.
4. In his rage, Richard accidently killed the doctor. That bottle of sand in his hand is a bottle he showed young Locke in his test in "Cabin Fever."
5. And sadly, Richard couldn't make it back to Isabella in time.
6. Ah the corrupt practices of Catholic priests. Refusing to absolve one of their sin right before his execution.
7. Richard had been teaching himself and his wife English in the hopes of making a trip to the New World.
8. Richard was drafted into slave labor on the Black Rock, under the command of Magnus Hanso.
9. When the Black Rock came to the Island, it rode a wave so high it crashed through the statue. It must have been a tidal wave.
10. The officers of the Black Rock chose to kill the slaves in order to preserve their supplies. Ouch.
11. The Monster stepped in at the exact moment and wound up saving Richard's life. It scanned his mind the same way it did Eko, and used it to conjure up the image of Isabelle.
12. Using the lie that the Island is hell, the man in black convinces Richard that Jacob is the Devil. His claim that he must kill Jacob before he can speak sounds like Dogen's claim that Sayid must kill UnLocke before he can speak.
13. Man in Black also claims that Jacob took his body. Does that mean their true forms switched at some point?
14. Jacob seems to recognize the knife that Richard was given.
15. Why did Jacob resist when Richard tried to kill him but roll over when Ben came to kill him at the end of last season?
16. According to Jacob, the Island is a Pandora's Box of sorts. But if that's the case, the fact still remains that the Man in Black (assuming he's telling the truth) was human at one time.
17. Jacob brings people to try and prove that humans aren't corrupted. People truly get a new life on the Island.
18. However, Jacob doesn't want to interact with the people he brings because they must make the right choice themselves.
19. Jacob offered Richard the job of being his representative. The pay: immortality. However Jacob could not offer absolution for Richard's past sins, which leads me to believe that he is NOT God.
20. Richard was sent to deliver a white stone to the Man in Black, and he in turn was given Isabella's cross.
1. Canary Islands, 1867. Richard is 240 years old!
2. His sick wife Isabelle gave him her cross before he went to the doctor.
3. Ah 1860's healthcare. When the doctors had the attitudes of insurance companies.
4. In his rage, Richard accidently killed the doctor. That bottle of sand in his hand is a bottle he showed young Locke in his test in "Cabin Fever."
5. And sadly, Richard couldn't make it back to Isabella in time.
6. Ah the corrupt practices of Catholic priests. Refusing to absolve one of their sin right before his execution.
7. Richard had been teaching himself and his wife English in the hopes of making a trip to the New World.
8. Richard was drafted into slave labor on the Black Rock, under the command of Magnus Hanso.
9. When the Black Rock came to the Island, it rode a wave so high it crashed through the statue. It must have been a tidal wave.
10. The officers of the Black Rock chose to kill the slaves in order to preserve their supplies. Ouch.
11. The Monster stepped in at the exact moment and wound up saving Richard's life. It scanned his mind the same way it did Eko, and used it to conjure up the image of Isabelle.
12. Using the lie that the Island is hell, the man in black convinces Richard that Jacob is the Devil. His claim that he must kill Jacob before he can speak sounds like Dogen's claim that Sayid must kill UnLocke before he can speak.
13. Man in Black also claims that Jacob took his body. Does that mean their true forms switched at some point?
14. Jacob seems to recognize the knife that Richard was given.
15. Why did Jacob resist when Richard tried to kill him but roll over when Ben came to kill him at the end of last season?
16. According to Jacob, the Island is a Pandora's Box of sorts. But if that's the case, the fact still remains that the Man in Black (assuming he's telling the truth) was human at one time.
17. Jacob brings people to try and prove that humans aren't corrupted. People truly get a new life on the Island.
18. However, Jacob doesn't want to interact with the people he brings because they must make the right choice themselves.
19. Jacob offered Richard the job of being his representative. The pay: immortality. However Jacob could not offer absolution for Richard's past sins, which leads me to believe that he is NOT God.
20. Richard was sent to deliver a white stone to the Man in Black, and he in turn was given Isabella's cross.
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