Let's keep our enthusiasm in check regarding The Richard Episode.

[blockaderunner]

If there is one thing that us fanboys excel at, it's getting insanely excited over things we know absolutely nothing about and then getting disappointed because said thing didn't live up to the unachievable expectations in out heads. There are way too many examples of this so I won't go into it. But I can say that the upcoming LOST episode highlighting Richard Alpert (Hence known in this thread as "The Richard Episode") is a perfect example.

Dispite all the theories floated around the 'net, we know absolutely nothing about Richard. But because of all the theories, most of us have this idea of what Richard is supposed to be and assume that TPTB will be on the exact same wavelength. That is not the case of course. Predictably, when The Richard Episode does air, there will be tons of fanboy griping over the fact that the answers regarding Richard didn't sync up with theirs, thus a feeling of betrayal will ensue.

Look, I hope to help our little corner of the 'net by asking you, my fellow BBSers, not to overhype The Richard Episode in your heads. Will it be intriguing? Most likely. Will it propel the story? Sure. But I'm not foolish to think that it will answer all the questions. Heck, Richard may end up being just as enigmatic, if not moreso, as he has always been by the end of the episode. I just don't want the people who have been lukewarm to this season to look towards the Richard Episode as the saving grace of the season and then get disappointed when it's revealed to be just another small tile in the huge mosaic known as LOST.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Richard! Richard! Richard! My life revolves around Richard!

..wait, which one is he again? Oh yeah - eyeliner guy! Yup, definitely a slave in ancient Egypt. Probably got buried as a human sacrifice in King Tut's tomb and instead of suffocating to death with the other slaves, managed to break out, wander around the desert a while, stumble across a polar bear skeleton and WHAMMO! Where the frak am I? It's...green! So very green! But why's it so smokey around here...?

Or, he could be the captain of that alien spaceship from the future that started all this shit.

 

[DonIago]

If The Richard Episode fails I will stop watching Lost. They have no right to rape my childhood that way.

 

[sidious618]

Richard is awesome so I can't see it dissapointing even if it's just him walking through the forest.

 

[DonIago]

Any word on whether the MiB gets an episode?

 

[sidious618]

Any word on whether the MiB gets an episode?

Spoiler: Answer

Yep, right near the end of the season.

 

[What's his face]

Where do you guys get this information? It's not on Lostpedia.

 

[Capn Flukie]

*whistles innocently*

 

[label]

Any word on whether the MiB gets an episode?

Spoiler: Answer

Yep, right near the end of the season.

Spoiler: Answer Clarification

Technically it's a not just his episode, it's also Jacobs and whatever third party is involved

 

[label]

Any word on whether the MiB gets an episode?

Spoiler: Answer

Yep, right near the end of the season.

Where do you guys get this information? It's not on Lostpedia.

Don't know about him, but you can be about as spoiled as you want here:

http://darkufo.blogspot.com/

Personally I really only read about the upcoming episode descriptions as I really don't want to be very spoiled at all so I know very little beyond the centricity of the episodes, but there's way more there in the spoilers section.

 

[D Man]

Those spoiler buttons are killing me...stop posting them!!!

After tonight's episode, I could see a Richard ep just being him looking at the camera saying "You wouldn't understand even if I told you" over and over for an hour...and it would still be awesome. I've been pretty much fully won over by these nutso writers, so here's hoping it all goes somewhere, or I'll probably jump out a window screaming "WHYYYYY...DID YOU DO THIS...TO MEEEEE?!?!?!?"

 

[DonIago]

^Well, that's one way to end up on the Island for sure...jump out the window and Jacob will be right there waiting for you!

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

we'll find out in 2 weeks!

 

[Hober Mallow]

If there is one thing that us fanboys excel at, it's getting insanely excited over things we know absolutely nothing about and then getting disappointed because said thing didn't live up to the unachievable expectations in out heads.

The episode better make my face melt like in Indiana Jones.

 

[Hober Mallow]

Those spoiler buttons are killing me...stop posting them!!!

After tonight's episode, I could see a Richard ep just being him looking at the camera saying "You wouldn't understand even if I told you" over and over for an hour...and it would still be awesome. I've been pretty much fully won over by these nutso writers, so here's hoping it all goes somewhere, or I'll probably jump out a window screaming "WHYYYYY...DID YOU DO THIS...TO MEEEEE?!?!?!?"

Or fall to our knees, bang on a hatch, screaming, "I did everything you wanted! I watched every episode! So why did you do this... TO ME?!"

 

[Seven of Five]

Richard is such a mysterious guy that if his episode ends up with more mystery, I'm totally fine with that. He just rocks!

I have a feeling that it will be interesting, to say the least.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Honestly, the same chance for disappointment could have happened with The Man Behind the Curtain and it turned out to be awesome. And Ben doesn't have the same amount of weird mystery that Richard has. I think it will probably be a cool episode.

 

[gh4chiefs]

But I'm not foolish to think that it will answer all the questions.

At this point, surely nobody is THAT "foolish."

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Those spoiler buttons are killing me...stop posting them!!!

They're pretty innocuous - just noting who's going to be featured in the episode - not telling us that, say, MiB is actually a deposed alien overlord who has been incarcerated on Earth as his jail to keep him far away from his home planet. "Going home" doesn't necessary mean anyplace on Earth, hah!

Waitaminute...what was all that stuff about Napoleon on Elba...is that some kind of clue???

I'm not clicking the link, tho. Must...be...strong...

But wouldn't it be cool if the aliens' natural forms were what we think of as "smoke"?

 

[Checkmate]

Spoiler: Smokey's Origins and Richard's Past

I just wanted to tease them a little more.