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

[Woulfe]

Ha! That post had (at least) 3 LOST references!

One doesn't get 40+ years of pop-culture stuck in the brain like I do and not pick up refs here & there that LOST tosses my way, sometimes being a pop-culture sponge helps for a show like this....
;-)
Atlantis / Lumuria / Quantum Mechanics / Egypt / The 1970's
It's like someone looked into my brain & made a show around what's contained in there, it's all jumbled up too, like all the 'Flashes' we've had over the years, even the 'sideways' ones.

 

[Trippy]

If I don't have an orgasm five times while watching this episode I'm boycotting the show.

You should be able to manage six

 

[DonIago]

(finishes watching episode)

I'll be in my bunk.

 

[sidious618]

If I don't have an orgasm five times while watching this episode I'm boycotting the show.

You should be able to manage six

I think I did! It was awesome.

 

[Brent]

I just wanted to say, I was more than impressed with this episode. It answered a lot more questions than I thought it would. I appreciated the entire Richard flashback format of the episode, and the completely Richard oriented aspect. Hurley even told Jack "this isn't about you" lol. I didn't think they would reveal so much about Richard either at first, but this episode answered everything about him and revealed so many more things too.

 

[auntiehill]

^ Yes, it sure did. I was completely engrossed.

A truly top-notch episode.

 

[gh4chiefs]

I just wanted to say, I was more than impressed with this episode. It answered a lot more questions than I thought it would. . . . I didn't think they would reveal so much about Richard either at first, but this episode answered everything about him and revealed so many more things too.

Ok, help me out. I'm asking a sincere question, I'm not trying argue with you or start a fight, so please understand where I'm coming. Outside of Richard's story, what was answered?

I'll give you that the "island is a cork to keep evil at bay" is answer we got and granted that's big. But from what I saw, everything else was more of a confirmation of what we already (thought we) knew. I'm just not seeing all these answers that people have alluded to.

 

[DonIago]

If nothing else, we know what happened to the statue, and we know the root of Jacob and MiB's dispute now.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Now we know:

-Why Jacob brings people to the island yet seems oddly passive in their struggles.

-More info on Jacob vs. MiB, though I think there's still more to come.

-How the statue got destroyed.

-How the Black Rock got to the island and so far inland (though that part wasn't much of a surprise.)

-How Ricardus became immortal (again, not a surprise but interesting detail for instance that immortality was his third wish, and mainly because of his fear that death means being consigned to hell).

-Presumably, how the Hanso's became involved in the whole island draaama.

-Who were the slaves in the Black Rock hold.

 

[coolghoul]

Now we know:

-Why Jacob brings people to the island yet seems oddly passive in their struggles.

-More info on Jacob vs. MiB, though I think there's still more to come.

-How the statue got destroyed.

-How the Black Rock got to the island and so far inland (though that part wasn't much of a surprise.)

-How Ricardus became immortal (again, not a surprise but interesting detail for instance that immortality was his third wish, and mainly because of his fear that death means being consigned to hell).

-Presumably, how the Hanso's became involved in the whole island draaama.

-Who were the slaves in the Black Rock hold.

But only the first two are burning questions-of-the-day kinda questions.

And the Hanso involvement wasn't really explained. It's just another one of those coincidence things. That the ancestor of the Dharma founder Alvar Hanso was a slave-ship trader who also foundered (and died) on the island.

 

[DevilEyes]

Now we know:

-Why Jacob brings people to the island yet seems oddly passive in their struggles.

-More info on Jacob vs. MiB, though I think there's still more to come.

-How the statue got destroyed.

-How the Black Rock got to the island and so far inland (though that part wasn't much of a surprise.)

-How Ricardus became immortal (again, not a surprise but interesting detail for instance that immortality was his third wish, and mainly because of his fear that death means being consigned to hell).

-Presumably, how the Hanso's became involved in the whole island draaama.

-Who were the slaves in the Black Rock hold.

But only the first two are burning questions-of-the-day kinda questions.

And the Hanso involvement wasn't really explained. It's just another one of those coincidence things. That the ancestor of the Dharma founder Alvar Hanso was a slave-ship trader who also foundered (and died) on the island.

Hardly a coincidence. More like, the reason Alvar Hanso knew about the Island in the first place (though I think that one was known long time ago, at least to those who follow the Expanded Universe).

Then what are those other "burning questions of the day" that you want answered? Judging by this forum, it seems like Jacob/MIB is the only "burning" question. Nevermind that "what's up with the statue" and "why doesn't Richard age" have been the questions that everyone has been asking for ages.

I guess this just proves it's impossible to please people. Even if they gave us an episode where nobody was doing anything but answering every single question anyone could have for 45 minutes, there would still be someone who'd complain that they haven't answered anything.

 

[MikeS]

How does a wooden sailing ship destroy a statue and how did it end up so far inland? Why in "The Incident" did we see the Black Rock sailing to the island on calm waters when in this episode we see it came in a storm? Not being picky, I really enjoyed this episode, it answered, or at least confirmed the answers to alot of questions, but I must have missed the ones to the questions I mention.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The storm probably came suddenly because of Jacob. It looked like a giant tidal wave that lifted the ship. I would have issues with a ship surviving intact and no one dying on it if the first episode didn't have a plane break apart in the air and over 50 people (who must have fallen out of the plane before it landed) surviving. Clearly, when it comes to bringing people to the island, the laws of physics aren't strictly enforced.

 

[DonIago]

How does a wooden sailing ship destroy a statue and how did it end up so far inland? Why in "The Incident" did we see the Black Rock sailing to the island on calm waters when in this episode we see it came in a storm? Not being picky, I really enjoyed this episode, it answered, or at least confirmed the answers to alot of questions, but I must have missed the ones to the questions I mention.

We don't know what the statue was made of or whether it was solid or hollow. Given that the ship seems to have been brought to the island by paranormal means, it's safe to assume that the laws of physics may not strictly apply in any case.

Why are you assuming that the ship seen in "The Incident" was the Black Rock, or that the weather couldn't have changed between the time shown in "The Incident" and the time the ship makes landfall?

Food for thought.

 

[Agent Richard07]

Given that the ship seems to have been brought to the island by paranormal means, it's safe to assume that the laws of physics may not strictly apply in any case.

One good explanation is that the ship, which contains metal parts and fixtures, was pulled inland towards the magnetic field. What I didn't get though was why the waves were so high, almost to the head of the statue.

 

[MikeS]

it's safe to assume that the laws of physics may not strictly apply in any case.

Why are you assuming that the ship seen in "The Incident" was the Black Rock

I can go with these.

 

[DonIago]

Happy to help.
In reference to all other questions - Jacob did it!

 

[Woulfe]

Happy to help.
In reference to all other questions - Jacob did it!

Nope, THE ISLAND did it ;-)

- W -
* Who supports a pocket 'verse theory for LOST *

 

[RobertScorpio]

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

^^ And it didn't..I thought it was great..

Rob

 

[Temis the Vorta]

But only the first two are burning questions-of-the-day kinda questions.

I wanted to know about the statue and the Black Rock. I don't really separate the big questions from the small, at least the small questions that interest me.

It looked like a giant tidal wave that lifted the ship. I would have issues with a ship surviving intact and no one dying on it if the first episode didn't have a plane break apart in the air and over 50 people

Yeah I think the 50-ft tsunami is what destroyed the statue. It should have done a lot more damage to the ship and the people on it, not to mention wiping out the jungle a lot more than was shown.