Evening Reading: I Don't Care About 3D

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  Richard time! : CaptainDawg
  • Think it was on a podcast, they interviewed Nestor... He's says this is his favorite episode so far, not... : BioSector
• Won't be able to join the real time posting though... Gotta watch after the kids are in bed. Nice to be... : BioSector
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  Watching last weeks episode now.. Something bugging me. If Sawyer is a cop, why did he not do something ... : BioSector
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    Also, Chip sure has gained weight since his Kate & Allie days... Yes, I watched Kate & Allie, wanna fi... : BioSector
    • hah yeah. I was like "omg here comes Chip!" : bozer
    • Oh, that's who that is. He's been in a few commercials and I haven't been able to place where I saw him. : .sticks.
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    He couldn't get involved because he didn't want to be found in the international terminal of LAX. He lie... : kek
    • Ahhh.. Good call. : BioSector
    • yeah this : derelict515
  • He's a shitty cop. : WhatIsThisFor
• Theirs people with video cameras all over the island! : Ziz
• Sigh, damn kids. Hour to go for me, enjoy all! : BioSector
• OH DAMNNNNNNNNNN : iwonthelottery
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  Anyone else notice the Quake symbol/shadow in Ricardo's Cabin?. JOHN ROMERO IS THE SMOKE MONSTER : liqker
  • John Locke is going to make you his bitch : gmd
  • Yes! Then I felt old. : El Guapo
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  looks like Richard is under Obama's new health care plan : cap n KRUNCH
  • wouldn't it be the old one...? that looked way too constitutional to me : nevlos
  • hahah : WhatIsThisFor
  • actually the contrary : ErneX
• Damn, that priest was a dick. : Talonus.
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  I knew it... He came to the island on The Black Rock. : Shadowdane
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    I thought pretty much everyone figured this by now. : Evil Benius
    • Haha yeah : opengl128
    • This was the only theory i came up with; i predicted it back in season 3 and was right! : stophelping37
  • I thought this was kind of common knowledge or guesswork : Durajim
  • You should be captain of the black rock.....captain obvious olololol : maulla
  • lol : ThomW
• So the black rock rode a 250 foot wave into the head of the island statue? Totally gnarly. : silent prophet
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  Who's this guy? : nevlos
  • Ohhhh : nevlos
  • Esau : WhatIsThisFor
• Mannnnnnnnn : opengl128
• sucks hearing all those spanish guys (canary island) with mexican accents FFS : ErneX
• This is all very familiar : maulla
• I jumped. : nodge69
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  this episode is not living up to my expectations :( : ErneX
  • I kind of agree :/ the pace is really slow and we already know too much about the conflicts involved to b... : skizl
• You assholes better be on your spoiler tag game for us West Coast folks, I am so pumped for this ep. : MaxPete82
• On the Season 5 extras I found out that they actually put makeup on Nestor Carbonell to try and conceal h... : invisible_kid
• http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31450/Pictures/1269387037020.jpg Season 6 spoilers: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3... : Sailor of Fortune
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  A required episode, but ultimately boring :( : Durajim
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    it was awful, I'd even say it's the worst so far of this season : ErneX
    • You must be forgetting the Kate episode that followed the season premiere. : pigvomit
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    Tonight was awesome, don't know what you fools are talking about. : mechanicalgrape
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      Yeah wtf show were you guys watching? : tfsbrian
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        Spanish soap opera : Lionhart32935
        • I kept on wishing Conando would show up to make it not suck. : getfrisky
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      Yea that was the best episode in a long time, wtf people : stonedonkey
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        nothing new at all was revealed, nothing! and for me it was awful to see spaniards speaking as mexicans o... : ErneX
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          Nothing new? Are you fucking blind, dude? Jesus... : K1Bond007
          • there's one in every LOST thread. No matter what people see, if they don't get the big questions answered... : grifter
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          It explained why Jacob and the man in black interact with the people on the island aside from the MIB jus : Mecha Tofu Pirate
          • it also explained that the island is a DANGER ZONE!!!!] : spiderfill
          • I kinda inferred that from previous eps he's been saying that he wants to leave the island in this season : ErneX
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            all that stuff was in past episodes if you paid attention. this was like an underline it on a chalkboard ... : thebigbeefsandwich
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              the island is a cork keeping badness from escaping. is the badness the energy? smokey himself? some other : spiderfill
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                my question is: did the badness escape in the alternate timeline, or what? : dirge23
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                  the cork analogy implies that the island sunk and sealed it in but who knows : spiderfill
                  • corks do not work that way : dirge23
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          Why do things have to e revealed for it to e good drama? Are you that short of attention that you need so... : invisible_kid
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            "the plot" isn't some single thing they can just resolve in the finale. They've layered on the stuff tha... : DinK
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              I thought the delving into Richard and the last scene with Hurley was brilliant. If Lost was only moments... : invisible_kid
              • I'm glad you mentioned that because I thought that scene was awesome for the explanation-seeking crowd to : DinK
    • Really. It fleshed out a character people had been questioning and provided a couple answers on what dest : Talonus.
    • I agree, that was the best episode of the season. Well written dialogue. : oO SilentK Oo
  • I thought it was awesome. Like a little movie. : bozer
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    Ps. I didn't say it was bad, just boring. : Durajim
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      there were a bunch of murders and a shipwreck, i dunno what you're looking for : dirge23
      • Meh, it just didn't capture my attention - It was a good episode, I just didn't find myself that interest... : Durajim
• Not very exciting. And next week is Jin and Sun. Yawn. : nodge69
• T-Pain was Captain Magnus! : iwonthelottery
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  Well I thought that was actually a really good episode. Carbonell did a great job. : K1Bond007
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    i wanted him to be more important to the show. hes a nobody : spiderfill
    • Well, Hurley said that he had to save the world from the man in black...so we will just have to see how m : CaptainDawg
  • Definitely. He has some acting chops and he showed them. I love it. : invisible_kid
• I thought this was a great episode. In my top 5 for suer. : WhatIsThisFor
• Great episode. Glad we're getting into the meat of the show, even if it's not the direction I would have ... : ventro
• What an awesome episode. Not a lot of action but SO MUUUUUUUUCH MMMMMMMM : Bamtan
• AWESOME episode. Pretty much everything I was hoping for from the Richard story. : grifter
• richard episodes are the best!!! : feek
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  The people who are hating on this episode are mildly retarded. That was absolutely fantastic...one of the... : wretchedradio
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    Agreed, it was the best episode since The Constant, barring the premieres and finales. : Bamtan
    • Agreed. : WhatIsThisFor
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      The Constant had a massive build up of a storyline to go off. this just took a bunch of scraps about Rich... : thebigbeefsandwich
      • sucks for you bro : Bamtan
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    I like the show a lot, this episode not really much, if that's being retarded so be it, but are you one o... : ErneX
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      I'm going to have to agree on the mildly retarded comment. this episode was one of the best of the series... : grifter
      • haha perfect : ErneX
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        It's amazing how we've gone from caring about hunting boar and finding inhalers to worrying about the fat... : Bamtan
        • this is exactly what I was thinking too. The show has come so far and has become so much more than anyone... : wretchedradio
    • If you're only watching the show for explanations, you're watching the wrong show. : WhatIsThisFor
  • Agreed. It was just a very deep and satisfying episode for one of the most mysterious characters on this... : CaptainDawg
  • haha yeah really. : ThomW
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  is the deal maybe that the man in black assumed he'd be able to take richard's wife's form whenever richa : dirge23
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    I was thinking this as well... Ricardo got played earlier : CaptainDawg
    • well yeah, we can look back at a whole bunch of people who apparently got played that way. ben, eko, clai : dirge23
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    But the man in black took the form of Ben's daughter last episode, and this was after he took on the form : WhatIsThisFor
    • Last season rather : WhatIsThisFor
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      but that was before jacob died which is probably where he got "stuck" : dirge23
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        How do you figure? : WhatIsThisFor
        • because illyana essentially said that. : grifter
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        Agreed. After Jacob was killed, he now takes the form of Locke and only Locke. Before he had the flexib : CaptainDawg
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          So what the hell is the deal with Sayid? : bozer
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            he's just gone over to the dark side : dirge23
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              Makes no sense though. Dont want to post the spoiler since I dont have the tags script installed (why isn... : bozer
              • did you pay any attention to the first 5 episodes? : grifter
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                Did you watch the start of the season? They showed what happened to him. He was shot by Ben's Dad in the : Bamtan
                • I just don't get how he can come back to life. Like how they will explain that one I guess. I get smokey : bozer
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      It's assumed that killing Jacob locked him into Locke's form. : Bamtan
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        I don't know why this makes sense. : WhatIsThisFor
        • it doesn't really, but like many things a character said it was true so it's probably true : dirge23
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        I disagree with this. He's not stuck, he just uses Locke's form because it aids him in achieving his goal : K1Bond007
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          No, Ylana in one episode of this season clearly states that at the moment smokey can't adopt another dead : ErneX
          • Actually, I think you're right. I do recall that. : K1Bond007
        • well yeah, in meta terms it's just all about terry o'quinn being awesome : dirge23
        • and everyone already knows that what's in Locke isn't Locke, he only used that to trick Ben Linus, from t : ErneX
        • What Ilana said already proves my point. He's stuck. : Bamtan
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      Ylana (sp?) said that he's now trapped in Locke's body and can't shapeshift anymore : ErneX
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        I must have missed that. : WhatIsThisFor
        • It was during The Substitute, after they buried Locke's body. : Xevo
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    No, I think the "deal" is that Richard would join MiB and help escape the island - and in doing so he'd s : oO SilentK Oo
    • As in, see her in hell or whatever is unleashed by popping the wine cork that is the island. : oO SilentK Oo
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    No. The man in black can't bring his wife back (I believe this because Jacob couldn't do it. Jacob is all : K1Bond007
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      well then why didn't he show up to take up richard on his offer at the end? : dirge23
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        He was, but Hurley beat him. How else could it have played out? Smokey can't kill a candidate. What was h : K1Bond007
        • heh well he wouldn't necessarily have had to kill him. but it may just be that hurley beat him there. : dirge23
• I thought it was a pretty weak episode. meh. : Ellissd
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  also, what jacob says tonight suggests he's looking for a good person to take his place, somebody who wil : dirge23
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    Well this series has driven down the idea that Hurley isn't a leader - there was an episode all about how : K1Bond007
    • honestly Jacob isn't much of a leader either. he doesn't really seem to "lead" like smokey, like a genera : dirge23
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    Considering that, I only see Hurley as a possible candidate : Durajim
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      why do you think it disqualifies Jack? i think Jack has always tried to do the right thing, even if he's : dirge23
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        I think that's why he won't make the cut - his heart is in the right place but he doesn't follow it enoug : Durajim
        • it's a fair point. on the other hand, hurley is only effective when he has ghosts around to help. jack ca : dirge23
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      Jack has based his entire life on doing the right thing and saving others. How can he be eliminated based... : invisible_kid
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        he's also fallen into error more times over the course of the show. jacob said something like "once they : dirge23
        • This : Durajim
        • I guess I just want it to be Jack so badly and don't see any way around it because I want to see the leap... : invisible_kid
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        Because, and I'll get eaten for this, but - Over the course of the entire show Jack and Locke practically... : Durajim
        • yeah. that's what was so brilliant with the episode where Jack is convincing Richard to not kill himself. : wtf242
  • I wouldn't discount Sawyer being the one to come through in the end. He's a jackass, sure, but he's the o : BlackCat9
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  was there all kinds of focus issues in tonight episode, I got nauseated every time the camera switched it... : supermonkeyballz
  • I didn't notice any focus issues, but the colors were out of whack for me. Any dark browns had a purplish... : ventro
• WTF!!?? I wanted my Richard to be a swashbuckling pirate who loved numbers and created the island with hi : .sticks.
• Great episode : Patch-e
• Fantastic episode. Great to see Richard's back story fleshed out. : Fred Garvin
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  1st part was OK, but I personally couldn't get into the [o]love storo], but once it got back to the islan... : lpearl
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    tag fail... this board needs an edit button. : lpearl
    • no! not having edit is one of the things that makes the shack awesome : ErneX
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  I wonder how close they're going to get to the overall plot of King's The Stand http://en.wikipedia.org/... : lpearl
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    the Dark Tower influences have been obvious for a long time, i think : dirge23
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      Influences, yes. But did you read about the name the man in black takes at the end of the uncut version? ... : lpearl
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        eh, piggybacking onto some other writer's work with an eleventh hour tie-in would just feel cheap and gra... : dirge23
        • they've said for years that stephen king is the biggest influence to the show. if anything it's a tip of ... : grifter
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  I loved it! The stuff at the end with Richard, Isabella and Hurley was very touching The exchanges betw : BioSector
  • yeah reminded me of exchange between Desmond and Penny in the Constant episode. : Flynn
  • wouldn't it be neat if Richard closed his eyes and was imagining his wife give him this huge kiss...then : gyokuro
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  The worst part was a wooden ship breaking a solid stone statue and still being somewhat intact : gmd
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    It was a pretty old statue, perhaps it was structurally weak. I hope they reveal the answer to this befor : Bamtan
    • They just did. It was a hell of a wave. : lpearl
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  i liked the episode but it seemed somewhat cheesy.. maybe just the acting... kind of subpar. : wtf242
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    i thought nestor carbonell's acting was phenomenal, carried the whole episode

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    i thought nestor carbonell's acting was phenomenal, carried the whole episode : dirge23
    • I thought so too. : WhatIsThisFor
    • yep : pigvomit
    • Word. wtf, wtf242? : invisible_kid
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      he was good but everyone else sucked : wtf242
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        i thought we got to see a more interesting side of jacob than his usual ghost-of-obi-wan-kenobi mode : dirge23
        • yeah definitely : wtf242
    • i had to imdb him to see if he was spanish : Metatron85
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  Is this the first episode that really has nailed down most of the mysteries? Per the wine bottle anol : Masem
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    we don't really know that the MIB is free in the other timeline, but that is an intriguing possibility. e : dirge23
    • the MIB would have been technically freed for several decades, it may be simply biding its time. It's th : Masem
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      It would be amazing if we started to see MiB popping up off-island in the alternate timeline and absolute : notd665
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        maybe he's the president : dirge23
        • http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs036.snc3/12414_104641362900335_100000634153914_102633_3955... : Dimmona
  • i don't think it was half as good as the Constant which is like the best hour tv show i've ever seen. I t... : wtf242
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    why cant MiB leave right now given that jacob and dogen died? is the evil directly MIB or the energy or s : spiderfill
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      Isn't the whole point right now that "Locke" (MiB) IS trying to get off the island? : notd665
      • yeah, but what's actually stopping him now? : dirge23
      • i just figured he'd fly on out as smoke. i guess he has to ride some vehicle like normal people (lame) : spiderfill
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      I think he just needs a ride. : WhatIsThisFor
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        couldnt he just smoke his ass off the island at the right coords? the fucker can fly already! : supermonkeyballz
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          Maybe he can only do that on the island. : WhatIsThisFor
          • this show has a lot of odd rules : spiderfill
    • Because there are still candidates who could take his place. I don't think it's just that Jacob was keepi : BlackCat9
  • I like what you say with the breaking the bottle and is a way around the cork. the island was underwater : supermonkeyballz
• Acting was great in that episode. Really enjoyed it. : wykd
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  Awesome episode. I read the comments before and thought it was going to be bad. Not sure wtf is wrong w... : devi| dog
  • internet : kelerian
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  This season needs more Desmond. I hope he's in it at some point. I don't see how he can't be : wtf242
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    Week after next - supposedly : K1Bond007
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      maybe he's the "thing" that's in the locked room in the sub... there was an episode where someone said "t : wtf242
      • Oh snap. : WhatIsThisFor
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  Don't get the hate. Top five episodes of all time for me. Easily. : notd665
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    i think its a big disservice to the entire series that within one short little line oh BTW we are in Hell : gyokuro
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      But that wasn't the truth, that's the point. Richard was regressing due to his crisis of faith, and went... : brickmatt
      • ^^^was not literal : brewsterdog
      • in fact the creators have said in interviews that losties are not dead, they are not in hell, purgatory, : smax
• spoiler Jacob is a prick. I think i'd help kill him. : gyokuro
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  I went to refresh myself on some topics on Lostpedia and found something that just completely blows my mi : BlackCat9
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    what? you need some sleep... that issue came out after the end of last season... May 2009. : Xevo
    • the article the first answer applied to was from 2003. Unless they just happened to find an article about... : derelict515
• Best episode in this slow ass season. : Cashh
• Really dug the whole Book of Job vibe the show put out tonight. And not just with Richard but with reall : brickmatt
• Favorite episode of the season so far. : brewsterdog
• OMGOW3 : fsck
• All will be revealed: It was just Riker in the holodeck all this time. : MeenMunky
• it was a good episode but somewhat disappointing. i guess because all the things 'revealed' were things : smax
• So that is why the island can move around it is made from cork : Crimsonbeak