All hail the return of Richard Alpert!!!! Huzzzah! YES!!! What's funny about this episode is that on my way home with Dad (before seeing the episode), we discussed Claire disappearing, and Dad had a really good theory. His theory was that Claire had died in the explosion, but she was in one of those solid ghost forms, an idea supported by Chistian Shepard, Dave, Charlie, Yemi, Libby, Boone, and Ben's mother. So she seems to be a ghost, and that's why Miles keeps on offering to help with her or Aaron, and why he didn't say anything when she walked off. Seeing her in the cabin with Christian (her dad) seems to have confirmed that idea.
Favorite moments of this week's episode:
*The return of Richard Alpert!!! YES!!!!
*John choosing the knife. (which seems to foreshadow his role of a hunter on the island)
*Seeing the drawing of the Smoke Monster that John made as a kid
*Seeing my prediction be correct (that this week would be a Locke centered episode)
*John's encounter with Christian and Claire in the cabin.
*Hurley splitting his Apollo bar with Ben
*My long-term theory of the island being on a turtle getting somewhat acknowledged with Locke being told that they needed to move the island. (anybody remember that idea in Alladin King of Thieves? ha ha..)
This week's featured character: John Locke
The Island has been calling to John ever since he was born. We saw Richard Alpert looking at him as a baby, he drew a picture of the Smoke Monster, Richard was on the verge of taking him, then Mittelos BioScience reached out to him. And now, John has finally been answered on what to do. Moving the island? How??? What in the world is going on?! And it seems to me that Locke has replaced Ben's position on the Island as Supreme Protector. With Ben's comment of how he used to have dreams, I think that John's dreams indicate that he is now Jacob's top man..besides Richard Alpert. I think Richard is off doing something interesting right now. Which brings me to...
Other featured character: Richard Alpert
Richard Alpert is still ageless man. And he looks cool in all the different ageless times we see him. Richard is the only known member of the Others that was also a member of the Hostiles. (according to the mythology, the Hostiles were the ones that wiped out the Dharma Initiative, and after that, they were known as the Others.) The big question is, why did Ben become the leader even when Richard had been around for much longer? And why is it exactly that he is ageless? Was he born on the island? If so, is that why he is ageless? If that is so, will Aaron grow up to be ageless?
So many questions........and speaking of that, it's obvious now that Keamy is a complete and total villain. Gault seemed to be bad at first, but now I think he was one of the better people.
About the Ray dying after they found his body: this supports Dad's theory that the island has something to do with a disruption in time. His theory was that the Swan station was doing something to make the island time catch up with real time, and now that it's gone, all these weird things to do with time are going on. I'm starting to agree with Dad on alot of his theories...
Trailer for next week:
1 musings:
Haven't I been saying all along that it was about time travel? Maybe Richard never ages because he just hops around in time.
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