Comments on: LOST Season 6, Episode 4 | The Substitute

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:34:27 +0000

BTW-this is Piper as Mike…

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:33:57 +0000

Luke, oh crazy one, ?-is there any relation between these numbers and the numbers Hugo won the lotto with/numbers on the hatch/etc.?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:51:22 +0000

another great post, Luke. I didn’t even catch the reference to Richard and the chains in the premiere. makes total sense.

By: AckAttack

AckAttack — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:41:07 +0000

Great stuff as always Luke! Love the insight about Locke the lifelong dupe now flipping it on Sawyer the life-long con man who has never trusted anyone. So true and a great twist by the writers.

By: Luke Kallis

Luke Kallis — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:18:43 +0000

Thanks Hilary. During the season premiere when MIB/LNM comes out of the statue’s foot cave after killing everyone, Richard says, “Don’t shoot!” to everyone on the beach.

LNM then looks him in the eye and says, “It’’s good to see you out of those chains Richard” right before he beats him up and throws him over his shoulder.

That moment ties back into The Black Rock being referenced as a slave ship in previous episodes and actually at one point in the series we see Charles Widmore purchasing the Black Rock Captain’s log at an auction (I assume to help him find the island).

Furthermore at the beginning of Season 5’s finale we see The Man in Black (MIB) and Jacob sitting on the beach looking at the Black Rock sailing in and that’s when they have their discussion about what will happen when the ship lands. Jacob states that he believes in goodness and free will and the ship’s inhabitants will make choices that may end up positive and the MIB says it will end up the same as always with them destroying each other. This is actually a conversation about the whole premise of the island and what the entire show has always been about.

I believe Richard was on that ship as a slave and has been kept alive as Jacob’s adviser/consigliere since his arrival. Most likely through the use of the fountain of youth in Episode 1 of this season or some other mystical way.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:56:27 +0000

Hey Luke – Thanks for this overview. This is very helpful. I’m impressed with how much time you’ve spent actually trying to figure out what the hell is going on. I’m way too lazy.

You said, “It was made clear in the season premiere that Richard was a slave on The Black Rock ship decades ago…”

How was it made “clear?” I totally missed it. Thanks! HH