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“Ab Aeterno” Recap and Analysis …
Previously, on Lost: Richard built a ship in a bottle and was so bored by the experience that he wanted to kill himself.
This week, on Lost: We open on a mummified eye. Well, the eye itself isn’t mummified, it’s just attached to a person who looks mummified. It’s Ilana. She’s a little busted up. Jacob walks in and says hey sugar, he needs some help. She’s gotta bodyguard the six remaining candidates and he hopes he can count on her.
Back on the Island, Ilana, Jack, Hurley, Sun, Ben and Lapidus are sitting around a fire, telling ghost stories. The topic of conversation has shifted to the candidates, and Sun explains to Jack that the candidates are a list of people that could replace Jacob. Jack and Hurley are on the list, and she says that Ilana told Sun that she was on the list. Way to play telephone there, Sun – she said a Kwon was on the list, and she didn’t know if that meant you, Jin or both. Lapidus says that’s great and all, but what now? Ilana doesn’t know. Jack wants to know who does know what to do.
Cut back to the hospital. Ilana’s face no longer looks like a ten-day old persimmon and she’s asking Jacob what she should do after she brings them all to the Temple. Ask Ricardus, says Jacob. He’ll know what to do next.
Back on the beach, Hurley wants to know about this Ricardus fellow. Ilana turns around and motions at Richard, sitting in the shadows – that’s Ricardus. She asks him what they should do next. Richard let’s out the craziest little laugh ever and tells them all that he’s clueless, too. He then starts telling them all that he was about to kill himself and now everyone’s looking to him for a plan. Not a smart decision.
Seriously, Richard’s tee hee is almost Joker-worthy. Or maybe he could play the Riddler in the next Batman movie.
Ilana asks why Jacob would say what he did and Ricardus tells them that everything Jacob says is a lie. Jack, of course, is totally confused, so Richard leans in and says he’ll let Jack in on a little secret. He’s dead. They’re all dead, everyone of them. And the Island, it’s hell. Richard says that he’s tired of listening to Jacob and that it’s time to start listening to someone else. Then he picks up a torch and heads off into the jungle of mystery.
Cue the swirling Lost!
On the beach, Ilana wants to go after Richard, but Jack says there’s no use because Richard doesnt’ know anything and is now a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Ilana insists that he does. Jack states that if he knew and believed in Jacob, he wouldn’t be talking about listening to someone else. Ilana gives a worried look and walks away, leaving Jack confused. “Wait, do you know who he meant?” Jack calls after Ilana. Ben mutters under his breath, “Ohhh this should be interesting.” Good call, Ben. Let’s watch Jack’s tiny head asplode.
Hey girl, you’re looking fine in this campfire. Besides looking damn cute, I thought it was awesome that Sun was like the Oracle during this episode – she knew everything about everybody.
Sun explains that Richard meant Locke. But Locke’s dead, states Jack. Ben then puts his brilliant two cents in and tells Jack that if it’s any consolation, it isn’t exactly Locke. Jack gets the glazed look again, and then notices Hurley off in the shadows talking to someone in Spanish.
Jack goes over to Hurley and wants to know what Jacob is saying. Hurley tells Jack that he should just mind his on beeswax and that this isn’t called The Jack Show, so not everything revolves around him. Then Hurley turns and walks off.
Around the campfire, Ben tells them that there’s no use in going after Richard, because he’s known him since he was 12, so it should count for something. Lapidus assumes that they both met as kids, but Ben straightens that out for him. Lapidus wants a little clarification – is Ben saying that this guy doesn’t age? That’s exactly what Ben is saying. Lapidus furrows his brow and wonders, “Now how exactly does something like that happen?” Hold onto your butts, friend. We’re about to find out …
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