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Enhanced version of Season 6, Episode 9: Ab Aeterno-Enhanced --
Act 1[]
This is Jacob
visiting Ilana in a Russian hospital
as first seen in the Season 5 Finale
“The Incident.”
Jacob’s task for Ilana is very dangerous.
Ilana eventually came to the island
on Ajira Flight 316 as seen
in the season 5 episode “Namaste.”
The six candidates include Sun, Jin,
Hurley, Jack, Sawyer and Locke.
When Jacob visited Ilana
Locke was still alive and hadn’t been killed by Ben.
Ben described the Temple
as the last safe haven on the island
in the Season 3 episode
“Through the Looking Glass.”
Ricardus is the Latin version of Richard.
The Others like to use Latin
which Juliet described
as the language of the enlightened.
in the Season 5 episode “Jughead.”
Richard Alpert is Jacob’s advisor to the Others.
Richard asked Jack to kill him
in this season’s episode “Dr. Linus.”
Richard believed he was wasting his life.
in service of Jacob
Richard is seemingly ageless
and has worked for Jacob for many years.
Richard is referring to the Man in Black
who has taken the form of Locke.
Locke wanted Richard to join him
and asked for his help as seen
in this season’s episode “The Substitute.”
Act 2[]
This is Richard’s wife, Isabella
Richard is the English version of Ricardo.
Isabella is sick and dying from tuberculosis
which in 1867
was popularly known as consumption
Richard had very little money
and worked as a field laborer
in the sugar cane field of the Canary Islands.
Antibiotics to treat tuberculosis
were not discovered until after World War I.
The doctor’s medicine isn’t real
and he was only using it
to con Richard out of his money.
Act 3[]
Richard is practicing his English
by reading the Bible passage Luke 4.
Luke 4 describes Jesus’ temptations
his rejection at Nazareth
and the start of his ministry.
Richard is another person
brought to the island
who has been directly or indirectly
responsible for the death of someone.
This is Jonas Whitfield
a former English sailor
in the British Royal Navy.
Whitfield now works for Magnus Hanso.
aboard the Black Rock slave ship.
Richard believes
he is being taken to be hanged
but Father Suarez
is selling him into servitude.
The Black Rock set sail
from Portsmouth, England
on March 22, 1845.
The ship was on a trading mission
to the Kingdom of Siam
but was lost at sea and never found.
This is the Tawaret statue
guarding the island.
Tawaret is the Egyptian goddess
of protection, birth and fertility.
In this time period the full status is seen.
The surge of water caused the Black Rock
to collide with the statue and shatter it.
leaving only the four-toed foot remaining.
The surging water also washed the ship
into the middle of the jungle.
Locke, Jack and Kate discovered
the Black Rock mysteriously land-locked
in the middle of the jungle
in the Season 1 Finale “Exodus.”
The journal of the ship’s first mate
was discovered in 1952
among the artifacts of pirates
on Ile Sainte Marie Madagascar.
Charles Widmore purchased the journal
in an auction in London as seen
in the Season 4 episode “The Constant.”
When Locke, Jack and Kate
discovered the Black Rock
they found skeletons aboard.
Richard is reaching for his wife’s gold cross
which fell off during the storm and shipwreck.
The sound is coming from the smoke monster.
The Oceanic survivors
encountered the smoke monster
their first night on the island as seen
in the premiere episode of the series.
Act 4[]
This is Richard’s third day
trapped within the ship.
Time has passed
and Richard has now been trapped
for five horrifying days.
This is now the sixth day for Richard.
This is not Isabella.
It is the smoke monster taking Isabella’s form.
The monster is trying to manipulate Richard.
This is the Man in Black
He was last seen in this form
in the Season 5 Finale “The Incident.”
He disagreed with Jacob
about bringing people to the island
and vowed to find a loophole
that would allow him to kill Jacob.
That loophole materialized
when the Man in Black
took the form of John Locke.
Locke then manipulated Ben
to stab and kill Jacob as seen
in the Season 5 Finale “The Incident.”
In the form of Locke the Man in Black
told Ben the only thing he wanted
was to go home as seen
in the Season 6 premiere “LA X.”
He later shared with Sawyer
his desire to leave the island
in this season’s episode “The Substitute.”
He said that he’s been trapped for so long
he can’t even remember
what it feels like to be free.
This is the same thing Locke told Richard
in the Season 6 premiere “LA X.”
Locke then beat Richard unconscious
and carried him off into the jungle.
Act 5[]
This is the same dagger
that Dogen gave Sayid to kill Locke
in this season’s episode “Sundown.”
And these are the same instructions
and warnings that Dogen gave Sayid.
The Man in Black in the form of Locke
told Sawyer that he was once a man
who knew what it’s like to feel joy,
fear, anger, pain and betrayal.
This is the first attempt by the Man in Black
to find the loophole to kill Jacob.
This is the four-toed statue
as discovered by Sun, Jin and Sayid
in the Season 2 Finale
“Live Together, Die Alone.”
Jacob live in the plinth of the statue.
as seen in the Season 5 Finale, “The Incident.”
This is Jacob
who claims to be the protector of the island.
The Man in Black
won’t succeed in killing Jacob
for 140 more years
when he will manipulate Ben to kill Jacob.
Act 6[]
Jacob’s rule about coming inside the statue
is the first rule of the island
that Richard learns.
In this season’s premiere episode, “LA X”
Richard tried to stop Bram and his team
from storming inside the statue.
Richard told them no one can enter
unless Jacob invites them.
They did not listen to him.
This is the nature of the island
and the first time it has ever been revealed.
In the Season 1 episode, “Tabula Rasa”
Jack told Kate it didn’t matter
who they were or what they did
before the crash.
Jack said they should all be able to start over.
This moment is the origin of the Others
and begins Richard’s long-standing role
as their advisor.
Jacob’s touch allows Richard to live forever
and never die.
Richard described his agelessness to Locke
as a gift from Jacob
in the Season 5 Finale, “The Incident.”
But in this season’s episode, “Dr. Linus”
Richard described his agelessness to Jack
as a curse and told Jack he wanted to die.
The white stone is a symbol from Jacob
that he beat the Man in Black
in this situation.
In this season’s episode, “The Substitute”
the Man in Black, in the form of Locke
found a similar white stone on a scale.
He threw the stone away
telling Sawyer it was an inside joke.
This is Isabella’s gold cross
which Richard lost during the shipwreck.
Burying the cross
is a symbolic burial of his wife
which Richard never had the chance
to perform.
This is the same location
over 140 years later
in the present time.
Jacob’s gift has remained true
and Richard hasn’t aged.
Richard is calling out to the Man in Black.
Richard now knows
that Hurley is telling the truth.
“Close your eyes”
was Richard and Isabella’s shared ritual.
This is the Man in Black in Locke’s form.
This is a flashback to 1867
after Richard tried to kill Jacob.
The Man in Black
was not able to leave the island
after Jacob was killed
because of the candidates.
In this season’s episode, “The Substitute”
Locke explained to Sawyer
that the candidates were on the island
to replace Jacob.