Jacob makes me think of God fucking with and ruining Job's life all because of a bet he had with the devil.

It was interesting that the MiB told Richard the exact same thing about killing "the devil" (Jacob) -- use this dagger, don't let him say anything, if he speaks to you it's already too late -- that Dogan told Sayid about killing MiB-in-Locke.

I still don't think that the MiB is necessarily "bad," and I definitely don't think that Jacob is "good."

It was interesting that the MiB told Richard the exact same thing about killing "the devil" (Jacob) -- use this dagger, don't let him say anything, if he speaks to you it's already too late -- that Dogan told Sayid about killing MiB-in-Locke.

Yep, I noticed that.

And I'm with you on the "Er, this is kinda boring, and we sure are spending a lot of time on it..." feeling. But for the story they intended to tell in this episode, it worked. I just thought we would get more of an expanded timeline in a Richard episode.

I'm disappointed that Richard isn't older, like back to the 1670s. The Black Rock looks like it should be an older ship.

Also, WHY was Richard bought into slavery by Hanso? Why was it important for him to know English?

Why was it important for him to know English?

So we wouldn't have to read subtitles.

I enjoyed it, but was disappointed. I fear several more episodes of adding more characters leading toward a finale that doesn't satisfy. They couldn't even come up with a promo for next week that tempted.

That said, I'm watching and will continue till the end.

I hope we get some explanation regarding how someone can get from Africa (Eko's brother) or the coast of Africa (Richard) and end up on the Island which is in the Pacific.

I just thought we would get more of an expanded timeline in a Richard episode.

Yes! Richard going to kid!Locke, etc.

People in TV and film can always take their necklaces off so much more easily than I can.

That is exactly what I thought right then!

the Island which is in the Pacific

The Island is always moving, though, right? Whatshername in LA has to consult the magic pendulum to know where it's going to be at any given time, sometimes it's bound to be in the Atlantic. That's been my reasoning, anyway.

That was not the Richard story I was wanting. It was fine for what it was, I guess, but why he chose to become Jacob's immortal servant is not really the question I wanted answered.

-t,

I thought it was moving through time, not moving across the world. Do I have that wrong?

I thought it was moving in space all the time and was moving in time after Ben did the donkey wheel thing. But I am far from certain!