LOST - 6x09 "Ab Aeterno" - Episode Review
I don’t think it’s too off the mark to see Richard Alpert’s dilemma in “Ab Aeterno” as a sneaky, effective microcosm of both the series’ grand narrative and fans’ increasingly polarized reactions towards it. On one side is Jacob, asking for trust but playing only by his own rules; on the other is The Man in Black, the man without a plan, or an
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When Richard asked at the beginning of the episode, “You want to know a secret?”, I could almost hear the creak of millions of couches as fans everywhere leaned forward in anticipation.
My couch creaked too, but I know LOST - plot dumps go at the end of the episode, not at the beginning. Anything dropped near the beginning of the episode is only half-info to be unraveled.
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I was spoiled on Titus Wellever being in this one. I watched the final episode of season 1 of Jericho early Tuesday morning and the Colonel looked familiar. I looked him up and right at the top of his IMDB page was "Ab Aeterno".
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Can Smokey be himself and a vision at the same time? The “fake Isabella” scene seemed to infer that…
Smokey didn't have to split for that one: Isabella ran past, up the steps and got "killed" off camera. All smokey had to do was run past and once out of sight make the noise. However, Smokey may still be able to split up, we just don't know for sure yet.
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Not for the first time, it seems to me that Hurley, not ( ... )
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