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Date Posted: Thursday, March 25, 05:41:49am
Author: Chani
Author Host/IP: 212-198-162-88.rev.numericable.fr / 212.198.162.88
Subject: Re: Ok.... but.....
In reply to: Lij 's message, "Ok.... but....." on Wednesday, March 24, 09:00:37pm

Because you buy Jacob's words? I don't.

This about the characters' journey not about the fate of the world.

Anyway I don't wait for an explanation, I'm just enjoying the writing.

Have you thought that Richard might just be a representation of the viewers, trusting the show's god, J JACOB Abrams, waiting over and over as the seasons pass by, being kept in the dark most of the time, without getting any real explanations but keeping faith that there must be a reason for this to happen?

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[> [> [> [> Well..... -- Lij, Thursday, March 25, 07:10:18pm [1] (ca-02.cinergycom.net/216.135.2.29)

Yeah, I buy Jacob's word - why not? Hugo buys his word (even in his death). Dogen did. Richard did and yet may, based in his absolution for his sins, the end of his penance provided by his wife by Hugo.

What you seem to forget is that Jacob told Richard what it was all about, keeping the MiB - that is all malevolence and evil - bottled up on the Island. What set Richard off was that everything he had set to do in his life - everything which he considered his penance - became supposedly worthless with Jacobs death. Jacob simply stood his ground and let Ben kill him, saying that Ben did not have to do it. It was a loss for Richard which took away the meaning his limitless life had taken on. Only Isabella's absolution through Hugo could bring him around to realize that he had a greater role to play.

I think Richard will find his release from his allegiance to Jacob by tranferring his extended life to whoever of the candidates replace Jacob. But there may be other replacements to occur, such as Dogen, and possibly others. We may find that several of the candidates end up on the Island. It is their journey into those roles that I look forward to.

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