Lost

[Big Poppa Pump]

Several former cast members are scheduled to return to the show, or have been asked back.[30] Elizabeth Mitchell returns as fertility specialist Dr. Juliet Burke. Mitchell has stated that her return is "instrumental to the story".[31] Dominic Monaghan is slated to return as deceased rock star Charlie Pace in four episodes.[32][33] The producers have also confirmed that Jeremy Davies will return as deceased physicist Daniel Faraday in multiple episodes.[18] Ian Somerhalder also returns as deceased Flight 815 crash survivor Boone Carlyle in several episodes.[34] Rebecca Mader, who portrays anthropologist Charlotte Lewis, has also confirmed that she is returning.[35] The producers have also confirmed that Harold Perrineau and Cynthia Watros, who portray Michael Dawson and Libby Smith, respectively, will return in the second half of the season.[36] About the return of Libby, Cuse stated, "Finally, all of your questions [about Libby] will be answered", however, Lindelof jokingly responded, "No, they will not".[37] Michelle Rodriguez, another second season star, is set to return as police officer Ana Lucia Cortez, following a brief cameo in the fifth season.[38] Maggie Grace, who portrays Shannon Rutherford, Boone's stepsister, was asked to return at the beginning of the season, but Grace was unable due to her busy schedule.[39] It was later reported that she will appear later in the season, instead.[40] Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who plays the deceased Mr. Eko, wishes to return for the season.[41][42] Furthermore, the producers wish to bring back the character of Walt Lloyd, however Malcolm David Kelley, who portrays Walt, has aged significantly and the producers are working to overcome this obstacle.[33]

Thats from Wikipedia. Hopefully not just a rumor. :thumbsup:

 

[meesterperfect]

No kidding. They did have big plans for him but he left the show because I guess his parents died or something so he wanted time off so they wrote him off the show


One thing I was thinking about earlier this morning that I wanna know about is why is Desmond Faraday's constant?

you gotta go back to season 4, ep. 5 the constant for that.
remember frank, sayid and desi were flying to the freighter when des started to lose it.
he then started flashing.
in between flashes faraday contacted the freighter and told des to find him at oxford in his next flash, which he did.
he told des to stop his flashes he needs to find his constant, which was penny. he told her never change your phone number.
when desi got his head together on the boat he called penny ( I loves ya Penny). and his flashes stopped, saving his life.

apparently after the 1996 encounter of the two at oxford, faraday wrote at some point "if anything happens ,desmond hume is my constant".

but it never really had any effect on anything i believe.

 

[meesterperfect]

one of the many tings i'm wondering is why did richard tell sun he watched them all die at some piont before?
could he have meant at the site of the h-bomb explosion or another time?
they gotta explain that one.

 

[calpoon]

One thing I was thinking about earlier this morning that I wanna know about is why is Desmond Faraday's constant?

apparently after the 1996 encounter of the two at oxford, faraday wrote at some point "if anything happens ,desmond hume is my constant".

but it never really had any effect on anything i believe.

The whole point of having a "constant" is a person, in this case, that appears at two relative points of time to act as a sort of marker for you to distinguish what time frame you are currently in, if you should happen to become "unstuck" in time.

Desi is Faraday's constant because he traveled back into the past to Oxford and connects them to their present on the Island.

Faraday also believes that Desmond is the only person who can change events through time-travel, unlike everyone else that is governed by a "course correcting" equation. Whether that is true or not, he at least thinks that it is.

one of the many tings i'm wondering is why did richard tell sun he watched them all die at some piont before?
could he have meant at the site of the h-bomb explosion or another time?
they gotta explain that one.

Really good point. I had forgotten about that one.

 

[DJCowboy]

Awesome awesome episode! After being disappointed by Sawyer's episode last week I was going into Richard's with some apprehension because this is the guy everybody's been waiting a backstory for! Loved it though

 

[calpoon]

It was Ok. Another episode where we really didn't learn anything that we didn't already know. Were we really supposed to have been surprised to know that the guy on the Island with Jacob is the smoke monster? Is the audience really that dumb that they needed that spelled out for them?

I really enjoyed finally seeing Richard's flashback... and was let down by the fact that it was completely overshadowed by the ridiculous story line that had been slapped down as the apparent explanation for the whole show, despite the fact that it was barely even eluded to ten episodes before.

Ok, so put a check next to Richard's purpose and immortality.

Now how about answering who built the Statue and why? Where did Jacob and his nemesis come from? Why and how did he get transformed into the smoke monster? Why does the smoke monster kill some people and not others and why can he be summoned by the Others? Why did Jacob have the Others kill the Dharma initiative? And if he didn't tell them to through Richard, why did they do it?

If the whole point is to keep smokey from escaping the Island, then why the fuck would Jacob bring people there if they couldn't get there any other way and they are the only ones that could kill him and release smokey?

and on top of that, they are now back exactly were they were when the episode started. The ending was horribly sappy and forced. Another episode that didn't advance the plot ensuring even more that the show will wait until the very last minute to resolve everything in the most dissatisfying way.

I hate to say it, but I don't see any way that this show will end in a way that won't disappoint pretty much everyone. And that really sucks.

 

[calpoon]

Oh yeah, one more thing to bitch about. Wasn't the whole point of moving the Island so that Widmore couldn't find it? I guess season five was entirely pointless then.

 

[jinxypie]

I hate to say it, but I don't see any way that this show will end in a way that won't disappoint pretty much everyone. And that really sucks.

Agreed.

 

[DJCowboy]

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a possible flashback episode with the history of Jacob and MiB to help explain things. This may be wishful thinking but I'm surprised you didn't like it calpoon

And I'm convinced that in this episode that the only reason they were using such biblical terms is because it seems that was what Richard was all about. He only saw good or evil, no in between and both Jacob and MiB knew this so they used terms only he would understand and they would use them to their benefit

Also, I'm starting to wonder if Jacob can take the forms of others as well and that's why the smoke monster killed Isabella because that was Jacob in her form but that doesn't mean he killed Jacob, just a fake form of his. Just a theory

And I still don't trust Jacob

 

[Montrealman]

Sometimes I wonder if the writers know the ending themselves.
I like Richard a lot but it's a shame the good stuff was the last 10-15 minutes of the episode. :2 cents:

 

[DJCowboy]

Sometimes I wonder if the writers know the ending themselves.

They claim they've known what the ending will be since about season 3 or 4. Matthew Fox was even told it shortly after season 4 I guess, the only one of all the cast members who was told

 

[Rey C.]

I'm a big Richard fan, so I absolutely LOVED last night's episode. I've already watched it four times! And it's now in my "Save Until I Delete" folder on my DVR. I promised to save the episodes for Fridays when my gal-pal comes up for the weekends. But I had to break our agreement last night. I couldn't wait until Friday to know what Richard's backstory was.

It's the last season. I'm content to get the (major) answers as they come. I feel no need for the ending and every answer to be rushed.

 

[titsrock]

Oh yeah, one more thing to bitch about. Wasn't the whole point of moving the Island so that Widmore couldn't find it? I guess season five was entirely pointless then.

Yeah, exactly. It's hard to overlook the fact that it appears that most of Season 4 and Season 5 seem to be filler stuff now. Events don't make sense with where the show is now. I thought Season 5 saved LOST, imo. Season 4 almost killed off LOST, for me.

It was Ok. Another episode where we really didn't learn anything that we didn't already know. Were we really supposed to have been surprised to know that the guy on the Island with Jacob is the smoke monster? Is the audience really that dumb that they needed that spelled out for them?

I really enjoyed finally seeing Richard's flashback... and was let down by the fact that it was completely overshadowed by the ridiculous story line that had been slapped down as the apparent explanation for the whole show, despite the fact that it was barely even eluded to ten episodes before.

Well, they said the Island wasn't "Purgatory" back during the press run for Season 2 I believe. It seems like they're going back on their word if, truly, everyone on the island is dead. Making everyone on the island dead solves a lot of things neatly but it will leave us all feeling bitter in the end, for sure.

We're now back to Jacob being good and MIB being bad. Was the wine supposed to represent Jesus's blood and immortality?

I guess after Richard's backstory we're basically left with that he was a Spanish peasant who....:dunno: Was Jacob's lackey? Well...I was hoping for something more.

Hurley is clearly the most important Lostie and, most likely, he's the one that will replace Jacob...whatever that means.

I liked this episode a lot. I don't want the Losties to be dead and having to escape Hell. I want this to be a "Reality" series not a ghostly series basically...

 

[DJCowboy]

Oh yeah, one more thing to bitch about. Wasn't the whole point of moving the Island so that Widmore couldn't find it? I guess season five was entirely pointless then.

Actually there is a rumor that Widmore kidnapped Desmond because he was suppose to go back to the island and that's what is in the locked room in his sub. I kinda like that idea

 

[DJCowboy]

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b173236_losts_nestor_carbonell_there_will_be.html

Pretty good interview with Nestor Carbonell/Richard (no spoilers, in the very last question the finale is touched upon but nothing spoiled)

 

[Montrealman]

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b173236_losts_nestor_carbonell_there_will_be.html

Pretty good interview with Nestor Carbonell/Richard (no spoilers, in the very last question the finale is touched upon but nothing spoiled)

Good interview. Thanks for posting that. :hatsoff:

 

[Rey C.]

I guess after Richard's backstory we're basically left with that he was a Spanish peasant who....:dunno: Was Jacob's lackey? Well...I was hoping for something more.

I never really expected Richard to be anybody important in his life before getting to the island. I guess my disappointment was that he wasn't any older than we found him to be. The whole "Ricardus" thing had me all but convinced that he would hail from ancient times. I know the Black Rock clues were there. But still... I was hoping that name refererence would lead to him being from a time when Latin was spoken. I guess the main question answered (that I've seen debated) is that Richard not only doesn't age, he is also immortal.

Hurley is clearly the most important Lostie and, most likely, he's the one that will replace Jacob...whatever that means.

I've come to see Hurley as the "good soul" on that island. Other than Rose and Bernard (they haven't been seen again on the island since "The Incident" have they... or Vincent?!), Hurley is the one who I'd like to see replace Jacob.

 

[titsrock]

^
Yeah. I like him too, and I can't recall him ever being wrong on anything. I know he wasn't exactly in charge of anything from S1-S5, but whenever he's called upon to do something, he comes through.

Where would everyone be without his ability to communicate with ~spirits~? Especially this season...

 

[Rey C.]

Speaking of Hurley, do you think Dave (on the island) was really MiB trying to get Hurley to kill himself, because he knew he'd be the most likely candidate to take over at some point?

 

[titsrock]

^
Err, Dave? Hurley kill himself? Huh?