Blurb: Richard must make a difficult decision.
Ryan
Alan Sepinwall
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Well. Some explanations finally begin to appear.
I thought that was one of the best episodes in a long time, if only because it was one easily followed continuous narrative. I quibbled a little about the shipwreck’s lack of realism, but hey, Lost has never been very focused on special effects anyway, so I’ll give ’em a pass.
Poor Richard. Faced with very little choice but to stick with Jacob once he was shown he couldn’t defeat the man in white, here he is 140 years later, not knowing how to go on or why he should after Jacob’s (presumed) death.
And how about that Hurley, suddenly showing magical powers of his own? Whattaguy!