Showing posts with label Richard Alpert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Alpert. Show all posts

Ab Aeterno

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. None.

Answers Given:
  1. At what point in time does the statue exist? The statue exists before 1867, but is destroyed by the Black Rock when it crashes into the island.
  2. Why was Richard once in chains? Richard was a prisoner on the Black Rock.
  3. What is Richard's relationship to Jacob's nemesis/the Monster? The Monster came to Richard and scanned him, then lied to him and tried to get him to kill Jacob. Jacob told Richard the truth and granted him eternal life.

Sundown

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Where are Sawyer and Jin?
  2. Where is Richard?
  3. How does Dogan's death allow entry into the temple?

Answers Given:
  1. What has "claimed" Sayid? If not Jacob's nemesis, then on his side.
  2. What is going to happen to at the temple? Jacob's nemesis attacks, killing Others and bringing them to his side.

The Substitute

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why did Ilana take Jacob's ashes?
  2. Why is Jacob's nemesis trapped in Locke's form?
  3. Who is the blond kid Jacob's nemesis sees?
  4. Why is the blond kid bloody?
  5. Can Sawyer see the boy while Richard can't?
  6. Does Kwon refer to Jin or Sun?
  7. In the new timeline, how does Locke end up in the wheelchair if he has a good relationship with his father?

Answers Given:
  1. How did so many people (48, plus the pilot) survive the plane crash? Many of the survivors were candidates, so this explains the high number.
  2. Why did the "monster" take and then kill the pilot? Based on the blond kid's remark ("You know the rules. You can't kill him.") to Jacob's nemesis, the nemesis cannot kill candidates. This means that the pilot was not a candidate.
  3. What is the Temple? Richard says the Temple is a safe haven from Jacob's nemesis. This is because of the ash.
  4. Where is Jacob's nemesis taking Richard? He took Richard into the jungle to try to get Richard on his side.

LA X

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What happened to Desmond in the alternate timeline?
  2. What happened to the island to sink it in the alternate timeline?
  3. Why does Juliet say "we should go get coffee" and "we can go Dutch?"
  4. Why is Jack's neck cut in the alternate timeline?
  5. What happened to Christian's body in the alternate timeline?
  6. Who is the Japanese leader of the Temple-dwelling Others?
  7. Jacob's nemesis says he wants to go home. Where is "home?"
  8. Why was Richard once in chains?
  9. What is Richard's relationship to Jacob's nemesis/the Monster?
  10. Where is Jacob's nemesis taking Richard?
  11. How did Sayid return to life?

Answers Given:
  1. Do the "others" truly make the whispers as Rousseau says? It seems that they do, based on the whispering in the Temple.
  2. What is the white dust/ash around Jacob's cabin? The white ash creates a kind of "barrier" the Monster can't pass through.
  3. Why did Hurley decide to go on flight 316? Jacob told him to.
  4. What exactly does Richard do to young Ben? Most likely, Richard put Ben into the same pool Sayid is put into.
  5. Who does Bram work for? Bram was on Jacob's side.
  6. What is in Hurley's guitar case? A giant wooden ankh with a message from Jacob inside.
  7. What are Jacob's nemesis's intentions? He wants to "go home."
  8. What happens after Juliet detonates the bomb? Two timelines are created. In one, the survivors return to the plane right before it flies over the island and they do not remember the past three years of their lives. In the other, the survivors are transported to 2007 (the present).
  9. Is Juliet dead? No, not when Jughead explodes, but after she is transported to 2007, she dies. She is probably still alive in the other timeline.

The Incident

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is the name of Jacob's nemesis?
  2. What are Jacob's nemesis's intentions?
  3. What is Ilana's relationship to Jacob before he visits her?
  4. Why is Ilana bandaged?
  5. What is in Hurley's guitar case?
  6. Who does Jacob mean when he says "they are coming?"
  7. What happens after Juliet detonates the bomb?
  8. Is Juliet dead?

Answers Given:
  1. What healed Locke? From this episode, we can assume that Jacob healed Locke for his own purposes.
  2. How does the Island heal? It seems Jacob heals who he sees fit.
  3. What exactly happened in the incident? The Incident was caused by Dharma drilling into a massive electromagnetic pocket.
  4. How does Richard Alpert not appear to age between Ben's childhood and thirty years later? Jacob has blessed him with the ability not to age.
  5. Why does Jacob not like technology? It seems to simply be a personal preference, but now doubt has been cast on the assumption that the reaction to Locke's flashlight was Jacob.
  6. Where are Rose and Bernard? Rose and Bernard have been living in the jungle for three years, not wanting to join the Dharma Initiative.
  7. How does Locke instinctively know where the Monster is? Locke is not truly Locke, but Jacob's nemesis.
  8. Why did Ilana and Bram ask Frank "what lies in the shadow of the statue? Ilana and Bram knew that who knew the answer would be someone they could trust. Richard replies with "Ille qui nos omnes servabit" which translated means "He who will protect/save us all."
  9. What is in the crate? Locke's body.
  10. Why is Locke intending to kill Jacob? Locke is really Jacob's nemesis.

Follow the Leader

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is Richard talking about when he says that he watched Jack, Kate, and Hurley die?
  2. Why is Locke intending to kill Jacob?

Answers Given:
  1. What happened to the hydrogen bomb? The bomb is in the tunnels underneath the Dharma barracks.
  2. Where has Sayid gone? Sayid has been in the jungle.
  3. How does Richard get past the sonic fence? As seen in this episode, there are tunnels that cross under the island.

Whatever Happened, Happened

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What exactly does Richard do to young Ben?

Answers Given:
  1. Will Kate find that Sawyer and Cassidy had a relationship? Yes, when Kate went to visit Clementine, she found out that Sawyer and Cassidy had been a couple.
  2. What was Kate doing for Sawyer? Kate promised Sawyer that she would take care of his daughter, Clementine.
  3. What did Kate do with Aaron? Kate gave Aaron to his grandmother, Carole Littleton.
  4. What happens to Ben after he is shot? Unable to save him, Juliet allows Kate and Sawyer to take Ben to the Others. According to Richard, saving Ben means his innocence will be gone, and Ben will forever belong to them.

LaFleur

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who does Amy's son grow up to be?
  2. What happened to Olivia Goodspeed?
  3. At what point in time does the statue exist?
  4. How does Richard get past the sonic fence?

Answers Given:
  1. How does Daniel begin working with the Dharma Initiative in the past? From this episode, we can see that the people who were left behind are transported to 1974 when Locke turns the wheel. Over the next three years, they integrate themselves into Dharma.

Jughead

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What happened to the hydrogen bomb?
  2. Why does Daniel recognize Ellie?
  3. What happened to the US military on the island?
  4. How did Widmore leave the island?
  5. Dharma and the later others left the island via the Dharma sub, so how do the Hostiles leave the island?

Answers Given:
  1. Where are Frank, Desmond, and Penny in the future? Desmond and Penny have a son, Charlie, and are on a boat three years after leaving the island.
  2. Who attacks the beach camp with flaming arrows? They are the Hostiles, later becoming the Others.
  3. Who are the soldiers who find Sawyer and Juliet? They are Hostiles. One of them is Charles Widmore.
  4. How does Widmore know about the island? Widmore was once on the island, as an Other/Hostile before the Dharma Initiative.
  5. Why did Richard have reason to believe Locke was special? Locke told Richard to go visit him at the hospital at his birth. After he saw that Locke was correct, he tested him at a young age.

Because You Left

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Was Pierre Chang (Marvin Candle)'s baby born on the island?
  2. How does Daniel begin working with the Dharma Initiative in the past?
  3. Why did Richard and the rest of the Others not move through time?
  4. Who hired the lawyers who are investigating Kate?
  5. How did Daniel learn about the Dharma Initiative?
  6. Why is Charlotte having nosebleeds?
  7. Who is Daniel's mother?
  8. Why do the rules of time not apply to Desmond?
  9. Are Claire and the tail section who were assimilated into the Others also moving through time?

Answers Given:
  1. What is the purpose of the Arrow station? The Arrow station is used to devise defensive strategies against the native Hostiles.
  2. What is the "safe place" Sayid talks about? It's an apartment, but it was compromised.
  3. Why is Sun contacting Widmore? She wants to kill Ben.
  4. Where did the Island go? It has become "unhinged" in time and is moving around unpredictably.
  5. What happened to Daniel and the others on the raft? They were inside the radius of the island and moved along with it.
  6. What "very bad things" happened on the island after the Oceanic 6 left? The island is now moving around in time, disorienting the remaining survivors.
  7. Does Daniel remember Desmond from 1996? According to Daniel in this episode, he would remember Desmond. Because Desmond can "change things" Daniel may not have remembered him until Daniel told him to go visit himself in 1996.
  8. How do Daniel and Charlotte know about the Tempest? Daniel's notebook contains everything he learned about the Dharma Initiative.

There's No Place Like Home, Part 2

Friday, May 30, 2008 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why did Miles decide to stay on the island?
  2. How does Miles know Charlotte has been on the island before?
  3. What is Charlotte's history on the island?
  4. What is the "safe place" Sayid talks about?
  5. Why did Christian appear to Michael?
  6. Why is Sun contacting Widmore?
  7. Where did the Island go?
  8. What happened to Daniel and the others on the raft?
  9. Where are Frank, Desmond, and Penny in the future?
  10. What "very bad things" happened on the island after the Oceanic 6 left?
  11. Why does the Island need everyone to come back?
  12. How did Locke die?
  13. How did Locke get to the mainland?
Answers Given:
  1. Where were the Others taking Kate and Sayid? To Ben, to free him.
  2. Who was Ben communicating with when he used the mirror? What did he say? He was telling the Alpert and Others to rescue him.
  3. What is the purpose of the Orchid station? Time/space experiments.
  4. What is on Keamy's arm? The dead-man's trigger for the dynamite on the freighter.
  5. What caused the interference on the freighter monitor? Keamy's broadcast to the C4.
  6. Why did Sawyer decide to stay on the Island? He jumped out of the chopper so the others could get to the freighter.
  7. Why is Ben wearing a parka? He put it on to turn the frozen donkey wheel.
  8. Why did Ben wake up the the desert? He was thrown into Tunisia when after he island moved.
  9. Why did Ben not know what year it was? He was thrown into 2005 suddenly after the island moved.
  10. How did Ben get off the island? When Ben moved the island he was thrown off of it.
  11. If Hurley went with Locke, why is he off the Island? Hurley went with Locke, but once Keamy and his men came, Jack went to find Hurley so he could get off with them.
  12. Why is Hurley sorry he went with Locke instead of Jack? It seems Hurley wanted to say something kind, and implies he would have been better off trusting Jack.
  13. Why will the Oceanic Six not tell anyone about what happened on the island? Jack says they have to lie to protect those left on the island from people who would try to find it.
  14. How did Jack and Kate get off the island? Jack, Kate, Aaron, Sawyer, Desmond, Hurley, Sayid, and Frank boarded the helicopter off the island. Sawyer jumped out. Sun rode the raft to the boat with Daniel and Jin. Sun boarded the helicopter, but the boat blew up. The island disappeared, so they crashed into the ocean. Penny found them a few hours later. She took them near an island, where Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, Sun, and Aaron boarded a liferaft to sail to to the island.
  15. How does Kate become Aaron's "mother?" She "adopts" him after leaving the island and claims that she gave birth to him while on the island.
  16. Why is Jack intent on returning to the island? Locke told him "very bad things" happened after they left.
  17. Who is the second person Sun blames for Jin's death? She blames Jack.
  18. Who is in the coffin? Locke.

Cabin Fever

Thursday, May 8, 2008 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Why did Richard have reason to believe Locke was special?
  2. What is on Keamy's arm?
  3. What is Matthew Abaddon's relationship to the Island/the Others?
  4. Does Frank want the beach survivors to follow him?
  5. Where is Jacob and why are Christian and Claire in his cabin?
  6. Why shouldn't Locke tell anyone about Claire?
Answers Given:
  1. Why couldn't Locke find Jacob's cabin at the previous location? Locke needed to find Horace Goodspeed first.
  2. Who murdered the freighter doctor, Ray, and why? Keamy, to make an example so Frank would start the chopper.
  3. Why does the message from the freighter say that the doctor is fine? He was. Due to weird time distortion, the doctor was alive on the boat, yet his body washed up onto the island.
  4. What happened to Claire, and why did she leave Aaron behind? She is in Jacob's cabin, and Aaron is "where he is supposed to be."

The Man Behind the Curtain

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. Who are the natives on the island?
  2. What is the white dust/ash around Jacob's cabin?
  3. How does Richard Alpert not appear to age between Ben's childhood and thirty years later?
  4. What is the true nature of Jacob?
  5. Why does Jacob not like technology?
  6. What happened to Annie in the purge?

Answers Given:
  1. Has Ben really been on the Island his whole life? No, he was born outside of Portland. He came to the island when he was a child.
  2. Who is Jacob? Jacob is Ben's superior. Only Ben talks to him.
  3. Who is the "magnificent man" Mikhail talks about who is above Ben? Mikhail was apparently talking about Jacob.
  4. Who is Roger? Roger is Ben's father.
  5. How is Mikhail alive? The power on the fence was at a low setting.
  6. What does Juliet want to tell Kate? Juliet wanted to tell Kate about the Others coming to the beach camp.
  7. What was the purge really? In the purge, Ben and the hostiles killed much of the Dharma Initiative with chemical gas.