Last nights Episode of LOST was the best EVER!!!

It truly was EPIC I was shocked after several medicore shows recently. Man It was an AMAZING show. Such great acting by Richard it was like a mini movie epic it was amazing it truly was.
It had to be the best in all the shows for it's exceptional acting and portrayal of Richard back in the 18 hundreds.
 
Great job to the Lost crew it was a epic episode for sure.

Disclaimer: Last nights episode of LOST took place almost entirely in 1870 and revolved around a character that was both very mysterious and a fan favorite for a long time.
 

edit: spoilers. 
 
not really. They did the biggest cop out they possibly could by making the island a hell analogy. I'm still holding out hope it was just put in there to make all the tards who think they're clever for saying "hey maybe the island is hell!", but are going to kick them down by saying "no, you're retarded, richard and smokey just made those implications to use richard". 
 
Unfortunately, I don't have that much faith in them. I fully expect more god / devil analogies, and I fully expect them to pull a battlestar where you're watching the finale, waiting for the clever twist that will make it all make sense but then.. nope.. angels and god. 
 
I'll gladly be proven wrong, though..

"It had to be the best in all the shows for it's exceptional acting and portrayal of Richard back in the 18 hundreds."

" @EliteShadowDog said:

"It had to be the best in all the shows for it's exceptional acting and portrayal of Richard back in the 18 hundreds."

Thank God I stopped watching this midway through season 3. You guys are getting dragged along by your asses. "

" edit: spoilers.  not really. They did the biggest cop out they possibly could by making the island a hell analogy. I'm still holding out hope it was just put in there to make all the tards who think they're clever for saying "hey maybe the island is hell!", but are going to kick them down by saying "no, you're retarded, richard and smokey just made those implications to use richard".  Unfortunately, I don't have that much faith in them. I fully expect more god / devil analogies, and I fully expect them to pull a battlestar where you're watching the finale, waiting for the clever twist that will make it all make sense but then.. nope.. angels and god.  I'll gladly be proven wrong, though.. "

" edit: spoilers.  not really. They did the biggest cop out they possibly could by making the island a hell analogy. I'm still holding out hope it was just put in there to make all the tards who think they're clever for saying "hey maybe the island is hell!", but are going to kick them down by saying "no, you're retarded, richard and smokey just made those implications to use richard".  Unfortunately, I don't have that much faith in them. I fully expect more god / devil analogies, and I fully expect them to pull a battlestar where you're watching the finale, waiting for the clever twist that will make it all make sense but then.. nope.. angels and god.  I'll gladly be proven wrong, though.. "

This may have overtaken "The Constant" as the best LOST episode ever. Damn it was good!

It was amazing. The constant is overrated.

yeah, wtf was that polar bear doing there???

" @PS3RG: No, it hasn't overtaken 'The Constant". "

The whole DHARMA thing and the purpose of the button is probably the single thing that I most want resolved in the series. Thank goodness they answered a bunch of questions about Richard Alpert in this one or that would be on the list too.
 
@EliteShadowDog:
The Constant was the episode in Season 4 (?) where Desmond is flashing between the Freighter and 1996.  It's a great episode.

" @EliteShadowDog: It was the desmond one where he kept travelling through time, he met Faraday in some college, then phoned Penny at the end on the boat. "

 I haven't ever watched Lost but this show sounds fucked up...
 
Polar bears? time travel? aren't they on an island?

What was so amazing about last nights episode was how it swept you up in such a short time and was able to have such an epic tale in such a short time frame being a 1hour show. It was not so much the action it was more the drama and acting and suspense rolled into a perfect blend. 
 
Man when that bitch ship captain came below and started stabbing the prisoners. That was hardcore but felt so emotional. FUCK the whole show was just like a wicked acid trip of greatness in a erie fantasy kind of way.
 
Truly that might be one of the best acting and such an epic feel for a 1hr show ever in TV history.

" edit: spoilers.  not really. They did the biggest cop out they possibly could by making the island a hell analogy. I'm still holding out hope it was just put in there to make all the tards who think they're clever for saying "hey maybe the island is hell!", but are going to kick them down by saying "no, you're retarded, richard and smokey just made those implications to use richard".  Unfortunately, I don't have that much faith in them. I fully expect more god / devil analogies, and I fully expect them to pull a battlestar where you're watching the finale, waiting for the clever twist that will make it all make sense but then.. nope.. angels and god.  I'll gladly be proven wrong, though.. "

Anyone else think this is the worst season yet? I really ain't digging the whole supernatural vibe. Before things could be explained, and would be eventually. Now though, it appears to be taking a very different path.

"  I haven't ever watched Lost but this show sounds fucked up...  Polar bears? time travel? aren't they on an island? "

" Anyone else think this is the worst season yet? I really ain't digging the whole supernatural vibe. Before things could be explained, and would be eventually. Now though, it appears to be taking a very different path. "

The more I read about this show, the more it sounds like something that could only make sense if you were completely stoned and drunk at the same time.

" The more I read about this show, the more it sounds like something that could only make sense if you were completely stoned and drunk at the same time. "

@tomte:
it was brought to the island by the DARMA initiative in the 70's.

OLD NEWS

I really think that if anyone actually bought the hell/cork-in-the-bottle analogy as the literal truth of what is going on you need to re-watch the episode.  Jacob is using that to explain what is going on to a superstitions and clearly very religious man from the 1800s, I would be if he were trying to do the same thing to the cast-aways now he would have some more modern interpretation.  The whole thing was made up by the MiB (lol Will Smith movie) to manipulate Richard into killing Jacob.   Just like what he is doing now with the Sawyer and the others by telling them he'll take them off the island.  He couldn't care less about them leaving the island as long as he gets away.  He'd be perfectly happy letting Widmore or whoever kill them all, if it means he can escape.
 
In that sense the island is a lot more like a jail for this evil entity (aka MiB, aka Fake John Locke).

Waiting impatiently for the zune marketplace to get it in HD for me, i really enjoyed last weeks episode focusing on Miles and James Ford though. 

I thought the season with all the time travel stuff was the worse season.  I stopped watching it half way through.  Between that and they way Heroes started to suck and was full of timetravel bullshit. (I have really given up on Heroes speaking of disappointing TV shows) I waited till all the episodes were out and watched it from start to finish with no interruptions.  turns out it was my favorite season, getting to see all the things that happened in the past, how the island changed.  I HATE having to wait a week, sometimes more for a new episode.  there are so many small things you forget about.  Its a hard show to follow but its soooo good.

" Man when that bitch ship captain came below and started stabbing the prisoners. That was hardcore but felt so emotional. FUCK the whole show was just like a wicked acid trip of greatness in a erie fantasy kind of way. Truly that might be one of the best acting and such an epic feel for a 1hr show ever in TV history. "

" @Kazona said:

" The more I read about this show, the more it sounds like something that could only make sense if you were completely stoned and drunk at the same time. "

Dude trust me buy all the seasons on DVD and go do just that you will like it. "

I really enjoyed last night's show. Richard is one of my favorite characters, so I'm glad we got to know a lot more about him.

God dammit i love lost.

" @EliteShadowDog said:

" @Kazona said:

" The more I read about this show, the more it sounds like something that could only make sense if you were completely stoned and drunk at the same time. "

Dude trust me buy all the seasons on DVD and go do just that you will like it. "

No thanks. I've never been stoned or drunk in my life, and I don't plan on starting for some tv show. "

So, everyone can tell that Jacob is evil right?

"I don't have that much faith in them. I fully expect more god / devil analogies, and I fully expect them to pull a battlestar where you're watching the finale, waiting for the clever twist that will make it all make sense but then.. nope.. angels and god.  I'll gladly be proven wrong, though.. "

The whole thing reminded me more of an episode of Highlander, which led to me wondering why they don't reboot that series after the god awful spin-offs and movies.

couldnt agree more!!!!!!

The biggest reason why I like lost is that over the past 5 seasons it will all culminate into one ending. Unlike heroes which as different arcs and such, in Lost, everything is connected. And yeah, I really liked this episode. Don't know if it was the best.

It wasn't the best episode, and there weren't any big shockers, but I like that they're still making it so you can't tell whether Jacob's good or not. And the 'Island = Pandora's Box' idea is kinda neat. I'm just hoping this doesn't turn into another mythologizing christianity shindig right at the very end, we've had too many of those and Lost is better than that. 
 
Also, the while the Richard past was interesting ( but not unexpected) I couldn't help but think of Wolverine Origins the whole time.

This is creepy but man When they showed Richard back in the 1800's it kind of reminded me in a wierd way of RE4 and the setting it had. IDNO STRANGE?

I just watched it and it was probably my favorite episode outside season 1 and 2. The min-epic feel of the episode was a refreshing, from all the time-travel crazyniess, I think Richards portrayal of a scared and confused man was great, the religious overtones were handled well and not cheesly, and the music was the best Lost has ever had. Sure they didn't answer a lot but it was a nice change of pace to the regular episodes. BTW the Constant is stupidly over-rated this easily beats it.

Needs more Claire and Kate awkwardly holding hands.

Yeah it was ok. Far from the best ever, though.

This episode screamed Emmy contender! Just great acting, great revelations and honestly on its own is a fantastic little movie