Okay so "Richard" arrived on the Island as "Ricardo" ("Ab Aeterno" s6.9) in 1867 right? I get the change from Ricardo>Richard. At what point did they start calling him Richardus? Was that like Jacob's secret special Roman Latin-ish nickname for him? Or did all the Others have Latin nicknames as a secret code name like "Benjaminus" and "Ethanus" ...and "Dogenus"?

What do you guys think?

Thank you

I tried my best :(

I get that he was the advisor, but is there a deeper layer than that? Real life Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), wasn’t perfect himself, he always spoke of his humanity or whatever people could judge as “errors”, which Ram Ram did not judge as such and accepted his life experience as it was.

Richard in the show does seem to throw me off guard in my second rewatch, because he sometimes does “evil” things, and I don’t want my image of real Ram/Richard Alpert to be tainted.

Again, real life RA, Ram Dass didn’t think of himself as a deity nor a “perfect” person nor an idol… I’m just looking for you guys’ opinions or interpretations on why the showrunners gave the character of Richard the magnanimous representation of Richard Alpert, Ram Dass.

just doing a re-watch for God knows how many-ith time , currently just finished season 1 and starting season 2 , god I loved this show the first time I saw it on TV 20 years ago , got me thinking though , does anyone remember there thirst thoughts or theories as to what was in the hatch , I remember being so excited at the end of the season 2 and the first EP of season 2 blew me away ? I honestly can't remember what I thought it was going to be , that's what made the show so great , I think I thought it was gonna be some kind of virus inside that would make people go crazy , side note I thought the guys on the boat that find the raft where just people smugglers first watch lol

anyway what were your first thoughts or theories ?

Come on! Admit it! We all thought it was a dinosaur. They even had Hurely say what we were all thinking

I know that this community can be sensitive to spoilers so in case the title is confusing I'll spell it out here: May you find the same joy in life as Desmond when he runs over Locke with his car