Jacob tells Richard what's up!

From ABC's Lost: Jacob explains the island to newcomer Richard. The island is the cork keeping the evil from reaching the rest of the world. Very nice imagery and a very important scene.

[MasonOfLife]

The actor that plays Richard does such a phenomenal job in these flashbacks, you wouldn’t even think it’s the same guy

[DarthRushy]

"Why should I have to step in?"
"If you don't, he will!"
*Jacob.exe has stopped working*

[Sparkticle]

This episode was like a movie in itself. This is why I LOVE LOST.

[godofdeadlydeath]

I love that in the hundreds of years Jacob had existed on the island, it took Richard telling him, "If you don't, he will" to realize, "Shit, I might need an assistant."

[markurban]

Are you the Devil? No thats the different show.

[alexdean]

"I want to live forever..."
"Yeah I also can't do that. Anything more reasonable?"
"Then I'd like to be mayor of Gotham City."
"Now that... I can do"

[bonineto]

Shame we never got to see much of Richard except in the last season.

[edward]

"Why should I have to step in?"

"If you don't he will!"

...*shit he's got me there...*

[mocalzkrkonos]

LOST FOREVER. KEEP REWATCHING SINCE 2007

[therealrealSANDMAN]

After 10 long years since Lost ended I’m still here, enjoying beautiful scenes, witty dialogues and everything else this true masterpiece of a show gave to us. And I could still read four hours about theories and what ifs. L❤️ST

[tclass]

Mark Pellegrino was so awesome in both this as Jacob and Supernatural (as Lucifer). His portrayal of both characters is just chilling. This particular ep is still my favourite in the whole series.

[tr_zac]

Richard: "Are you the devil?"
Jacob: "No."
*Sam and Dean burst in*
"BULLSHIT!"

[INFILTRUS]

He basically just explained the entire premise of the series.

[wesmay]

I hope people still know this is the greatest show there has ever been!

[antonoffish]

Richard: But why male models?
Jacob: Are you serious? I just explained...

[SamuelDJCox]

Jacob's philosophy is perfectly in line with the themes the show has explored since S1.
I love how this major character and his whole philosophy explains so much of the major themes explored through all our characters, how it turns out that ultimately in the end the show's mythology is intrinsically tied to the simple questions of human nature - that just as the writers wanted the show to be about exploring them, they actually created the character of Jacob to represent the key arbitrator at the heart of all these events.
He, as much as the writers, wanted to bring together as many different flawed people, a true representation of human nature, good and bad and all in between, and explore just what they could be capable of when left to their own devices - could they learn to live together and help lift one another up and perhaps even aspire to give themselves to an even higher cause, to think beyond what you see and learn to believe in what you cannot, or would they let their nature and basest instincts of survival let them turn on one another, to instead of learning to give themselves to a higher cause either ignore it, disbelieve it or even worse try to take advantage of that higher power and try claim it for themselves?
Jacob's human experiment of sorts was the perfect way to explain the meandering journey the show took, and it made perfect sense of why he let it take as long as it did, and yes it's true - it really would have meant nothing if he stepped in and told them what to do. He had to let them discover it for themselves, as we all have to in life.
To me it's just so satisfying, and it totally pays off all the episodes spent exploring these characters not just from a character development point of view, but also from a thematic sense as they each through their varying types of storylines were still all unified in the sense that they all were ways in which these central questions could be explored.
Perfect, perfect writing!

[billybifocals]

When he touches him on the shoulder, it gives me chills. The power he has, in order to grant immortality like its nothing lol. Amazing episode.

[supremeworld]

Just like to point out something many missed from this episode - it effectively explains the strange religious like way The Others regarded Jacob - almost like a god. Richard became the first Other following this conversation and he was very religious. Jacob pretty much was a god of sorts to him after this and one whose plan he devoted himself utterly to from that point on. Therefore when the first group of people that came to the island after arrived he guided and intervened, which included passing onto them the religious regard for Jacob, as he began forming them into the society we know from the show. Ab Aeterno is as much an origin of how The Others came into being as it is an explanation of how Richard came to the island. Richard is the core of their society - the constant, always guiding them from his advisory position

[MarkAMcMillan]

"Are you the devil?"

That smile.

"I am on Supernatural."

[alexs]

Jacob's theme is really beautiful, so mysterious and so beautiful, thanks to the tritone