Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 1418 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Is Richard Alpert... Myth-taken?
By Cindy McLennan | Season 6 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2010.03.23
Richard finds his way back to Esau and gives him a familiar looking white rock on Jacob's behalf. Esau warns Richard that if he goes with Jacob, he'll never again be with his wife. "I understand. He can be very convincing." What and how did he talk you into, Smokey? He doesn't answer me. Instead, he tells Richard: "I want you to know, if you ever change your mind, and I mean ever, my offer still stands." That shines a different light on Faucke telling Richard that people seldom get a second chance. Anyhow, when Richard doesn't respond, Esau adds, "I have something for you. You must have dropped it." When Richard opens his hand, he finds Isabella's cross. "I found it on the ship." Of course you did. And then you used that, rather than her corpse, to create your little Isabella illusion, didn't you? Richard smiles down at the cross, and when he looks back up, the Man in Black has disappeared. Tearfully, Richard buries the cross near what looks to be the base of an old altar. He waters its grave with his tears, says, "Goodbye, my love," and hopefully goes off to bathe. We cut to...