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Lost · Season 6, Episode 9

“Ab Aeterno” quotes from Lost

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“Ab Aeterno” · Season 6, Episode 9

In this episode: Richard Alpert (4), Jacob (4), The Man in Black (2), Hurley Reyes (1)

[Jacob has just subdued Richard when he tried to kill him]

Who are you?[Holds up the dagger] And who gave you this?

Where is my wife?

I don't know your wife. Was she on the ship?

She's dead...

Than why are you asking me where she is? [Richard can't answer] Did you meet a man in the jungle dressed in black?

Yes!

What did he say to you?

He said that you were the devil![Jacob seems frustrated at this]

What else did he say?

He said that you took my wife. Where is she?

That wasn't your wife.

Yes it was, yes it was! She is here in hell, just like me!

You think you're in hell?

Where else would I be?

[Jacob drags Richard to the water and starts to drown him]

You still think you're dead?! You think you're dead?! Why should I stop?!

I want to live!

[Jacob throws Richard to the ground] That's the first sensible thing you've said. Get up, we need to talk.

[To Richard] Imagine that this wine is what you keep calling hell. There are other names for it. Malevolence. Evil. Darkness. And it's all down here swirling at the bottom. Unable to get out, because if it did it would spread. Now, the cork is this Island. [Puts a cork in the jug, trapping the wine] And it's the only thing keeping the darkness where it belongs.

That man who told you to kill me believes it is in every person's nature to sin. I bring people here to prove him wrong.

So you were the one who brought my ship here?

Yes,

And there were other people here before me?

Yes, many.

What happened to them?

They're all dead.

If you brought them here, why didn't you help them?

Because I wanted them to help themselves. To know the difference between right and wrong without me having to tell them. It's all meaningless if I have to force them do anything. Why should I have to step in?

But if you don't he [The Man in Black] will.

[Pauses, taken aback] Do you want a job?

A job? Doing what?

Well if I don't want to step in, maybe you could do it for me. You could be my, my representative, an intermediary to me and the people I bring to the Island.

What would I get in return?

You tell me...

I want my wife back.

I can't do that.

Can you absolve me of my sins?

I can't do that either.

Then I never want to die...I want to live forever.

[Smiles, lays a hand on his shoulder] Now that, that I can do.

[the Man in Black sits on a log in the shade, he holds a white stone. Jacob shows up]

Morning.

Morning.

I see you got my present.

Don't gloat, Jacob. It doesn't become you.

So you tried to kill me.

You expect an apology?

I'd just like to know why you did it.

Because I want to leave. Just let me leave, Jacob.

As long as I'm still alive, you're not going anywhere.

Then now you know why I want to kill you. And I will kill you, Jacob.

Even if you do, someone else will take my place.

Well, then I'll kill them too.

[Hands him a jug of wine] Well here's something to pass the time. See ya around. [Jacob leaves]

Sooner than you think. [He smashes the jug against the log, releasing the wine]

[Hurley has just helped Richard make peace with his long deceased wife]

She kinda said something else. Something you have to do.

What?

She said you have to stop The Man in Black. You have to stop him from leaving the Island. And she said that if you don't... (speaking in Spanish) ...we'll all go to hell.

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