I don't remember the exact line, but Jack asked Richard if he had "ever been here before" when Richard appeared in the woods and told Jack and Hurley to follow him to the temple, but instead took them to the Black Rock. Richard's response was that he had been there before, but hadn't come back since. Sounds like they confirmed that Richard came to the island on the Black Rock, and he hasn't aged since due to Jacob's touch.
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Originally Posted by Yooxra
Would like an answer to why Richard gets to live forever and why the others don't
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Either it's because Jacob chose to give that "gift" to Richard specifically so he could play his role as a kind of wise and knowledgeable adviser to the Others or everyone else does get to live forever just like him and it just hasn't been long enough for us to be able to tell if they've aged at all. Remember, Richard isn't eternal, he just can't kill himself. I'm not 100% sure, but fairly sure, that no one that Jacob has touched has committed suicide which is the only thing keeping Richard from dying - someone else can kill him so it wouldn't mean he's special.
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Originally Posted by Gogan
On another note, Locke told Ben that they were headed to the Hydra station. Do we have any idea why they'd be heading there?
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Locke keeps talking about leaving the Island for good, that's why he came to Ben and offered him the job as the island's protector. Maybe he has someway off the island - didn't Ben tell Miles that he could get off the island and get him 3 million? So maybe there's another sub that Ben and Smokey know about? Or maybe Smokey plans on taking Widmore's? In any case I'd say Whidmore is there to stop Smokey from leaving.
What will be interesting to see is if Whidmore is the only notable person on that submarine.