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Ben Linus

Following orders – I didn’t want to say it, but Ben comes across more and more like Hitler

May 31, 2007

In “The Man Behind the Curtain,” we saw Ben unflinchingly murder his father with a nasty nerve gas, part of a greater plot that exterminated his fellow members of Dharma in the same horrifying manner. The systematic destruction of an entire people – genocide. Haunting echoes of the gas chambers used by the Nazis. In [...]

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Jacob is Him – But who is Jacob? Spirit? Telepath? Prisoner?

May 11, 2007

“God loves you as he loved Jacob.” That was one of the frames on the screen Karl was forced to watch in Room 23. Jacob also had a list, and Jack was not on it. There has been much speculation about Jacob since he was first mentioned on LOST. There was speculation about him even [...]

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Ben Linus – Liar, Manipulator, and Cold-Blooded Killer

May 10, 2007

After seeing the carnage of the orchestrated gas attack, it’s hard to see how Ben can possibly think that his group is really made up of the “good guys” he claims they are. The castaways versus Others fatality tally really doesn’t matter anymore. We know now that the Others brutally murdered a whole town full [...]

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Blogging while watching LOST: “The Man Behind the Curtain”

May 9, 2007

I’ve been looking forward to this episode ever since I heard the title of it a few weeks back. A shoutout to Ben’s alias Henry Gale… and so promising when it comes to the real story behind the Others. A few things before the first commercial break: Ben’s parents were named Roger (Work Man?) and [...]

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Just how much can we trust good ol’ Ben Linus?

October 16, 2006

When we first met Ben Linus, he had a homemade crossbow bolt through his torso and went by the name Henry Gale. He was manhandled by Sayid, nearly killed by several of the survivors of Flight 815, and he never actually admitted to the truth of what he was… the leader of these people living [...]

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