11:05AM, Jan 09, 2009
The master manipulator. Ben has always used people for his own agenda, but his daughter paid the ultimate price.
BEFORE THE CRASH
- Mother died during child birth
- Raised by his alcaholic father who brought him to the island
when he got a job with the Dharma initiative - The leader of the Others
- Ordered Goodwin and Ethan to infiltrate the survivor camps
for information
ON THE ISLAND
- Captured by Rousseau and believed to be an Other
- Turned over to Sayid, who held him prisoner in the Swan station
- Claimed to be Henry Gale from Minnesota and crashed on
the island four months ago with his wife; told Sayid his wife died after getting sick - Sayid did not believe him and savagely beat him to get the truth
- Drew a map to his balloon and wife's grave for Ana Lucia
- Implied that if he were an Other, the map would lead Ana Lucia to a trap and his people would capture her
- Helped Locke get out from under the blast doors
- Claimed to have entered the code into the computer
- Confronted by Sayid and Ana Lucia with the truth: they found his balloon but the grave contained the body of the real Henry Gale
- Claimed that the real Henry Gale's neck was broken when his body was found
- Sayid revealed a note scrawled on a $20 bill that Henry Gale
had written to his wife; he wasn't dead when he was found - Tried to choke and kill Ana Lucia; told her the two Others she killed were good people
- Set free by Michael after Michael killed Ana Lucia and Libby
and shot himself in the shoulder to make it appear like Henry Gale did it - Revealed to be the leader of the Others
- Told Michael the Others are the good guys
- Held Jack, Kate and Sawyer prisoners and took them away
- Revealed to Jack the Others can leave the island.
- Offered to take Jack home if Jack does what Ben wants
- Was held captive by John Locke
- Enlisted Michael to be his spy on Widmore’s freighter
- Inadvertently killed his daughter by trying to stall Keamy
- Moved the island to prevent Widmore from finding it but as a result
had to leave
POST ISLAND
- Was transported from the island through space to the middle of the
Sahara dessert - Travelled to Iraq to recruit Sayid as an assassin
- Confronts Widmore and declares his intension to kill Penny to avenge
the death of Alex - Tells Jack that he and everyone else have to go back to the island
