S05E12

Flashbacks:

Baby Ben meets Widmore, who has aged since we last saw him on the island in 1954. Alpert has not aged.

Ben raids Danielle’s tent with orders to kill her, but discovers she has a baby. Takes the baby from the woman and tells her “Everytime you hear whispers, you run the other way”. Turns out Ben defied orders- Widmore wanted him to kill Danielle and baby Alex. Ben evokes “What Would Jacob Do?” (That needs to be my new bumper sticker: WWJD!!)

Ben sends Widmore packing because he “broke the rules”. Widmore left the island a whole bunch and had a baby with an outsider. Has the purge happened at this point? We’re a little fuzzy on the timing.

We think Ben is going to kill Penny – well, Ben thinks so, too – until he sees Penny and Des have a son. Ben shoots Des in the milk and then decides not to kill Penny. Des kicks his ass and tosses him in the ocean.

Smoke Monster:

Locke pushes Ben to atone for his sins with the smoke monster. Ben doesn’t know how to find him, but all-knowing Locke knows where he hides out.

Smokey swirls around Ben and makes him feel bad for causing Alex’s death. Then the monster turns into Alex! She pushes Ben around and tells him not to kill Locke again and to obey Locke.

John Locke:

He sure knows a lot about the island. He doesn’t seem to be able to just appear in places (like at the donkey wheel), but he does know his way around. And he’s confident.

Ben tells Sun he’s never seen the island bring anyone back to life. But we know it happened with Christian. Is Ben lying and trying to plant a seed of fear or mistrust in Sun toward Locke? Or, is he being honest?

The new castaways:

Adios, Cesar.

Ilana is not a bounty hunter. That chick is working for Widmore! She has guns and a giant crate and if you don’t know the answer to the question: What stands in the shadow of the statue? you get a gun to the noggin.

What does stand in the shadow of the statue??