My wife pointed out a very interesting idea - that Ben is actually the "good" Other who wants to fix things, make things better, and that Juliet is the one with the evil agenda. Ben realizes he is helpless to stop whatever is going on unless he manipulates people to do what he wants. If he dies, it's a free for all which will probably end with more dead Losties! Frankly he seems creepy but somehow slanted towards doing the right thing...

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"The Naked Gun!"

Frank Drebin remembers a lost love.

Frank: It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

Jane: Goodyear?

Frank: No, the worst.