Did anyone else think that Ben Linus and Richard Alpert were playing Good Cop/Bad Cop on Locke? Ben was the bad cop - Ben was unusually agressive and wanting to embarrass Locke. Then Good Cop Richard Alpert comes in with his smooth voice and gets Locke to accomplish what Ben wanted (just like Alex told Locke Ben does).

Btw - did anyone else think that Ben's conversation with Locke about letting his dad go was very similar to the conversation Locke had with Boone about letting Shannon go? Shannon died; Anthony died. Hmmm....

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