Ben and Jacob - Page 2

I think there is a good chance that Jacob is Henry's Dad. He said he had been there all his life, so who was there to run things before him? And is the trying to get their women pregnant an attempt to find Henry a successor as well as keep the island populated?

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Originally Posted by Wander

I think Jacob is more likely to be Ben's father. Reason being that in the Old Testament, Jacob (later known as Israel or "struggled with God") had many sons, one of whom was named Benjamin. Interestingly, Benjamin's mother, Rachael, died giving birth to him.

Funnily enough, Benjamin means "son of my right hand."

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I was just about to reply to this topic with that same fact. That would be very interesting if they went that way with the story.

I think you guys are talking about the same guy Henry Gale (so as not to upset Benmer

) and Ben Linus. I think Jacob could be his brother - one on island; one off island ( the whole thing with Gary Troup's book "Bad Twin" keeps screaming out to me for a purpose on this show). I think Ben Linus' name could really be Ben Linus DeGroot. I think he is Karen DeGroot's son, and that's who's in the gigantic hamster portrait in Ben's living room.

I am the son of the right hand... and Henry Gale is the sone of the 4 fingered hand.

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Originally Posted by Frogmeister

I think that possibly the pilot was paid to take the plane off course and fly in the vicinity of the island. He did not know there was going to be a crash. ...That is why the pilot told them, "they will be looking for us in the wrong place" because they were completely off course (1000 miles off!). I always wondered how they got that far off course. But now I believe it was intentional. Then the pilot was conveniently killed before he could spill anymore beans.

Its tought to believe a pilot would willingly fly into his own death. It would have to have been a dharma initiate who then went through all the necessary flight training and get hired by the right company to be willing to die for this cause... Pilots know about thier planes and fuel capacities. The likelyhood that he would agree to a crazy of course location that held no landing strip and possibley not enought fuel to return is slim.

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Originally Posted by charlie98210

Lucky thing that the spinal surgeon didn't happen to get killed in the crash, eh?

SINDY the stewardess... she was in on it. you know the girl who likes to WATCH... she made sure Jack was well sedated for the crash. ( gave him extra alc.) Studies show that survival rates are higher when the body is relaxed.