It kinda looks like Ben is in love with Juliet, but I'm inclined to think otherwise. At least he doesn't love her in the same way as Goodwin.
He says to Juliet "You're mine"... but expresses no desire for her, he makes no moves on her, but he is obsessed with her.
Goodwin and Juliet think Ben has a crush, but the only one with the answer is the shrink (I forget her name). The shrink mumbles to Juliet "You look just like her".... Who? Ben's mother.

Ben's mother was his reason for joining the hostiles. His vision of her on the island led him to cross the fence and meet Richard for the first time. It's also interesting to note that the island has the ability to bring you anything you think of (or so Ben has said)... This would mean Ben was thinking of his mother.

In the scene were he murder's his own father he says "I've missed her too", referring to his mum.

There is also the point that Ben has lied to everyone on the island about his birthplace, telling them that he was born on the island, when in fact he was not. He was born inland, and his mother died giving birth to him prematurely... just like all the other mothers on the island.

Richard says to Locke that Ben has them looking at reasons for the pregnant women's deaths and calls it something like a "science experiment". Richard doesn't see it as important, but Ben does. Its part of his obsession with his mother and her death, and possibly the guilt he feels over being the cause of it. The are dying because of him.

Locke had to kill his father in order to get over his past. What will Ben have to do to be released from his?

This has probably been discussed before on this site, but I'm pretty new, and although I tried to find a related thread, there's a lot to get through! So i thought I would just start a new thread

What do people think?