I know I was being flip. But Ben's sudden emergence as the possible hero of Lost is just amazing to me. I give kudos to the writers for changing our perspective, and everyone in Lost (except maybe for Hurley and Rose and Bernard) have very dark angles to their character. But look what he put Jack and Kate and Sawyer through when he captured them, Look what he did to Juliet when he walks her up the mountain so she can see Ethan's dead body. Some of his action hero stuff of late is seductive, but I don't believe this "cowed Ben" act for a minute. He always has another plan up his sleeve.