Rivalry?

Could it be that Dharma is somehow in competition with Penelope? Could that be why Dharma/Henry/Him didn't want the magnet to go off and Penelope was so interested in finding it? I like the idea of HH being a Widmore brother though. Even P's big daddy being involved. Perhaps Penelope knows daddy was somehow responsible for Desmond's demise through his enigmatic electromagnetic experiments on helpless traveling hopefuls? Alas, it could be none of the above.

But I still like the idea of a family feud.

I think Widmore and DHARMA having a dispute is very plausible.

But how do we explain Henry saying he didn't push the button. We know he must have...otherwise the hatch would've exploded. Why would he want Locke to think the button isn't important?

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But how do we explain Henry saying he didn't push the button. We know he must have...otherwise the hatch would've exploded. Why would he want Locke to think the button isn't important?

since he must have pushed it, but told Locke he didn't, this implies he wanted the Losties to stop pressing it, thus he wanted the magnetic nastiness to happen...which furthers my theory that the "Others" (or "Hostiles") are working against Dharma...

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But how do we explain Henry saying he didn't push the button. We know he must have...otherwise the hatch would've exploded. Why would he want Locke to think the button isn't important?

Alternate possibilities...

1) Henry didnt push the button, but under Lockdown, that function is suspended, or looked after by some other means...

2) Henry pushed it, but said he didnt 'cause then Locke wouldnt do it later on, and Henry wouldnt be around for the fireworks...

I think Henry & Co are anti-hatch, anti-Dharma...and one by one have caused the demise of all the hatches that we now know to be in disuse...THAT's why he went there to the Swan in the first place!

But weren't they using the medical hatch as we saw in Claire's flashback?

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But how do we explain Henry saying he didn't push the button. We know he must have...otherwise the hatch would've exploded. Why would he want Locke to think the button isn't important?

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Alternate possibility:

Henry didnt push the button, but under Lockdown, that function is suspended, or looked after by some other means.

We found out in the finale that the lockdown does not suspend the countdown. What if Ben is a double agent for Widmore? Rather far-fetched, but if Widmore could get someone into the Other's hierarchy could prove to be a tremendous advantage against DHARMA.

That would also follow-up Logan42's theory that the Others are anti-DHARMA. This theory could explain why. Ben controls the Others, Widmore controls Ben and Widmore wants DHARMA out of the picture.

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But weren't they using the medical hatch as we saw in Claire's flashback?

yeah and presumably all the technology used by the others was originally DI property. So I guess they will use what they need and destroy what they dont.

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But how do we explain Henry saying he didn't push the button. We know he must have...otherwise the hatch would've exploded. Why would he want Locke to think the button isn't important?

We don't REALLY know what caused the hatch to implode. Because Des turning the fail safe key is exactly when it did implode. So Henry MIGHT not have pushed the button...

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We don't REALLY know what caused the hatch to implode. Because Des turning the fail safe key is exactly when it did implode. So Henry MIGHT not have pushed the button...

true, but all the shake, rattle, and roll that was going on before Des turned the key didn't happen with Benry and Locke..... so I think Ben had to have pushed the button.
I am still not convinced that Ben knew every little thing about what was going on at the Swan station and what the button pushin was really all about.