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By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2009.04.08
Ben's torch flares back to life, startling him, but not as much as the young woman's voice, behind him. "Daddy?" He turns to see Alex. He says her name with such love. She smiles a small smile and says, "Hi, Dad." Ben says, "Oh, Alex. I'm so, so sorry. It was all my fault." She moves closer and is it just me, or does it look like they're going to kiss and not in a parent/child way? Shudder. Thank goodness that doesn't last long. Instead, Alex says, "I know." Ben's frightened, and he should be. Alex grabs him by the collar and shoves him up against the wall with more strength than seems humanly possible for that slender young woman, but seems totally possible if she's, oh, say, a Smoke Monster. Ben's torch falls to the floor. Alex-monster says, "Listen to me, you bastard! I know that you're already planning to kill John again and I want you to know that if you so much as touch him, I will hunt you down and destroy you. You will listen to every word John Locke says, and you will follow his every order. Do you understand?" Speechless, Ben finally manages to nod, but that's not enough for the Alex-monster. "Say it! Say you'll follow him!"
Ben says, "Yes, I will. I'll follow him. I swear." Alex-monster shoves him against the wall one more time. Ben closes his eyes and holds a hand up, defensively, in front of his head. His face betrays his fear, pain and shame, all at once. He cringes and waits for his final judgment, but nothing happens. He opens his eyes to find the Alex-monster gone. Amazed, he picks up his own torch and starts to walk back in the direction he came. From above, Locke calls his name three times as he lowers a vine down into the hole. Finally, Ben walks into his view. Locke asks what happened. Ben says, "It let me live." Locke looks at him in shock, but nobody's more shocked than Ben himself. Dun Bad robot!