Ben and his women

[erikau]

So after watching The Other Woman, I have some thoughts...that being said, if you have not watched the episode this will be SPOILERY in nature...you've been warned!





We find out that Ben is/was crushing on Juliet, and Harper remarks that Juilet reminds him "of her." So who is the her? A painting in Ben's house of a blonde haired woman that looks like Juliet tells the story. Some have speculated that she reminds Ben of his mother, Emily Linus, who had long blonde hair. Others have said that Harper was referring to Annie, Ben's childhood crush. Although we only see Annie as a young girl, she has blondish brown hair and it isn't impossible to assume she could have grown up to look like Ben's mother, and Juliet.

I think Juliet reminds Ben of his mother AND of Annie. He might have an Oedipal type complex, which could explain why he would have liked Annie in the first place, if she too reminded him of his mother.

I believe that Ben purged the island, was having a good time being the man in charge with his woman Annie by his side, who he of course spared. Everything was wonderful, they would stay young and live forever on their island paradise. But then he got her pregnant...and she and his baby died when she hit her second trimester.

Ever since he has become obsessed with getting the family he is supposed to have. All the time jumping abilities and special powers he might have cannot bring back his dead loved ones (Cuse and Lindleof always say that the past cannot be changed). So he takes Alex, as a substitute for his child. He brought Juliet to the island, not only because she reminded him of his beloved mother and lost love Annie, but because fate had also made her the person most likely to be able to solve to pregnancy problem on the island.

Thus, Ben used his best manipulative skills to set his plan into action, just like a little while later he would bring a spinal surgeon to the island when he found he had a tumor.

[Gewher]

Hmmmm, interesting theory. I thought that as well when creepy therapist Harper said that Juliet looked like "her". That episode also made me think about the Others as kind of cult like, with Ben as their leader, thinking he owns all of them.

[sugarnuts]

I definetly agree with Ben getting annie pregnant, and her dying.

I always thought that the women dying from pregnancy had something to do with bens own mother dying from giving an early birth to him
When Ben was telling juliet he owns her i thought about why ben brought her to the island. Does he know that Juliet will never find out why pregnant women die because he himself has something to do with it, and he thinks this will keep her on the island?

[lostieuk]

Originally Posted by sugarnuts

I definetly agree with Ben getting annie pregnant, and her dying.

I go with that theory too

[michckay]

Originally Posted by lostieuk

I go with that theory too

Really? You think she'd hit that?

I don't know if you noticed how awkward that kid was :P

Oh well.
Seriously though, decent theory. I just kinda would like to know what happened to Annie in general. Everyone said she died in the purge though. Is that a possibility?

["dennis"]

I completely agree. In fact, i think this is the key motivation for much of what Ben is doing. you know when he says to Michael "what wouldn't a father do for his son" -- he could be talking about his own unborn son with Annie (he certainly wasn't talking about his dad at all).