Ben's Bluff

Well that was a pretty intense episode. Sawyer was heroic, Hugo was noble, Aaron was cute, Jack was sick. Ben sits at the piano, playing Chopin. Either the Raindrop Prelude or the Funeral March, although I'm not 100 % sure.

Don't get me started on Ben. Sacrificing his beloved daughter to save his own skin. Seeing his bluff backfire was excruciating. I knew poor Alex was dead as soon as he said she wasn't really his daughter. Alex was one of the few truly "good" people on the island. By that I mean she was kind, considerate, forgiving (even of her psycho father) and sweet. Heck, just the fact that she hadn't killed anyone must put her in a minority on the island.

All seemed hopeless until Ben unleashed that fog monster. Still don't know what the heck that thing is. Ben's private pit bull? Whatever. Time to say goodbye to hunky ex-marine mercenary Martin. He of the pale eyes, itchy trigger finger and non-existent moral code.

I noticed Ben checked into the hotel in Tunisia under the name Dean Moriarty, the hero in Kerouac's On The Road. Another literary reference. And Aaron (named for the brother of Moses) gets placed in a basket again, another Biblical reference.