He’s Our You

So the big question is “Is Ben dead?” I don’t believe that he is. I have too much respect for the writers of the show to introduce that big of a paradox. With Ben dead, state of affairs in the present time would cease to exist, at least until the timeline was restored. Ben, Frank, and Sun would not be on the Island. No, I believe that the shot to his chest is not fatal. Ben will be found in the forest, brought back, and treated. And this will end up convincing Ben that Sayid is a born killer, as he stated to him in one of the flashbacks.

As soon as Sayid told Sawyer that he knew why he was there, I think I knew what he was going to do. So I can’t say that I was surprised. But it was pretty surprising that he got the gun and shot him right in the chest. Like I said, somehow, Ben has to survive the shot, so I didn’t expect it to be such a good shot.

The Dharma people are going to be crazy-mad at Sayid. Thinking that he is one of the hostiles, I am sure they are going to break the truce now. Meanwhile, I wonder how long Sayid can hide from both the Dharma people, and the Others. I don’t recall if Sayid and Alpert every met.