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Originally Posted by Him
Ben's failed in his main objective - to stop them contacting the ship and discovering the Island, which will apparently lead to the deaths of everyone, and destroy his life. He should be despairing at the situation, not making jokes.
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A lot of people use dark/sarcastic humour in times of great pain and distress to try and lighten/block out the situation, and I can't really see Ben as the type to break down into uncontrollable tears even if the end of the world is just around the corner. He began to - regretfully - come to terms with the fact that what's done is done and tried to limit the damage as best he could, like trying to persuade Danielle to get Alex away. But he couldn't really do much at all tied on the end of a rope with Danielle and Jack taking it in turns to beat and accuse and drag him about, so he's probably just waiting for his chance to get free and act, and in the meantime he's coping with things the way he normally does: with as much calm and control as possible.
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But anyway, I have to admit to not being blown away with this episode after watching it the first time - possibly because I'm used to a season opener being a lot more dramatic and twisted - but after watching it again it most definately is a good, strong episode, and the flashforward especially was great.
And apart from how truly awful Jack is, the island action was top stuff to watch! When watched again after seeing the rest of S4, I'm sure I'll appreciate this epsiode even more than I do now.