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Now I don't necessarily believe this, however upon rewatching this episode I viewed the dialogue between Alex and Karl in a different light:

Karl "At least we (himself and Ben) have something in common"

Alex "I won't tell if you won't"

Obviously this is just a throw away line intended to settle the audience down into a false sense of security before he gets a bullet through his lung...or is it?

Do Karl and Ben have more than wanting to protect Alex in common?

Again, I realise this has been speculated and negated on numerous occassions, but just putting it back 'out there'.