[Lauren [is Lost]]

Originally Posted by Murgatroyd

I've seen people on other forums saying they were almost glad Alex was killed, not because they didn't like the character but because it was the level of punishment (and reality-checking) that Ben needed. I won't go that far, but certainly I thought it was a case of too little too late. He's never demonstrated an ounce of sympathy for all his victims and potential victims in the past. How much do you think he pondered Claire's feelings when he ordered Charlie's death, or Rose's when he ordered the deaths of any men who tried to prevent her being kidnapped? I doubt Desmond features much in his Penny-murdering plans either. I'm sure his grief at Alex's death was genuine, but there are so many ways in which he could've prevented it (not in that episode specifically but over the past three seasons), and he is, in my view, an astonishingly hard character with which to sympathise.

I totally agree with that.