Benjamin Linus new deception

In "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham", the seventh episode of the fifth season of "Lost", Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson) kills John Locke (Terry O'Quinn).

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• Benjamin
• Linus
• John
• Locke
• Lost
• Michael
• Emerson
• Terry
• O'Quinn

[PaleMagnolia]

How can we not love Ben?

Ok, maybe he's a liar, a pityless manipulator and a killer, but he's great anyway. I'm absolutely in love with that bug-eyed twisted sociopath - and I'm sure he'll show us his good side, sooner or later...

I agree with you, our good ol' Benji will surely come out with a perfectly good reason to kill Locke, (and the "I HAD to kill you, John" thing seems sooo Ben-style)!

[StealthMaster86]

This is one of the best scene in the entrie amazing season.

[southparkfan2717]

@pentherapy I got plenty out of the characters that were actually likeable. Ben is a liar, a kidnapper, and a murder.

[pentherapy]

@southparkfan2717 If that's really all you see in his character then you mustn't have gotten much out of the show. No wonder you considered the ending a curveball.

[douglasimons]

7:26

[southparkfan2717]

@mati454650 Thank you. He's a liar, a Hannibal Lector esq. manipulator, and not to mention a murder. The part I hate most about the series isn't the LSD ending, its the fact that Ben's stomach isn't ripped out and shown to him as he dies a slow an painful death.

[jmj540]

One of the greatest television moments ever. The acting is just so outstanding, John Locke should have won another Emmy.

[mati454650]

Ben is bastard

[Drewcifer6789]

Only Ben Linus would interrupt a suicide so that he can murder you five minutes later

[smokeyhatch14]

Ben was a great character but John Locke is the most incredible tv character of all time, hes just so damn cool at times, yet hes also vulnerable and insecure. A little bit of john locke exists in all of us.

[ChurchOfMe93]

@mikemwp Well, his frequent side switching and "inconsistancy" is all intentional. Ben was most known for his mastery of manipulation. Everything he does he does so that he can survive. In the last season, he joined The Man in Black because if he didn't he knew he'd useless to him and would be killed. He was a good guy in the end.

Funny, didn't think I'd forgive him after killing Locke.

[mikemwp]

Ben was an interesting character and was portrayed by Michael Emerson brilliantly. My only complain about him is that he was one of the more inconsistent characters on the show. Some times he would be the bad guy then change his mind and be a good guy, then goes back to the bad guy. Like in the last season when they were setting up that he was seeking redemption for all the terrible things that he'd done and then suddenly he joins Smokey to try to kill everyone so he could get the island.