Dead Is Dead Review

Dead is Dead was a Ben centered episode that started off with young Ben recuperating at the Other's 70s camp. Widmore goes in to welcome him, after some persuasion by Ricard. The next time we see Ben he's going to kill Rousseau, but he finds Alex instead. After taking Alex back to camp Widmore orders Ben to kill her, kinda like when Ben ordered Locke to Kill his father. Ben won't do it though and he takes Alex in as his daughter. The next time we see Ben it's after the purge and the others are living in Dharmaville. This is when Charles is being forced to leave the Island, Ben tells him it's because he broke the rules. Before Ben got on flight 316, he paid Desmond and Penny Hume a visit on Our Mutual Friend. He shoots Desmond and plans to shoot Penny, but young Charlie makes Ben think twice. That was all Desmond needed and he left Ben bloodied and in the ocean. In current time on the Island Ben causes a stir amongst the flight 316 people by pitting them against John, then killing Caesar. Ben and John run into Sun and Lapidus at Ben's old house in Dharmaville. They get caught up on when the other survivors are. Ben goes down and pulls the drain that lets smokey out, then he has to follow Locke to the temple since Ben didn't know smokey lived underneath. In the lair of the smoke, we can see a hieroglyphic that appears to depict Anubis, an Egyptian god, coming face to face with a devil looking monster. Probably Smokey in his younger days. When the Smoke pours out of it's vent, it judges Linus. We seen him judge several other people including Mr. Eko. Just as with Eko and Yemmi, after being Judged, Smokey takes on the form of Alex and tells Ben he can live but only if he follows John Locke.