Oh right....that's why I was watching Lost.
The conversation between Locke and Ben in the kitchen was easily the best segment on the show this season - and the line "Well, you better hope it's big enough for you to wish for a new submarine" the best from that scene. Locke continually thinks he is in control on the Island, while his flashbacks show the truth - Locke is almost never in control and is almost always out-thought by those around him. And even here, I think Locke knows he is being manipulated by Ben, but he chooses to go along because there is alignment between their goals - only to have Ben one-up him again with the final reveal.
I don't see how they are going to explain it, though - if they had Locke's father for a while, they must have had him present to use against Locke, right? But they didn't ask for Locke to be included in the group to be captured at the end of Season 2. Of course, there is also the theory that Locke's father is also Sawyer's long-lost father, so maybe he was brought it as leverage against Sawyer, who was included in the group.
Sheesh - contorted myself into a pretzel there.
For once, the other various subplots were well-done and added to the overall story. We got several small, good bits - Dannelle catching a gllipse of Alex through the trees, Sayid sowing a seed of doubt in Alex, and so on. And of course, the shot we've all been waiting for - Locke's injury - was extremely well-done; we knew it was coming, we suspected from whom it was coming, and it was still a surprise to see it done.
One question, though (what, just one?): Assuming for the moment that Ben was telling Locke the truth (a big assumption), the Others capabilities have been severely compromised by the hatch's implosion at the end of Season 2. This occurred because the button was not pushed. The Others clearly knew about the hatch; they had a camera system to see into it. So - if not pushing the button caused them these problems, why would they leave it unguarded? Why would they leave the pushing of the button in the hands of strangers? This to me implies that Ben doesn't know as much as he thinks about the Island; otherwise, they would have dedicated more resources to the button. (By the way, the Others don't really seem too concerned about lack of resources - two of them got killed easily last week for apparently little gain.)
This was an episode that really needed to happen after several weeks of lackluster shows. Hopefully they can keep things rolling next week, although it looks like it might be a return somewhat to the Charlie-Desmond thread that has done little for me so far.
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