Post #56 LOST Revelation Thursday...

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Last night's episode: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Primary Focus Character: John Locke (aka Jeremy Bentham)
Secondary Focus Character: Benjamin Linus

We find out that the Ajira flight 316 did crash land on the island. Several people congregate on the beach as Caesar, one of the only passenger from the flight seated with our LOSTies, is rooting through an office in the Hydra DHARMA station.
He appears to know what he is looking for.

The woman who had Sayid in custody, Ilana, tells Ceasar that someone is on the beach who was not on the plane. In a scene reminiscent of Luke in Jabba's chamber, we see a cloaked Locke reveal himself. We see two canoes and Ilana explains that the pilot and a woman took a third canoe and left without saying anything to anyone.

Off the island, Locke finds himself in Tunisia after turning the "frozen donkey wheel." A group of men picks him up and takes him to a makeshift hospital to treat his broken leg. Here we see Matthew Abaddon and Charles Widmore.

Widmore sets Locke up with a fake passport and provides Abaddon as a driver. He send Locke on his way to persuade the O6 to come back to the island with him.

Locke visits all of the O6 with no luck. He visits a much older Walt who tells Locke that he has been having dreams about him. Locke also visits the grave of his dear Helen. This is where Abaddon is gunned down and Locke, in a rush to flee is in an accident.

After leaving the hospital, Locke feels like a failure: alone and worthless. He writes Jack a note and proceeds to hang himself. But, as he is about to step off the table, Locke is interrupted by Ben, who has tracked him down. Ben talks Locke down from the table, but when Locke explains that they should find the woman, Eloise Hawking, Ben appears visible stunned. He grabs the cord and chocks Locke to death. He then stages the scene as if it was a suicide and takes Jin's wedding ring.

Back on the island, Locke finds Caesar, who shows him several of the people who had been hurt in the crash. They stop at one bed where Caesar asks if Locke knows the man in the bed. Locke answers that he was "the man who killed me." The man is Ben Linus.

Questions:
* How many survived the crash of Flight 316?
* How and why did John Locke return to life?
* What was Caesar looking for in the Hydra office?
* How did Danielle's map of the Island end up at the Hydra station?
* How did Daniel's map to the Tempest end up in the Hydra station?
* Where did Lapidus and the woman go on the boat?
o Who was this woman?
* Why was the surveillance camera at the "exit" not present in 2005 when Ben left the Island?
* Was Charles Widmore telling the truth about his past leadership of The Others?
o If so, how did Ben force him off the Island?
* Why was Walt having dreams about John's future?
* Why did Ben kill Locke?
* Why did Locke seemingly trust Ben again after the warning from Christian/Jacob?

Crazy Theory:
I believe that the original LOSTies somehow "flashed" out of the plane and entered the island circa 1960, while the other passengers of Ajira 316 crashed on the island circa 2008-9.