Ben's backstory reminded me of the bit in Austin Powers where Dr Evil recalls his warped, twisted childhood.

Jack; do expect me to talk, ben?

Ben; no, Jack Shepherd, i expect you to die!

You see, sir. By pulling out this button, it turns the watch into a hyper-intensified magnetic field. Powerful enough to even deflect the path of a bullet - at long range,or a plane in low flight or so Q claims...

I've gotta say I think Sayid is more in the running now for Bond more than ever

That was a bit of a shocker last week, Ben "owning" Sayid like that

I have been watching all of series one again on DVD, think about the time when Sayid tortured poor old Sawyer with bamboo up the finger nails cos he thought he had Shannon's ashma [/sp] drugs tucked away in his suitcase. Boone got beaten up by Sawyer, but noone asked Sawyer first about the drugs, they just started hurling acusations and going thru his stash.

Everyone has pay back, his is to be Ben's lacky.....

Ben in group therapy;

"....my father was a drunk widower who blamed me for his wife's demise...he would routinely beat me when he came back from whatever demeaning task the Dharma initiative leaders made him perfom that day....he would invariably be inebriated on Dharma beer on my birthday and christmas day....i would run and hide in the jungle, and invent pretend friends to play with...."