Lost
Character Profile
Ben Linus
Flash Forwards
These flash forwards are presented in the order that they were viewed on the show. In parenthesis are numbers corresponding to the order that they flash forwards would appear chronologically for Ben’s life off the island.
Episode 4.03: The Economist
(6) Sayid is in a room while Ben looks at his wound. Ben tells Sayid that he was stupid to care for Elsa. “These people don’t deserve your sympathies. Need I remind you what they did the last time you thought with your heart instead of your gun?” Sayid says that Ben used it to recruit him …read more

Thanks to MPmom at the Fuselage for bringing up these connections between John Locke and Ben Linus!!
John

Mother is Emily L.(Locke)

Born early (3 months)

Father issues – dad hates him

Mother called out “Call him John!” as he was taken from the hospital room after she gave birth

Meets Horace Goodspeed in a dream, who directs John how to find the cabin

Kills his father to prove himself to The Others

Ben

Mother is Emily L. (Linus)

Born early (2 months

Father issues, dad hates him

Mother called out “Call him Benjamin” just before she dies

Father meets Horace Goodspeed on the road, who later tells him about the island and …read more

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Lost
Character Profile
Ben Linus
Actor: Michael Emerson
On the Island: Ben was brought to the island as a child when his father came to work for Dharma.
Profession: Dharma employee. Later Ben was the leader of the Others
Prior to the Crash:
Ben was born prematurely while his father and mother were hiking in a forest in Oregon. His mother died during labor and her last words were to name the child, “Benjamin.”
Ben came to the island as a boy when his father, Roger, got a job working for Dharma. Ben’s father …read more