Crash.

Ah, sorry. I thought it might have been a typo but I couldn't figure it out.

I should have though because that was a pretty easy one. <smacks forehead>

No, best to check with me. Heh. My brain very frequently takes the word I want to use and replaces it with something totally random and unrelated. I figure I've had a stroke I don't know about.

Hmm, to shoot holes in some of my earlier musings, a friend pointed out that Christian's body was also missing after the plane crashed. And he's able to hold baby Aaron, so he can be corporeal. Hmm, hmm, hmm.

GD, I would assume Daniel told Locke about his mother since they were all together before Locke went back. Daniel seems to know that his mother knows how to get to the island. (Although I suppose Widmore could have also told him since he obviously knows where Eloise is.)

I'm curious why Ben seemed genuinely interested in helping Locke until Locke said he knew about Eloise Hawking then BAM!

Either Ben's reason for killing Locke was metaphysical (a suicide couldn't resurrect, perhaps) or he needed information from him before he could die. Since he killed Ben right after he mentioned Hawking's whereabouts, I'd wager that's the information he needed.

It seemed less that he was waiting for the right moment to kill Locke, and more like a sudden change of plan upon learning that Locke knew of Eloise. For some reason, Ben really didn't want Locke to find her. I mean, when we see Ben and Eloise together later, there's no hint of, "Damnit, how did HE find me?" She seems perfectly fine with Ben knowing where she is.

That's why I'm so interested to figure out how Locke found out about her. Who gave him knowledge that Ben didn't want him to have?

Christian gave Locke her name right before Locke left the island. My guess is "dude from Fringe" gave Locke her whereabouts.

I'm sorry, I continue to not understand why he wouldn't have acquired that knowledge from Widmore. Widmore knew about Hawkings. I assume he supplied Locke with her file, same as the rest.

And that's a good point about Ben not wanting Locke to know about her. That further makes me think it was Widmore who supplied the information.

What is this war the speak of?

You think it's a Ben vs. Whidmore type of thing?