Just thought of something, and it makes more sense why Ben himself killed Locke instead of letting Locke hang himself: If he had tried to hang himself, then Locke couldn't have killed himself since he was a candidate and touched by Jacob. Ben may have known that Locke was not able to kill himself, so he literally had to talk him down and kill Locke himself.

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Posted by tuck

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Posted on 4/3/10 at 2:15 pm to OMLandshark

But to me that seemed like Ben being jealous of Locke's position more than him being a knowing part of a bigger design. I don't think Ben knew he had to kill him. Just my impression of the scene and subsequent scenes, especially when FLocke was walking around on the beach after the plane crash. Ben was genuinely shocked to see him. He thought he had gotten rid of him for good.

I will say that it would have been cool if Locke has tried to hang himself and kept failing, much like the dynamite lighting of Alpert. That would have been a nice touch.

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Posted by STLSU

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Posted on 4/3/10 at 3:58 pm to OMLandshark

That's true, landshark. Michael couldn't kill himself off island either. Nice pickup.

Also, I think that Ellie kind of knew this was about to happen. She knew about the guy in the red shoes in Season 3 ep Flashes before my eyes about Des breaking up with Pen. But Ben still needed to know how to find her since they weren't working together on that. Elie (I call her mother time) may have told Widmore, or even coordinated with him on getting the 6 back to the island (remember how close they are, being Farraday's parents and working on the island together before Charles was banished from it).

Also, Ben knew he would be the leader of the Others with Locke gone, but I think you nailed the real reason, or at least the main one.

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