A crazy and wacky episode that was hopping all over the place. It wasn't clear what and how Ben shows up in the middle of the desert (it will be explained later), but this was the first instance of Ben traveling through time to meet up with Sayid and get him to kill the man that murdered his wife Nadia. Ben sure knows how to manipulate and play people like a fiddle. It's easy for him. Back on the Island, the men shooting the guns are of course from the boat and use Alex as a bargaining chip to get Ben to surrender. Doesn't work. She is executed, which I wasn't expecting to happen the first time I saw this episode.

The ending was very interesting and veeeeeeeery cryptic. I of course speak of the meeting between Ben and Charles Widmore.