As we are back to the good all flashbacks, it seems like Benjamin Linus is the man who is keeping all the secrets. Although it seems centered on Juliet and her life on the island, Lost: The Other Woman is revealing new things about...Ben.

The episode starts with Juliet, who has just arrived in The Island and is having therapy sessions with Harper, the official psychologist of The Others. The therapy session is promptly interrupted by Tom (remember him?) who invites Juliet to her new home on The Island.

Ben is the man who presents to Juliet her new home and suddenly it all becomes clear: Ben is falling in love with Juliet.

Back in “our days” and on the beach, Daniel and Charlotte are ready to go in their own mission. They quietly leave the camp, heading in an unknown direction. As Jack finds out that the freighties are missing, he is ready to go after them and takes Juliet with him.

But let’s not forget that we are on The Island, the best place for mysteries. In a mysterious apparition, Harper tells Juliet that Charlotte and Daniel are going to The Tempest, one of the Dharma stations, and Ben has ordered that they should be stopped whatever it takes.

Juliet wonders how Ben is able to send orders as he is Locke’s prisoner, but she gets only a mysterious answer: “He’s exactly where he wants to be”.

And what will this be? Right…Playing win Locke’s mind! Ben manipulates Locke to free him and in exchange he is ready to divulge everything he knows about the freighters and his owner.

The answer is on a tape kept in a safe and labeled “Red Sox”. (ok, this Ben guy already starts to look human: he was/is in love with Juliet and he is a Red Sox’ fan).

As Locke watches the tape, he finds out that Charles Widmore, Penny’s father, is the man who sent the freighter. Why? Ben has a good explanation: Widmore knows about the “powers" of The Island and he wants to exploit them.

Meanwhile, Daniel and Charlotte are heading back to The Tempests, where, according to Juliet, is the main power station of The Island. Kate bumps right into them and she discovered that they are carrying gas masks. Charlotte knocks her out and we are left wondering if after all, The Tempest is just a power station. From Juliet’s flashbacks, we find out one more thing about Ben: he’s a very, very dangerous man. (like we needed more proof!).

When Harper finds out that Juliet is having an affair with Goodwin, her husband implores her to end the relationship otherwise Ben will hurt him. And this is exactly what happens. When the plane crashes on The Island, Ben sends Goodwin and, as you might remember, Ana Lucia kills him when she discovers he is one of The Others. Ben takes Juliet to see his body and when she accuses him, he knew what would happen, the “Master of the Island” answers in anger: “You’re mine”.

Once is established that Ben is the same heartless monster, let’s go back to The Tempest plot line. Jack and Juliet find Kate and while she tells him about gas masks, Juliet disappears in the woods. She arrives at The Tempest where Charlotte and Daniel are struggling not to release the lethal gas, but instead to render it useless, in order to prevent Ben from releasing it to kill everyone on the island as he has done it already in the past. I told you that it’s all about Ben.

As Kate and Jack arrive at the station, Juliet is ready to reveal what we know already: she loves Jack. But watch out, Ben thinks she is his.

And as they share a passionate kiss, we are ready for the Grand Finale: back at the Barracks Ben is free! OK, after a full episode during which Ben was portrayed as the evil from The Island, should I say that setting him free is maybe Locke’s worst idea ever?