Talk:The Man Behind the Curtain

message: Richard Alpert is shown in three different timeframes. The first is when he meets Ben just after Ben's arrival (when Ben is aged 8-12), then as a young man that Ben meets after the bloodshed (when Ben is aged 20-25) and finally in the present (when Ben is in his forties). Between the young Ben and the present, at least 30 years have passed, though Alpert does not appear to age.
I disagree with this statement, the only way lost shows age is through "Hair" as seen in Jack's and Locke's flashback's therefore when a 12 year old Ben meets Richard (with long hair) could mean that Richard as young as 19.
--203.81.236.88 12:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Juliet seemed to know what was on the other side of the tape, even though she hadn't heard it after Ben recorded it. Ben thought Richard had already taken it whereas it was actually Locke that had taken it directly to Sawyer, therefore Juliet wouldn't have heard it... AdamHorn 00:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: - Probably Ben instructed her earlier that answers or further instructions will be on the other side of the tape.--86.132.200.127 15:37, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought that was the case, but it seemed as though she knew what was on the other side of the tape, the "we be there in two days" bit. AdamHorn 19:58, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Juliet and the Tape

message: In the Bible, Benjamin is also the son of Jacob btw. Though we've clearly see that Roger Linus died and stayed dead. Though i'm sure theres some meaning in it, Benjamin also being the apparent favorite son Jacob in the Bible. Could Jacob be in fact some kind of menifestation of the island itself? making Ben a "son of the island". He claimed to have been born there which was a lie though. 
With some spellings Benjamin can also mean "son of days", implying old age.
:I think that in The Bible, Jacob's favorite son was Joseph, not Benjamin.  But Benjamin was Jacob's last son, and I wonder if that is supposed to parallel the fact that on Lost the Others can't have kids anymore.  Is Ben supposed to be the last of the Others? -- Shaheenjim 04:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benjamin's relationship to Jacob

message: Would it be appropriate to mention in the article that Alpert doesn't seem to age while Ben ages from Sterling Beaumon to Michael Emerson? Applejuicefool 15:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It may qualify as original research... It certainly looked like he didn't age, but we don't really know, maybe he aged slowly or something. -- MacAddct1984 16:02, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: When Ben was talking to him near the start of the episode and mentioned that it was his birthday, didn't he make some quip like "You remember what birthdays are, right?" possibly implying that Alpert doesn't age? Cheesehead Dave 19:08, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, very good point, I didn't even think about that. -- MacAddct1984 19:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alpert 

message: Which is it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.40.53.39 (talk) 02:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wondered the same thing, but they never said. -- MacAddct1984 04:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm GUESSING that its the same one which Juliet lived in, and if that was ever stated, then thats which Portland it is. Considering the fact that Portland is (if I remember correctly) where that company which is being used as a front for the others is located.--RgNet 08:47, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portland, Maine, or Portland, Oregon? 

message: The beer can that Roger opens in the van is the current type (shape) of beer cans, however I guess they were only introduced in the mid- or late 90's. The time he killed his father must happened in sometime  in the early 80's (The Orientation films were dated 1980).--86.132.200.127 15:52, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe Dharma were trialing the new style beer cans ;) AdamHorn 20:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See my note about Ben's watch in the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.79.122.92 (talk) 22:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I've edited and then removed this section, as it is quite pointless. The time frame is roughly correct, when Ben arrived in the 1970s or eariy 1980s, and killed his father in the mid 1990s or so. -- Matthead  Discuß   10:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beer can and watch too modern 

message: Seconds before Ben kills his father, he is seen checking the time occasionally. Then a close-up on his watch shows that he is wearing a Timex Indiglo watch. But that type of watch was introduced in 1992 only 12 years before the Oceanic 815 crash.
:I've edited and then removed this section, as it is quite pointless. The time frame is roughly correct, when Ben arrived in the 1970s or eariy 1980s, and killed his father in the mid 1990s or so. -- Matthead  Discuß   10:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Watch

message: Anyone know the name of the mournful instrumental incorporated throughout the episode?  I'm sure it must be something special to the show and on the soundtrack, but I have no idea as to the pieces name. --Criticalthinker (talk) 09:28, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Music