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Submarine
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- The Submarine was the last means of transportation off the Island.
- In order to instill more subservience from his inferiors, Ben no longer wanted the submarine. He had used it on his inferiors similarly to how he used the bunny on Sawyer, and having served its purpose he wanted it destroyed, but not by his own hand.
- John grabbed the C-4 because he realized the Others must have some way to the "real world" and he wanted to be sure no one could get off the island; thus, he blew the sub.
The submarine was not destroyed
- Locke didn't blow up the submarine - he moved it away from the dock and swam back. This is why Locke is soaking wet when he is captured by the others. Instead, he removed fuel containers and other debris and subsequently blew it up, which then sank to the bottom.
- He could be wet because he ultimately decided to place the C4 on the outside of the sub, like near a fuel tank, or another place where it would cause just enough damage to make the sub inoperable, but not beyond repair. Or the wetness could be a continuity gaffe.
- After boarding the sub, Locke moves forward to the conn, as if he's going to pilot the vessel, not aft towards fuel tanks, which would be a necessary target to destroy with a small amount of C-4.
- The submarine is not seen as he walks away from it, and the explosion occurs on the dock itself.
- The sub is on the left side of the dock when John enters it. The explosion appears to happen on the right side and end of the dock.
- Locke knew from the beginning that Ben wanted the sub destroyed. Therefore it makes sense that Locke would move the sub and blow up debris instead, leading Ben to believe that the sub had been destroyed.
- Its likely that Locke did not blow up the sub. All he wanted to do was make it appear as though the sub had been destroyed. He wants the survivors to embrace the island like he has - faking the submarine's destruction made it appear as though the (then-known) only transportation off the island was gone. Also - as attached to the island as Locke is, I think he'd be smart enough to keep the submarine around in secret. As a failsafe incase he ever changes his mind, or an emergency arises.--Mr couchman 08:34, 24 April 2008 (PDT)
Ben's trap
- Locke almost fell victim to one of Ben's traps. When Locke boarded the sub, some sort of auto-pilot began moving the sub away from the docks. The sub was set to explode - either through a self-destruct mechanism, a planted bomb, or by the Others having already tampered with Locke's C4. Locke caught onto the plan at the last second, jumped ship, and swam back to shore.
- Locke apologized to Jack not because he destroyed the Sub, but because he knew the sub was a trap and wasn't able to dismantle it.
Locke's father
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- Ben is baiting Locke. He wants him to exact revenge on his father so he will no longer be a good person and thus lose the island's favor, which would remove Locke as a threat to Ben. Alternately, Ben could in fact be trying to help Locke so as to win the island's favor himself.
Miscellaneous theories
- As when Juliet interrogated Jack in "A Tale of Two Cities", none of the information Ben had on Locke was so personal that Ben would have needed to look beyond public or government records.
- Ben tried to kill Alex - this is why he wanted to know from Locke what it is like to have your father kill you.
