Michael Emerson Chats Lost Season 4 and 5

Michael Emerson recently chatted with E!Online about the Lost Season 4 finale and what’s going on with Ben in Season 5.

Michael says that although Ben is not a sentimental character, he is now separated from everything he loves. He’s lost his equivalent of a family in being kicked off The Island and he’s adrift. “He can afford to be a little more mobile,” Michael says. “And possibly more ruthless now, but there is a lot to lose. The fight he’s fighting, the enemy that he is withstanding is a formidable one, and so much hangs in the balance.”

Michael feels that the show is moving towards more scientific explanations. “I don’t think it’s an esoteric or spiritual issue, I think it’s science. I think more and more, now, the show has scientific answers.”

As for Ben and Locke, it appears that the two are now allies. Michael says that Locke “has a condition or quality that sets him apart from all other Lostaways. John Locke is special…er. He is more special than the others.” That being said, the two have not yet worked together during Season 5. “They’re in different places,” Michael explains. He says he’s been working with the characters who are not on the Island.

In fact, Ben seems to have a plan this season. Michael says that it has surprised him. “Oh, I’ll tell you what has surprised me: That Ben seems to have a real plan! You’d think I would be the last one to be surprised by that, but he’s doesn’t miss a beat. It’s kind of interesting—it’s kind of breathtaking, really.”

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