Benjamin Linus confuses me, which is perhaps a good thing. Oh, if only because of what he's done since he first showed up on Lost--now you don't know what he's actually up to, with all those false details, and leaving the island, and returning to the island, and all that. So it's a pretty interesting question, now that the series is going to end--what exactly will happen to him? (That, and this provided a good break from all those will-Charlie-Pace-be-back? questions.)
Michael Emerson told E! Online that he thinks he'll have a pretty important part in the final season of the show next year. "My feeling is that [Ben] will have a role to play in the next season," he said. "And I hope he survives until almost the end at least."