Ben sometimes seems like a very convenient character for the writers to use as an excuse for outrageous bullshit. He often stretches the story on with that one extra detail or comment. Oh, I've got someone on their boat! Now remember, he didn't even know about the boat before he learned about Naomi. So the people on the boat are looking for him, yet the female anthropologist chick who Locke captured didn't even recognize him? Why did he have to tell her who he was? That seemed like bs to me
He's cool but often feels like a revolving circle of questions with no answers.