The Life & Death of Jeremy Bentham, Initial Reaction

Wow, yeah, I really really hate Ben now. I hope Locke beats him with Eko's Jesus stick and then Desmond finds the island and beats him with his bloody fists. I was really hoping that Locke discovering someone that he recognized would end up being Walt, but alas, it was stupid evil Benjamin Linus, the master manipulator and liar extraordinaire. Beat his face more, Locke!

Questions:

• Is Christian Shephard really alive? Did he have the same experience as Locke?
• Does Walt have to go back to the island? Why or why not?
• Did Ben kill Locke because he got the information that he needed or because he knew that he had to die to go back to the island?
• How does Ben know Eloise Hawking? Why is he disturbed by hearing her name?
• Is Helen really dead? Did Abaddon lie to keep Locke from going to see her?
• Did Frank land the plane on the runway near The Hydra on Alcatraz island?
• Who did Frank take off with?
• Are Jack, Kate and Hurley in a different time from the rest of the survivors of the Ajira Airways crash? Are the plane crash survivors in present time?
• Why did Ben and Locke flash with them? Where are Sun and Sayid?
• What, why, who and when are the war that is coming to the island?
• How did Ben convince Widmore to leave the island?
• Why is Walt having dreams about Locke?
• Is Caesar working for Charles Widmore?

Notes:

• In the opening sequence, Caesar finds copies of the same map that Rousseau gave Sayid, a page from the notebook of Daniel Faraday, and the map of the Temple that Ben gave to Alex and Rousseau.
• So, Sayid has clearly turned into Jimmy Carter after working for Ben for a while.
• Whyyyyyyyy did you have to kill Matthew Abaddon?!?!?!
• Who is good and who is fucking bad? Widmore or Ben? I still don't know dammit!
• I felt really bad for Locke in this episode. The face he made right before he died was the most frightening look I've ever seen on Locke.
• I hate Ben now. Especially if he killed Desmond and/or Penny and Charlie too. I really had that bug-eyed little fucker.
• I love how you can clean up an entire crime scene with a rag and a bottle of Windex.
• The place where they are holding the injured survivors appears to be Ben's office at The Hydra, as seen previously in a deleted scene.
• Locke didn't tell Walt he was Jeremy Bentham.
• Hurley was painting a Sphinx at Santa Rosa.
• Helen's last name was Norwood and she died on April 4, 2006.

That all being said, I liked this episode. Although, I'm really wondering where the season is going right now. I really have no idea what they're going to do now that they're back on the island so soon. What's going to happen now?