Might Ben and Richard try to stage a coup to overthrow Locke?
Emerson: Ben and Richard have always seemed to me to have a somewhat fraught and edgy relationship. I don’t think Ben is in a position right now to make aggressive alliances with anybody. Ben is doing well at this point to put one foot in front of the other. TVGuide.com: But what about “My enemy’s enemy is my friend”? Emerson: Well, there’s something to be said for that, and that is a philosophy that Ben has put to good use in the past. But Ben seems to be in as low a place as I have ever seen him. He seems to be shaken and no longer the general that he used to be. He is in fact no longer possibly the chess player that he used to be. TVGuide.com: To add in yet another metaphor, are you saying he has run out of aces up his sleeve? Emerson: That may be the case. But he isn’t completely out of cards yet. No matter how whipped he is, he continues to be alert to the possibilities of every situation. TVGuide.com: I was surprised — and I am curious if you were, too — to learn that Jacob can b
