Smoke Monster for the win! And not just the normal Smoke Monster, but the big giant one. Sweet. Ok, so as always, here are my observations in no particular order.

1) It was nice to see how Ben "snatched" Sayed.

2) It was also nice to see Ben kick some major butt. He not only has the psychological skills down he can also fight well.

3) When Ben went into the "other" room, not the first hidden room, but the other room, did anyone get a good screen grab of the door? It almost seemed Mayan.

4) The Smoke Monster has been described as a security system and it looks like it can indeed be controlled, somewhat. Ben seems to be able to call it, but he did seem to be worried about it as well. So maybe its almost like an animal - they can summon it and let it go wild, but they to be careful with it.

So the big thing I want to discuss is the Widmore/Linus conversation. Widmore said a few interesting things.

First - Ben couldn't kill him.

Second - He said he knew 'what' Ben was. Ok, that may not mean anything ominous (like Ben is a vampire) but that Ben is more than he seems.

Third - Widmore said Ben got everything from him.

Also - Ben made mention of 'rules'.

So what is the game? Ben has the Island, and Widmore wants it. We kinda new that already. But apparently the 'fight' has been going on for some time. I almost had the impression of two old business rivals.