{"id":908,"date":"2008-03-13T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T17:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/"},"modified":"2008-03-13T12:44:01","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T17:44:01","slug":"lost-theories-bens-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"LOST Theories:  Ben&#8217;s Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/benlinus.png' alt='Ben Linus' align='right'\/><\/p>\n<p>I think last week&#8217;s episode, &#8220;The Other Woman&#8221;, sent Ben&#8217;s creepy meter up a couple of extra notches.  I did get me thinking about what&#8217;s going on with him.   How could a guy who said he could cure Juliet&#8217;s sister&#8217;s cancer, a guy who lives on an island where people who were crippled can now walk&#8230; how does a guy like that get sick?   How could he contract that tumor?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of talk about &#8220;people on the list&#8221; and &#8220;good&#8221; people.  What if Ben&#8217;s behavior towards Juliet and his intention of keeping her on the island prevented the island&#8217;s healing characteristics not work on him?   What if the whole reason he&#8217;s sick is his own fault?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think last week&#8217;s episode, &#8220;The Other Woman&#8221;, sent Ben&#8217;s creepy meter up a couple of extra notches. I did get me thinking about what&#8217;s going on with him. How could a guy who said he could cure Juliet&#8217;s sister&#8217;s cancer, a guy who lives on an island where people who were crippled can now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LOST Theories:  Ben&#8217;s Illness&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,13],"tags":[65,673,336],"class_list":["post-908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost","category-television","tag-ben","tag-lost","tag-lost-theories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LOST Theories: Ben&#039;s Illness - Magic Lamp<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LOST Theories: Ben&#039;s Illness - Magic Lamp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I think last week&#8217;s episode, &#8220;The Other Woman&#8221;, sent Ben&#8217;s creepy meter up a couple of extra notches. I did get me thinking about what&#8217;s going on with him. How could a guy who said he could cure Juliet&#8217;s sister&#8217;s cancer, a guy who lives on an island where people who were crippled can now &hellip; Continue reading &quot;LOST Theories: Ben&#8217;s Illness&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Magic Lamp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-03-13T17:44:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/benlinus.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"srp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"srp\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"srp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d\"},\"headline\":\"LOST Theories: Ben&#8217;s Illness\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-13T17:44:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":132,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/benlinus.png\",\"keywords\":[\"ben\",\"LOST\",\"Lost Theories\"],\"articleSection\":[\"LOST\",\"Television\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/\",\"name\":\"LOST Theories: Ben's Illness - Magic Lamp\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/benlinus.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-13T17:44:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/benlinus.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/benlinus.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/03\\\/13\\\/lost-theories-bens-illness\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LOST Theories: Ben&#8217;s Illness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Magic Lamp\",\"description\":\"Ramblings about entertainment and other things\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.magiclamp.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d\",\"name\":\"srp\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"srp\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LOST Theories: Ben's Illness - Magic Lamp","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LOST Theories: Ben's Illness - Magic Lamp","og_description":"I think last week&#8217;s episode, &#8220;The Other Woman&#8221;, sent Ben&#8217;s creepy meter up a couple of extra notches. I did get me thinking about what&#8217;s going on with him. How could a guy who said he could cure Juliet&#8217;s sister&#8217;s cancer, a guy who lives on an island where people who were crippled can now &hellip; Continue reading \"LOST Theories: Ben&#8217;s Illness\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/","og_site_name":"Magic Lamp","article_published_time":"2008-03-13T17:44:01+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/benlinus.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"srp","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"srp","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/"},"author":{"name":"srp","@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/#\/schema\/person\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d"},"headline":"LOST Theories: Ben&#8217;s Illness","datePublished":"2008-03-13T17:44:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/"},"wordCount":132,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/#\/schema\/person\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/benlinus.png","keywords":["ben","LOST","Lost Theories"],"articleSection":["LOST","Television"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/","url":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/","name":"LOST Theories: Ben's Illness - Magic Lamp","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/benlinus.png","datePublished":"2008-03-13T17:44:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/benlinus.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/benlinus.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2008\/03\/13\/lost-theories-bens-illness\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LOST Theories: Ben&#8217;s Illness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/","name":"Magic Lamp","description":"Ramblings about entertainment and other things","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/#\/schema\/person\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/#\/schema\/person\/704aaf70f249f7b09f55b367bce1ad8d","name":"srp","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"srp"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1459be907bc51cbee32d777d1141ed053c617060b581f34743d7a0327199f0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}