LOST Revisited: 6-7 “Dr. Linus”

Now, this is where Dr. Linus is a very different man from our Benry. Our Benry would have reminded Principal Reynolds that he’s in no position to make threats, and any letter from him will mean next to nothing after the world finds out that he fondled a student, and then he’d immediately go about faking proof and destroying Reynolds utterly. But here, in Timeline X, Benry has to choose between his own needs and Alex. We know how well that worked in our world…