LOST Revisited: Pre-Game for “Recon”

There are several characters who this could be alluding to – both Benry and Widmore had the experience of being leaders, in name only, while on the Island. Despite being leaders of the Others, they took their orders from Jacob, who spoke to them only through Richard, And both lost their power – strangely, Widmore was actually exiled from the Island. It’s a reverse Napoleon!