5x01 - "Because You Left" Off Island

The Off Island events start immediately after the conclusion of "There's No Place Like Home."

Jack and Ben

1. Did things really go badly on the Island because Jack and the other castaways left the Island?

2. So Locke never sought out Ben? That makes no sense. Ben is the one person who could be the most instrumental in returning the Oceanic Six back to the Island.

Kate and Aaron

1. Who is Dan Norton representing, and what is their interest in Kate's relationship to Aaron?

2. Why wasn't Kate notified of this lawsuit beforehand?

3. Seems, like Kate's running away again. If she's taking the gun, she can't be planning to board a plane so where is she going?

Sun

1. Charles Widmore seems to have a great deal of influence to be able to bring Sun to a confined room.

2. The common interests between Sun and Charles Widmore is to kill Benjamin Linus. Then Sun isn't trying to get back to the Island.

Hurley and Sayid

1. Sometime between now and the time Sayid partnered with Ben, something happened to make Sayid isolate himself from Ben. I wonder what happened between them?

2. Who are the people waiting to ambush Sayid and Hurley and how did they know to wait for them? Are they connected to Widmore or has a new challenger entered the arena?

Desmond and Penelope

1. Clearly history has changed if Desmond had only just then remembered what Daniel Faraday told him on the Island.

2. Why are Desmond and Penelope living on a boat? Are in they in hiding form Ben?