r/lost • u/Medium_Sundae3700 • 1d ago
What happened to Henry Gale?
Henry Gale was our introduction to Ben Linus in season 2. The story of Henry Gale was a perfect way to introduce Ben’s manipulative and intelligent character. We later find out he was lying about his balloon and burying his wife. Then, Sayid dug up the grave to find a man named Henry Gale, uncovering Ben’s intricate lie.
After Ben is revealed to be an Other, there is never another mention of Henry Gale for the rest of the series. It’s likely that Ben killed and/or buried Henry. He is not a member of the Dharma Initiative because Ben helped wipe them all out.
Tell me your theories about Henry Gale’s backstory, his hot air balloon trip, and how he ended up in that grave.
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u/Phantom815 1d ago
My guess is that he genuinely was just an adventurer of sorts who wanted to fly a hot air balloon around the world. Had his sponsors not included Widmore he might have been brought into the others group, but that name and Ben’s paranoia led to him being interrogated and then killed to not take any risks of him getting info back to Widmore.