On Lost , “Jeremy Bentham” is the alias used by John Locke when he leaves the Island and travels the world trying to convince the Oceanic Six to return.

Basic identity

  • Jeremy Bentham is not a new character but a false name given to John Locke by Charles Widmore so Locke can move around safely off the Island.
  • In the season 3 and 4 flash‑forwards, the mysterious man in the coffin later revealed as “Jeremy Bentham” is actually Locke, using that alias.

Story role in the show

  • Under the name Jeremy Bentham, Locke visits Jack, Kate, Hurley and the others one by one, trying to persuade them that they all have to go back to the Island.
  • He ultimately fails, becomes deeply depressed, and is killed by Ben Linus, who stages the death as a suicide; his body, still under the Jeremy Bentham identity, is then used as the corpse on Ajira 316 to help recreate the original flight conditions.

Episode and title

  • The main off‑Island story of this alias is told in the season 5 episode “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham,” which shows Locke’s travels and death under that name.
  • The name itself also nods to the real‑world philosopher Jeremy Bentham, fitting the show’s habit of naming characters after famous thinkers.

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