Roger Linus

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Roger Linus

Portrayed by Jon Gries

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First seen

"Tricia Tanaka Is Dead"

Last seen

"The Man Behind the Curtain" (flashback)

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Name

Roger Linus

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Status

Deceased

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Date of death

19 December 1992

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Origin

United States

Profession

DHARMA Initiative workman

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Family members

Emily Linus - Wife
Ben Linus - Son

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Season(s)

S1 - S2 - S3 - MP - S4

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Roger Linus is the father of Benjamin Linus. He was a DHARMA Initiative "Work Man", whose uniform featured the Swan Station logo. He was killed by Ben during the purge.

A younger Roger

Off the Island

On December 19th, during an unknown year in the 1960s, Roger and his wife, Emily, went on a hike in a forest near Portland. At the time, Emily was seven-months pregnant with, presumably, their first and only child. For an unknown reason, she went into labor early into the hike. Roger delivered the baby, picked-up Emily and the baby, and ran for help. They reached the side of a busy road and Roger managed to stop a couple for help. Sadly, it was too late for Emily and she died in his arms. With her dying words, she asked Roger to name the baby "Benjamin". ("The Man Behind the Curtain")

Roger's body

On the Island

Sometime in the 1970s, Roger took a job with the DHARMA Initiative, courtesy of the same couple that was present when his wife died. He and Ben, about 8-10 years old at the time, came to the Island on a submarine and were enthusiastically greeted. When Opal assigned Roger the entry-level position of "Work Man," he expressed his dismay and stormed-out of the in-processing center with Ben. At first, Roger tried to coax Horace Goodspeed into getting him a better job, but he soon seemed to resign himself to his fate and started drinking heavily. He eventually, and irrationally, came to blame Ben for the death of his mother and Roger's failures in life. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")

In spite of this, Roger remained a workman until his death more than ten years later. On that day, Ben, who by then was also a workman, accompanied his father on a delivery errand to the stations around the Island. Since it was Ben's birthday, the two stopped on a ridge to drink beer and take-in the view. Unbeknownst to Roger, Ben had allied himself with the Hostiles, and as part of the Purge, Ben murdered his father with toxic gas. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")

Ben did not bother to dispose of the body, instead opting to leave it to decompose ingloriously in the DHARMA Van. It was found twelve years later by Vincent, who brought Roger's severed arm to Hurley. This lead to Hurley's discovery of the van, which he was adamant about restoring to working condition. During the process of pulling Roger's corpse from the wreckage, the corpse's head also fell off the body. Sawyer dubbed Roger's remains "Skeletor". ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")

Unanswered Questions

What exactly did a "Work Man" do for the DHARMA Initiative?
Why does he have a Swan logo on his DHARMA jumpsuit when he his duties apparently covered several stations?