Whatever Happened, Happened

"Whatever Happened, Happened"
Lost episode
An injured Ben is brought to Richard Alpert.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 11
Directed by	Bobby Roth
Written by	Damon Lindelof Carlton Cuse
Production code	511
Original air date	April 1, 2009
Guest appearance(s)
Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert Kim Dickens as Cassidy Phillips Doug Hutchison as Horace Goodspeed Susan Duerden as Carole Littleton Sterling Beaumon as Young Ben Linus Patrick Fischler as Phil Jon Gries as Roger Linus William Blanchette as Aaron Jim Templar as Baxter Sebastian Siegel as Erik Candace Scholz as Debra Susan King as sweet young woman Miko Franconi as Sam Scott Moura as Manager Olivia Vickery as Clementine Phillips
Episode chronology
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Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert
Kim Dickens as Cassidy Phillips
Doug Hutchison as Horace Goodspeed
Susan Duerden as Carole Littleton
Sterling Beaumon as Young Ben Linus
Patrick Fischler as Phil
Jon Gries as Roger Linus
William Blanchette as Aaron
Jim Templar as Baxter
Sebastian Siegel as Erik
Candace Scholz as Debra
Susan King as sweet young woman
Miko Franconi as Sam
Scott Moura as Manager
Olivia Vickery as Clementine Phillips

"Whatever Happened, Happened" is the 11th television episode of the fifth season of ABC's Lost. The 97th episode of the show overall, "Whatever Happened, Happened" aired April 1, 2009, on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by executive producers/show runners Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse and directed by "The Man Behind the Curtain" director Bobby Roth.

In 1977, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) goes to extreme measures to save young Benjamin Linus (Sterling Beaumon) when Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) refuses to help. In flashbacks, Kate takes care of Sawyer's (Josh Holloway) favor and begins to tell the truth to protect Aaron (William Blanchette).