I don't know if anybody still reads these older posts, but the enhanced version of "THE OTHER WOMAN" had a pop up that said "Ben used the tempest to carry out the first purge" It didn't say he filled canisters with gas from the tempest. It said he used the tempest.
Great point. I just happened to watch Purge #1 in "Man Behind the Curtain" last evening. Ben's can was to kill his dad at close range (psychopathic maniac...). The Others waltzed into camp - no cans. Hmmm....wonder who was working in the Tempest then.
See, great mind do think alike. You too make a good point. Is it possible that Ben had fellow dharmainians who also felt Dharma had to go?