Alex Rousseau

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Alex Rousseau
Actor	Tania Raymonde
ImageSize	248px
First	"Maternity Leave"
Last	N/A
Alexandra Rousseau
AKA	Alex, Alexandra Linus
Age	16 (Born: 1988)
Place	The Island
Profession	None
Status	Alive
Images	Images of Alexandra Rousseau

Alexandra 'Alex' Rousseau is the daughter of Danielle Rousseau, and a member of the Others. Danielle has said that Alex's father was Robert, another member of the expedition, whom Danielle has admitted to killing. Alexandra is also the girlfriend of Karl. It seems that she does not always agree with the Others' beliefs and goals, and in most of her appearances in seasons 2 and 3 has been seen aiding the survivors in escaping the captivity of the Others. She treats Ben as her father and appears to know nothing of Danielle, claiming that her mother is dead. She is also unaware that her mother killed her true father.

On the Island

Season 2

Alex shows Claire who the Others really are. ("Maternity Leave")

According to Danielle, Alex was taken by the Others when she was one week old. However, Danielle claims never to see one of the Others during her first sixteen years on the island and used the term interchangeably with the whispers at the time she told her story. Regardless of the exact circumstances, Alex was raised by Ben as one of the Others. She was told that her mother was dead.

After sixteen years, she saw that the Others had captured an unknown woman, whom she later learned was Claire, a pregnant woman whose unborn child the Others planned on taking via cesarean section. She woke Claire up, and after a quick explanation showed her the operation room where the surgery was going to take place. Claire started to resist, so Alex drugged her and dragged her out of the Staff, saying Claire would thank her one day. ("Exodus, Part 1"), ("Maternity Leave")

On the survivors' 52nd day on the Island, during the confrontation between the Others and the search party that Jack assembled to find Michael, Tom called out for Alex to bring the captive Kate out to the torches circle. Instead, Pickett brought her out; Alex was trying to get Pickett out of earshot so that she could talk to Michael and ask him if Claire had given birth to her baby and whether it was a boy or a girl. Michael was gagged and stunned, so he could not respond. ("Three Minutes")

Season 3

Alex attacks the Others at the rock quarry. ("I Do")

On the survivors' 69th day on the island and Jack, Kate and Sawyer's second day on the Hydra island, Alex tried to communicate with Kate while she was working at the labor area of the camp. Alex asked her about a guy named Karl, and if Kate had seen him around the cages area. She commented that Kate was not even supposed to be in the cage she was held captive in. She also remarked that Kate's dress used to belong to her. ("The Glass Ballerina")

Three days later, on the prisoners' 6th day on the Hydra island, Alex intruded again into the quarry, an area she was not supposed to be in, and attacked two of the Others using a slingshot. She aimed it at Danny, who was aiming a gun at her, and demanded to know where "he" was (referring to her boyfriend), and demanded to talk to Ben. Danny refused, and Alex was taken away by one of the Others. Alex cried to Sawyer and Kate, who were lying on the ground under Danny's orders, that whatever the Others tell them, they should not believe. She warned Kate that they would kill her boyfriend, "just like they killed mine." ("I Do")

Alex convinces Kate and Sawyer to help her. ("Not in Portland")

In the underwater section of the Hydra station, Alex communicated with Jack through the intercom, asking him to "try it, the door", which was usually locked. Jack tried, and the door was open. ("I Do")

Later, before going into surgery, Ben asked Juliet if Alex had asked about him. Juliet said she hadn't and that she didn't know where Alex was, just that she had been taken home the previous night. ("I Do")

The next day, Alex helped Kate and Sawyer to escape from Danny, Ivan and Jason by hiding them in the hideout, right after hitting Jason with a rock. She told them she had a canoe that could get them off the Hydra Island, but she would only help them if they would help her to rescue her boyfriend, whom Sawyer identified as Karl. ("Not in Portland")

When they reached a smaller part of the Hydra compound, Alex told them that Karl was being held somewhere in there. She pretended to hold Sawyer and Kate captive, and tried to convince the guard, Aldo, to let them in. He said she was not allowed in, but she used her father (later revealed to be Ben, likely her foster father) as an item for negotiation. As Aldo called Ben for confirmation, Sawyer attacked him, and Kate knocked him out. ("Not in Portland")

Alex looks confused as Sayid mentions her mother

In the facility, the trio found Karl in Room 23, strapped to a chair with goggles, forced to watch what looked like a brain-washing video. They freed Karl and ran to the nearest beach, where Alex's canoe was waiting for them. Danny suddenly appeared, ready to shoot Sawyer, but was shot by Juliet who walked out of the jungle. Before Kate and Sawyer left with Karl, Alex and Karl were reunited for the last time, as Ben, according to Juliet, would never let Karl go if Alex left with him. Ben is referred to Alex as "your father". After the launch of the canoe, Alex went back to the Hydra with Juliet. ("Not in Portland")

When Locke takes Ben hostage, Alex (who lives in Ben's house and refers to him as "Dad") is sent to retrieve Sayid's pack, which contains the C-4. Sayid tells her she looks like her mother, and she replies that her mother is dead. He tells her, "I'm sure that's what they told you," leaving Alex shocked and confused. While accompanying Locke to the submarine, she warns him that Ben is manipulating him, but he doesn't seem to care. Danielle sees Alex from the forest around this time, but does not reveal herself to her daughter. ("The Man from Tallahassee")

As Ben and Locke collect water on their way to see Jacob, Alex arrives to give Locke a gun so he will be safe, much to Ben's surprise. She coldly adds "happy birthday, Dad" as she leaves. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")

Trivia

• With the knowledge that Alex believes herself to be the daughter of Ben, it is assumed she calls herself Alexandra Linus.
• There are photographs of a young girl with dark hair on the walls of Ben's house (presumably Alex).

Unanswered questions

Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Alex Rousseau/Theories

• Why did Juliet lie to Ben about Alex asking about him? Why was that the one thing he wanted to know before his risky surgery? ("I Do")
• Why is she different than The Others?
• What is her status as an Other?
• Why did the Others take her away from Danielle?
• Why did the Others not change Alex's name when they took her from Danielle?

Cultural references

• Sawyer gave Alex the nickname "Sheena" a reference to Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. ("Not in Portland")