Personally I found his character rather boring and irritating but I found the storyline quite interesting. What did everyone think of his introduction to the team? did you like him?

He was ok... thing is, he was still very much the "noob" spook when he got murdered.. he seemed bright & able to catch onto things quickly.

Ben "boring" Kaplin. He just never really took off...the only close shave he had, was meeting his maker. Well that and Connie.

(18-08-2009 03:28 PM)Juliet Delta Wrote:  Ben "boring" Kaplin. He just never really took off...the only close shave he had, was meeting his maker. Well that and Connie.

I say nearly being assassinated by Ros as a "close shave"

Ahh yeah, but he really did get his close shave eventually! in the form of a razor, maybe not a Bic or Mach 3 but definatley a razor! being chased by Ros, well that's every man's idea of heaven isnt it?

(18-08-2009 03:40 PM)Juliet Delta Wrote:  being chased by Ros, well that's every man's idea of heaven isnt it?

Um, no. She might kill me if she's chasing me.

I can't stand Ben!!

From Jo's point of view he must be quite possibly the world's worst boyfriend. The fact that she has been kidnapped and is facing death in series 6 gets no reaction from him whatsoever - I mean I've seen more emotion when someone jumps the queue in a post office. Frequently.

I don't know what it was with Ben, there was just something missing, no spark. I think the only time he seemed to show any emotion was when he was pursued by Ros and he met up with Jo and he said something about her explaining what was happening "without any spooky bullshit."

Oh and also 7:3, when Jamad was killed.

But overall, he didn't do it for me at all & I was pleased it was him being slit by Connie's underwire!

The character was just so two dimensional and only ever served as exposition.

(26-09-2009 04:07 PM)Sanctuary Wrote:  I don't know what it was with Ben, there was just something missing, no spark. I think the only time he seemed to show any emotion was when he was pursued by Ros and he met up with Jo and he said something about her explaining what was happening "without any spooky bullshit."

Oh and also 7:3, when Jamad was killed.

But overall, he didn't do it for me at all & I was pleased it was him being slit by Connie's underwire!

He definitely seemed so emotionless. Ros gets away with the whole not-caring side of things, I didn't feel that he did.