I guess I must admit that I’m a bit over Kate. I think the
alternate timeline regarding the Oceanic landing safely has given these
characters somewhat a separate and unique parallel to the on-island 2007
timeline where certain characters are as they were before
events/incidents/situations evolved and changed them (mostly for the better,
perhaps a bit for the worse). Kate is still running from the authorities, commandeering
a cab, eventually dropping off a very pregnant Claire who happened (as fate
would have it) to be inside at the time.
What Kate Does
follows Kate on the island in 2007 and in LA in 2004. Sawyer pulls a gun on the
Others (whose leader is Dogen, not particularly fond of the English language so
he mostly uses an interpreter), while they are all involved in an altercation
with Jack (responding to their desire to investigate Sayid, regarding whether
or not he’s dead), so he can escape, doing so. Kate will follow, Jin
accompanying her (hoping to find Sun), while Dogen sends two of his own with
guns to make sure they come back (with Sawyer). Aldo (Rob McElhenney) is smarmy
and rude, itching to plug both Kate and Jin if they give him a reason.
Honestly,
What Kate Does gave me Claire back, so
for that I’m grateful. And the scene where Sawyer has a ring in his fingers, a
tear streaming and a look upward in frustration because of his loss,
contemplating his responsibility in convincing Juliet not to leave in the sub
the moment she had the chance in 1974, is probably in my Top 5 of all moments
during the series run I have experienced up to this episode. I’ll never forget
Sawyer’s pain, reliving his ache when looking over at an alive Sayid,
questioning why he is spared when Juliet wasn’t. Kate is kind of a reminder,
too (and she even admits blame for talking them into returning to the island
from a sure-fire homeward bound trip in the sub in ’77) of what he’s lost. She
can’t help but consider her role in Juliet’s death and clearly Jack realizes
it, too. But Claire getting a ride after Kate stops off at a mechanic’s shop
(Jeff Kober; actions fans like me know him as the typical villain who either
gets his head kicked in by Chuck Norris or causing mischief which usually
includes someone like Van Damme pummeling him into a collapsing puddle of human
battery) to the house where her baby was to go to adoptive parents (the husband
left the wife, so when Claire arrives it is realized the trip was ultimately
for nothing!) eventually leads to a trip to the hospital where Aaron waits to
be born. Back in 2007, though, Claire, Jack soon learns from Dogen, has been
overcome by “darkness”, a fate that appears to await Sayid as well. The episode
does re-establish Claire as an important character on
Lost after a considerable
absence, and Sayid’s recovery seems to be all for naught as Jacob’s adversary
seems to be winning him over thanks to the ill-effects (“infection”) of the
resurrection pool (the water wasn’t pure and Sayid’s past perhaps indicative of
why darkness will win his soul). But, quite frankly, I’m almost six seasons in
with Kate and her story has ran its course with me personally.
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Honestly, What Kate Does gave me Claire back, so
for that I’m grateful. And the scene where Sawyer has a ring in his fingers, a
tear streaming and a look upward in frustration because of his loss,
contemplating his responsibility in convincing Juliet not to leave in the sub
the moment she had the chance in 1974, is probably in my Top 5 of all moments
during the series run I have experienced up to this episode. I’ll never forget
Sawyer’s pain, reliving his ache when looking over at an alive Sayid,
questioning why he is spared when Juliet wasn’t. Kate is kind of a reminder,
too (and she even admits blame for talking them into returning to the island
from a sure-fire homeward bound trip in the sub in ’77) of what he’s lost. She
can’t help but consider her role in Juliet’s death and clearly Jack realizes
it, too. But Claire getting a ride after Kate stops off at a mechanic’s shop
(Jeff Kober; actions fans like me know him as the typical villain who either
gets his head kicked in by Chuck Norris or causing mischief which usually
includes someone like Van Damme pummeling him into a collapsing puddle of human
battery) to the house where her baby was to go to adoptive parents (the husband
left the wife, so when Claire arrives it is realized the trip was ultimately
for nothing!) eventually leads to a trip to the hospital where Aaron waits to
be born. Back in 2007, though, Claire, Jack soon learns from Dogen, has been
overcome by “darkness”, a fate that appears to await Sayid as well. The episode
does re-establish Claire as an important character on Lost after a considerable
absence, and Sayid’s recovery seems to be all for naught as Jacob’s adversary
seems to be winning him over thanks to the ill-effects (“infection”) of the
resurrection pool (the water wasn’t pure and Sayid’s past perhaps indicative of
why darkness will win his soul). But, quite frankly, I’m almost six seasons in
with Kate and her story has ran its course with me personally.
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