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2.9 What Kate Did

Kate: "I'm sorry I'm not as perfect as you. I'm sorry I'm not as good."

I'm glad that we now know what she did. It explains a lot about her. But still... I wish her murder had been less ambiguous. I wanted her victim to be a monster, not just a stereotypical wife beater and pathetic loser. I mean, not to get too personal, but I've been in a worse situation than either Kate or her mother, and it didn't drive me to murder. Or maybe there was something else that drove her to it. I didn't quite get what Kate and Sgt. Austen were talking about that happened when Kate was five.

Sawyer's resemblance in type to Wayne, and to what Kate hated about herself, completely explained her schizoid attraction and rejection of Sawyer. At the same time, the damaged child in her always recognized the damaged child in him. They really are well matched, more than I ever realized. Kate has always wanted to be attracted to Jack (hence the surprise jungle smoochies) but I don't think she is.

I wasn't quite sure what to make of Eko, Locke, the Bible, and the missing piece of film. Don't use the computer to communicate? Why not? Because you'll learn something you're not supposed to know? Yes, Scientist Guy said that it might cause another "incident," but were we supposed to believe him? And if the computer didn't work between cycles, how come it worked for Michael? Because "Walt" communicated first?

Lots of Obvious Symbolism this week. First was the removal of Jin's handcuff, symbolic of his alienation from the group due to the language barrier and his initial disagreement with Michael. It was time for the handcuff to go because he is definitely one of the group now. The second was probably Sawyer being possessed, or whatever, by Wayne. The third was the horse. It appeared at the Fugitive-like car accident that set her free, as well as to Kate and Sawyer near the end. Maybe it meant that if Kate allowed herself to love Sawyer, it would set her free. I dunno, I'm groping here.

Character bits:

-- Still no eye opening scene for Kate.

-- Kate was 24 years old when she killed her biological father. (Why not 23?) She was on her way to Tallahassee when the marshal got her. Kate's mother and father both gave her up. That was just sad.

-- We had yet another car accident. (How many does that make?) It was very similar to the plane crash: Kate was in handcuffs and seated to the right of the marshal, who was injured. Kate also got free both times and escaped him.

-- During the flashbacks, Kate was wearing a Janis Joplin tee-shirt. I'm sure I don't need to point out that Joplin was exceptionally self-destructive and committed suicide. I wonder if it was supposed to symbolise something other than that.

-- Sayid was not taking Shannon's loss well. He looked terrible.

-- I think Jack is more attracted to Ana Lucia than to Kate. Why else would he remember what she drank at their one and only encounter, when he was very upset about his father's death?

-- Jin and Sun have definitely reconciled, in a hut built for two.

-- Sawyer said, "I love her." Did he mean Kate? Or was he delirious, and possibly thinking of Angelina Jolie or Charlize Theron? Or was he speaking as Wayne?

-- Was Jack upset about Kate kissing him? Upset that Sawyer loves her? Was that why he was out chopping wood, as Hurley helpfully defined for us as transference? If so, maybe I was wrong about his attraction to Ana Lucia.

Bits and pieces:

-- The name credits ran before the title. I don't think that's ever happened before.

-- The graveyard is getting distressingly crowded.

-- Eko's story about King Josiah, the gold, and the book wasn't familiar to me. Did it mean that knowledge is more useful and powerful than money?

-- Are there more spliced pieces of film elsewhere on the Island?

-- More Patsy Cline. "Walking after midnight."

-- The countdown was at 23 when Jack and Locke came in.

-- The horse reminded me of the classic children's novel, "The Black Stallion," by Walter Farley, which was about a shipwreck and a desert island. Could the horse have something to do with the animal experiments, like the polar bears?

-- Michael discovered blast doors in the Hatch. Not good.

Quotes:

Hurley: "So Rose's husband's white. Didn't see that one coming."

Locke: "Boy. When you say beginning, you mean beginning."

Eko: "Don't mistake coincidence for fate." Now, that's interesting. Especially since Locke is so big with the fate thing.

Sawyer: "Am I in a bunk bed?" :)

Kate: "Do you see that?"
Sawyer: "You mean the big ass horse standing in the middle of the jungle there? Yeah."

This was the best of the Kate back stories, at least so far, and it was great to have Sawyer back. Three out of four polar bears,

Billie