Lost Episode Review & Speculation - 6.03 "What Kate Does"

KatesFate’s Episode Review and Speculation
6.03 “What Kate Does”

This episode didn’t have all of the awe that the season six premier did, but it was still decent. I think it was meant to be a set up episode for next week while still providing us with some insight into the characters. We also saw a few characters from the past come back in some unexpected ways which is always a nice treat. Well let’s get started shall we?

On Island Events

The Claiming of Sayid

The episode begins with Lennon running barefoot through the Temple. Not wearing shoes is fairly normal for the others. As far back as season two we have seen them running around in the jungle barefoot. However, if you have read my theory on this forum, I believe that shoes and feet somehow play a very important part in this story. I won’t get into now so if you are interested, please check out this thread to read more. I will say that the director certainly made a point out of showing us Lennon’s bare feet.

Even though the spring water was not clear and Dogen himself had declared Sayid dead, Sayid somehow springs back to life surprising everyone. Not only is he alive, but his wound is almost completely healed. The Others are beside themselves over this whole situation and request to speak to Sayid alone. The Others are concerned that Sayid may have been claimed and apparently this is not a good thing. In order to determine what is going on with Sayid, they blow some ash on him and then wire him up to some sort of device and seemingly electrocute him. I found this sort of unusual because the Others do not usually use any modern devices such as electricity. It then hit me that maybe they didn’t electrocute him. Maybe it was some sort of electromagnetic energy that they forced through his body. Then Dogen takes a hot poker and burns Sayid’s chest with it. I am guessing here that the ash blown onto Sayid was really the most important part of the test. Maybe the way in which his wounds react to the ash is what is important here.

I can’t fathom what results these tests were suppose to produce, but they were obviously not the right results, because they are now requesting that Jack murder Sayid before the “darkness” takes over. How was Sayid suppose to react to these tests if he was not being claimed I wonder. He responded pretty naturally to the pain if you ask me.

Dogen wants Jack to give Sayid a pill of some sort, Jack not yet knowing what is in the pill does not want to give it to Sayid and decides to swallow it. Dogen freaks out and performs a combination of martial arts and CPR I was quite impressed with. This could have been a really stupid thing for Jack to do, but I think that deep down Jack knows he is important and that these people will not harm him. At one point, Jack approaches the guards so he can speak to Dogen and he says, “Step aside”, both guards stepped away no questions asked as if their God had spoken.

There was one scene with Dogen and Jack that I found particularly interesting and that was the scene where Dogen was twirling the baseball. Think back to the episode where Richard Alpert visits John Locke as a young boy and asks him to choose which items are his. He asks Locke to choose between the following objects, a comic book, a baseball, a compass, a vial of sand, a book of law and a knife. Locke chose the knife, sand and compass and Richard did not like those choices declaring Locke “not special”. I have a feeling that Locke was suppose to have picked the baseball, compass and the sand instead. What importance that baseball has I don’t know but it is certainly odd that it showed up in The Temple in the hands of Dogen don’t you think?

What Kate Does

When Kate told the Others that she could bring Sawyer back I thought to myself, alright Kate finally understands that this is where they belong and that Sawyer needs to be there too. Boy was I disappointed when Kate suddenly took out both of the Others who were escorting she and Jin during their hunt for Sawyer. Sawyer specifically told her not to come after him. Does she ever learn? I have always liked Kate, but I was very angry with her during the timeline on the island. That girl is like a dog with a bone sometimes. Let it go already Kate. Even Jin knew she was doing the wrong thing. When Jin asked her what she planned on doing when she found Sawyer and she said, “I guess we’ll figure that out together”, I was flabbergasted and actually lost a little bit of respect for the girl. I am hoping she redeems herself in some way and I wonder where she is headed off to now that she realizes that Sawyer doesn’t want her help. My guess is back to Jack and The Temple.

Sawyer’s Heartbreak

I know all of you are probably sick and tired of hearing me say how great Josh Holloway is and how much I have enjoyed his characters arc, but all I can say about that is that you better not read this part of my review. Sawyer is my favorite character for a lot of reasons and yes the fact that he is gorgeous certainly does help, but even if I didn’t find Sawyer good-looking, I would still be impressed with his acting as of late. He has really come into his own as Sawyer and I am going to predict right here and now that next year is the year he will finally be nominated for an emmy.

I love the sarcastic, witty and brooding Sawyer, but there is always more than one side to a person and the character of Sawyer could of ended up being very one dimensional played by another actor. Watching Sawyer love and lose Juliet has been a very emotional roller coaster ride for me and the only other character on Lost whose life has had that effect on me is John Locke.

I mentioned this in a thread on this forum, but do you remember how Sawyer use to keep his stash of guns and goodies right underneath his bed buried in the sand? Well, I like the way the writers carried that over into this episode. While living in Dharmaville with Juliet, Sawyer kept all of his prized possessions under the bed where he and Juliet slept. When Kate goes back for Sawyer she finds him pulling up the floorboards for a box and we see Sawyer pull out a small black velvet bag. I was hoping we would get to see what was in that bag during this episode and I got my wish.

We learn during Kate and Sawyers’ conversation on the dock that Sawyer was going to ask Juliet to marry him. I can’t tell you how much this scene made me cry. I will never watch Lost again without a box of tissue next to me. Sawyer seems to now be resigned to the fact that he was meant to be alone forever and stays behind in Dharmaville and Kate finally leaves with her tail between her legs. The writers have a habit of splitting up the characters during crucial times only to bring them all back together again in some elaborate montage of a scene, so I am sure Sawyer will be back at the Temple once again, the question I have is when? Hopefully he will figure out what Juliet meant when she said, “It worked” and he will be able to move on.

Claire?

I was certain that Aldo was going to kill Jin as he lay there trapped. When we suddenly see both Others get shot, I was certain it was Kate or Sawyer. Never in a million years did I expect to see Claire standing there looking down the barrel of a shotgun looking like a mini Rousseau. I knew Claire would pop up on island at some point, but not in this way, shape or form. We learn from Dogen that Claire has been claimed, infected, whatever you want to call it, but what does this mean exactly and how did it happen to Claire? Did Claire die in her sleep after that explosion and was somehow claimed by the MIB? I am at a loss here, but I am sticking with that theory for now because I don’t see how she could have been claimed otherwise.

I was also pleased to learn that Dogen knows she is Jack’s sister. Dogen had no idea who Jack was when they walked into the Temple, so that has to mean that even though he didn’t know Jack’s face, he somehow knew of Jack and Jack’s family. This only solidifies the idea that Jack is very important to the island and the Others.

I think that pretty much covers the on island events so……………

Off Island Events

Born To Run

When we last saw Kate off island she was running from the Marshall and had hijacked a cab that had an extra passenger in the form of Claire. When the cabbie pulls away, Kate catches sight of Jack standing on the sidewalk and you can instantly see that she is confused when she sees him. I am pretty sure Kate recognized Jack but isn’t quite sure where she knows him from. Interesting though that when she pick pocketed his pen she didn’t show the same recognition. I think that as time goes on for these characters off island, they will very slowly start to have memories of the island that will bring them all together and these two timelines will come together as well.

The cabbie jumps out of the cab suddenly leaving Kate to drive with Claire still in back. I cannot believe that cabbie took off and left a pregnant Claire alone with some crazy woman toting a gun. What kind of man does such a thing? What a wuss. Kate eventually dumps Claire at the side of the road and heads to the nearest auto repair shop where she smiles, hands over $200 and the mechanic removes her cuffs. Like it really would have been that easy in real life.

Kate opens up the bag she stole from Claire so that she can change and realizes that the bag is full of baby items. She finally makes a decision that I 100% agree with and heads back to find Claire and return her bag and purse. After returning her bag, they speak briefly and Kate offers Claire a ride to the home of the couple who is to adopt Aaron. I really couldn’t believe that Claire said yes and excepted the ride. Here is a woman who has a gun and hijacked a cab with it and Claire just hops right in the cab! What was she thinking? Kate could have been some sort of baby stealing nut that you read about in the news for all Claire knew. Claire can be quite flighty at times if you ask me.

Claire learns that the couple who wanted to adopt her baby have split up and are no longer interested in adopting. At that moment, Aaron decides it is time to enter the world and Kate rushes Claire to the hospital. As they pull up outside of the hospital in a cab, a police car goes by. This was another moment I found a little unbelievable. Kate just escaped from a federal marshall in a stolen cab with a hostage, you would think every cop in the city would be on the alert for this cab.

Once in the hospital, Claire’s doctor turns out to be Ethan Goodspeed. I absolutely loved this part of the show. How cool that they worked Ethan into these events. Turns out Claire is in early labor, so Ethan offers to give her some drugs and when Claire asks if it is safe he says, “They are perfectly safe. I just don’t want to have to stick you with needles if I don’t have to”. LOL How great that line was. Remember that Ethan kidnapped Claire and stuck her with many a needle while she was in his captivity. Good stuff. It is also interesting to note that Ethan is no longer Ethan Rom. This means he never went to the island and defected to the others.

I was really hoping that when they got to the hospital Juliet would be the one to deliver Aaron. Now that Claire has opted to stop the labor for now, I am holding out hope that this will still happen. Although it would be nice to see Kate do it just like she did in season one, I would much rather be surprised by the appearance of Juliet.

Before parting ways, Claire gives Kate her credit card and Kate tells her she should keep the baby. Since Claire has now put a name to her baby, I believe she will opt to keep it. Although Kate is constantly running and can be rather wishy washy when it comes to men, the girl has a lot of heart and has always gone out of her way to help someone when they’ve needed it. She didn’t have to help Claire, but she did, even at the risk of being caught.

That is all from me for this week folks. Thank you for reading and since you are reading, please feel free to leave a comment. I love to hear from you.

Best Lines

*Ethan – They are perfectly safe, I just don’t want to have to stick you with needles if I don’t have to.

*Miles – As you can see, Hugo here has assumed the leadership position so that’s pretty good.

*Kate – I shouldn’t have come after you.
Sawyer – Which time?

*Aldo – You better not slow us down.
Kate – You better not slow me down.

Things I Noticed

*Claire had a stuffed whale in her baby bag. Aaron had a stuffed whale in his arms the night that Jack and Kate fought in Kate’s house when they were off of the island in the first timeline.

*There was another zebra crossing shown in this episode when Arzt is in the way of the cab. (Thanks to Gazman’s new sig or I never would have noticed this)

Episode Review - 6.01 & 6.02 "LA X"

KatesFate’s Episode Review – 6.01&6.02 “LA X”

For about an hour before the premier of Lost began, I was on pins and needles. I was so excited to see it that I honestly couldn’t contain myself. I suddenly remembered what it felt like to be a child again on Christmas Eve. I paced around nervously for about an hour and then finally made my way to my chair, powered up the flat screen and cranked up the surround sound. I had waited patiently like a good fan during the longest nine month hiatus EVER and I was ready to get Lost.

I spent the next three hours of the night enjoying the reward that the writers and producers of Lost bestowed upon me for waiting so patiently. It was well worth the wait. I enjoyed the season premier of Lost immensely. There was not a single aspect of the episode that I did not love. It had a nice flow following season fives finale and we were given answers that I didn’t expect for at least a few more episodes. We were also surprised with what I felt was an awesome twist, placing the Losties into two timelines at once.

Timeline One – The flight and arrival at LAX

The fact that detonating the bomb worked and the Losties were right back on Flight 815 was not a big surprise to me. This is what I thought would happen. However, I always thought this would happen and they would retain their memories of the island. I never dreamed that what they did, would make them forget and reset their pasts, not to mention create an alternate timeline where they are still on the island, but now in 2007. I was more than happy to learn that setting off Jughead managed to give us both scenarios. The island is really where they are destined to be, so it makes sense that they are still on it. We’ll talk more about the island later, let’s talk about Flight 815.

This timeline was fantastic. It was awesome to see what would have happened to some of the characters had they never crashed. I also loved the way the writers incorporated lines and sentiments used during season one and how the characters lives still seem to be intertwined. It was interesting that their lives leading up the the flight were different as well. Hurley suddenly feels like the luckiest man alive and Jin is still barking orders at Sun, only this time I get the distinct feeling that Sun does not speak English, yet Jin does. Sawyer still seems like his normal self and is most likely still a con man. However, wouldn’t be a nice twist if this around he is not a con man, but a policeman or a detective? Think about it for a minute and rethink his actions on the flight, it’s not beyond impossible. You see they reset time all the way back to 1977 so anything that happened to them after 1977 has changed. Sawyer’s parents died in 1976 (I think), which would mean his childhood was still the same. But Hurley would not have been born yet, so his past would be completely different. This would also mean that Juliet never went to the island because as we know the island is now underwater, therefore she is most likely not dead in this timeline. Yah!!!!! I wonder if we will get a glimpse of the tailies and what happened to them once the plane landed. I hope we do.

For me the most interesting part of this timeline had to be the fact that both Locke’s knives and Jack’s father have mysteriously gone missing. I also now understand why Locke chose the knife as a young boy when Alpert came to visit him and why it was the wrong choice. Locke chose the knife because it would become the knife that would kill Jacob. This is why Richard never saw anything special in Locke, because he never was. I am guessing that Locke’s knives are lost because their true destiny is on the island as well as the body of Christian Shepard. Perhaps these two items never left the island to begin with when the bomb was detonated.

I also liked the idea that Jack provided Locke with some hope by giving him his business card and offering a free consult. Jack has never been one to hand out hope before and it was nice to see it being offered to John, who could have used much more of it the first time around.

Another interesting thing to note is that Desmond was on the Flight. Or was he? Do you think that Desmond might have been a vision that was meant to somehow jog Jack’s memory to recall island events? He did just seem to disappear into thin air and he was never on Flight 815 to begin with, so why would he be there now?

I also tried very hard to notice when Kate kicked Claire out of the cab, if Claire was pregnant this time around, but it was too hard to tell. Here is a screencap of her. What do you guys think?

And did anyone else notice that Kate pick-pocketed Jack’s pen on the plane in the same way she tried to pocket the handcuff key she and Jack retrieved from the dead marshall on the island and the satellite phone she lifted from his back pocket?

I could go on and on about all of the events so it’s probably best if I just move on the the island events now.

Timeline Two – The bomb explodes and sends the Losties to 2007 but they are still on the island.

This timeline began with a close-up of Kate’s eye. Kate awakens and suddenly realizes she is in a tree. She also has very muffled hearing because of the explosion. I have something to say here and you guys are all going to think I am nuts, but I don’t care because it makes perfect sense to me. As Kate wakes up and is climbing down the tree, her hearing may be muffled, but you can hear all sorts of noises going on around her and it was not just the noise of her climbing down the tree. When she gets her hearing back, everything around her is silent. Now hear me out for a minute, remember the pilot from back in season one that Kate and Charlie found laying in the treetops? Kate looked suspiciously like that pilot laying up there in that tree when she woke up and if you listen to the noises around her, it sounds a little bit like Smokey retreating. It is almost as if Smokey picked her up and put her in the tree without harming her and then retreated as if he was somehow saving her. She also woke up a lot further away from the hatch than everyone else did. I have to add also, that Kate is plagued by a Black Horse in season one. Coincidence? Hmmm…..we’ll see. Wasn’t Kate in the Judas position in the Lost Supper picture? Even though we saw Jacob touch her, whose to say she was not somehow also touched by Esau? If Locke’s character can end up never being special, then Kate’s character can certainly end up being on the “wrong” side.

Moving on to Sawyer & Juliet. Even though the idea the she could possibly be alive down there is a bit hoaky, I was glad that Sawyer and Juliet got to say a proper good-bye. Poor Sawyer though, he has been through a lot and seeing him suffer this way breaks my heart. I tried to contact him through fanmail to let him know that I am here for him whenever he needs me, but for some reason they believe me to be stalking him and I am no longer able to gain access to any of his fansites. Go figure. Their good-bye gave me hope though. Based on Juliet’s comments to Sawyer before she died, I predict that their characters will be reunited with one another before the end comes around. Remember, Juliet is not dead in the off-island timeline and could be living in LA for all we know and remember, she told Sawyer, “It worked”.

Now let’s discuss Hurley. While tending to Sayid who is bleeding profusely, Hurley is visited by the ghost of Jacob. WOW! Jacob tells Hurley that he needs to save Sayid by taking him to The Temple and to take the guitar case too. After easily convincing Jack that Hurley can fix Sayid, they head to the Temple. I was very surprised that we got to see the Temple so soon. Happy, but surprised. It reminded me of a Mayan Temple and the people protecting it are just others. Somebody please tell me why the other that was translating looked so familiar. Have we seen him before somewhere? So Hurley carried this Ankh with a list of names hidden inside all the way to the island. I love that he peeked at what was inside too. It was great that Hurley demanded to know what was on the paper. Once again he saves the day.

A quick thought here. Was Sawyer on the list too? Because you would think if he was that the others would have questioned his whereabouts?

Sayid’s turn. So Hurley convinces them to save Sayid and Sayid is placed into a pool of water that is no longer clear. My guess is that it is no longer clear because Jacob has died. Not to mention, no speak English, English taste bad guy, did not have his wound healed when he placed his hand in the water. So how did the water end up healing Sayid? Wanna know what I think? Too bad, I am going to tell you anyway. I think it might be possible that Jack’s touch somehow saved Sayid. Perhaps after Sayid was taken out of the pool and Jack tried to save him, he actually did save him. Maybe Jack has the same power of healing that Jacob does. He does have an obsessive need to fix things and has performed miracles. Shout out to Lupinbell here who mentioned that Sayid, may have said, “What Happened” in the voice of Jacob when he awakened. I watched it again and I think Lupinbell is right. That is definitely not Sayid’s voice. Could Jacob now be inhabiting Sayid?

I have saved the best part for last. The Lockeness Monster, Richard Alpert and all that went down at the beach. The most spectacular part of the entire episode was the scene where Flocke turns into Smokey, killing Bram and his men in much the same way it did Keamy and gang. I love the way it tricked Bram out of the ash circle. Clever fellow. By the way meppy, I am so sorry that Smokey turned out to be a man. I know you always fancied it a girl. While all of this happened, Ben hid and when it was over he stepped out and was heading toward the door, when Flocke appeared behind him and said, “I’m sorry you had to see me that way”. That statement combined with the look of evil on Flocke’s face and the look of terror on Ben’s face was more than wicked. This will go down as one of my all time favorite scenes ever.

In yet another great Flocke/Locke/Ben scene we learn what Flocke wants. He wants to go home. Home? Where is home? Could he mean the ultimate home, heaven? Was Flocke/MIB cast out of heaven and he now wants to go back. I want to see these two people act together for the rest of their lives and I will watch anything the two of these men do together. How have they not won every single award out there? I am in awe of both of them.

Flocke decides it is time to confront the people on the beach and he starts with Richard. In another great wow moment, Flocke says, “It’s good to see you out of those chains Richard”. Well there you have it folks. Richard was a slave on the Black Rock. I never believed he was an Egyptian. The look on Richard’s face was one of sheet terror and that one sentence from Flocke told us more about Richard that we’ve known for five years. Flocke then man handles Richard and Richard is down for the count. Flocke turns to everyone else and tells them that he is very disappointed in all of them. But why? Does he mean for locking him in a cabin for all of these years and for following Jacob instead?

Back at the Temple, they learn of Jacob’s death through Hurley. Was anyone else surprised that they didn’t somehow know themselves? It seemed odd to me that some stranger had to inform them of it. Jacob could have been dead in that foot for years and they seemingly never would have known. With Flocke on his way to the Temple with Richard in tow, next week is looking to be even better than this episode, although I don’t know how that would be possible.

That’s it for me folks, at least until next week. I know I left some important stuff out, but I have covered some of those topics in other threads so I left them out. Thanks once again for reading and please feel free to share your thoughts and leave your comments.

Things I Noticed and/or Loved

1. Hurley wears a red shirt throughout the entire episode. Say it ain’t so.
2. Frogurt sleeping on the plane between Locke and Ben was a nice touch.
3. I loved that Sawyer & Juliet got to say a proper good-bye.
4. Hurley! Hurley! Hurley!

Best Lines

1. Lockeness Monster – I’m sorry you had to see me that way.
2. Lockeness Monster – It’s good to see you out of those chains Richard.
3. Juliet – It worked.
4. Ben – You used me.