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When the police arrive looking for Kate, Claire covers for her and allows Kate to escape. What Works: The best part of this episode is the development for Jack.
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- Matthew Fox, who played Jack Shephard. After notching a slew of Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for his role as the intrepid island leader Jack, Fox declared that he was “done” with TV after Lost ended in 2010.
- Jorge Garcia, who played Hurley. The much-loved Hurley was of course the inspiration for the title of Weezer’s 2010 album, which featured Garcia’s smiling face on the cover.
- Evangeline Lilly, who played Kate Austen. Lilly’s star turn as Kate in Lost has led to some pretty big roles, most notably as Marvel superhero Hope van Dyne / Wasp in the two Ant-Man films, Tauriel in The Hobbit film series and a part in the Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker.
- Terry O’Quinn, who played John Locke. O’Quinn landed plenty more TV jobs after playing Locke (or The Man In Black) on the show, including Perpetual Grace, LTD, Patriot and Secret and Lies.
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Previously on Lost
1. At the Barracks in 1977, Sawyer and Juliet kiss. ("LaFleur") 2. Juliet dies in Sawyer's arms. Sawyer blames Jack. ("LA X, Part 1") 3. The survivors are taken to the Temple by the Others to heal Sayid's bullet wound. The Others drown Sayid, but he suddenly comes alive again. ("LA X, Part 2")
Flash sideways
At Los Angeles International Airport, Kate holds the taxi driver at gunpoint and orders him to drive. Claire begs to be let out of the taxi but Kate refuses. When the driver stops in front of Arzt, who is in a crosswalk, picking up his luggage which has fallen in the street, Claire tries to get out, but Kate won't let her. Kate momentarily sees Jack and both look quizzically at each other. Then, they finally get past by running over one of Arzt's bags. On the street outside, the taxi driver f...
With this episode, Kate becomes the first character to have a flashback episode, a flash-forward episode, and a flash sideways episode centered solely around her.Kate was both the first character to have an episode dedicated to her flashbacks and the first character to have an episode dedicated to her flash sideways - "Tabula Rasa" and this episode, respect...When Hurley asks Sayid if he was a zombie, this is an inside reference to the running joke on the Official Lost Podcast that (the non-existent) Season 7 will be called "The Zombie Season."The title of this episode is a reference to the Season 2 episode "What Kate Did". (Official Lost Podcast/February 4, 2010)This is Claire's first on-island appearance in the original timeline since "Cabin Fever".The credits are not in alphabetical order (as they have always been): Emilie de Ravin comes before Henry Ian Cusick.The shot of Claire holding the gun was the first new footage of Season 6 to be released (eleven days before "LA X, Parts 1 & 2" premiered). It was shown briefly in a promo that was combined from fo...Some scenes involving Emilie de Ravin (Claire) and Evangeline Lilly (Kate) in the flash-sideways timeline were shot in Los Angeles.Recurring themes
1. Sawyer reveals he was going to ask Juliet to marry him. (Relationships) 2. Claire begins to give birth to Aaron. (Pregnancies) 3. Sawyer forcefully leaves the Temple to go back to the Barracks and be alone. (Isolation) 4. Sawyer removes a black and white box he had hidden in the Barracks. (Black and white) 5. Claire finds out that the adoptive parents who were to raise her son broke up. (Relationships) 6. Dogen admits he does not speak English in front of the Others to avoid them arguing h...
Literary techniques
1. Sayid the torturer is himself tortured. (Irony) 2. Ethan, in the flash-sideways timeline, says that he doesn't want to stick a bunch of needles into Claire if he doesn't have to, which is exactly what he does to her in the original timeline. (Irony) 3. Claire reappears after three years in the jungle. (Plot twist) (Cliffhanger) 4. Ethan jokes that Aaron 'likes to move around' and he is going to be a 'handful'. In the original timeline, Aaron has already moved between several mothers at suc...
Storyline analysis
1. Kate steals a taxi. (Crimes) 2. Miles tells Sayid that Hurley has assumed a leadership role. (Leadership) 3. Kate and Jin go to find Sawyer. (A-Missions) 4. Aldo and Justin go with Kate and Jin to find Sawyer. (O-Missions) 5. Sawyer was going to marry Juliet. (Relationships) 6. Dogen tortures Sayid. (Rivalries)
Episode references
1. Sawyer points out to Kate that Sayid was an Iraqi torturer who shot kids. ("Solitary") ("He's Our You") 2. Hurley says the Others caught them again. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2") 3. Aldo is bitter that Kate knocked him out and doesn't remember him. ("Not in Portland") 4. Justin recalls that Rousseau has been dead for three years. ("Meet Kevin Johnson") 5. Sawyer tells Kate about his requesting Juliet to stay on the Island with him after encountering DHARMA. ("LaFleur") 6. Kate refer...
Episode allusions
1. Kate uses the same alias, "Joan Hart" she used in the normal timeline. ("Born to Run") 2. The title of this episode is a nod to a Season 2 Kate-centric episode. Both episodes were directed by Paul Edwards. ("What Kate Did") 3. Ethan examines Claire's baby off the Island, much in the same way he did on the Island. ("Maternity Leave") 4. The stuffed animal Kate finds in Claire's luggage is the same stuffed Orca whale Aaron is carrying as a toddler when Kate and Jack fight about him. ("Someth...
For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: What Kate Does/TheoriesHow/when/where did the infection/darkness enter Sayid's body?How did Clairebecome infected?It's time to go back to the island — Lost is now streaming on Netflix. Here's everything you need to know about the hit series before you hop on that Oceanic flight.
Plot. 2004 (flash-sideways timeline) In flash sideways, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) flees LAX in a taxicab she has hijacked, in which a pregnant Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) is a passenger. The cab driver (David H. Lawrence XVII) bails and Kate lets Claire go, keeping all of Claire's possession in her haste.
Jul 1, 2024 · “What Kate Does” fails to convince the viewer the flashsideways scenes are going to be worth their time. The island events feel thinly drawn, but thankfully, it’s the worst the unfairly ...
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