A Kate episode. Tabula Rasa, of course, means cleans slate, basically. We start to learn about the individual pasts of many characters, starting with pretty-but-dangerous Kate. This is also the episode, some female friends pointed out, where Sawyer's hair changes. I can't, however, confirm that, because I'm a dude and didn't notice.
Kate, in many ways, represent the yin and yang of life. She's a juxtaposition of opposing forces, lethality and compassion, sweet-natured yet evasive. She represents the way in which all tend to run from our past, even though it seems always to catch up somehow.
MAJOR PLOT POINTS
The injured marshal awakens and we learn that Kate was the passenger in custody — she's dangerous, the marshal warns. Jack also comes across Kate's booking photo from Harrison Valley (961136 394). We also meet Kate, who goes by Annie, on an Australian farm, where she lives and helps a one-armed farmer make a living.
Kate lets Jack in on the discovery of Rousseau's signal: "The others are dead. It killed them all." But he doesn't return the favor lies to his betrothed (hey, they eventually get married) about the injured marshal's declaration. In time, he comes clean about finding her mugshot.
In a flashback, we see Kate preparing to leave the one-armed farmer, who has turned her in for the $23,000 reward. (Note: Patsy Cline's "If You Got Leaving On Your Mind" plays during the scene, a nice touch.) Desperate to escape, she wrecks the truck with the marshal in pursuit but is captured when she takes the time to save Farmer Ray from the burning vehicle. She also angles to make sure he gets his reward money, which deepens the complication that is Kate — a wanted murderer, but foxy and full of compassion.
Back on the island, Sayid declares: Hope is a dangerous thing to lose. And he would know. Charlie's interest in Claire picks up steam. Meanwhile, Michael's animosity toward Locke boils over even though Locke finds Walt's dog, Vincent, by crafting a whistle and letting Michael take the credit. Eventually, Michael forbids Walt from seeing Locke. Michael's "affair" with Sun also takes center stage as he happens upon her bathing topless. It hints at things to come, when Michael will know more of her than others on the island.
QUOTABLE
"It doesn't matter who we were, what we did before this. Three days ago, we all died. We should all be able to start over." — Jack to Kate
Friday, October 23, 2009
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