Kate Who?

Episode Commentary: What Kate Does

As the journey is about to unravel and come to its climax, the final season of “Lost” is adjusting its collar and getting ready to roll up its sleeves. You can tell just by viewing its previous episode, entitled “What Kate Does.”

Right off the bat, you think that this episode would mainly have to do with Kate, played by the lovely Evangeline Lilly, but instead, it focuses on a few other characters such as Syed (Naveen Andrews, “Planet Terror”) and Claire (Emilie De Raven “Remember Me”), and we find out some interesting facts about them as the story unfolds.

This episode of “Lost” takes place right where the previous one left off, with Syed’s mysterious resurrection, while the Others are keeping Kate, Jack (Matthew Fox), Sawyer (Josh Holloway), Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) and Hurley (Jorge Garcia) at the temple. Jack wants answers about what has happened to Syed while Sawyer plans to escape and does so successfully.

Kate goes after Sawyer, letting him know that Claire must be found so that she can be reunited with her son. Sawyer, however, is still saddened by the death of Juliette (Elizabeth Mitchell, “Running Scared”). An emotional scene involves Sawyer telling Kate how he was going to propose to Juliette, and how it was his fault that she died.

The majority of the episode has flashbacks of a pre-crash Kate, where she is on the run from cops at the airport and hijacks the cab Claire was in. As Kate kicks Claire out of the cab, she goes to a local garage, where she pays a mechanic to cut off her handcuffs. Feeling bad about what she did, she goes back and finds Claire sitting at a bus stop and brings her to where she is supposed to give up her baby for adoption. When that plan goes haywire, another unexpected event occurs involving Claire, during which Kate helps her out tremendously.

The episode flashes back to the temple, where we discover that Syed has a mysterious infection, which is also carried by Claire. He goes through torture tests in order to get diagnosed. With no alternative, Jack is ordered to give Syed a pill that, at first, was believed to cure him, but then was discovered to be poisonous.

The episode ends with Jin in the jungle escaping two members of the Others and unexpectedly getting caught in a bear trap. The two members of the Others get shot with a rifle, and as Jin looks up, he sees a familiar face. The famous “Lost” sign pops up, leaving you anxious for what is to come.