"Lost" What Kate Did (2005)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Paul A. Edwards

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator) and
J.J. Abrams (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Lost" (2004)

Original Air Date:

30 November 2005 (Season 2, Episode 9)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Kate's original crime that started her life on the run is revealed. Meanwhile, the survivors lay one of their own to rest, Kate sleeplessly watches over a feverish Sawyer, and Mr. Eko has a surprise for Locke regarding the hatch.

Plot Keywords:

Plane Crash | Flashback | Survival | South Pacific | Doctor

Cast

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Mr. Eko
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Harold Perrineau	...	Michael Dawson
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Ana-Lucia Cortez
Cynthia Watros	...	Libby
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Rose Henderson

Runtime:

46 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:TV-14 | Venezuela:PG-13 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Bad Robot

Trivia:

When Kate visits her father in the Army recruiting office, you can briefly see Sayid on the television in the background.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Sargent is driving Kate to the police station, he crashes into a telephone pole and the airbags deploy and smoke comes out of the front of the car. When Kate kicks him out of the car, she is able to start the car and drive away, the front of the car is completely intact, save for a slightly crooked and dirty front license plate, and the airbags are nowhere to be seen.

Quotes:

John Locke: [watching the extra film footage] Here it comes.
Dr. Marvin Candle: And do not attempt to use the computer for anything else other than the entry of the code. This is its only function. The isolation that tends to be associated with Station Three may tempt you to try and utilize the computer for communication with the outside world. This is strictly forbidden. Attepting to use the computer in this manner will compromise the integrity of the project and worse...

Movie Connections:

References Lord of the Flies (1963)

Solid episode, exceptionally well-directed

"What Kate Did" is definitely one of the better Kate-centric episodes, and probably the best (although I will have to see "I Do" again before deciding on my favorite) of the bunch overall, actually. While the reveal of the 'mystery' of what Kate did is somewhat disappointing, and certainly caused some less than favorable feedback from fans, the episode as a whole is quite strong thanks to a solid script from Steven Maeda and Craig Wright.

The flashbacks show Kate's torching of the house, her meeting with her mother just after, and her later encounter with the man she thought to be her father. It's a decent flashback episode, but not much worth discussing, really. The island events are far more interesting, in spite of being a bit grating on occasion- this is the real beginning of the love triangle nonsense. Still, we do get some really interesting scenes between Eko and Locke which are excellently-written and provide a lot of food for thought. Similarly the scenes with the orientation film are entertaining, as is the cliffhanger ending.

The episode is particularly notable for the outstanding direction by Paul Edwards. Already, just a few episodes into the second season, "Lost" has easily surpassed, visually, the first season of the show, where half of the episodes showed incompetence on the part of the directors (other than Jack Bender and other regulars, and some other exceptions as well). This was his debut, but there's a lot of beautiful shots here and for an episode which hardly features any tumultuous events it moves at a fairly fast pace.

"What Kate Did" is especially notable for its visuals and Eko-Locke interaction, but it remains the most tolerable Kate-centric episode (outside of "I Do", perhaps), and is a fairly solid episode with certain outstanding scenes (Sayid's placing of his prayer beads on the cross at Shannon's grave, for example).

7/10