Lost - Season 6: Episode 3 [What Kate Does]

Episode 3: “What Kate Does” – Featuring Kate.

The title of this episode mirrors the season 2 episode called “What Kate Did”

Starting with the alternative world firstly, nice to see Dr Artz once more, and uttering the immortal “I’m walking here!” line. Also fans of Heroes may have spotted the Puppet Master driving the cab. Pity he didn’t call Claire “Barbie”!

So, this episode starts to reinforce the idea that “Whatever happened Happened” that Dan Faraday kept spouting. Claire’s baby will always end up being called Aaron; Kate will always be involved in Aaron’s birth and of course Ethan will always be involved in the birth.

Ethan! “Wait a moment, he wasn’t called Ethan Goodspeed before was he?” I hear you cry.

No, he wasn’t. In the original universe he was called “Ethan Rom” (being an anagram of “Other Man”). He was of course born to Horace and Amy Goodspeed (in case you forgot, Amy (Michelle from 24) was the woman Sawyer and gang saved from The Others and took to Dharma HQ in the past, which enabled them to stay with Dharma. Amy married Horace (Tooms from X-Files) and the baby was delivered by Juliette.)

Nice joke from him by saying “I don’t want to stick you full of needles” – which is sort of what he did in the other universe…

Claire’s adopting family is curious. The surname is different in this universe, and given the way Lost works it wouldn’t surprise me to find later that the husband who ran away is someone we already know. I’m calling this here and now.

Other than that we didn’t learn anything new. Claire is still a nice person, Kate is still an escaped criminal with a big heart, and Artz is still a bit of a tit.

Back in the real world and things plodded along. The Japanese guy continues to speak in riddles. Why poison Sayid if Jacob told them (via the note) that if Sayid dies we are in trouble?

The comment by The Other (Aldo is his name) to kate about their last encounter was way back in Season 3, when Kate and Sawyer were breaking out of the cages. They went to rescue Karl (the kid who was being brainwashed) and Kate whacked Ando in the face with the butt of his rifle. That’s why he holds a grudge, in case you were wondering.

There are more Rosseau-style traps around, which appear to be made by Claire. Oh, and there she is at the end, looking very Rosseau-like.

Now Rosseau told Sayid about her crew, and how they got “The Sickness”. We saw this after they visited the Temple, and she was forced to kill them. Now Japanese guy is telling Jack that Sayid is infected, and so was his sister (Claire, for those who weren’t paying attention).

Could this sickness and infection be the same thing??

We will have to wait and see….

3 down, 15 to go….