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* AssholeVictim: Wayne is quickly establsihed to not be a very pleasant man, so the audience won't feel sorry when Kate kills him.
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The scene where Kate and Sawyer see the black horse was edited for the home media release after viewers noticed a hand beloning to the horse's trainer visible on the side of the frame.
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* BookSafe: In "The Other 48 Days," Eko finds a Bible in the DHARMA station and has a perplexed looked when he reads it. It's revealed that it was hollowed out and contained a missing section of the Swan's orientation film.
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* IAmNotYourFather: Inverted. Kate realized that Sam was not her biological father because she asked for pics of him in uniform from one of his [=COs=] and they showed him in Korea up until her birth, making her realize that Wayne was her actual father.
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* ShoutOut: Charlie notes that the Tailies went through a ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' situation on the other side of the island.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: The Marshal points out that Kate was a straight-A student without a record, while wondering why she decided to kill Wayne now.
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** While Kate is helping a drunken Wayne into the house, he comments that something smells weird, and she dismisses it as his breath. A few minutes later, the house explodes because of a gas leak.
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* AbusiveParents: Kate's step-father Wayne only appears for a minute, but he's drunk and it's clear he beats Diane.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "What Kate Did" shows...what Kate did.
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** The missing section of the orientation film explains that the Swan operators shouldn't try to use the computer to make contact with the outside world, showing that WAN communications is possible but advised against in no uncertain terms. A few moments later, Michael sees a message on the screen and realizes that Walt is talking to him.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Kate took out a house insurance policy in her mother's name so that she would get some money after it was destroyed. However, Diane realizes what she did and calls the police.
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* TheReveal: Why was Kate a wanted criminal? She blew up her step-father.
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* HopeSpot: Sawyer has one when he regains consciousness. He realizes he's in a bunkbed and, looking around the hatch, thinks they've been rescued. Then Kate helps him outside and he sees they're still on the island.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Michael serves as this when he looks through the Swan and asks a number of questions that the audience still has, like why so much is missing from the orientation film and where the cables from the computer go to. Locke dismisses his questions as unimportant, showing that he still knows almost nothing about the station.
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->''"Can you hear me? Sawyer? Wayne? I'm probably crazy and this doesn't matter, but maybe you're in there somehow. But you asked me a question. You asked me why I -- why I did it. It wasn't because you drove my father away, or the way you looked at me, or because you beat her. It's because I hated that you were a part of me -- that I would never be good. That I would never have anything good. And every time that I look at Sawyer -- every time I feel something for him -- I see you, Wayne. It makes me sick."''
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->''"Can you hear me? Sawyer? Wayne? I'm probably crazy and this doesn't matter, but maybe you're in there somehow. But you asked me a question. You asked me why I -- why I did it. It wasn't because you drove my father away, or the way you looked at me, or because you beat her. It's because I hated that you were a part of me -- that I would never be good. That I would never have anything good. And every time that I look at Sawyer -- every time I feel something for him -- I see you, Wayne. It makes me sick."''
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* ArcWords: When Locke comments on the unlikely coincidence of Eko finding the missing segments of the Swan Orientation video for him, Eko tells him "Don't mistake coincidence for fate." This will be a regulary spoken phrase throughout the series.
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'''Season 2, Episode 9'''
!What Kate Did
In flashbacks, Kate murders her abusive stepfather Wayne by blowing up her house with him inside. She is arrested by U.S. Marshal Edward Mars, who tells her that her mother turned her in. She escapes when a black horse runs in front of the road, causing Mars to crash his car. She visits her father, Sam, and it is revealed that Wayne is her actual biological father.
On the Island, Sayid holds a funeral for Shannon, which Ana Lucia does not attend. Kate looks after Sawyer at the Swan, until he almost strangles her in a fever and yells "Why did you kill me!" She runs off into the jungle, where Jack finds her and they kiss. Kate confesses her reasons for killing Wayne to Sawyer, who she believes is possessed by him.
Locke, Eko and Michael watch the Swan Orientation video together. Eko shows Locke the Bible he found at the Arrow, that has the missing frames from the video hidden inside. Michael sees a message on the Swan computer, and responds to it, before realizing it is from Walt.
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!Tropes in this episode include:
* BrickJoke: Locke uses the tools at the Swan to finally remove the broken handcuff from Jin's wrist that he's been wearing since "[[{{Recap/LostS01E06HouseofTheRisingSun}} House of the Rising Sun]]".
* CallBack:
** Kate's belief that Sawyer has been possessed by the spirit of her father whom she murdered parallels Sawyer's similar belief that the boar stalking him in "[[{{Recap/LostS01E16Outlaws}} Outlaws]]" was a reincarnated Frank Duckett.
** Jack and Ana Lucia have the drink together that they had planned to have on the plane in "[[{{Recap/LostS01E24And25ExodusPart2}} Exodus, Part 2]]".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Michael notices that there are blast doors in the Swan, which will become important in "[[{{Recap/LostS02E17Lockdown}} Lockdown]]".
* GoodParents: Sam Austen, despite not being Kate's biological father, is shown to be a good and loving father to her, and admits he wanted to take her away from Wayne, but her mother wouldn't allow it.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode title is a reference to the novel ''Literature/WhatKatyDid''.
* LoveConfessor: A barely conscious Sawyer tells Jack that he loves Kate.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never revealed whether
* MercyLead: Sam Austen gives Kate a one hour head start before he calls the police on her.
* RealAfterAll: For most of the episode Kate assumes that the black horse she saw in the jungle is a hallucination. The fact that Sawyer can see it at the end of the episode confirms that it is real, or at the very least, some kind of Island vision that is not entirely inside her head.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Michael asks Locke why he doesn't just push the Button before the four minute alarm sounds. Locke reveals that it is impossible to type anything into the computer before that time.
* UngratefulBastard: Kate's own mother gives her up to the police when she kills her abusive husband to save her from him.
* WhamLine: At the end of the episode, the mysterious message on the Swan computer responds to Michael telling it his name by saying "Dad?"
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!What Kate Did
In flashbacks, Kate murders her abusive stepfather Wayne by blowing up her house with him inside. She is arrested by U.S. Marshal Edward Mars, who tells her that her mother turned her in. She escapes when a black horse runs in front of the road, causing Mars to crash his car. She visits her father, Sam, and it is revealed that Wayne is her actual biological father.
On the Island, Sayid holds a funeral for Shannon, which Ana Lucia does not attend. Kate looks after Sawyer at the Swan, until he almost strangles her in a fever and yells "Why did you kill me!" She runs off into the jungle, where Jack finds her and they kiss. Kate confesses her reasons for killing Wayne to Sawyer, who she believes is possessed by him.
Locke, Eko and Michael watch the Swan Orientation video together. Eko shows Locke the Bible he found at the Arrow, that has the missing frames from the video hidden inside. Michael sees a message on the Swan computer, and responds to it, before realizing it is from Walt.
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!Tropes in this episode include:
* BrickJoke: Locke uses the tools at the Swan to finally remove the broken handcuff from Jin's wrist that he's been wearing since "[[{{Recap/LostS01E06HouseofTheRisingSun}} House of the Rising Sun]]".
* CallBack:
** Kate's belief that Sawyer has been possessed by the spirit of her father whom she murdered parallels Sawyer's similar belief that the boar stalking him in "[[{{Recap/LostS01E16Outlaws}} Outlaws]]" was a reincarnated Frank Duckett.
** Jack and Ana Lucia have the drink together that they had planned to have on the plane in "[[{{Recap/LostS01E24And25ExodusPart2}} Exodus, Part 2]]".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Michael notices that there are blast doors in the Swan, which will become important in "[[{{Recap/LostS02E17Lockdown}} Lockdown]]".
* GoodParents: Sam Austen, despite not being Kate's biological father, is shown to be a good and loving father to her, and admits he wanted to take her away from Wayne, but her mother wouldn't allow it.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode title is a reference to the novel ''Literature/WhatKatyDid''.
* LoveConfessor: A barely conscious Sawyer tells Jack that he loves Kate.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never revealed whether
* MercyLead: Sam Austen gives Kate a one hour head start before he calls the police on her.
* RealAfterAll: For most of the episode Kate assumes that the black horse she saw in the jungle is a hallucination. The fact that Sawyer can see it at the end of the episode confirms that it is real, or at the very least, some kind of Island vision that is not entirely inside her head.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Michael asks Locke why he doesn't just push the Button before the four minute alarm sounds. Locke reveals that it is impossible to type anything into the computer before that time.
* UngratefulBastard: Kate's own mother gives her up to the police when she kills her abusive husband to save her from him.
* WhamLine: At the end of the episode, the mysterious message on the Swan computer responds to Michael telling it his name by saying "Dad?"
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