Episode 22

After finding out that monsoon season is beginning, Michael rushes to finish the raft so they can leave. Kate tries to get a spot on the raft, but Michael says that all of the spots have been bought. Michael later has a confrontation with Sawyer leading him to rethink who gets the last spot.

Sayid and Jack meet Locke at the hatch and Jack says that they need to open the hatch, despite Sayid's disagreement.

While working on the raft, Michael suddenly falls ill. Jack discovers remnants of some partially crushed up drugs in one of the water bottles Michael had been drinking from. Michael thinks it is Sawyer, but Jack thinks it is Kate. When Jack confronts Kate about it, she denies having anything to do with it. Meanwhile, Walt tells Locke that he didn't poison his dad out of fear that Locke suspects him after the raft situation. When Locke reaches out and touches his arm to reassure him, Walt becomes frightened and begs him not to open "it". (It being the hatch)

Sawyer passes the ailing Michael and throws him a bottle of antacid (Michael still thinks Sawyer poisoned him). Angry, Michael kicks Sawyer off the raft. In response, Sawyer exposes Kate's criminal history to the group. Sawyer shows them that Kate stole the ID of Joanna, the girl who drowned earlier in the season, who she was planning on changing her identity to once they were rescued.

Later, Jack tells Sun that she knows she meant to poison Jin so he couldn't leave. Jack says he has no reason to tell anybody, but later in conversation, Sun tells Kate that she won't tell anybody that the drugging was her idea.

Walt later confesses to his dad that he burnt the first raft because he wanted to leave. Michael then says that they can stay and don't have to leave, but Walt insists that they do.

Flashbacks:

Kate is seen changing her license plate, dying her hair, and collecting a letter under a false name. She goes to her hometown to visit her dying mother and meets up with her ex boyfriend Tom Brennan. They both decide to dig up a time capsule that they buried when they were seeing each other in 1989. Inside the box is Tom's toy airplane. The next day as Kate says goodbye to her mother, she runs into a cop as she leaves and he recognizes her. She asks Tom for his car keys and they get in the car together. When the police block the hospital exit, she tells Tom to get out, but he refuses. Kate rams through and the cops open fire. She stops a few feet down the road and realizes that Tom had been shot and killed. With police close behind, she has no choice but to run.


Do you think Sun is doing the right think by trying to make amends with Jin, or do you think she needs to move on?

OK: I think it's a little early for giving up. I think poisoning him may be a little extreme, but I do want them to work things out.

SH: Even though Jin isn't my favorite, I realize that it is hard to completely give up on something you were so emotionally invested in at one point. The more I learn about their marriage, the more conflicted I feel. Anyway, to answer the question, I think she should try to work things out.

When Locke touched Walt, Walt could see that he was planning on opening the hatch. Thoughts on the newest hint of his powers?

OK: Again, I feel like Walt's powers are nature oriented, and since Locke has some sort of insight to the island, Walt could sense what he was going to do.

SH: I suppose I didn't realize that it was because Locke touched him that Walt knew about Locke wanting to open the hatch, but that makes much more sense. I think Walt is full of surprises and I can't wait to see how his powers come into play later on.

How do you feel about Kate as a person after finding out she was going to take the identity of the girl who drowned?

OK: I feel like she just doesn't know when to stop. She won't own up to her actions and exploits those around her while trying to keep her name clear.

SH: Really Kate? STAHP. Has she not learned her lesson already? You would think with all the people she has hurt in the past that she may reevaluate her life, but it seems she is only digging herself deeper into the hole.

Do you think Kate had a hidden agenda in telling Sun to poison Jin?

OK: Of course! If Jin was stuck here, she would have a spot on the raft!

SH: Kate cares about Sun, and she knows that Sun and Jin were happy together, regardless of how messed up their relationship was/is, but she definitely is deceptive and I agree that she wanted a spot on the raft for a better chance of continuing her life on the run.

Thoughts on Kate's past?

OK: Is it wrong that I don't really feel bad for her? She put Tom in danger and her actions ended up getting him killed. I still want to know what got her to be in the path of a criminal though.

SH: I can answer this question in a short, but to the point fashion. The more I learn about her, the less I like her.