Lost (TV Series) What Kate Does (2010) User Reviews

Kate is starting to become tedious to watch

[Adam-09265 · 7/10 · 4 December 2021]

I get it, with them not crashing on the island it means kate's humble development doesn't happen and she's still a criminal doing criminal things. Although the kate we still see on the island with the said development is becoming more tedious, her goals are weak like she just wants to be with James and now Juliet is gone it's like her chance while he still grieves. She also seems to have this sudden selfish prowess around other characters when ever they decide to do something.

It took a while to warm up to her but now she's becoming boring again.

Kate haters use their bias to hate 'What Kate Does'

[nascarpacerfan · 8/10 · 11 February 2010]

'What Kate Does' might not have been the best hour of Lost ever, but it's certainly not the worst. Kate's alt time-line story was extremely interesting. We learned that she is destined to be connected to Claire and Aaron, even if they didn't crash on the island. We learned that she isn't that bad of a person after all, by helping Claire get to the hospital. Even in the other time-line, on the island, Kate's storyline wasn't the boring one. She and Jin went into the jungle, eventually leading to Jin finding rouge Claire, who has been alone in the wild for three years. No, the the boring, dry storyline was what was happening at the temple. The other others are smothering the main Jack, Sayid and Hurley. They are also raising two questions for every answer we get. So don't be fooled when the Kate haters blame the episodes lacklusterness on Kate. She wasn't the problem.

Irresistible Evangeline Lilly and Josh Holloway performance, intense Kate dual story, some disappointing temple elements but mirror connections and strange cliffhanger

[igoatabase · 8/10 · 10 February 2010]

Even if this episode title revealed the featured character for once it didn't negatively affect the experience. In fact it made the anticipation even more intriguing because Kate is definitely my favorite female character. Evangeline Lilly is so beautiful and talented. Moreover Kate is not the stereotype of the murderer next door because we all know her story is that much more complex than that. And that's exactly what this episode was about, better understand who she is.

As expected the story was split like in LA X. The island and urban arcs developed further. The first one was not only about her but also a lot about Sayid and Sawyer. Josh Holloway gave by far his best performance and his emotional words and authentic acting could even turn a stone into a vivid gem. His con profile makes him so unpredictable that guessing his next move is always a pleasure for the mind. And like on a chessboard once the black island arc had developed for a few minutes the focus turned to the white urban arc featuring Kate and Claire. To tell the truth I never really liked Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton but I think she did a better job in this episode and her interaction with Kate was quite interesting. Moreover I'm sure some young or pregnant women relate to her so she's definitely a mandatory character.

However even if I found the acting really good at times and the dual story captivating I have to admit that there're still a few elements that bug me. For example I'm not really fond of the temple and don't think the Japanese guy is convincing. He reminds me too much of the Asian scientist who managed the Dharma Initiative. Therefore he's less believable. I also don't like the its sets because they're far too cheap and almost jar with the jungle. It should be more chaotic and wild, like the characters. It's specially disappointing considering the attention to some details like the caustic effect during the pool scenes, where Sayid was drowned. The different make-ups, specially on Matthew Fox and Lilly, also greatly contribute to make the two arcs believable. Both Kates are wild but the one on the island is definitely dirtier, and it only makes her more irresistible.

Last but not least let's not forget how some new elements are intriguing. They definitely opened new connections between the characters and left a few question marks on their way. What's the link between Sayid and Jack ? What's next for Claire and Swayer ? But in the end the cliffhanger definitely stole the screen because I had waited for it during the whole LA X episode and it never happened. Now they're getting at what this 6th and last season should be all about, the connection. The one that probably binds the variable and the constant. The one that links both worlds, the island to the rest. Do I see some smoke far away or is the monster already upon us ? If the events were occurring on Skull Island, King Kong would definitely be scared like a little and fragile monkey. But the problem with Lost is that watching it makes you dream of electric polar bears so I wouldn't be surprised to see John Locke turn into a giant ape, destroy the temple walls and escape with our gorgeous Kate in distress.

What Kate did. Why don't you find it out all by yourself ?

Lost is getting' more "LOSTY"

[melody_m · 9/10 · 11 February 2010]

Like it very much.it's the lost that i was waiting for.Even though i didn't find answers for my uncountable questions,this keep me more and more interested and like i can't stop thinking about it.that's right that we saw the same usual suspense,and many are like sick of it but that doesn't mean that lost'creators not in control of the whole season!we all know it.What i loved about this episode is sawyer,i mean the way he played the role of the desperate just got into my heart,great performance by each of kate,jack...like that man who tortured sayid,forgot the name,damn...well lost will always remain the best of the best of the best.it's always LOSTY!

Arguably - and appropriately - the best Kate episode since "What Kate Did"

[gridoon2024 · 8/10 · 11 February 2010]

"What Kate Does" is a mostly slow, quiet character episode as opposed to the slam-bang action of "LA X", but as follow-ups to season premieres go, this one ranks above "Adrift" (S2), "The Glass Ballerina" (S3) and "The Lie" (S5) at least. It is basically divided into three parts: the Temple, the jungle / barracks, the alternate reality. The Temple section actually works better on the second viewing: at first the extremely cryptic nature of Dogen and his translator (not that he needs one!) seem a bit forced, but the reason becomes clear at the end: they couldn't exactly tell Jack "You know, your friend's resurrection is actually worrying. We're gonna have to kill him again, and we need your help to do it". The true content of the pill is a twist in the most classic "Lost" tradition. The jungle / barracks section serves mainly to set the emotional scores straight: Sawyer is heartbroken over Juliet's death and seems to have no interest in Kate, or any of the other Losties for that matter, anymore; the abandoned, half-ruined barracks make an eerie ghost town, and there is a promising character return at the end. The alternate reality is mostly notable for the bond that Kate and Claire form, reminiscent of Kate's friendship with Sun in seasons 1&2, and Cassidy in 3&5, and for the two instances where Kate vaguely "remembers" / recognizes people (Jack) and names (Aaron) from the "other" timeline. Like it or not, the clues so far point to the direction of the new (2004) timeline being the more important one in the long run; maybe it's the result of what Jacob was referring to as "progress" at the start of "The Incident". *** out of 4.

What did Kate do again?

[Zokas · 6/10 · 10 February 2010]

I can compare going straight from the amazing double-header LA X to What Kate Does to when Michael drove his car straight into a dumpster against a concrete wall. The plot slows down to a crawl, but is it any wonder being a Kate-centric episode?

What was unfortunate about this episode is that the flash-sideways had more plot than the island story. Problem was that the island story took up twice as much time and neither stories were really interesting!

What Kate 'does' is have a few conversations here and there after beating on some generic Other dudes. I have a bad feeling that the creators are going to squeeze in as many old characters in the flash-sideways as possible, such as Ethan who is now looking after Claire. What? Really? I guess I should be used to this by now as they did it with the old flash-backs, but it made me go 'Ugh, I should have expected this' rather than 'Cool!' Also, as everyone else knows, Kate just isn't an interesting character anymore.

What was great about this episode was Josh Holloway in a fantastic emotional scene in which he blames himself for Juliet's death. Sawyer's attitude now has in a way come full circle as he now believes he really is and should be a loner.

Back at the temple, what do we learn? We do learn about Sayid's infection, which I'm assuming is the sickness that took over Rousseau's scientists, which is going to be interesting. Is this the Man in Black's way of pulling Sayid to the 'dark' side? What else? The Japanese dude was 'brought' here. Wow, informative! It seems the island over time breeds a certain type of bad guy so that they're always intentionally mysterious to the point of a conversation descending into nothingness. An example:

Jack: Who are you? Bad Guy: You'll find out.

Jack: What is this place? Bad Guy: It's not important.

Jack: What did you eat for breakfast? Bad Guy: You're not ready for that yet.

Jack: Did you fart or something? Bad Guy turns and walks away mysteriously...

And to top it off, considering Kate was helping Claire in the alt-LA, it was absolutely no surprise to see Claire at the end of the episode. Now where's Locke!

When Will They Get Off The Island?

[ecatalan98 · 6/10 · 1 April 2016]

After the excellent two part episode of "LA X", the 3rd episode in the final season brought that momentum to an almost grinding halt. "What Kate Does" is not a bad episode but it brings in more stuff into a story that's supposed to be unwinding and heading for its inevitable conclusion. A temple and some weird new characters are brought into a story that should be answering the ton of questions "LOST" has raised. It's as if the writers thought, "yeah, let's throw in some weird stuff so we can fill our season", instead of answering some vital questions:

1. What's up with all the time traveling/sideways stories? "LOST" has become a sort of a "Back To The Future" trilogy for schizophrenics. Not all simple stories are for stupid people as well as not all complicated ones mean superior storytelling.

2. So far, "LOST" has yet to address the real purpose of "The Others" on the island. At first, we were lead to believe that they were there for scientific research reasons but we later find out they are "working on stuff" the audience doesn't really know what it is (example: when Sawyer and Kate are forced to work by the others, we never now what it is they're doing).

3. The supposed "alternate" present is left to the audience to guess it. In it, we find all passengers from Oceanic Flight 815 reaching LA safely but meeting each other by fate. The audience assumes this is what would've happened had the plane not crashed on the island. This side story is interesting but I still have to make the connection with what is going on on the island.

4. There's still a lot to be answered about Charles Widmore and Benjamin Linus. What is so important about the island that would make Ben Linus protect it from everyone, to the point of letting his daughter get killed? And why would Widmore say stuff like "the island's always been mine"?

5. For the time being, the Jacob and Esau story seems trivial to me and I sense the show's writers will make it the very source of what happens in the island. Why introduce important characters and stories at the very end?

These are just a few of the questions that "LOST" has somehow forgotten to develop or progress upon. Instead of throwing us with new characters and plot twists, I'd like for once to start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I get a feeling that "LOST" will succumb under its own weight by not giving a satisfactory closure to all the little stories it spawned.

Not a Zombie!

[claudio_carvalho · 6/10 · 21 April 2013]

Sayid resurrects and his wound is completely closed while Sawyer escapes alone from the temple. Kate offers to bring him back while Sayid is brought to the presence of the leader of The Others that tortures him to be sure of something. Sayid is brought back to Jack and Hurley and Jack is informed by The Others that Sayid is infected and shall use a medicine. Kate tracks Sawyer down and finds him in his former house in the Dharma Initiative barrack. When Jin is ready to be killed by The Others, Claire saves him.

Meanwhile Kate flees from the airport in Claire's taxi and finds help in a workshop to release her handcuffs. Then she meets Claire to return her bag and offers a ride to her to the family that will adopt her child. The foster mother tells that her husband left her and she can not adopt the child anymore. Kate brings Claire to the hospital and Dr. Ethan Goodspeed examines the baby.

"What Kate Does" is an episode about Kate attitude in both realities. The funniest part of the show is when Hurley asks Sayid whether he is a zombie or not. The return of Claire is the new in this show. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "What Kate Does"

What does Kate do?

[TheLittleSongbird · 6/10 · 31 August 2018]

When 'Lost' was in its prime, it was must-watch television. Remember first watching it, found it remarkably easy to get into, was hooked from the start and was on Season 3 by the end of one week. The general consensus is that the final season is a disappointment and cannot disagree.

"LA X", both parts, was having said that was a very good start, not as good as Season 5's (for me a very solid season with all the episodes decent to wonderful) season finale and not one of 'Lost's' best season openers, but promising enough. Definitely one of the exceptions to the above. Wish the same can be said for the following episode "What Kate Does", but sadly that is not the case, while better than "Fire + Water" and especially "Stranger in a Strange Land" as far as previous episodes go, this really isn't 'Lost' at its A-game or indicative of the show being in its prime.

A large part of the problem is that too much of the story did not grip me. The alternate LA storyline didn't serve much point, distracted too much from what was happening on the island and didn't say an awful lot interesting about Kate or her motivations. Didn't feel she advanced much and she was not rootable either, some of her decision making frustrates and as silly as the writing. That is a big problem for a character that featured quite prominently (Kate-centric actually) and who is not one of 'Lost's' most interesting characters anyway. The dialogue tended to be quite soapy and bordering on silly rather than taut and it was on the dull side in terms of pace.

Similarly, the Sayid storyline took up too much of the episode and tended to lack tension or suspense with not enough surprises. Other episodes do much better when it comes to progressing storytelling and developing characters and the whole episode just felt too subdued when there were scenes calling for tension.

It is a shame because there are a fair amount of good points. In terms of little character moments, storytelling and characterisation, the best assets are the truly emotional dock scene, Hurley providing some welcome and well-timed comic relief and some nice development for Jack. The character of Dogen has mystery and gravitas and it was interesting to see a different side to Sayid, more tortured than usual.

Of the acting, Josh Holloway is especially fantastic, very deeply felt acting and a large part of why the scene on the dock works so well. Evangeline Lilly plays Kate with subtlety, Naveen Andrews' portrays Sayid's pain and confusion with intensity and pathos and Hiroyuki Sanada is suitably mysterious. "What Kate Does" looks great throughout, very stylishly shot and the beauty and mystery of the island as ever is captured well. The music is understated and chilling and the direction shows signs of control.

Concluding, not bad but a disappointment, up to this point it was the most disappointing 'Lost' episode for me since "Expose", "Eggtown" and "The Other Woman" disappointed too but not as much. 6/10 Bethany Cox

Weakest in a long time

[dainschneck · 4/10 · 10 February 2010]

My wife and I both thought this episode disappointed. Weak stories all around, especially in the temple. It seems that the writers are trying to recreate some of the suspense from the early seasons with mysterious and mum characters. I think the behavior of Jack, Sayid, and Hurley was not only out of character but pretty much unbelievable. Kate and Sayer's parts were weak as well. I could give examples of all this, but its not worth the time.

There is so much that is interesting happening in the world of Lost but this episode only contained 10 minutes worth of reasonable content. There's not enough time left in the series to waste it.

PS red-shirts are annoying. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_%28character%29

Let's move forward maybe?

[killdestroy · 1/10 · 10 February 2010]

It's really disappointing to see a TV series that dazzled audiences all over the world with it's seemingly effortless take on an intensely complicated character drama incorporating exceptional plot twisting and visual techniques being sent so relentlessly down the drain by it's own creators.

Seeing these characters come alive on the screen with such zest thought-out the first two seasons of the show made it look like no other sci-fi TV series will ever hold a candle to "Lost". Sadly, the situation has changed. Watching Lost now, it is really hard to remain ignorant of the fact that the characters aren't really that mesmerizing anymore. Or the fact that it's painfully obvious how the Island's mystery has become something of a corner for the creators of the show and that it's really hard for JJ Abrams' team to come up with an ending for the series that would both make sense and not be swarming with platitude. Every new character, every new plot line, every new mystery the creators of the show throw our way is something that we've seen, felt and come to terms with before. We've been dancing to the same song for almost six years now, it's time to either change the tune, or to wrap this whole thing up and leave while you still have something to lose. It seems like the creators of the show have chosen the latter.

Who cares what that B does

[abortamir · 1/10 · 11 March 2021]

That stupid kate should mind her own business. She's damn annoying and not hot at all, I fast forward all this episode. Hate her b face.