“Lost” Snap Recap: “Eggtown” (2/21/08)
Though we start off this episode with Locke making breakfast—the last two eggs—for Ben, only to have him throw it against a wall when Ben does his head game mojo on him, our focus this week is Kate. In flashes forward, we find out more about what happens to Kate when the Oceanic Six come back to civilization.
Because of those little legal indiscretions that had her handcuffed on flight Oceanic 815 in the first place, Kate is put on trial for murder and a host of other charges. We also learn the cover story the Oceanic Six came back with, namely that only eight people survived the crash, they all ended up in the water, and St. Kate was a hero. She dragged them from the water, found food, medicine and did an all around Mother Theresa.
The star witness against Kate is her mother who she inconveniently confessed to after killing her stepfather. A sickly Mom comes to Kate and says she won’t testify, but in exchange Kate will have to let her see her grandson. That’s right folks, Kate came back from the island with a kid. But not just any kid, Aaron, Claire’s kid. And Jack’s step-nephew.
Though Kate turns her down, Mom decides not to testify against her. That and Jack’s glowing, “she’s a hero” character reference testimony helps Kate plead down to ten years probation with the caveat that she can’t go anywhere during that time.
Flashing back to the island, Kate is bonding with Claire, and not quite bonding with her future son, or Sawyer. In a weird subplot, Kate breaks Miles out of Locke’s clutches long enough for him to try and extort 3.2 million dollars out of Ben. On the beach, Jack and the other Losties are waiting for word from the ship, but there’s nothing. When they eventually get through to someone, they’re told that Frank, Desmond, Sayid and Dead Naomi haven’t arrived.
Dude, they took off last week!
Best line of the night? After Kate tricks Hurley into telling her where Locke is keeping Miles, Hurley says, “You just totally Scooby Doo’d me didn’t you?” Heh.
These “Lost” snap recaps are meant to be quick reads, but if you’d like a more detailed account of last week’s episode, you can read it at my other blog, Megan’s Minute.