Lost Journal – The Kate Hate
One of the main characters of the series inspires some negative feelings
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Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Sep 11th, 2009
I hate Kate.
Watching the third season of Lost really solidifies why over the first two seasons this one character just never sat right with me. I’m not talking about liking or disliking har character on the series, but how the character is written. She isn’t evil or good, but simply uncommitted to one course of action or another.
Yes, she is tough and can kick some serious when the occasion arises, but she keeps trying to “have it both ways” by showing interest in two men and expecting them both to be committed to her exclusively. During the flashbacks we see this time and again where she keeps making poor choices over and over again, despite the fact that she knows better. Because the character consciously makes bad decisions she is a pain to watch.
By now, if you haven’t been watching Lost, I would expect that you’re not reading much of these blogs. What follows will be a bit of a spoiler for those that haven’t watched any of the series. Actually, I’m going to go into some real spoilers for one episode as an illustration of my disdain for the character.
One episode in the third season deals mostly with Kate, who was on the run from the FBI. Throughout the series we get flashbacks of her character when she is on the run and wants to stop and have a normal life. To this end, she actually does it. The FBI agent even gives her a bit of a free pass if she can keep her head down and stop running he won’t keep looking for her. At the end of the episode (in the flashback) she leaves her comfortable life and heads back out on the run. No explanation is ever given as to why she does this. None.
Actually, quite a lot of the third season seems to play out like this, at least initially. The first half of the season especially seems to simply drag on a bit with a lot less activity and forward movement. Sure, we get some character development, but in a show that is as plot intensive as Lost is, the forward movement is essential.
That’s what the character of Kate lacks – forward movement.
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