LOST Revisited: Pre-Game for “Dr. Linus”

It turns out, Kate is a lot easier to like when she’s not bouncing around trying to find the person who will pay the most attention to her at any given time. I find her character the most entertaining when she’s trying to prove herself, or even better, when she’s taking matters into her own hands and not focusing on what other people think about her. It’s hard to be too interested in her when every guy on the Island is busy trying to impress her. It makes her an externally-defined character. That wouldn’t be such a bad thing, but there are so many great characters here. When even minor characters have interesting backstories and motivations, the Girl Everybody Likes is less than gripping. And now that she’s an unwilling part of Smokey’s gang, we could be in for Kate’s best Island storyline yet.