Post by Steve WaddingOr she *was* left behind, and woke up first, but not handcuffed to Kate.
She got the key to the handcuffs Kate was wearing, turned off the fence,
dragged Kate into the jungle, handcuffed herself to Kate, and pretended
to still be unconscious. This was done to set up a situation in which
she and Kate could bond. (Bonding in bondage.) She had to abort her
plan and unlock the cuffs when Smokey showed up.
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The thing is... what's the point?
Why "bond" with Kate?
She already had a bond with Jack.
She coulda tried Sayid... however....
Maybe because she figured that a good-lookin' blonde
could get any male attention and sympathy...
Of course that would leave Kate.
Sure, bond with Kate. But why?
The whole story was kinda stupid.
"Let's go to the jungle and handcuff ourselves
so we can walk back to the compound and pickup
Jack and Sayid."
It would have been easier just to handcuff Kate and
Juliette IN the compound and have the whole group trek
back to the Losties camp.
Of course that wouldn't have the television tittlation
of girls in cuffs, fighting in mud and rain. Whoo-hoo!
It was a Kate flashback episode.... but
If ya think about it...What a load of crappy writing.
A better exploration could be developed in the 4 people
making their way through the jungle back to LostieVillage.
Of, course that's what they have for NEXT week... but
probably for only 15 minutes or so...
but, damn, what a stupid episode. It went nowhere...it only
served to give some Kate backstory.
-mike