after reviewing several older Lost episodes, I started thinking about Kate and the marshall...I believe now that Kate was in fact a FBI Agent who infiltrated and bank robbery ring...things went wrong, people got killed, Kate became a target...I think the marshall knew something...I think she must have uncovered something or crossed someone...I definitely feel that she was a law enforcement officer of some sort that ended up on the run...if you really think about it, her skill set fits...I just don't understand why she is keeping it all secret...

I don't know if she was an FBI agent, but I do believe Kate was in law enforcement.....there have been a lot of signs indicating the possibility, from the tracking skills to the way she looked at the marshal's badge Sawyer tossed at her. I can't wait until Born to Run airs.....I hope we get a few answers.

her compulsion to save people...her strength and agility...her instincts...there are a number of things that point to training...natural ability as well...I feel like she is measuring everyone up...

I think Kate was military of some sort. I believe her Dad was military.

I have the impression that she was either in a militia or a black op, thus making her very dangerous (as the marshall warned) and accounts for her survival skills. But that's just my take.

That's a good theory Transmission! It's obvious she has had special training of some sort......I just haven't picked up enough clues to help me narrow it down. Hopefully her next ep will give us something that will help put it in perspective.

I think Kate was military of some sort. I believe her Dad was military.I have the impression that she was either in a militia or a black op, thus making her very dangerous (as the marshall warned) and accounts for her survival skills. But that's just my take.
I also agree Transmission that Kate had to have previous experience with militia or law enforcement. I'm not sure if she was FBI, but she does know an awful lot about tracking and bank heists. ;D You dont just pick up that stuff on the streets. Her father probably did have a large influence on that aspect of her life.

I also agree Transmission that Kate had to have previous experience with militia or law enforcement.* I'm not sure if she was FBI, but she does know an awful lot about tracking and bank heists. ;D* You dont just pick up that stuff on the streets.* Her father probably did have a large influence on that aspect of her life.


I'm very anxious to learn more about Kate's father. Daddy issues are such a looming thing over pretty much everyone on the island. Kate's voice when she talked about her father didn't really sound affectionate, or like there was a pain of a loss when she thought of him. She sounded almost angry when she said hunting was 'his religion'. I strongly believe somehow he had a huge influence, either directly or indirectly, on the paths Kate chose to take.

I'm very anxious to learn more about Kate's father. Daddy issues are such a looming thing over pretty much everyone on the island. Kate's voice when she talked about her father didn't really sound affectionate, or like there was a pain of a loss when she thought of him. She sounded almost angry when she said hunting was 'his religion'. I strongly believe somehow he had a huge influence, either directly or indirectly, on the paths Kate chose to take.
Yes LostNLuv, ITA, I think her father had a big influence and it almost seems like it could have been a negative one, cause your right. When she was telling Jack about her father it sounded like she was telling him about a subject she wasn't proud of. Perhaps her father was even involved in or the victim of the murder she allegedly committed. I'm also very interested in learning more about him.

yea but arent FBI agents like not allowed to kill people unless its in self defense...she did kill those guys in the bank...and has a mugshot....and had a reward out for her capture.

EAZYJ.....what makes you think she killed those guys in the bank? Looked like she was very precise, and shot to injure....not kill. That's one of the reasons I think she has specialized training....she's darned good at what she does, and she handled that gun extremely well. Just because she was wanted for something and had a reward out for her capture does not preclude her having had specialized training prior to that.

My biggest hint was after she kissed Sawyer - he told her he didn't have the inhaler and she hit him. How she hit him was a big clue - have you ever seen a woman use her elbow like that to hit a man. That is a move you learn in military/law enforcement training.

I don't think Kate killed the husband in the marriage that didn't last long. I think she accidentally killed her Dad in a heist or undercover operation or a hunting accident. I'm hoping the story behind the plane will give us more to go on. But I'm guessing that she was a 'daddy's girl' and he was the only man she ever loved. Notice how squeemish she gets around injured people, she eventually does what needs to be done, but has that moment where she nearly breaks.

DC3's (the type of plane the model was) were used in the military until the mid to late 60's if my research was correct. Perhaps her Dad was one of the Vietnam Vets that stayed in the military and was Green Beret or Black Ops. Or he went the opposite direction and raised his family or just his daughter in one of those militia communities in a very out of the way small town, where everyone is what you are.

Kate can defanitely fight, track and handle a gun with prowess. Her past is very intriguing. I think her and Sayid may have some common ground they are unaware not currently aware of - another link somehow.

EAZYJ.....what makes you think she killed those guys in the bank?* Looked like she was very precise, and shot to injure....not kill. That's one of the reasons I think she has specialized training....she's darned good at what she does, and she handled that gun extremely well.* Just because she was wanted for something and had a reward out for her capture does not preclude her having had specialized training prior to that.


that's what I thought too, LostNLuvinIt!

Okay- this is my premise on Kate's background. ;)

First of all I don't think that Kate is wanted due to killing her father. I mean first of all I don't think she would have been chased into Australia for doing that. Isn't that why criminals go to different countries anyway, because we can't follow and prosecute? I believe that she has been part of some government organization. I mean her skills and thought processes don't relate to a one-time spur of the moment killer. Even if she has been on the run all of her life- which I doubt that that is all there is too it- I don't think she would be as adept at handling situations that she has been in so far. I mean the way she handles herself and the fact that she was hunted down into Australia signals to me she has been "trained" in some way and is very important to the Feds (or whomever). Maybe something happened in a federal plot that she was involved in and she was blamed for whatever might have went wrong. I believe that the "you know why" conversation with Tom during their childhood years refers to her mother. I believe her mother has a mental disorder, like schizophrenia, that has affected Kate in her younger years. I mean handling a "crazy" mother would be very hard for a little girl.

Make sense? :-\

Okay- this is my premise on Kate's background. ;)

First of all I don't think that Kate is wanted due to killing her father. I mean first of all I don't think she would have been chased into Australia for doing that. Isn't that why criminals go to different countries anyway, because we can't follow and prosecute? I believe that she has been part of some government organization. I mean her skills and thought processes don't relate to a one-time spur of the moment killer. Even if she has been on the run all of her life- which I doubt that that is all there is too it- I don't think she would be as adept at handling situations that she has been in so far. I mean the way she handles herself and the fact that she was hunted down into Australia signals to me she has been "trained" in some way and is very important to the Feds (or whomever). Maybe something happened in a federal plot that she was involved in and she was blamed for whatever might have went wrong. I believe that the "you know why" conversation with Tom during their childhood years refers to her mother. I believe her mother has a mental disorder, like schizophrenia, that has affected Kate in her younger years. I mean handling a "crazy" mother would be very hard for a little girl.

Make sense? :-\


I think that makes alot of sense

I disagree w/ Kate being in law enforcement or the military. I do think that she was an 'army brat', though--and that maybe when she was younger she had a close relationship with her father and learned a lot of those things mentioned above (fighting style, etc.) that way.

I think that a lot of her fight or flight instincts are just from years of running. I mean--look at Sawyer, the man was clearly a clever con man and that was just from years of connections and know how. I think it's much the same issue with Kate.

Has anyone considered the possibility that the Marshall is Kate's father?* I was re-watching Tabula Rasa, and it occurred to me that Kate had so many opportunities to get rid of him and free herself (she didn't have to save him on the plane, she could have killed him when they were alone in the tent), but she didn't take them.* Why?* There seemed to be more to their relationship than law enforcement/fugitive.

And he sure knew alot about her back-story in the finale!

I don't know...he didn't look like he was that old.