Kate Austen

BEFORE THE CRASH

• Killed her real father because he abused her and her mother
• Arrested by U.S. Marshal Edward Mars but escaped his custody when their car crashed after he swerved to avoid a black horse in the road
• Visited her step-father, Sgt. Sam Austen, whom she thought would be supportive but who rejected her
• Caused the death of her childhood boyfriend, Tom, while resisting arrest
• Held up a New Mexico bank to recover her most cherished possession, a metal toy airplane that once belonged to Tom
• Fugitive from justice for several years
• Crimes included armed robbery, assault, resisting arrest
• Extradited to U.S. to stand trial

ON THE ISLAND

• Bravely led the first exploration into the jungle
• Tried to rescue Claire and Charlie when they were kidnapped by sinister Ethan Rom
• Recovered from beneath an island waterfall the U.S. Marshal’s case that was full of guns
• In the case was the toy plane that belonged to her childhood boyfriend, Tom
• Delivered Claire’s baby in the middle of the jungle
• Exposed to the group as a fugitive by Sawyer after trying to steal his place on the raft
• Initially held prisoner in the hatch/Swan station by Desmond but escaped
• Nursed Sawyer back to health from his infected gun shot wound
• Felt she was going insane when she thought she heard her dead father speak through Sawyer and when she saw the same black horse on the island that caused the crash of the Marshal’s care
• Secretly followed Jack, Locke and Sawyer searching for Michael; captured by the Others and only released when Jack agreed to leave the Others alone
• Used by Sawyer for his alibi during his long con to get control of all the guns
• Trekked into the jungle with Claire and Rousseau and finds the seemingly abandoned Dharma medical station
• Went with Jack to trade Henry Gale for Michael and Walt; helped bring the Michael back to the Swan station
• Convinced by Michael to help him attack the Others and free Walt but double-crossed by Michael
• Captured by the Others
• Held captive in cages in part of the Hydra station
• Given a dress by Ben