Kate Austen

Kate seen crawling around inside the air ducts

BEFORE THE CRASH

• Fugitive from justice for several years
• Crimes included armed robbery, assault, resisting arrest
• Caused the death of her childhood boyfriend while resisting arrest
• Extradited to the United States to stand trial

ON THE ISLAND

• Relies on Jack to give her strength and to be her friend
• Bravely led the first exploration into the jungle
• Chosen by the first exploration group to keep ahold of the gun Sawyer had in his possession
• Helps Sayid with the radio transmitters
• Broke the first transmitter put together by Sayid when up in a tree and startled by "the monster"
• Recovered the U.S. Marshal's Halliburton case from a pond that she found with Sawyer. The Halliburton contained five pistols, documents, and her most cherished possession, a metal toy plane that belonged to her childhood sweetheart
• Nicknamed "Freckles" by Sawyer
• Labelled "Sheriff" by Sawyer who gives her the U.S. Marshal's badge
• Helped try to rescue Claire and Charlie when they were kidnapped by the sinister Ethan Rom
• 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
• Part of the Black Rock expedition to get the TNT
• Helps blow the hatch open
• First to go inside the hatch
• Captured by Desmond and freed by Locke
• Ate an Apollo bar while exploring the hatch
• Has proven herself to be the most self centered female on the island.