Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Kate Austen" in English language version.
The problem was that [Kate's past] was a mystery the first season made no effort to solve, leaving Kate's flashbacks a frustrating evasion of the very question the show itself had asked.... It was the show seeing how far they could draw out each character's back story, and with Kate they ultimately pushed too far...
Unfortunately, of the main characters on the show, Kate was often at the center of some of the weaker episodes...
I could have done without Kate being turned into a damsel in distress again, though.... it's irritating how they spent so much time setting her up as a bad-ass and then inevitably use her as a human shield for the bad guys.
... [W]e're back to Jack and Kate being complete imbeciles -- Kate the alleged badass letting Charlotte get in position to cold cock her even though she knew these two were up to no good...
... Kate, whether solo or as part of the love triangle, isn't nearly as compelling a central character as Sayid or Hurley (or some of the freighter people, for that matter).
... [T]here's the typical Lost leaps in logic. Why do Claire and Kate bond in the not-crash timeline, when they first meet because Kate sticks a gun in the pregnant mom's face, stealing her cab, suitcase and clothes? Why does Kate, who seems to be a smart fugitive, keep driving around in her stolen cab like it's a rental car she picked up at LAX?
The problem was that [Kate's past] was a mystery the first season made no effort to solve, leaving Kate's flashbacks a frustrating evasion of the very question the show itself had asked.... It was the show seeing how far they could draw out each character's back story, and with Kate they ultimately pushed too far...
I could have done without Kate being turned into a damsel in distress again, though.... it's irritating how they spent so much time setting her up as a bad-ass and then inevitably use her as a human shield for the bad guys.
... [W]e're back to Jack and Kate being complete imbeciles -- Kate the alleged badass letting Charlotte get in position to cold cock her even though she knew these two were up to no good...
... [T]here's the typical Lost leaps in logic. Why do Claire and Kate bond in the not-crash timeline, when they first meet because Kate sticks a gun in the pregnant mom's face, stealing her cab, suitcase and clothes? Why does Kate, who seems to be a smart fugitive, keep driving around in her stolen cab like it's a rental car she picked up at LAX?
Unfortunately, of the main characters on the show, Kate was often at the center of some of the weaker episodes...
... Kate, whether solo or as part of the love triangle, isn't nearly as compelling a central character as Sayid or Hurley (or some of the freighter people, for that matter).
