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Jack and Kate: Where It All Began
A Recapitulation of the Love Story of LOST
Written Exclusively for J&K.org By Erica

>> SEASON FOUR

Upon the success of contacting rescue, Jack and Kate anticipate their arrival and continue to deal with those
who are trying to thwart their mission. As the group splits into two camps, of those who wish to be rescued and
those who do not, as a result of differing opinions of a conflicting message from one of their own, who perished
in order to ensure that rescue could be contacted, Jack and Kate stay together, and discover the passengers
of the chopper and also uncover the true purpose of their interest in the Island, and that rescue is the farthest
thing from their minds.

In an attempt to figure out what is taking place with the other camp, Jack enlists Kate to lead the mission.
Upon arrival to the other camp, Kate, with an ulterior motive of her own, intends to find out if the passengers of
the chopper are aware of her fugitive status as she wonders if rescue is such a good idea for her, due to what
awaits her if they are rescued. Upon the news that her fugitive status is known, out of fear and panic, Kate is
tempted to remain on the Island with this camp, tempted to continue to run from her past, but upon the news
that she is not pregnant and self-realizations that she no longer has to settle for what she truly does not want,
Kate returns to Jack and the camp on the beach in order to work towards rescue.

As Jack and Kate are tersely reunited, distrust towards their supposed rescuers ensures and strengthens as
communication lines are blurred between the passengers of the chopper and the inhabitants of the freight,
whose intent on the Island is to retrieve a past foe and to kill everyone in order to preserve a major cover-up,
designed to keep the Island itself a well kept secret. As the threat of the freight approaches the beach and has
since arrived to the other camp as they learn that is where their target is located, turmoil ensures, causing the
group to split, most of them returning to the beach, entrusting Jack and Kate with their protection.

Before the groups reunite, and upon the news that they will not be rescue, Jack falls ill, as a result of an
infected appendix. Extremely worried and scared for Jack's life, Kate fears losing him as an unorthodox and
hazardous surgery is performed on him, Jack adamant about watching the entire procedure. Kate is present
during the surgery; witness to the painful experience the surgery is for Jack, not capable of watching him in
such pain and allows for him to be sedated against his requests. The experience of almost losing Jack drives
Kate to further realize for just how much she loves him and how she truly can not imagine her life without him.

Before Jack is able to fully heal, a chopper is sighted from the beach, their chances of being rescued renewed
as a phone is dropped in their laps, a tracking device is activated that will help to track the airliner. With the aid
of the phone, Jack and Kate trek in the direction of the chopper and are abruptly reunited with some members
from the other camp. Bad news ensures when Jack and Kate learn that one of their own, Claire, went missing
and her newborn son, Aaron, was left behind. Distraught by the news, Jack leaves the infant in Kate's care and
hastily takes off towards the chopper against Kate's protests. Arriving back to the beach, where most of the
group is headed towards the freight, Kate leaves the baby in their care, and goes after Jack to help. On her way,
she is caught by the menacing antagonists of the freight.

Jack finally finds the chopper and is reunited with members from the other camp and discovers more mysteries
about the Island, the intent of those survivors who wish to explore them, as well as the purposes of the
freighters. Barely escaping the grasps of her captors, Kate happily reunites with Jack and joins him on the
chopper to return to the beach. As the chopper runs out of fuel, their trip back to the beach is delayed as they
land on the freight to refuel. Jack learns of the dangers that are expected on the freight and the true intent of
the freighters, he then grabs Kate and other group members and escapes the destruction of the freight as it
explodes, some of the group left behind to their deaths.

On their subsequent trip to the beach, Jack and Kate discover that the Island has disappeared. As the freight
suffers further malfunction, it crashes into the water. All of the passengers, which include Jack, Kate, Aaron,
and three other survivors, are safely harbored, out at sea with no land in sight. Upon rescue from an
unforeseen, yet friendly ally, Jack informs everyone that they must lie about the existence and the occurrences
of the Island in order to protect the friends they have unintentionally left behind.

In a series of flashforwards, life for Jack and Kate almost immediately after the rescue is revealed. Part of the
Oceanic 6, a name created by the media, Jack and Kate face the many questions that the public have about
their miraculous rescue. The lie that they create includes portraying infant Aaron as Kate's son. Jack is finally
allowed to lay his father to rest and unexpectedly learns that Aaron's mother, Claire, is his half-sister from a
relationship his father had with another woman. This causes issues for Jack and Kate, who were close to
something more, but are caught at a crossroads involving Aaron's true maternity.

Kate is then prosecuted for her previous crimes. Jack takes the stand during her trial, as a character witness,
and proclaims that Kate was the reason why he and the others survived, that she saved his life, reiterating the
lie they were forced to tell. Kate doesn't allow Jack to lie for her in a court of law, asking that he refrain from
speaking about the crash and incidents thereafter. The prosecution asks if Jack loves Kate and he states that
he doesn't, not anymore. Later, as Kate leaves the courthouse parking lot after accepting a plea bargain that
declares that she is not to leave the state of California, Jack catches up with her, and affirms that he didn't
mean what he said on the stand, about not loving her anymore. Relieved by the news, Kate offers Jack to follow
her to her home, but Jack her offer, uncomfortable with being around his nephew Aaron and the guilt that it
strengthens inside of him. Disappointed, Kate tells Jack that he is always welcomed to come by to see them,
and then drives away.

Soon after, Jack takes Kate up on her offer and they begin a serious romantic relationship as they live happily
together and take on the roles of surrogate parents to Aaron. Completely satisfied with how their life together is
working out, their sexual tension relieved and the passion and eagerness of their coupling unmistakable, Jack
and Kate are transformed into what they always wanted to be, redemption at their fingertips as they allow
themselves to love each other fully without inhibition.

Paradise is interrupted when Jack begins to experience signs of paranoia, his guilt-ridden conscience over
what happened on the Island truly beginning to eat away at him. Amid the craziness that he feels building
inside of him after peculiar encounters with individuals of past and present, who urge him to return to the
Island, he attempts to hold onto everything he loves as he asks Kate to marry him, which she enthusiastically
and excitedly accepts. As things fall apart further and his resistance to the severity of the lie begins to
crumble, the beginning stages of his breakdown seep through. As he discovers a secret that Kate has kept
from him and has performed behind his back, Jack's paranoia and issues with trust run rampant, propelling him
to leave the home he's made with the love of his life. Kate is left behind devastated and heartbroken as she
watches him leave, the path to his self-destruction initiated.

As a continuation of the airport scene that appeared at the end of season three, occurring three months after
Jack left the home he and Kate made together, Jack tries to prove to Kate just why he left her and Aaron
behind, in an attempt to protect them. Blinded by angry tears, Kate rebuffs Jack's explanations for breaking up
their happy home, and chastises him for letting himself self-destruct, the love she feels for him still apparent,
but slightly masked by her irate response to his reasoning. She leaves as irate and heartbroken as she's ever
been before. Jack then visits an old acquaintance from the Island, who has surprisingly passed away, the death
causing more distress and guilt, and learns that he must return everyone, including his dead associate, to the
Island.

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