I have two thoughts that are not my original ideas, but I've read them somewhere:

1) Kate's mother said she had been dying for six months for the past 4 years. Someone did the math and came up with the number... wait for it....eight, one of "the numbers."

2) in the courtroom scenes - Kate's lawyer tells her that the "district attorney herself is going to prosecute this trial" - there are those who believe that the D.A. is Dharma. The O6 are not as free as we would think... Hurley is safely locked away in the mental institution; Kate (who had been free until the trial was then put in jail) as part of her plea deal, cannot leave the state. Dharma can now keep an eye on her. I think this will be an interesting idea to watch for in the upcoming episodes.

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