I think there were so many great connections to betrayal in this episode. We start off with Locke leaving Kate behind, which is a form of betrayal. His selfish intentions leave Kate in a very dangerous position. Then we see Cassidy (Sawyer's ex) a victim of his own betrayal of her meet up with Kate. I never really noticed any similarities in these women until this episode. Sawyer really does seem like he has fallen for a lot of the qualities in Kate that he also saw in Cassidy. It was really interesting to see these connections. Then we have betrayal with Kate's mom. What really got me is that Kate was like I did it for you and she said no you did it for yourself. Betrayal by blood ties has to be the worst, followed by betrayal of the one you love, which is what Cassidy experienced with Sawyer. We also see betrayal with Juliet, as she is left behind with Kate.

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I thought this scene also paralled the hallway scene with Kate and Jack. Jack didn't say it but it sure looked to me that he felt the same way as Kate's mom.

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Oh yea I knew there was one I forgot. Thanks for bringing that up! Definetely Kate's betrayal of Jack revealed and yes that is a great point, it is almost like a role reversal. Suddenly Jack was the one feeling betrayed and Kate felt all this guilt overwhelming her. I also thought it was interesting how Cassidy said she wouldn't turn Sawyer in, which shows how much she really loved Sawyer. Despite his betrayal of her, she would not turn around and do the same to him.

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It's the second time Kate's screwed up with Jack. The first time was when the guys L/S/J were all going to find Walt, and Jack told Kate to stay at camp, and she didn't.... and they ended up with the whole Tom "this is our island" thing going on that cost the losties some of their guns and ammo.

btw - when Kate asked Cassidy "what's his name" at the end of the show.....ARGH!!!!! Cassidy couldn't have thrown "Sawyer" out there with the rest of her little speech?

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-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”

of course not. gotta save that juicy bit of knowledge for after Kate falls completely for Sawyer then she finds out that Cassidy's man is Sawyer and she gets heart broken for falling for a "bad" guy

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a bad guy with a kid

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`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!'

-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”

But wait, if Sawyer ended up in prison and Cassidy had a picture of Clementine, didn't that mean she turned him in? She wasn't even visibly pregnant when helping Kate.

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I guess Cassidy decided to turn Sawyer in after her conversation with Kate. During Sawyer's FB where Cassidy visited him in prison and showed him Clementine's picture it seemed that they both acknowledged that she was responsible for him being in prison.
That's what I thought anyway.

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Yeah, she eventually turned him in, that was their discussion at the visit. then he gave her his reward from conning the thief. I thought that was Sawyer's turning point, showing he was a good man, that he could forgive, even though it was his fault in the first place.

I couldn't agree more Cable.

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" I push this button every 108 minutes, I don't get out much."

"Theres a time for living low down, theres a time for getting high. A time for peace, a time for fire. A time to live, a time to die."

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.