Left Behind (Lost)
| "Left Behind" | |
|---|---|
| Lost episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Karen Gaviola |
| Written by |
Damon Lindelof Elizabeth Sarnoff |
| Production code | 315 |
| Original air date | April 4, 2007 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
|
Kim Dickens as Cassidy Phillips |
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Kim Dickens as Cassidy Phillips
Beth Broderick as Diane Janssen
Fredric Lane as Marshal Edward Mars
Shawn Lathrop as Agent
Andrew Meader as Johnny
Bill Ogilvie as Man
"Left Behind" is the 15th episode of the 3rd season of Lost. It was aired on April 4, 2007, making it the 64th episode of the series. The episode was written by Damon Lindelof and Elizabeth Sarnoff and directed by Karen Gaviola who won the NAACP Image Award for Best Director in a Drama Series. The character of Kate is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
In a flashback to Iowa, Kate's car breaks down and is towed into a service station. She overhears a man and a woman arguing. The woman is Cassidy, whom Sawyer trained to be a grifter and all of whose money he stole. She is working the jewelry con on the man. He does not believe Cassidy and wants to call the police. Kate tells him that her father was a jeweler, and the jewelry is not fake. They have drinks together and Cassidy asks why Kate did not want the police there. Kate says her stepfather was a bad man, so she killed him, escaped from the US marshal who arrested her and now she is back to talk to her mother. Cassidy offers to help. She says she was conned and embarrassed by a "bad guy", too, and that one of them deserves something good.
Back in Iowa, Kate knocks on her mother's door. Diane opens the door, but before she can say anything, cops surround Kate and cuff her. Marshal Mars walks out only to realize that it is not Kate; it is Cassidy dressed as Kate, who claims to be just selling Bibles. Watching through binoculars from down the street is the real Kate, and she realizes just what she is up against. Later at the motel, Kate admits that her mother gave her up to the police, choosing her abusive husband over her daughter, betraying her, and Kate needs to know why.
Cassidy goes to the restaurant where Kate's mom works and 'accidentally' dumps a bowl of chili on her. Diane goes to the bathroom to clean up; Kate is waiting there for her. Diane tells Kate that she killed the man she loved. Kate replies that Wayne abused her, but Diane simply snaps back that she didn't kill Wayne for anyone but herself. Diane promises not to say anything now, but the next time she sees Kate she'll yell for help.
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