Tabula Rasa (Lost)
| "Tabula Rasa" | |
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| Lost episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Jack Bender |
| Written by | Damon Lindelof |
| Featured music | "Wash Away (Reprise)" by Joe Purdy "Leavin' on Your Mind" by Patsy Cline |
| Production code | 101 |
| Original air date | October 6, 2004 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Fredric Lane as Marshal Mars |
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Fredric Lane as Marshal Mars
Nick Tate as Ray Mullen
"Tabula Rasa" (Latin for blank slate) is the third episode of the first season of Lost. It was directed by Jack Bender and written by Damon Lindelof. It first aired on October 6, 2004, on ABC.
The character of Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) is featured in the episode's flashbacks, showing how she got captured in Australia by the US Marshal Edward Mars (Fredric Lane). In the present day events, Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) learn that Kate is a convict and fugitive while Jack is trying to save the marshal from the injuries he sustained during the Oceanic Flight 815 plane crash.
The episode was watched by 16.54 million Americans and received mixed reviews from critics. It is the first episode to feature a 'Previously on Lost' segment, a clip shown at the beginning of each episode summarizing the recent events of the show. The episode receives its name from the philosophical idea of tabula rasa, meaning blank slate, a concept which is brought in one of the episode's final lines, when Jack tells Kate that all of the Flight 815 survivors should be allowed to restart with a new life.
Kate (Evangeline Lilly) is awakened by an Australian farmer, Ray Mullen (Nick Tate), as she sleeps in his barn. She introduces herself as Annie, a backpacking graduate, and Mullen offers her a job on the farm. When she later leaves the farm, Ray offers to give her a ride to the train station. On the way Kate notices a black car following them, and Ray reveals he learned Kate was a fugitive, and decided to deliver her to the authorities for the reward money. As soon as they are approached by the tailgating car, driven by US Marshal Edward Mars (Fredric Lane), Kate jerks the wheel and causes Ray's vehicle to crash off the road. As Kate is pulling Ray from the burning vehicle, Marshall Mars captures her at gunpoint.
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