"I love you."
That is an excerpt from the 앞으로 provided 의해 Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse for the official 로스트 Encyclopedia. I happen to own that glorious book and I thought I'd take a 분 and share with 당신 the highlights for us Jaters.
Kate's section on Jack's page
Jack was immediately attracted to Kate Austen after she mustered the courage to stitch up his wound from the crash. When Jack challenged Kate to a game of skills, he was surprised to learn how good she was and thrilled to find a mutual interest. Her independence both intrigued and annoyed him. This was a woman Jack could never control 또는 predict her behavior.
She aspired to be Jack's equal, but inside she suffered with feeling of inadequacy
Aware of the chemistry Kate also shared with Sawyer, Jack often used his medical skills to gain the upperhand. He coerced Sawyer into returning Kate's Halliburton case 의해 threatening to stop giving Sawyer the antibiotic for the infection in his arm wound.
After Sawyer, in a fever-induced delirium, told Jack that he loved Kate, she kissed Jack when she was feeling upset. Jack began falling 더 많이 in 사랑
He still struck a bargain so that Kate could be safe.
Their subsequent rescue changed everything. As part of the Oceanic Six, Jack, Kate, and Aaron became a family. But their engagement and happiness were short-lived. When Jack learned that Claire was his half-sister, his guilt over leaving Claire on the island and watching Kate raise Aaron overwhelmed him. Jack became jealous of Kate and her secretive phone calls. He became convinced she was having an affair and a similar pattern of behavior he exhibited with Sarah began to repeat itself with Kate.
He got the woman he loved safely off the island.
Returning to the island, Jack left their relationship in the hands of fate. Ultimately, they declared their mutual 사랑 before they parted for a final time. Jack's last thought was that he did what he promised: He got the woman he loved safely off the island.
Jack's section on Kate's page
From the moment they met, Jack Shephard asked 더 많이 of Kate than she thought she could give. As she bravely stitched up his gaping wound on the beach, he told her how he found courage 의해 counting to five during a botched operation. In that moment, their mutual admiration began, and they bonded for life.
In that moment, their mutual admiration began, and they bonded for life.
Often, Kate and Jack simply tested one another as they jousted for dominance within the camp. When Kate, Sawyer and Jack were taken 의해 the others to Hydra island, Kate moved closer to Sawyer
Yet their attraction and chemistry was undeniable
Once they escaped the island as members of the Oceanic Six, Kate completed her court trial, and finally entered a real relationship with Jack. Despite their engagement and home-life, Kate's happiness with Jack was short-lived. Jack's dark side ultimately consumed their relationship through alcohol and jealousy and they were finally even in their frailties. Though they slept together one last time before returning to the island, their
As he bled for it, and just before Kate headed home, they declared their mutual 사랑 one last time.
From Sawyer's section on Kate's page
Kate was unable to accept 또는 return his [Sawyer] love, as she was torn between her feelings for James and Jack. Back on the main island, their relationship to one another became awkward. Kate used Sawyer to get at Jack; and Sawyer struck back in equally unkind ways.
From Juliet's section on Jack's page
She [Juliet] began to express feelings for him and the two shared a kiss, Jack realized, however, that he truly loved Kate.
A 삼각형 that featured Jack as a rival that Sawyer knew in his 심장 he couldn't best.
From Juliet's section on Kate's page
Initially, Juliet and Kate were simply rivals for Jack's affections. Juliet didn't mince words when she told Kate the harsh truth about what her actions with Sawyer had done to Jack. Kate continued her hostility until Juliet performed an appendectomy on Jack. Juliet laid down her own 명예, 로렐 leaf when she admitted to Kate that Jack was not in 사랑 with her.
His true love, Kate, and his father helped him fully let go.
From Kate's section on Sawyer's page
They [Sawyer and Kate] became 연인들 while incarcerated on Hydra island and, 더 많이 importantly, Sawyer allowed himself to admit that he loved her. But the pair danced around one another in a 삼각형 that featured Jack as a rival that Sawyer knew in his 심장 he couldn't best.
Sideways for Kate
Their [Kate and Claire] destined connection at Aaron's birth opened Kate's 심장 to her life with Claire, Aaron, and Jack.
Sideways for Jack
This process [Locke's operation] moved Jack toward a place where his true love, Kate, and his father helped him fully let go and 옮기기 on with his loved ones from the island.
"I have always been with you."
