We had a nice little tweetup last night to watch the 22nd hour of season one goodness.  This was a Kate-centric backstory that focused on her life as a fugitive and the tension between staying and running.  The island drama focused on the raft leaving and gave us a great introduction to Doc Artz, that high school science teacher and part time greek chorus that gave greater urgency to getting the raft off and into the northward blowing trade winds before the reversed during monsoon season. Locke showed Sayid and Jack the hatch, and Jack wants to open it, Sayid thinks that’s nutz. Michael got severely sick. Jack and Locke bury their hatchet to work the leads on who’s poisioning Mike, but in the end the D.A. decides not to prosecute the perp (Sun. *gasp*)

There is the thumbnail recap for the episode, read on for the transcript of our tweets.

Programming Note: The #WFTB group is going to skip Friday, and then watch all of S1 Finale (Exodus) on Monday.  If timing allows we may start a half-hour early so the east coasters can get to be before midnight.  So stay tuned on Monday for last minute schedule adjustments and have a great weekend.  (And happy Independence Day to you staters. )

#LOST #WFTB Tweet-Cap for LOST #s1e22 “Born To Run” LiveTweet (read top to bottom) http://u.nu/74cg

justinkeyes: No “Previously on Lost” this time.

ZachsMind: Also I’m replacing popcorn tonight with Hawaii Luau pizza from Pizza Hut. (not a paid endorsement)

LOST_WFTB: hot blonde in a convertible, no extreme eye close up… trunk full of license plates…

justinkeyes: I love how they try to keep us in suspense even though it’s blatantly obvious who this is.

ZachsMind: I pressed play. Did anyone else press play or am I early?

LOST_WFTB: someone likes hotels… how many Kate episodes have there been starting with her and a hotel? (she’s the blonde btw)

ZachsMind: Take note of the state plates Kate has. We see she visits some of those other places later in the series.

justinkeyes: “Joan Hart”? What happened to the preceding Melissa?

LOST_WFTB: The backstory’s is kates, but the island drama lama is focused on Jin running away from Sun.

islandscientist: What was that letter she was reading.

justinkeyes: Platinum isn’t a million records sold in the UK, is it? I thought it’s based on population.

ZachsMind: We didn’t get far into this ep w/o seeing Kate open the floodgates.

LOST_WFTB: When they get picked up, the helicopters will come. – Charlie Pace… zomg Doc Artz! yay! srsly! FTW.

DrDreia: @LOST_WFTB so true

nelly061: Kate’s plane. crucial piece of the puzzle, like I always say

justinkeyes: Debut of Arzt, right? “You’re a damn high school science teacher!” Heh, me too.

batchoutlost: Arzt gets antsy far earlier than Bernard- Haven’t met him yet. So Kate is riding Michael hard for a raft seat. She needs be judged!

sweetbippy: “monsoon season is bad” that’s teacher speak for monsoon season is bad.

ZachsMind: Arzt! I love Arzt! I miss Arzt!

sweetbippy: Michael is king of the boat I guess.

ZachsMind: Can anyone tell me why Kate wanted to go w/Michael? Was it so she could personally sabotage it?

DrDreia: I wouldve liked to hear charlie’s song nice chords

DrDreia: @ZachsMind I thinks she wanted a cover up.

LOST_WFTB: Tom and Kate. Tom’s airplane was what Kate was ‘flying’ on the beach at the beginning

justinkeyes: It’s Tom! And he’s Patty Duke’s son! No, not the one from Lord of the Rings, the one from The Facts of Life.

LOST_WFTB: @ZachsMind I think Kate was just ready to run again. She didn’t sabotage anything…

lostdogs10: @ZachsMind Kate wants to belong to a group .

islandscientist: @ZachsMind Because she didn’t want to get rescued like Charlie thought they might be. Then she’d be back in handcuffs.

DrDreia: @sweetbippy this one and the next one too. S4

sweetbippy: them thar is the hatch. Desmond is waaaay under there. waiting and pressin’ the button.

LOST_WFTB: its the fully excavated hatch… and NOW John wants to talk to Jack…

DrDreia: @islandscientist yes yes that’s what I meant to say

ZachsMind: She never had the chance to sabotage anything. She’d have to wait till they were on water.

AliGraysAnatomy: @LOST_WFTB Jin was kinda a jerk in the first year. It’s interesting to see how much they changed him!

philonthehill: Why was Kate crying in that car? Her flashback wig wasn’ t that bad.

ZachsMind: Well ths is an historic moment. When Locke reveals the Hatch 2 Sayid & Jack. “I guess it’s time we talked abt ths.”

LOST_WFTB: @ZachsMind also I think she got spooked by Charlie’s ‘we’ll be famous when the helicopters come’ she needs to be anon

DrDreia: So hum Kate u runnin from da pohlice and you change your hair color BACK to natural?

sweetbippy: puddin’ was Kate’s first nickname!

justinkeyes: @ZachsMind Sawyer just explained it.

islandscientist: @philonthehill I was surprised that that was supposed to pass as being her real hair, but dyed.

philonthehill: I’m surprised they couldn’t smell the alcoholic fragrance of Desmond emanating from inside the hatch.

DrDreia: Open mind haha srsly try like blow yer brains out Jack

islandscientist: I had forgotten that Kate and Sawyer were so antagonistic to each other right before the raft launch.

LOST_WFTB: hm.. interesting to see Sun’s face when Walt comes running in.

sweetbippy: It’s like a tennis game with the looks back and forth from Sayid between Jack and Locke

justinkeyes: I love how Locke always has a response. Reminds me of myself. LOL!

ZachsMind: Harold really is a fine actor. He makes pretending to have a tummy ache look so EZ.

islandscientist: “Actually Jack, I can think of cases much worse than that.”

LOST_WFTB: it is an interesting contrast between the hatch without a handle and the soon to be unearthed time capsule of K&Ts

ZachsMind: Locke wins the argument w/gun cache but Sayid’s the only voice of reason here.

sweetbippy: be careful Michael, Kate might crush up some sleepy pills and put them in your water

ZachsMind: I do enjoy watching Kate run. And Sawyer explained what the writers want us to think. Too early to show Kate’s hand.

LOST_WFTB: good pt. but soo last episode. RT @sweetbippy: be careful Michael, Kate might crush up some sleepy pills

batchoutlost: Nice how Kate just counted PAST FIVE. Never unbury something with headlights blazing! duh

batchoutlost: Perhaps Kate was a bit freaked by the recent kidnapping of Claire, or more likely just raft jockeying to tweak Sawyer. Such a tease

justinkeyes: There’s some kind of sabotage almost every week!

ZachsMind: For those still wondering about why Kate wanted that toy plane this ep we find out.

ZachsMind: one of the few rare moments we see Jack & Locke work together on something. Two deductive minds figuring out the water.

LOST_WFTB: its like a cop show, Jack and Locke are detectives on this episode of SVU

sweetbippy: Hurley made an oops.

batchoutlost: Funny how Hurley has2be continuity guy! Darleton & multiseason arcs not yet in the driver’s seat. Walt&Locke: special, meaning TBD

DrDreia: RT @sweetbippy: Hurley made an oops.//he never lies and always always says too much!

justinkeyes: “Monster Eats the Pilot” is a great song title.

DrDreia: And you don’t think the others should know about this Jack? How about: choose your weapon Jack

islandscientist: Charlie really thinks they’re going to get rescued because of that raft.

lostdogs10: Sawyer always seems like the suspect.

ZachsMind: RT @justinkeyes: “Monster Eats the Pilot” is a great song title.

sweetbippy: Katie is hurt. and yes, she is capable of poisoning someone. duh.

LOST_WFTB: @justinkeyes I hope when charlies get’s resurrected in S6 he releases his island songs.

justinkeyes: Kate: “Do you really think I’m capable of that?” Um, no she didn’t! You’re a damn fugitive! WTF?

DrDreia: @islandscientist yeah right? If so, I have some land in mars to sell him.

LOST_WFTB: that lunch box looks like it was stolen!

DrDreia: I am married to a decent Iowa man…and no, he is not a redneck Tommy

justinkeyes: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! The Right Stuff! NKOTB lunch box/time capsule FTW!

islandscientist: Even Michael doesn’t think the raft is going to get everyone else rescued.

DrDreia: that’s right @batchoutlost. So @sweetbippy, this is like #3 pill crushing scheme Kate plays on men…

sweetbippy: “you always want to run away kate” how sad.

justinkeyes: 9 kids?! Tom was insane!

DrDreia: @justinkeyes LOL, do tell us how you feel: )

batchoutlost: For some odd reason, never remembered this scene. Kate and Tom are in a sort of time loop-She’s STILL running from him after so long!

ZachsMind: August 15th 1989. 8/15/89 #thenumbers “You always wanna run away Katie” “Yeah and you know why.”

LOST_WFTB: No, he’s from Iowa… four letters ends with an A … bad news state. RT @justinkeyes: 9 kids?! Tom was insane!

nelly061: all women are devious. Lesson learned

DrDreia: @LOST_WFTB what did I just read??? Aren’t you from TexA (silent s)

justinkeyes: Walt’s freaky powers! I miss those!

LOST_WFTB: so there are three suspects, Kate, Sawyer and Walt.. and with one touch, Walt doesn’t want Locke to open the hatch.

sweetbippy: @justinkeyes Hahah! I can totally see NKOTB dance moves when you “sang” that! LOL

DrDreia: How about that Don’t open it, Mr. Locke Oh I so wish they kept this going w/o WAAALTTT

batchoutlost: Kate’s idea of a night out: Pills, Drinking, Driving, and leaving before her current fling wakes up. At least no car crash, THIS time

ZachsMind: Well i forgot that moment. When Locke touched Walt, he sensed something. Did Walt mean the hatch? or something else?

DrDreia: @batchoutlost thank goodness she gave up Taco Nite…

philonthehill: Wonder if Walt knew Locke was going to end up destroying the hatch.

DrDreia: so anyone for a theory of how this scene btw Kate/Sawyer mirrors her past history? I don’t hav a clue

sweetbippy: who knew humiliation could lead to a love fest in the bear caves later on, huh?

nelly061: is Kate’s mom from Sabrina teen witch

DrDreia: Perhaps the line: she don’t care about nobody but herself explains a bit…

justinkeyes: Can’t blame Kate – just like those shoes in the pilot. It’s not like Joanna’s gonna be needing her identity anymore.

lostdogs10: Everyone has scretes they want to keep buried.

LOST_WFTB: yeah, one of her aunts. RT @nelly061: is Kate’s mom from Sabrina teen witch

ZachsMind: the Kate’s mom scene freaked me out first time around but now i get it.

batchoutlost: I wonder if Kate’s mom thought she was going to strangle her, or just wants to turn her in as a screw you. Kate Bauer scene now!

DrDreia: @sweetbippy I guess this is the history of badly loved women repeating itself Kate/her mom

DrDreia: To have your own mom yell out for help when you are crying and saying you are sorry, srsly

justinkeyes: Bad-ass Katie! Tom, you should’ve listened to her.

nelly061: “I didnt poison you” [it was the other devious woman]

ZachsMind: Boone and Tom have this in common. They didn’t know when to get out.

batchoutlost: Another tiger not changing stripes. Kate does her own quick Intervention

DrDreia: RT @ZachsMind: Boone and Tom have this in common. They didn’t know when to get out.//oh so true! Tommy = other red shirt

LOST_WFTB: Good point. RT @ZachsMind: Boone and Tom have this in common. They didn’t know when to get out.

DrDreia: Dude Claire is so holding a doll right now

sweetbippy: Michael is always angry with someone…wish he had a backbone . its annoying

ZachsMind: Notice that she didn’t take the plane. How did she know it was in that safe deposit box?

islandscientist: “about what I SUPPOSEDLY did” — yeah, okay…

justinkeyes: Look at Jack using his noggin. Nice deductive reasoning there, Jackers.

DrDreia: @ZachsMind wasn’t the box owned by the marshal? I think that this is how she found out and planned the robbery

sweetbippy: My husband won’t talk to me, so I poisoned him. -Sun

DrDreia: Now tell me, why would Jack figure this one out?

islandscientist: Everyone shunning her was kind of comical.

batchoutlost: Either I’m reading in to it,or the toy plane was sitting in the sand exactly like 316. Amazing how plucked string sound lends mystery

DrDreia: @batchoutlost hum nice!

lostdogs10: All alone who does Katie turn too?

islandscientist: @ZachsMind Because the marshall told her that he had it to play a mind game with her.

ZachsMind: RT @DrDreia “Wasn’t the box owned by the marshal?” Good eye. =)

LOST_WFTB: @DrDreia deep down, he knew it wasn’t Kate. Jack is a good detective. But notice he didn’t exonerate kate either.

sweetbippy: “are you here to say sorry Sawyer?” No, I’m here to make you fall in love with me…is it working yet?

DrDreia: @ZachsMind blink blink

ZachsMind: You too @islandscientist =) Good eye.

justinkeyes: @islandscientist I know, right! She acts like she didn’t do anything. It’s 1 thing to think it was justified, but to deny it?

DrDreia: Sawyer has some guts doesn’t he? Go there and talk to Freckles and all. She shoulda kicked him in the royals

ZachsMind: Jack knew Sun did it cuz she’s the other one among the survivors that knows pharmaceuticals. She’s an herbalist.

LOST_WFTB: Sawyer: because there isn’t anything on this island worth staying for. Quite the reversal by S5, but still away from kate

DrDreia: @LOST_WFTB perhaps, but he did accuse her though. Perhaps he is more like a lab…nose on the ground…

sweetbippy: @batchoutlost I was thinking the same thing and I said to @LOST_WFTB, “don’t no how to spell it, I would have said that was apropos

LOST_WFTB: boy, whole bunches of truth exposed in this: Kate as fugitive, Walt and sabotage, and Locke showing the hatch.

DrDreia: @ZachsMind oohh yep that’s right you and @LOST_WFTB got it

batchoutlost: Walt,like Locke and Kate, is a master of dropping secrets at the perfect time to avoid blowback (except for Locke/Jack last ep- HA!)

sweetbippy: Walt showed some of his ability when Locke grabbed his hand and he saw the future.

DrDreia: So you burnt the raft and now you haveta leave Walt…it’d be nice if the writes explained this change…

LOST_WFTB: @DrDreia a good detective will accuse just to see the reaction. ask booth.

justinkeyes: @DrDreia Sun had motive. Anyway, I love how Kate used her relationship with Jack to further her own agenda. Devious!

ZachsMind: Walt changed his mind b/c of wht he saw in Locke. Wish I knew whr the early writing was going w/Walt B4 the change.

DrDreia: Jack is good at keeping secrets…finish that sentence with…and throwing it back in my face over and over again Kate.

DrDreia: @justinkeyes as with everyone in her life really

LOST_WFTB: Good setup episode… next three should really be seen together… the poll has watch em all on Monday winning, everyone okay?

ZachsMind: Okay @LOST_WFTB when are we getting together next? This Friday or next Monday?

philonthehill: “Nothing on this island worth staying for… unless there’s a hot blonde fertility doctor somewhere, and what are the chances?”

justinkeyes: @DrDreia Walt changed his mind because of the vibe he got from Locke (when he told him not to open it).

DrDreia: @AgentBooth, is this true: RT @LOST_WFTB: @DrDreia a good detective will accuse just to see the reaction. ask booth.

islandscientist: Kind of a strange way to end an episode.

lostdogs10: Kate you have tha man if you would stop running.

ZachsMind: I still see a scenario in which Joanna never died. We never saw a body, and we know there was a submarine.

DrDreia: @justinkeyes or was he back from time jumping (remember: he appears in places he is not supposed to) and figuring out who Locke is

LOST_WFTB: @ZachsMind the poll has watch the last three hours on Monday. I’ll be gone Friday regardless.

justinkeyes: Gotta run, people! It was fun. #moonfruit

LOST_WFTB: @ZachsMind impractical for a submarine to be that close to the surfline… don’t see much a credible plot point for that

ZachsMind: Gotcha. So Monday it is. See everybody then if not before. Great Tweetup tonite guys!

DrDreia: @justinkeyes bye! #moonfruit

ZachsMind: Yes impractical, but not out of the question. I’m just saying it’s a hole the writers can opt to fill.

ZachsMind: Again ths ep isn’t a fave of mine, like last week’s. Felt like filler, & a “writers connect the dots” ep prior 2 finale

sweetbippy: gooodbye you all everybody!

lostdogs10: @ZachsMind Johana died because Charlie couldn’t swim in that loop.

LOST_WFTB: was a chess piece epi, but it connected Kate’s backstory, with some misdirection to the island story. Walt wants to leave

ZachsMind: RT @lostdogs10: “Johana died because Charlie couldn’t swim in that loop.” it was Boone, and there’s only one loop.

lostdogs10: I think there are many loops of time. So in loop 1 charlie can’t swim. In loop 2 he’s swim champ.

lostdogs10: @ZachsMind But Charlie was standing on the shore saying he couldn’t swim.

ZachsMind: I am 100% certain there is only one time line. Whatever happened happened.

lostdogs10: @ZachsMind Jack to Kate it feels like hundred year ago we came out here together.

ZachsMind: Charlie lied about not being able to swim. Probably because he was still using. Exercise woulda ruined his buzz.

ZachsMind: @lostdogs10 Time is objective It felt like a century to Jack, but it wasn’t. Perception is subjective.

lostdogs10: @ZachsMind or maybe they had been there before. replaying it so they can corrrect the record.

ZachsMind:: RT @SachinD: “Then how will the story move forward?” I don’t understand your question.

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