Out of the blackness, the first thing Jack (Matthew Fox, Party of Five) senses is pain. Then burning sun. A Bamboo forest. Smoke. Screams. With a rush comes the horrible awareness that the plane he was on tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island. From there it's a blur, as his doctor's instinct kicks in: people need his help.
Stripped of everything, the 48 survivors scavenge what they can from the plane for their survival. Some panic. Some pin their hopes on rescue. A few find inner strength they never knew they had like Kate (Evangeline Lilly), who, with no medical training, suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor's wounds. Hurley (Jorge Garcia) a man with a warm sense of humor despite the desperate situation does his best to keep his cool as he helps those around him to survive. Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) is a faded rock star who harbors a painful secret. Sayid (Naveen Andrews) is a Middle Eastern man who must wrestle with the racial profiling directed at him by some of his fellow survivors. Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) and Sun (Yunjin Kim) are a Korean couple whose traditions, values and language are foreign and thus causes much to get lost in the translation. Sawyer (Josh Holloway) has an air of danger surrounding him, and his intense sense of mistrust for everyone around him could prove to be fatal to his fellow castaways. Michael (Harold Perrineau) has just gained custody of his nine-year-old son, Walt (Malcolm David Kelley), after the death of his ex-wife they are a father and son who don't even know each other. Locke (Terry O'Quinn) is a mysterious man who keeps to himself, and who harbors a deeper connection to the island than any of the others. And self-centered Shannon (Maggie Grace) who actually gives herself a pedicure amid the chaos and her estranged controlling brother, Boone (Ian Somerhalder) constantly bicker and must learn to get along if they are to survive.
The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain if they want to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets, including the intense howls of the mysterious creatures stalking the jungle, which fill them all with fear. Fortunately, thanks to the calm leadership of quick-thinking Jack and level-headed Kate, they have hope. But even heroes have secrets, as the survivors will come to learn.
Character Bio: Evangeline's character Kate is a woman with a dark past and many secrets. As we find out she was on the plane in order to be taken to the United States as a prisoner. She had been on the run from the law quite a while. She fled to Australia where she then was captured by a marshal. Kate is a confident and brave woman - her greatest problem is staying in one place for a long time. The island pretty much made her its prisoner of some kind. Only Jack and Hurley know that Kate is the prisoner. Jack has serious trust issues despite having feelings for her. As we find out from falshbacks in various episodes Kate takes on various aliases - like Annie, she was working at a farm in Australia for some time in order to earn money and be able to leave the place. In another flashback we see Kate commit a crime - it appears as if she's robbing the bank but it turns out all she wanted was a personal belonging of hers that was in a safe in the bank. Apparently that toy airplane belonged to the man she loved and killed.
















