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Remember how Sayid killed wee Benjamin Linus last week? April Fools! He's not dead yet. And he probably never will be, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Even though the big news in this episode is that Ben isn't dead, the story is largely about Kate. In 1977, Juliet is trying to save Ben's life, but she's not a surgeon. Jack is though, right? Sure, but he's also not going to lift one gifted finger to save Ben, not even when Kate asks all pretty. He's all "Ben there? Done that." Juliet soldiers along, mostly alone, but gets a blood donation from Kate, who claims to be a universal donor. Huh. I don't remember her volunteering when Boone was dying. Of course she was kind of busy that night -- helping Claire bring Aaron into the world.

Speaking of Aaron, we see a lot of him in this episode, when the show fills in some of its Kate-shaped blanks between 2004 and 2007. In 2004, we see the baby Aaron accompany Kate to Cassidy's (Sawyer's Baby Mama) house, to meet her and Clementine (Sawyer's Baby). Sawyer's parting request to Kate (before he dove off Frank's chopper) was that she would make sure his little girl was taken care of. Kate shows up with an envelope full of cash to give away, and she's ready to spill all the secrets on which her friends' lives depend. She tells all -- everything that the big lie was supposed to conceal. Cassidy calls Kate out on being in love with Sawyer, and explains why that's futile, but that doesn't stop the two women from rekindling their friendship.

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