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BALIFF: Katharine Anne Austen, you are charged with fraud, arson, assault on a federal officer, assault with a deadly weapon, grand larceny, grand theft auto, and murder in the first degree. Mrs. Austen, how do you plead?
KATE: Not guilty.

KATE: You got blood…
LOCKE: I just killed a chicken. What can I do for you?
KATE: I want to talk to Miles. Where are you keeping him?
LOCKE: Why do you need to talk to him?
KATE: It’s personal.
LOCKE: No.
KATE: And what gives you the right to decide whether or not–
LOCKE: You may think this is a democracy, Kate, because of the way Jack ran things, but this is not a democracy.
KATE: Well, I guess that makes it a dictatorship.
LOCKE: If I was a dictator, I would just shoot you, and go about my day. Dinner’s at six if you’re hungry.

DUNCAN: If you go to trial, Kate, you’re looking at twenty years on each count, not to mention a life sentence on the murder charge.
KATE: No.
DUNCAN: Kate, you confessed to your mother that you killed your father. And now, she’s their star witness. So you tell me, what am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to win this thing?
KATE: Put me on the stand.
DUNCAN: And take a chance with the D.A. crossing you, no. The way I see, we’ve got one shot at this.
KATE: What’s that?
DUNCAN: We make it about character. Not about what you did or didn’t do, but about who you are.
KATE: What do you mean who I am?
DUNCAN: I want him in the courtroom.
KATE: Absolutely not.
DUNCAN: We need him, Kate. It will generate tremendous sympathy–
KATE: Duncan, listen to me. You are not bringing him in here. Alright, you want to make this about me, about my character, fine. But you are not using my son.

DUNCAN: Dr. Shephard. Could you please tell the ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if there are any of you who don’t read the newpapers or the internet or watch television, how you met the defendant?
JACK: On September 22, 2004, Kate — Mrs. Austen and I were both passengers on Oceanic Flight 815, which crash-landed on an island in the South Pacific.
DUNCAN: Were you aware that Mrs. Austen was a fugitive being transported by a United States marshal on a flight to Los Angeles for trial?
JACK: I did learn that eventually, yes.
DUNCAN: From the U.S. Marshal?
JACK: No, the marshal died in the crash. I never spoke to him. Mrs. Austen told me.
DUNCAN: Did you ever ask her if she was guilty?
JACK: No. Never.
DUNCAN: Well, that seems like a reasonable question. Why not?
JACK: I just assumed that there had been some kind of mistake.
DUNCAN: And why would you think that?
JACK: Only eight of us survived the crash. We landed in the water. I was hurt, pretty badly. In fact, if it weren’t for her, I would have never made it to the shore. She took care of me. She took care of all of us. She–she gave us first aid, water, found food, made shelter. She tried to save the other two, but they didn’t—
KATE: Stop. This has nothing to do with…with anything. This is my trial, and I don’t want him to say anything else.
DUNCAN: That’s fine. I have no more questions, your honor.
JUDGE: Mrs. Dunbrook, bear witness.
MELISSA: That was very moving, Dr. Shephard. I only have one question for you. Do you love the defendant?
DUNCAN: Objection!
JUDGE: You opened this door, Mr. Forrester, I’m going to allow it.
MELISSA: Doctor Shephard, do you love Ms. Austen?
JACK: No. Not anymore.

MILES: Do you know who I am?
BEN: Yes.
MILES: Do you know who I work for?
BEN: Yes.
MILES: Then you know he’s put a lot of time and energy into finding you. So now I’ve found you. And I can tell him exactly where you are. Or I can lie, and tell him you were already dead. I can do that, for 3.2 million dollars.
BEN: You’ve arranged this meeting so you could blackmail me?
MILES: It’s extortion if you want to get technical.
BEN: 3.2? But why not 3.3 or 3.4? What makes you think I have access to that kind of money?
MILES: Do not treat me like I’m one of them! Like I don’t know who you are, or what you can do!

LOCKE: I realize that when I tied you up in here the other day, I made the mistake of failing to introduce myself. My name is John Locke, and I’m responsible for the well-being of this island. Eventually, Miles, you’re going to tell me who you are, and you’re going to tell me about the people on the boat, and your going to tell me why you’re so interested in Ben. In the meantime, however, you’re going to keep your mouth shut. I learned something yesterday. No use in having rules if there’s no punishment for breaking them. You’ll be fine if you bite down on the trigger. Enjoy your breakfast.

SAWYER: Don’t make this about me, Kate. You didn’t want a baby any more than I did. You’re just looking for some excuse to split, and now you got one. But it’s alright, freckles, I ain’t gonna hold it against you. I’m just gonna sit right here in my comfy bed. Because in about a week, you’ll find some reason to get pissed at Jack and bounce right back to me.

MELISSA: My key witness spoke to her daughter yesterday, and now she’s got cold feet.
DUNCAN: Quit posturing, and get to it. What do you have to offer?
MELISSA: Four years in.
DUNCAN: No jail time. Kate Austen is a worldwide hero who saved five other people’s lives after a plane crash, and nearly starved to death on a deserted island. And after all that, you put this woman on trial for rescuing her mother from an abusive husband. If you think that jury is gonna give her time, then you must have a hell of a closing, Melissa.
MELISSA: Alright. Time served plus ten year’s probation in agreement that she does not leave the state.
DUNCAN: What does that matter? She can go anywhere she-
KATE: No, I’ll take it.
DUNCAN: No, wait, Kate–
KATE: Give me something to sign and I’ll sign it. And then I walk out the back door. I just…I just want this to be over.
MELISSA: I can do that. Ten years probation, and you stay put.
KATE: I have a child. I’m not going anywhere.

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