~Jeff Jensen: What’s your take on the fabled, Jack/Kate/Sawyer love triangle?
Matthew Fox: Honestly, and I don’t know, exactly how this will sound. The honest truth is that, I don’t think of it as, Jack, Kate and, Sawyer. I think of it as, Jack and Kate. The Sawyer element of it, I don’t even consider a reality.
~Matthew Fox: They’re drawn to each other, in a really intense way. (E! Online, in response to the Jack/Kate relationship)
~Matthew Fox: I have a feeling, that in the near term, it’ll be Sawyer and Kate. And, in the long term, it’ll be Jack and Kate. (Entertainment Weekly, 2005)
~Matthew Fox: He’s clearly uh, attracted to her, but, doesn’t want to be, on some level. (Ellen, 2006, in response to why Jack's so hard on Kate, and how he truly feels about her)
~Interviewer: Why Kate went for Sawyer, instead of Jack...
Matthew Fox: That choice was made, out of necessity. They were, caged together. And, Jack was in solitary. But, I can guarantee you that, Jack and Kate, will connect again. (Woman Celebrity Magazine, 2007)
~Matthew Fox: Acting is ultimately, like a dance, and takes two people. When it works well, it requires both people to be participating, sort of “feeling the other person out”, through the process. It’s something you need to be conscious of, that you have to be, connected.” (Lost Magazine, on his on-screen chemistry with Evi, portraying Jack and Kate)
~Matthew Fox: I think, there is a huge, unknowable, draw for Jack to Kate. At the same time, it’s there, and there’s a real, internal, within him, and between, the two of them. (Lost Magazine, on how Jack's drawn to Kate)



Evangeline Lilly:

~Evangeline(about a Jack & Kate romance): It will happen. Just wait for it - it will happen.
~Evangeline:I feel like she’s getting there, though. You can see the changes in Kate and you can see her growing and developing a confidence around Jack that basically has gotten to a level where she’s saying ‘You know what, you are just as screwed up as I am, and who are you to be above me?’ and I think once they get past that, it could be really amazing.
~Evangeline: “Let’s just say Kate hasn’t given up on her other beau”
~Question: Will Kate and Sawyer, be a happy couple?
Evangeline Lilly: Well, we have a-a, con-artist, and a convict. So, I don’t know, if happily ever after, is really in the cards, for those two. But, um, I, you know, I’ve told, and teased before, that Kate, hasn’t just, let go of Jack. She hasn’t just, left him in the dusk. And, thought, well, this is it, it’s me and Sawyer. She’s obviously, conflicted. And, um, so, we’re going to see that, play out, especially in the first five episodes back. That conflict between, which man, her loyalties lie with. (American Online Interview, 2007)
~Evangeline Lilly: I don’t think, that book [Jack and Kate] is, closed, at all, says Lilly. Kate has a real journey, to go on, with Jack, in that, they’ve never addressed the underlying current, of attraction and love, between them. It has, to be addressed. (Entertainment Weekly, 2007)
~Evi on Kate 'choosing' Sawyer in S3: I don’t know, if you can say resolution, because that would mean, it’s permanent. But, there is some sort of a, temporary conclusion, because I do end up, with someone.
~Interviewer: Do you think Kate will be pissed, or upset if she finds out about, what happened between, Sawyer and Ana Lucia?
Evangeline Lilly: I think, Kate is not invested enough, in the romance with Sawyer. I’m not convinced that she is there, romantically. I think, romantically, her heart’s more with, Jack. That’s my own, personal opinion.
Interviewer: I always think so too, because opposites attract.
Evangeline Lilly: I agree. I think, that there’s something about Sawyer, that’s so much like her. That her love for him is, almost like a sibling. You know, like a brother."
~Evangeline Lilly: And, she may have fornicated, the relationship with Sawyer, but I don’t think that negates the fact that, she has certain feelings, for Jack. And-and, I think, you’re gonna see, in this episode that, Kate is very determined, um, still, as she was last week, to go back, and rescue Jack. (Good Morning America, 2007, in response to Kate going back to rescue Jack)
~Evangeline Lilly: I think, that for Jack, there is a certain amount of freedom, and redemption he brings. He brings forgiveness, rather than, acceptance. He keeps saying, “I don’t accept who you were, but I release you from it. And, I accept, who I believe, you can be now. And, that’s, a good person.” Those two gifts, are equally as good, but they are just, different.
~Interviewer: What have been your personal highlights, of this season?
Evangeline Lilly: This season, it’s probably a much, simpler moment. When Kate told Jack, “I’m sorry for kissing you.” (Lost magazine)
~Evangeline Lilly: I just took that, as a wonderful sign that he and I, were going to be able to be on, a really comfortable level, with one another. There wasn’t going to be any of that cheesy, Hollywood fakeness, or superficiality, to our relationship. (Lost Magazine, in response to her first meeting with Foxy being very low-key, providing for great on-screen chemistry for the Jack/Kate romance)
~Evangeline Lilly: I think, one of the reasons, why Matthew and I, have such natural chemistry on-screen, is that, I’m genuinely, very taken, by him, when he is acting. He is a very captivating actor. And, I think, Kate is supposed to be, captivated, by Jack. (Lost Magazine)




The Writers/Creative Team:

~ Damon Lindelof:But then the more time spent on the island, the more Jack would sort of represent to Kate what she would want--stability and comfort and a real adult love, as opposed to that kind of lusty, frothy, "make out in the middle of a torture session" kind of thing.
~Damon Lindelof:On the other hand, Jack and Kate are a classical and romantic couple. They are amazed by each other, and as the time runs, they start to depend of each other, care about each other, the connection between them is getting stronger this season. There is always something, someone in their way. That makes the audience support them all the time"
~JJ"You could put, Jack and Kate on a, NYC street, and have them pass each other, at rush hour, on a Wednesday morning. And, they would stop, and turn, slowing to watch each other go by. They know each other within the context, of a universal recognition. They have met before, this life. And, they will meet again, in another."
~Nevertheless, says exacutive producer Carlton Cuse, the bond between Kate and Jack "is the kind of ultimate relationship."
~Carlton Cuse: "It would be a bad assumption to assume the triangle was over.For that moment in time, Sawyer was the right choice. But that's not the end of it, but any means whatsoever."
~Damon Lindelof: Jack, is the guy, that she should, be with. She does, genuinely love him. And, she knows, that he would take, excellent care of her. (Lost Survival Guide, 2007)
~Damon Lindelof: He [Sawyer], may have won the battle, for her affections. But, he ain’t won, the war. (Online Interview, in response to, Kate’s ‘choosing’ Sawyer in season three, 2006)
~Carlton Cuse: Jack and Kate are kind of the ultimate relationship.
~Gregg Nations: There are so many emotions playing underneath, what they are actually saying. It truly is a testament to both Matthew Fox, and Evangeline Lilly’s skills, and talent, as actors. They make you, care about them as characters. And, you just want to step inside the scene, and make everything, all right. (Fuselage, 2007, in response to the Jack/Kate reunion scene from "I Do")
~Damon Lindelof: Nothing sort of, reactivates a romantic interest, than you know, a romantic rival. (E! Online, 2007, in response to Juliet entering the equation and making the Jack/Kate/Sawyer triangle a square, and how it will affect the Jack/Kate romance)
~Gregg Nations: From what was written, in the script, I think it’s clear that, Sawyer correctly guessed that, Kate did sleep with him, because he was going to die. (Fuselage Online, 2007



LOST cast:


~Danielle Hine: So, with the whole, Jack verses Sawyer thing, if you were a lady, who would you go for?
Josh Holloway: Man, that’s a hard one, to answer. Let me, think. I think Jack’s, a keeper. And, Sawyer’s a, fun weekend.
~Josh "I loved Jack and Kate’s kiss. They really captured that moment, how it should be. And, that’s tricky."
~Question: Will Kate and Sawyer, be a happy couple?
Josh Holloway: Of course not. No. [Josh laughs.] I don’t know. I’m sure, Sawyer’s gonna ruin it, right away. Uh. I just hope he gets, uh, at least a couple of weeks, together. [Josh laughs.] I don’t know. But, um, being, knowing, Sawyer, he’s definitely going to ruin it, somehow. They’ll be something, he’ll do. I don’t know when, but, it’ll be quick. [Josh laughs.] (American Online Interview, 2007)
~Josh Holloway: I’ve said, this before, Sawyer’s a good time, on the weekend. Jack’s, a keeper. (2007)

Media:

~Kristin Vietch on Kate's 'choice' in season 3 "As far as “choices” go, I’d say, a passionate presumed pre-death romp, is not exactly proof, that you’ve, found your soul mate."
~Sabrina Rojas Weiss: And, Kate really does, love Jack. At least, that’s how, Sawyer and I are interpreting Kate’s tears. Man, ABC shows do know how, to turn surgery tales into, the best love poems! (TV Guide Online, 2007)
~Kristin Veitch: You see that Kate does have, very strong feelings for, Jack. And, they’re sorta, kinda displayed, in front of, Sawyer. (E! Online, 2007)
~Michael Canfield: Kate doesn’t love Sawyer, although she is, attracted to him. She may, or may not, have admitted it to herself yet, but Kate loves Jack. Here’s why I think so…first, I think, that Kate slept with Sawyer because, as she keeps saying to him, she didn’t want, him to give up, and die.That, along with the tension of imprisonment, and fearing for their lives, gets them together. But, it doesn’t mean, she’s, in love, with him. Furthermore, we saw in the flashback, that she ran away from her husband, Nathan Fillion’s character [Kevin]. Kate doesn’t think she deserves, anything or anyone good. Jack is, good. At least, in Kate’s mind. So, there’s more of a reason, she would go toward Sawyer, when she really loves, Jack. You still might argue that she prefers a bad boy, like Sawyer. But, she gives herself away, when she tells Jack over the walkie-talkie, that she won’t, leave without him. She does not say, “We won’t leave without him.” She’s only thinking, about Jack at that point. She’d rather die, than leave without Jack.(Online Interview, 2006)
~Jimmy Kimmel: All right. I’m gonna tell you, who I, think it is. I’m gonna make, another prediction. I think, it’s gotta be, Sawyer. Because, everyone wants it to be, Jack. (Jimmy Kimmel, 2006, in response on who Kate's 'choice' in S3 would be)
~Interviewer: Jack’s love for Kate, comes through, and hers for, him, as she remembers, his story. Sawyer sees the connection, in Kate’s eyes, and is understanding, but not thrilled. The spoiler is that, Kate will continue to have a Jack connection, and there will a cloud of sorrow over her relationship, with Sawyer until, Jack is returned. (Contender’s Lost Spoilers Online, 2007, in response to the Jack/Kate walkie-talkie moment at the end of “Not in Portland”)
Chris Carabott: Matthew Fox continues to do a fantastic job, portraying an angry Jack Sheppard. But, what really hits home is, Jack’s willingness to sacrifice himself, for Kate. If it hasn’t been beaten over our heads enough, Jack truly does, love Kate. And, even though she has “chosen” Sawyer, he still wants, to protect her. His final words to Kate, not to return to Other-Island, are emotionally charged, beautifully acted, and heart wrenching. (ING Online, 2007, review of "Not in Portland")
~Jack: "I see...I do think she cares...I think she truly loves Jack...you can see it in her face, from the start when she sewed him up. They've had some bumpy spots in the road like when she didn't listen to him, it was almost like a husband and wife thing...he cared about her & didn't want her getting hurt...but he truly...like you can see...you can see when they came into the glass, you can see it in their faces...they're..." Jay: "Uh huh, there was something..." Jack: "...they love each other. And Sawyer cares about her, but I don't see it lasting...he has Cassidy and he has a baby with her so maybe he can go back to her"
~Jay: "My pick, is Jack and Kate as well cause...in the end, I think they're gonna be together...I just think its one of those things in a tv show, thats whats gonna be the ending"
~Kevin Williamson: Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly on Lost: As Jack and Kate, he is the doctor, compelled to fix everyone around him, while she is the fugitive, who has long since been broken. This season has seen Kate, seemingly pair off with bad boy, Sawyer. But, don’t expect that to endure. The Hollywood love triangle is governed by simple logic: The girl doesn’t end up with the guy she hooks up with, midway through the story. The final romantic outcome, is always saved for a (hoped for), emotional climax. (Calgary Sun, 2007)
~Sabrina Rojas Weiss: Wow, the honeymoon was over fast, for Sawyer and Kate. Back to their same old bickering, as though, their night in the cage, never happened. I really did, feel sorry for Sawyer, when he accused her of sleeping with him, just ‘cause he was on death row. And, she didn’t deny it. But, Jack’s more unattainable, and therefore more attractive. Plus, she and Sawyer have such an adorable, brother-sister banter going on. (TV Guide Online, 2007)
~Interviewer: And, Kate, the young woman, that hand-stitched a nasty gash, on Jack’s back, immediately forging a bond, between the two. Fate has a funny sense of humor, though. Yet, they retain a connection that, crackles with chemistry. Yet, for all their differences, Fox and Lilly, have crafted an on-screen pairing, that’s been electric for audiences to watch, and root for, over the past year. (Lost Magazine)