Guys... i remembered this spoiler we got before Kate's episode...
Spoiler freaks would remember, one of Dark's sources said he read the scripts for WKD2. And he said at the end of the dock scenes writers wrote "We realize that Sawyer and Kate are romantically done. OVER. Never going back"

So this kinda proves to me that the screentime given to Skate was never to build them up as a romantic couple but to give them a common goal, make them be friends again. Coz writers knew Kate and Sawyer will be 2 characters that'll make it off the island. So it makes sense that the screentime was mostly there for that moment. Their scenes, discussions were all about getting off the island too.

So my point is... we were not only right about our interpretation of Jate but also right about Skate too.

Good job Jaters!