But she told Bank Manager that she didn't have the signatory card.

Just a piece of paper. I'm sure there were legal means she could've taken if it were really that important to her. Or else just buy a duplicate on eBay.

I think the plane is somehow related to another, larger crime Kate was involved in -- one she still hopes to pull off -- and the "man I loved/man I killed" thing is just a smokescreen. The marshall may have known this and been holding it as evidence.

I got the impression that she's basically a good person who needed to commit a crime because of something sentimental and possibly twee.

But I judge bitchily.

But, I mean, she did shoot the bad guys on her way out.

I'm assuming the plane was in the safety deposit box.

Are we 100% certain that the toy airplane was what was in the safety deposit box?

It seems we are meant to assume that, but its not neccesarily so.

I'm still trying to work out the details for myself but it seems like a lot of work to hold up a bank to retrieve a toy airplane out of a safety deposit box. The cost of the box and the security provided would indicate that either the toy plane has more value than I'm originally inclined to think or that there was something else in the box that we don't know about yet.

I'm also recalling the beginning of the season when Kate and the Marshall were on the plane and he says to her like "Do you really think they'll believe your story" and I'm wondering what it is that Kate said to him and if it has anything to do with the robbery and/or toy plane.

I thought Kate was bullshitting with the "man I loved" bit. Not so much the "man I killed," though.

I did have some trouble with the bank set-up, though. In what world does the bank manager get all "you're going to kill me anyway, I refuse to hand over the goods" anyway? The whole elaborate scheme just didn't hang together for me.

Oh, re: "Beyond the Sea:" I felt very sad for Rousseau when I read the lyrics upthread.

Except you shouldn't since the original French lyrics are more of an ode to the sea than a song about lost love. The two sets of lyrics have a very different vibe. Don't even get me started on "My Way."

And damn, the actress playing Shannon has a nice singing voice

Was that the actress's real singing voice, or was she dubbed?

I'm assuming it was dubbed because Shannon's pronunciation in the translation scene was very very bad whereas in the song it was pretty good.

And yes, the words written on the paper (as far as I could tell) were the lyrics to "La Mer".

And yes, the words written on the paper (as far as I could tell) were the lyrics to "La Mer".

I think so too, because I remember seeing "argent" written and thinking it was another bad translation when she said "silver." (It does mean silver, but it also means money, and that was the first meaning my mind went to, my French being worse than Shannon's.)

Of course, her French seems to come and go, because, like you said, the first meaning most people would think of was money, and that she said silver (which is the proper translation for the song) and also (if memory serves) knew the word for pond, doesn't jive at all with her complete mistranslation of the distress call. And, as I said, for someone that lived with a family in St. Tropez, her pronunciation was really really bad.

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Maybe Sawyer didn't take his pants off because he's going commando.

Also:

IOW, his jealousy at the end of last night's ep wasn't so much sexual jealousy as it was jealousy over the fact that the island's resident smart guy was relying on Shannon for help on an important project instead of him.

You make alot of sense there Anne.

I was wondering where the "man I love" that Kate killed was her father too. Also -- guessing that Ranger!Daddy taught her the gun skills too.

I would think "argent" meant silver rather than money because I don't know French at all, just the periodic table.

Do the french lyrics for "La Mer" signify anything relevant to the island? I can find the lyrics in French, but not a translation and I have no French, so...