Imagine the look on Kate's face when she first finds out about it.

I imagine she will say, "what". i posited that there should be a drinking game for this very thing. am i alone in noticing how much she says it? this isn't like Hurley's "dude". it's always the same intonation.

I think it'd be real funny if she had a hissyfit over all the manipulable men getting taken off the marketplace, now that we have proof that getting them to do her dirty work is SOP. She tipped her hand with Sawyer, Jack's turned decidedly cold to her, Sayid's forming an attraction to the other gal with pinky-twisting wiles, Charlie's traumatized and pining for Claire, Hurley's afraid of her, Michael and Jin are both focused on Sun, Locke and Boone are sneaking off into the jungle together...

I dunno, she might say, "Hey!"

Heh, Matt, totally! Especially since she had them all pointed suitably at her at first. Whoopsie! Losing the sexual advantage!

I dunno, I maintain that, while Sawyer has her number, it also turns him on.

So does Sawyer see a) potential con partner, b) hottie, or c) UST in her?

I think hottie. Sawyer's too self-flagellating to feel entitled to NicePureSweetheart! Kate. At least in a situation where there are no (intact) planes to hop. But FallenAngel! Kate? He can roll around with her all he wants and not feel any of that Sawyer "I'm still an asshole" angst.

I think Sawyer sees Kate as a hottie who's putting on a prissy act when it suits her in order to keep him at arm's length, but who he can probably break, given time. And I think he's right.

I think also, having figured out that they're not so very different after all, we'll see more of him getting a charge out of making her reveal that side, to him at least. I'd expect theres a roiling mixture of amusement, admiration, and bitterness that she's so far managed to keep her less pretty bits hidden, while his are out there for all to see.

Yeah, I'm going to be interested in seeing Jack and Kate and Sawyer and Kate's interactions next episode.