3.10 - The Passage, Kat's final episode

I totally agree and you took the words right out of my mouth. It's no secret I am not happy with how they wrote Kat out of the story.

Well, I guess the damage is already done and we have to live with it. They can't just change it and say "The Passage" never happened. Yet they could relativize her back story a bit, say that she didn't have much choice than to smuggle because of some circumstances she couldn't change, and that she never wanted it (this is the impression I got from the episode anyway, the first chance she got she fled that part of her life and tried to leave it behind for got to do something worthwhile to make up for her past she isn't proud of).
But I doubt they would go into such detail with a secondary character in this book.

Edit: The book I referred to in the last sentence is the book mentioned in merchandise thread, where this was originally posted.

More than two and a half years after the episode first aired, the blog The Daily Drew has posted an interesting review of this episode. But the reviewer doesn't discuss the plot of the episode, instead he focuses almost solely on Kat and Luciana. And he has good things to say about her:

Well observed, and I think we can all agree with that. He also makes the following observation:

This is one point why many fans of Kat have a problem with this episode. For most people, smuggling wouldn't be a reason to commit suicide, and in addition to that Kat has proved often enough to her comrades and superiors that she wants to be - and is - a good person. But the writers had decided to kill a character off, so she had to go somehow. But no matter how Kat's life ended, I fully agree with the following assessment:

Drew's little review is worth reading, and it's good to know that even after such a long time, Luciana's portrayal of Kat still has an impact on people.

Well I certainly agree with all of the above comments. Its nice to see someone write a fair evaluation of her character.

You should take a look at this LiveJournal entry by dragonofblack. It takes a look at some of the scenes were female characters interact with each other, including pics from these scenes. Number seven is the scene from "The Passage" where Kara confronts Kat about her past.

Here is what dragonofblack writes about this scene:

I really like that and agree with it. Especially with the first sentence, I adore the range of emotions Lucci can portray.

A previous entry from a few weeks ago included Kat's death scene.

Me too. It was an amazing scene and performed so well by Lucci. Once again showing how she excels with excellent scripts.

Yes, I hope they give her some challenging stuff in Caprica.

I'm glad two Kara/Kat moments made dragonofblack's list. Those two actresses/characters really deserve it.

It's still gut-wrenching to watch all the fear, regret and anger on Luciana's face in the confrontation scene. As Solium said, when you give her great material, she knows how to bring it to life in a gripping and believable fashion.