I think this is one of the few FB characters that warrants discussion, at least for a few day.  She seems to represent Fate, but what about free will?  

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She reminds me of Isaac in that she is symbolic. We have seen more people that are a symbol:
Isaac = healing
Jewel lady = Fate
Akara = prophet.

I edited the title of the thread Super - hope you don`t mind

Ms.Hawking appears for the first time in Desmond`s flashbacks (or whatever that was LOL) in "Flashes before your eyes" (season 3).



She works at the store where Desmond goes to buy an engagement ring for Penny.

When she shows him a ring and he tells her he'll take it, she seems upset and responds by telling Desmond he will not. After Desmond refuses to give the ring back she explains to Desmond that she knows his name and knows that he will enter a Sailing Race to impress Penny. She also knows that he went to the Island and pressed the button for three years. She explains to him that it is his destiny and if he "doesn't do those things", that "every single one of us is dead".