Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26443838-20160811151224/@comment-24674051-20160816180502

One of the definitions of "Street Rat" refers to a young person (generally an orphan, but not always) that is homeless, living on the streets, and doing whatever it takes to survive.

Emma, in her late teens (especially after Ingrid, but also at the time she first met Lily) fits the definition of Street Rat to a tee. and it is not broad at all. Emma had run away and was living on the streets of Minneapolis, shoplifting pop tarts, and just generally trying to survive. And that doesn't change very much when we see her meeting Neal (living on the streets, stealing a car, shoplifing food) when she's 17-18 (She was 18 when she had Henry.)  So, I'll have to disagree and say that Emma (in her teens) was the poster child for street rats.

And yes, the writers/editors have some "Lost" opportunities of foreshadowing.