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“Everybody Loves Hugo” Recap and Analysis …
Previously, on Lost: Chuck Widmore kidnapped Desmond, stuck him in a Velociraptor enclosure filled with coiled contraptions from the 2145 AD Radio Shack catalog and forced Des to do a little Doctor Who-like dimensional sidestep over into LA X where he learned, again, that it’s NOT PENNY’S BOAT and fell in love with Penny all over again. Oh, and Richard “Lashes” Alpert wants to blow some shit up.
This week, on Lost: Over in LA X, Pierre Chang put on a humanitarian slideshow for AlternaHurley, who, now beyond rich from his love of fried chicken, had just donated enough money to open a paleontology wing at the Golden State Natural History Museum. Hurley thought the trophy, a glass-shaped T Rex, was pretty cool. His mom agreed, saying everybody loves Hugo – everyone except women. Momma Reyes wants Hugo to date more, but Hurley doesn’t have the time. Uno momento por favor, says momma – she’s set him up on a blind date on the next night. Hurley doesn’t seem too sure of that idea.
Back on Island Prime, Hugo is up on Boone’s Hill, visiting Libby’s grave. A bird of paradise rests against the makeshift cross, Libby’s name scrawled down the vertical stake. Hurley tells Libby that a lot of people on the Island have talked to him since they’ve been, well, “gone” and it would be nice if Libby could maybe say hi once in awhile, too. Ilana interrupts, telling Hurley that they’re gonna trek through the jungle of mystery to the Black Rock and pick up some of that swell dynamite they got in there. Hurley doesn’t think this is a very good idea. Ilana asks about the grave, and Hurley recounts his brief relationship with Libby, saying that they were supposed to have their first picnic until she took an unexpected slug in the gut. We all wipe away a tear.
“I’m sorry,” says Ilana, as she walks away. “Yeah, me too,” says Hurley, solemnly. That’s when the whispers start up, and a lone figure walks up and says “Hey!”
Hey Mike, how’s it hanging in the afterlife? You do realize you’re standing on the grave of the lovely lady you murdered to save Waaaaaaalllllttttt, don’t you?
Hurley wants to know what the heck Kevin Johnson could possibly want, and Walt’s daddy tells Hugo in his usual impertinent manner that he’s there to keep them from all getting killed.
Cue the swirling Lost!
Michael and Hurley continue to have a staring contest, until Hugo asks why he should trust Mike since he’s a murdering bastard. Michael tells Hurley that if they go across to the plane that a lot of people are gonna die, and it’s gonna be Hurley’s fault. Mike tells Hurley that people are listening to him now. And … cue the Jack. “Hey, who you talking to, big guy?” No one, says a slightly stunned Hurley. Jack says it’s time to go in suitable Jackian fashion.
Back in LA X, Hurley is eating chips and salsa in what looks like the same Mexican dive where Metatron took the last Scion in Dogma. His blind date is late. Hugo sighs and picks up the Spanish Johnny’s menu for what is probably the 20th time, and hides behind it until a soft female voice asks “Hugo?” Hurley lowers the menu.
Holy frijoles, it’s Libby! I’ve never been so glad to be wrong in my life. Thank God you got to come back, at least for one episode.
Hurley is stunned by the blond beauty in front of him, and stammers, falling over himself trying to say hello. Hugo says that he wasn’t expecting someone so pretty, and that she doesn’t look like a Rosalita. Rosalita she’s not, explains Libby, telling Hurley that she saw him from across the room. Hurley wants to know how she knew his name, and she starts up with the usual mental health disclaimer from every other person who has ever been locked in a mental institute because they felt like they’d lived a life and had loves in another dimension. Then she asks Hurley if he believes in soul mates, to which Hugo subsequently asks if, indeed, he should. “You don’t remember, do you?” asks Libby.
Dr. Brooks interrupts and wants to know if Elizabeth is bothering the nice man. Hugo is suitably confused, but Dr. Brooks informs Hurley that Libby has just wandered off and that he’ll be taking her away now. Libby strains against the psychiatrist, pleading that Hugo believe everything that she’s told him and she meant it. She’s then escorted away.
Hugo makes his way outside and waves to Libby as she’s helped into a Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute van. Hurley smirks and shakes his head, obviously thinking to himself “figures.”
A distressed Hurley marches into his local Mr. Cluck’s and demands a bucket from one of his awe-stricken employees, then proceeds to down the whole thing, alone, at a table in the middle of the establishment. He soon pauses at a drumstick, noticing a man staring him down. It’s Desmond. “What?!” demands Hurley. Desmond quickly walks over and asks if he knows Hurley. Hurley explains that he owns the place, and offers Desmond a “Cluck it To You” keychain. Desmond insists that’s not the connection and they establish that they were both on Oceanic 815. Desmond sits down and notices all the chicken. Hurley says he eats when he’s depressed, and Desmond wants to know her name.
I want a Cluck it To You keychain, actually. And a bucket of white meat. Stat.
Hugo pushes away the bucket and tells Desmond his strange encounter with Libby. He thinks she’s totally awesome, but, unfortunately, she’s a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Desmond tells Hurley that all women are a little crazy. Amen to that, brother. Hurley says that Libby told him they already knew each other, but Hurley doesn’t remember. Desmond leans in real close and asks if Hurley believed her. Hugo pauses, then agrees that he did. Desmond tells Hurley to go with his gut and to seek Libby out. Then his order number is called – number 42, naturally – and Des excuses himself with a knowing smile.
With a renewed confidence, Hugo follows his chicken-filled gut over to Santa Rosa and asks Dr. Brooks if he can see Libby. Dr. Brooks doesn’t think it’s such a good idea since Libby doesn’t have a real firm grasp on reality. Undeterred, Hurley mentions that the rec room is looking pretty gnarly and, grinning, whips out his checkbook, asking Dr. Brooks what 100k might buy.
In the same rec room where Hurley from Island Prime had visited Leonard Simms while he played Connect Four and recited the numbers, he now waits to see AlternaLibby. She comes in, awestruck that he’s there, wanting to know if Hurley remembered. Sadly, he doesn’t. Hugo asks Libby from where, exactly, she knows him and she tells him it’s from memories of another life, with a plane crash and an Island and they knew each other and liked each other. Hugo still doesn’t remember her, and she’s says it’s okay, that she’s just crazy. Hurley says probably, but “we all got something, right?” Oh, Hurley, we love you so.
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