Everybody Hates Hugo (12 Oct. 2005)

Disturbing memories from Hurley's past cause him to struggle with a task he's assigned inside the hatch to watch over the food storage locker. Meanwhile Sawyer, Michael and Jin discover the... See full summary »

Director:

Alan Taylor

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator), J.J. Abrams (creator),

Stars:

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Mr. Eko
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Maggie Grace	...	Shannon Rutherford
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Harold Perrineau	...	Michael Dawson
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Ana Lucia Cortez
Cynthia Watros	...	Elizabeth 'Libby' Smith

Storyline

Disturbing memories from Hurley's past cause him to struggle with a task he's assigned inside the hatch to watch over the food storage locker. Meanwhile Sawyer, Michael and Jin discover the identities of their captors whom are what's left of a group of two dozen Flight 815 survivors from the tail end of the plane led by the tough minded Ana-Lucia Cortez who insists they walk to a more secure location. Claire uncovers a shocking piece of information about the fate of the raft when the message bottled washes ashore.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Language:

English Korean

Release Date:

12 October 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Randy Nations, Hugo's boss is also seen as John Locke's boss in _"Lost" (2004) Walkabout (#1.4)_.

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Goofs

When Sun is burying the bottle of messages in the sand she digs a hole, picks up the bottle and has no wedding ring on her hand. After a cut to her face we see a close shot of the bottle in her hands again, and the ring is visible. She puts the bottle in the sand and buries it and her ring is once again missing.

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Quotes

James 'Sawyer' Ford: [to Ana Lucia] You want me, Hot Lips? Gonna have to come down here and get -
[she slams the cage top]
James 'Sawyer' Ford: Bitch.

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Connections

References Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Main Title"
Written by J.J. Abrams

User Reviews

"Have a cluckity-cluck-cluck-day, Hugo."

Everybondy Hates Hugo (an obvious pun on a famous sitcom) comes at just the right time in the outline for Lost's second year: it's a confident mixture of comedy, adventure, mystery and the right amount of weirdness that makes Lost the program it is. Plus, it's all about Hurley, which is always a good thing.

Poor Hugo is involved first-hand in the ongoing events when he's asked to take care of the food inventory inside the Swan station (the hatch's proper name, as established in the previous episode). Despite help from Rose (L. Scott Caldwell), he doesn't think he's up to the task, especially after a weird dream containing the message "Everything is going to change." While he struggles with these problems, Jin, Michael and Sawyer keep dealing with the "Others", who are revealed to be the last remaining survivors from the tail section of Oceanic 815: Ana Lucia, the big and menacing Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, now part of the regular cast like Michelle Rodriguez), Rose's long lost husband Bernard (Sam Anderson, best known for playing less sympathetic roles on ER and Angel), and Libby Smith (Cynthia Watros).

Flashback-wise, the story revolves around Hurley's lottery win and his decision to keep it a secret, partly because of his superstition and partly because he doesn't want anything to change. He quits his job and mentions this to a friend, who promises everything will stay the same. Needless to say, it doesn't...

Having made their debut with the slightly less compelling Born to Run, writing duo Edward Kitsis-Adam Horowitz have a much more assured touch this time, effortlessly exploiting Hurley's comic relief function to make it fit inside the big picture. To do so, they openly acknowledge the show's debt to Twin Peaks with a delightfully twisted dream sequence (with Daniel Dae Kim finally allowed to speak English) and a main plot that really allows Jorge Garcia to make his part a solid element in the main ensemble. Other plot strands are equally well handled, with some fun banter between Sawyer and Ana Lucia (nice M*A*S*H joke) and a fan-pleasing nod to the sexual tension between Jack and Kate. Four words: Evangeline Lilly, shower, towel.