# Lost 2.18: "Dave" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441 "2006-04-05T17:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/21 "2006-04-06T01:16:15Z")
A friend of mine met Jorge Garcia at the Pogues show in NYC a few weeks ago and said he was quite, quite large (but that his girlfriend was prett hot). Anyway, they have to continue to justify the actor’s largeness, so the food will keep on coming, no? It’s a pretty big coincidence that the food drop would happen right as Hurley is letting go of his secret stash. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/22 "2006-04-06T01:20:33Z")
Pseudo-Gale is not doing well making up new alibis. Good scene with Sayid. Another reference to “Him”. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/23 "2006-04-06T01:24:11Z")
So what is Mr. Eko making? A Starbucks? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/24 "2006-04-06T01:24:17Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Nice little foodfight with Libby – but wouldn’t it have been better to just distribute the rest, rather than dump it out and waste it? (After all, he didn’t know about the food drop yet). > > “Yeah, then we’ll all sing Kum Ba Yah and do trust falls.” > _snerk_😉 Yeah, that was pretty selfish. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/25 "2006-04-06T01:29:04Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > I wonder if Dave is his imaginary friend. Or his alternate personality. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/26 "2006-04-06T01:29:22Z")
Who thinks Dave is imaginary, and has been the whole time? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/27 "2006-04-06T01:30:14Z")
If Dave is real, I will give credit to the Lost writers for a great misdirection. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/28 "2006-04-06T01:32:09Z")
BTW, I think Sayid was channelling Jack Bauer… (Jack’s interrogation of Collette). I’m thinking more strongly now that Dave is Hurley’s imaginary friend. I bet the Polaroid shot will come out with just Hurley in it at the end. Maybe a little schizophrenia. (Unless they are tricking us into believing that…) I think Eko is building a church, or a little temple. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/29 "2006-04-06T01:33:30Z")
> [@brickbacon](#): > > Who thinks Dave is imaginary, and has been the whole time? If there’s only one person in that Polaroid, then you’ll be right. Way too many people were enjoying Sawyer getting his ass kicked by Deep Dish, aka Sta-Puft, aka… ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/30 "2006-04-06T01:34:32Z")
Everyone laughing and enjoying watching Sawyer get beat up. Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/31 "2006-04-06T01:36:24Z")
So Hurley has an eating problem. I get that. Why in the hell would he destroy perfectly good food??? On my island, that would be a freaking capital offense. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/32 "2006-04-06T01:36:19Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I am just dying to get more Hurley backstory. > > I think that his secret past is that when he gets really, _really_ mad, he’s the Hulk. A mutton-chopped, ranch-dressing-eating Hulk. Dude. Hey, you’re right! He beat Sawyer up! 😃 “Don’t make me hungry. You won’t like me when I’m hungry!” ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/33 "2006-04-06T01:40:23Z")
_Yawn_ That wasn’t even remotely commercial break-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/34 "2006-04-06T01:42:33Z")
Ok, you know, I’m actually upset by the imaginary friend / schizo delusion cop-out. It’s not like the writers to set things up so transparently. A Polaroid revealing Dave’s non-existence? Meh. They have 20 minutes to redeem themselves, or I’ll be a very grumpy viewer. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/35 "2006-04-06T01:45:14Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > So Hurley has an eating problem. I get that. Why in the hell would he destroy perfectly good food??? On my island, that would be a freaking capital offense. Well, on my island, spoiler-boxing a totally innocuous comment gets you at least 3 months of community service. Now go pick some mangos for the rest of the group. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/36 "2006-04-06T01:47:08Z")
I’m always glad to see Hurley getting more screen time. That’s all I can say for now… ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/37 "2006-04-06T01:50:53Z")
Heh – Hurley’s imaginary friend is convincing him that his current life is imaginary. That’s good. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/38 "2006-04-06T01:51:20Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Ok, you know, I’m actually upset by the imaginary friend / schizo delusion cop-out. It’s not like the writers to set things up so transparently. A Polaroid revealing Dave’s non-existence? Meh. I totally agree. Add that to the whole “you’ve never left the hospital” bit that was also done on Buffy and a variation on The X-Files. I hope they aren’t starting to resort to these tired cliches. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/39 "2006-04-06T01:55:00Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > I totally agree. Add that to the whole “you’ve never left the hospital” bit that was also done on Buffy and a variation on The X-Files. I hope they aren’t starting to resort to these tired cliches. ☹ How about _Total Recall_? Now Hurley just needs to shoot Sharon Stone to prove that his current life is real. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-18-dave/351441/40 "2006-04-06T02:00:14Z")
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