Lost 2.4: "Everybody Hates Hugo" (OPEN SPOILERS)

[Oslo_Ostragoth]

@Silver Fire

I Hurley.

So was that anybody we know behind Hurley and The New Guy (I bet they intentionally cast The Skinniest Guy Ever for that part) as they left the music store?

How did you do the heart?

[flex727]

I’m wondering how the convenience store clerk knew who bought the winning ticket. Even if Hurley was buying the same numbers every week, the clerk wouldn’t necessarily know, or notice, or remember, what they were, would he?

[Flutterby]

@Antigen

Like he explained to Jack, though, all that food was for one person - Desmond. and it would have lasted maybe a couple more months, if it was only one person eating it. With 40 Losties munching at it, even rationing carefully wouldn’t have helped it to last very long.

I figured that it would last them about 3 days if they ate 3 meals a day. A week or a few days extra if they ate one meal a day. They could stretch it out longer possibly, but they’d still have to hunt and gather to supplement their food.

@McDeath_the_Mad

I agree StGermain! I said the same thing last night to Stainz. The kicker is, the food should have been able to support 2 people. Technically it probably should have run out by now.

I do have a WAG, there may have been other store rooms with food that Desmond and the other guy had finished off already.

That’s my guess. All the food back there was vacuum packed, canned and sealed. I didn’t notice any fresh foods anywhere, and milk for his cereal could easily have come from milk powder (gags only good for baking IMO).

[Ethilrist]

@John Mace

I thought the blonde chick* in the group that was keeping Jin, et al captive looked a LOT like the chick who threw the molotav cocktail at the raft. But I haven’t checked on it. I’m sure the uber-Lost-geeks will be on this and we’ll all know shortly…

*she didn’t have any dialogue

You’d think the three guys would’ve maybe said something…

[Broken_Wind]

@John Mace

I thought the blonde chick* in the group that was keeping Jin, et al captive looked a LOT like the chick who threw the molotav cocktail at the raft. But I haven’t checked on it. I’m sure the uber-Lost-geeks will be on this and we’ll all know shortly…

*she didn’t have any dialogue

*she didn’t have a bra either apparently - yowzah

[Hello_Again]

I have to shout out on the best reference of the episode. Hurley tells his friend to promise never to change. Friend says sonmething like, “Oh, I’ll stay golden, Ponyboy.”*

I laughed so hard I spit.

*Reference: The Outsiders by SE Hinton. A character named Ponyboy was obsessed with the Robert Frost poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay.

[fiddlesticks]

@flex727

I’m wondering how the convenience store clerk knew who bought the winning ticket. Even if Hurley was buying the same numbers every week, the clerk wouldn’t necessarily know, or notice, or remember, what they were, would he?

This somewhat bothered me too. Even if Hurley played those same numbers every week (I don’t recall his back story well enough to remember if that was the first time he tried playing those numbers or not) with a ticket from the same Gas’n’Go with the same cashier, the cashier shouldn’t remember Hurley’s numbers anymore than anyone else who has “special” numbers, unless the cashier is Rain Man. I guess the best explanation is that they knew when the ticket was purchased, so they went back and looked at the survaillence camera tapes and recognized Hurley that way.

I was also bothered at why his friend was so pissed. It’s not as if Hurley asked him to quit the CluckHut with him…

[Icarus]

@Alias

There are a few comparison pictures like that floating around the net, and the more I look at them, the more I think they really might be the same people.

And that is why they took Walt. They want him to man one of their posts, maybe to replace Desmond (or someone else?)? He’s young, he’ll last a long time in the hatch-world!

[Monstre]

@SenorBeef

Secondly, Hurley can be a selfish dick. He was going to blow up the food, just to avoid having people dislike him.

Coming up with rational plans doesn’t seem to be Hurley’s strong point.

[Monstre]

@John Mace

I thought the blonde chick* in the group that was keeping Jin, et al captive looked a LOT like the chick who threw the molotav cocktail at the raft. But I haven’t checked on it. I’m sure the uber-Lost-geeks will be on this and we’ll all know shortly…

*she didn’t have any dialogue

Do you mean Libby? She said, “I’m Libby”, to Michael. (Unless there was another blonde chick that I missed…?)

[GraceTX]

@Broken Wind

*she didn’t have a bra either apparently - yowzah

And, now we know why Shayna listed her as a selection for celebrity women she’d like to get into bed. Cynthia Watros is quite lovely and I can’t wait to see if she has a bigger part on the show. Maybe she’ll even have some dialogue.

[Merijeek]

@Antigen

“You said there were 23 of you.”

“There were.”

So, what’s the count on our guys from the front of the plane? Is it 42?

4 8 15 16 23 42.

Six numbers. Six hatches/installations. Is it always in equilibrium? If one group gets too small it joins up with another group to get them back to the right number and then another bunch gets beached/crashed/whatever’d?

The Tail group’s hatch looked a whole lot less nice than the one that our Front group found.

Anyways, what was Desmond going to do in 3 months…?

-Joe

[Silver_Fire]

@Fiver

No no, he said “More like Suck Shaft!”

Not in my memory. He put emphasis on the last word and “Suck Shaft” doesn’t make any sense. I’m pretty sure he said “Drive Suck! Haha.”

@Oslo Ostragoth

How did you do the heart?

I copied it from the character map (WinXP). It has all four card suits: (size increased for clarity). Beyond that, I have no idea.

@me

So was that anybody we know behind Hurley and The New Guy as they left the music store?

Anybody?

[Monstre]

@Ms Macphisto

And they also have a Kelvin listed. Desmond’s former hatch partner perhaps?

And on the topic of those IMDB guest listings, there’s another interesting bit that relates to your comment…

[spoiler]Kelvin is listed as played by M.C. Gainey in next week’s episode (which may or may not be accurate for episodes yet to air). But guess who else M.C. Gainey is listed as playing? Check out the guest spots for the season 1 finale, “Exodus, Part 2”.

M.C. Gainey as “Bearded Man”. Bluebeard, maybe?[/spoiler]

[Alliex]

I also thought that the people on the boat may be the original scientists…The old guy who did all the talking (“Bluebeard” to Sawyer) and the blonde woman who threw the molotov cocktail could be Gerald and Karen DeGrut (sp?)…The Dharma Initiative was their brainchild according to Dr. Candle.

Also, the film mentions 5 areas of study: Meteorology, Psychology, Parapsychology, Zoology, and Electromagnetism…The Swan is station 3 of 6, researching the "unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the island”…assuming (I know it’s taboo to assume, but…) that each station has a focus on one of these fields, that’s only a total of 5…what’s the sixth station researching then??

Does everyone agree that…the 2 man team assigned to Station 3 were assigned AFTER the incident since the incident is mentined on the film…and not as researchers…the researchers probably were evacuated, whether they did or not is another story.

Someone asked in a previous post (sorry I don’t remember who), if Rousseau’s team were the researchers on the island…I don’t think they were because Rousseau says that her and her team changed course responding to the numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) being repeated on a transmission…she goes on to say that they were 3 days out of Tahiti when the storm hit and they ran aground on the island…she eventually changed the transmission to the distress call that our surviviors heard.

Two more thoughts…the Gas’n’Go attendant who recognized Hurley as the Lotto winner was the same guy in the chicken suit in his dream, right??
And…does anyone think that that was Kate sitting at a table, munching on a chicken sandwich during the flashback, right before Hurley gets called into the office?? It may not be, it’s hard to tell, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Allie X

[tanstaafl]

@Alliex

Also, the film mentions 5 areas of study: Meteorology, Psychology, Parapsychology, Zoology, and Electromagnetism…The Swan is station 3 of 6, researching the "unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the island”…assuming (I know it’s taboo to assume, but…) that each station has a focus on one of these fields, that’s only a total of 5…what’s the sixth station researching then??

There were six areas of study, the five you mentioned plus “utopian social systems”.
Oh, for everyone who is saying they are tired of all the flashbacks and want more focus on the mysteries of the Island. Well, I’m afraid that isn’t going to happen. J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, the producers, have said that they consider this show to be about the characters first and the island mysteries second. In fact, they say that the people focusing on the island mysteries are a minority of their viewers. Cites:

Lost producers acknowledge a smaller, vocal fan base deeply interested in “cult” aspects of the show, but they say the show’s huge audience — it was last week’s third-most-watched program with 23.2 million viewers — indicates broader interest. The writers seek balance, executive producer Damon Lindelof says.

Although the producers are interested in advancing the mysteries of the island, “the real story we’re trying to tell is about the people,” Lindelof says. "We attribute (the large audience) to the fact that people are really watching the characters, so we try to focus on that.

( from http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-10-04-lost-inside_x.htm )

“Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof said viewers can relate to the characters, often picking their favorites.

“At the end of the day, the show at its core is about the characters,” he said. “I think the reason people really love this show is they find the island mysteries are compelling, but they watch every week because they really bond with the people.”

( from http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/21/tv.lost.returns.ap/index.html )

Damon Lindelof: I know that the big criticism of the show is that we don’t give satisfactory answers to our mysteries. I would just hope that the fans exercise patience and restraint and remember that the show is primarily about the characters and what they are going through on the show. That if the fans trust us the answers will come. I think that the problem with a show like Twin Peaks, people look back on it fondly, but they say “Once we found out who killed Laura Palmer, I wasn’t interested in the show anymore.” So, the fact is, every time we answer a mystery, we have to lay seeds for a new mystery. I think that gives the audience the illusion that we are always engaging in some sort of con game with them. But that is just the nature of the beast. Moving forward into season two, you will find out in the first five minutes of the season premiere, what’s in the hatch. Once you find out what’s in the hatch, that is going to create more questions as to how it got there and what it’s purpose is. The truth is in there… I would hope.

( from silverbulletcomicbooks.com )

[Alliex]

[QUOTE=Merijeek]
So, what’s the count on our guys from the front of the plane? Is it 42?]

There were originally 48 (mid-plane) survivors…now there are 43…5 have died:

~ US Marshall (S1:3)
~ Joanna (swimmer) (S1:5)
~ Scott Jackson— assumed to have been killed by Ethan and friends (S1:15)
~ Boone Carlysle (S1:20)
~ Leslie Arzt (S1:24)

Actually 44, since Aaron has been born now.

Allie X

[Love_Rhombus]

I wanna know who the young lady that Hurley asks out in the music store. She was purty.

Also, obviously here we see the beginnings of the two camps of Locke and Jack forming. Boone would have been with Locke, but he’s gone so now he’s “seducing” Charlie.

[cbawlmer]

@Silver Fire

Not in my memory. He put emphasis on the last word and “Suck Shaft” doesn’t make any sense. I’m pretty sure he said “Drive Suck! Haha.”

Nope, he said “Suck Shaft”. I remember hearing that and thinking, “Hey, that’s kind of naughty!”

[XT]

I don’t know if someone already answered this but one thing puzzled me last night. Hurley said that there was 3 months of food for one guy left in the bunker…but it seemed to me the shelves were pretty full. I didn’t see a vast and mostly empty store room somewhere indicating that there had been a lot more food in the past. So…if its true that there was only 3 months of food for 1 guy in the bunker how did Desmond (and partner before) survive there for years? Are the bunkers being resupplied with food or something?

Appologies if this has already been addressed…I haven’t read through the entire thread.

-XT