Summary
We open with a very young and very thin (no, really) Hurley.
He's unpacking tools to work on a Camero in his driveway.
His father comes out (carrying a duffle bag) and has to
back out of his promise to
work on
the car
with Hurley that afternoon. Before he leaves, though, he
wants Hurley to try and crank the car up, even though he'd
previously said that it needed a new carburetor. He explains
to Hurley that you have to have faith, having hope is never
stupid, and we all make our own luck. The engine turns
over but
doesn't
crank.
To make Hurley feel better, his father hands him a candy
bar. His mother has told him not to eat candy, but Dad
says to lighten up. "It's only a candy bar." Dad
heads off, and from the way he looks at Hurley as he's
leaving,
and the way Hurley's mother looks after him as he goes,
we can tell that Dad isn't coming home any time soon. Flashing
forward, we see Hurley filling Libby in on what happened
when the Others took him, Kate, Jack and Sawyer,
and putting a flower on her grave.
Charlie gives himself a fresh shave on the beach. Hurley
points out that Charlie has been moping around the last
few days. Charlie tells Hurley about Desmond's flashes
and how he thinks Charlie is going to die. Hurley says
Desmond may be right, and if so it may be his fault. Hurley
says
he's cursed and death "finds" him. Charlie scoffs,
but just then Vincent comes bounding out of the jungle
with
a badly decomposed human arm in his mouth. In the skeleton's
hand is a rabbit-foot key chain with a car key attached.
Vincent
takes off back into the jungle and Hurley follows, eventually
finding an overturned Dharma van.
Flash back to Hurley as an adult. He's being interviewed
by a television reporter, Tricia Tanaka, about his purchase
of a Mr. Cluck's franchise. Hurley isn't a very lively
interview and Ms. Tanaka soon gives up on getting much
useful footage from Hurley and asks to film inside for
some background footage. Hurley is reluctant, fretting
about the fryers (which won't even get turned on until
the next day) or anything else that might cause harm to
Mr. Tanaka or her cameraman. Hurley starts to unload a
truck with food for the opening when a meteorite slams
into the restaurant, destroying it and knocking Hurley
off his feet. Needless to say, Tricia Tanaka is dead.
On the island Hurley tries to get the survivors excited
about the idea or getting the van back in working order,
saying it'll be fun and they all could use some fun. The
only taker he gets in Jin, who only volunteers because
he doesn't understand anything that Hurley has said (and
Sun has decided to only speak English around him so that
he'll learn faster).
Kate and Sawyer make their way back toward the beach camp.
Kate tells "James" all he has to do is say he's sorry,
and they can start over with a clean slate. He tells her
he doesn't have anything to be sorry about (and I can't
say I disagree with him. I have no idea what Kate is on
about, maybe about not going back for Jack?). She says,
"welcome home, Sawyer." When the reach camp, there are
hugs and "welcome backs" all around.
Flashback Hurley returns to his mansion and give his mother
the news about the meteorite. He tells her it's because
of the lottery numbers and his curse. He says he has to
go to Australia because that's where Lenny (from the institution)
got the numbers. His mother tells him she can prove he's
not cursed. After seventeen years, his father has returned.
I'm not sure how that's supposed to prove anything, but
meh.
At the van, a peak at the driver shows he's wearing a
uniform with the name Roger on the pocket. The back of
the van is stocked with cans of Dharma-issue beer. Jin
pantomimes that he wants to take Roger out of the van,
then flip it right side up. They get Roger out, minus his
head, which Hurley says they'll get later.
At camp, Charlie asks Desmond when he's going to die.
Desmond can only tell him that "it doesn't work like that."
They're interrupted by Sawyer, who's looking for the stuff
he had stashed away before being taken by the Others, including
the scotch. Desmond and Charlie admit to drinking the scotch
with Hurley's help.
Which brings Sawyer to the van. He finds Hurley and Jin
trying unsuccessfully to flip the van off its side. Hurley
and Jin are both glad to see him. Hurley is surprisingly
not too disturbed by the news that Jack is still being
held by the Others. Hurley tells them that the van and
Sawyer's safe return are signs their luck is
changing for the better. He tells Sawyer that he's going
to help them fix up the van. Why? There's beer.
Kate fills Sayid and Locke in on what happened on the
other island. Jack sacrificed himself and said don't come
back for him. They let Michael and Walt go. It probably
wasn't their only boat. They don't live in the zoo compound,
but Sawyer let Karl go instead of having him take them
to where the Others do live. She tells them she doesn't
care what Jack said. She's going after him. First, she
wants to find someone who can help. They ask who, but she
doesn't respond.
It's dinnertime at the Reyes Mansion. Mr. Reyes admires
the solid gold statue of Christ that Hurley commissioned
for his mother. Dinner is served by the Trons, whom Hurley
found working in a Bennigans and now are their butlers.
Hurley isn't happy, though. His mother acts as if his father
has never left them. He thinks she should be suspicious
that he just turns up after seventeen years. Mr. Reyes
tells him that he turned up because his mother called and
said Hurley was in trouble. His mother says that she didn't
know what else to do with all of Hurley's talk of numbers
and curses.
Hurley flips out. He fires the Trons with a hefty severance
and tells his parents that he's getting rid of everything,
the houses, the cars, the livestock, and especially his
father. His mother insists that his father is staying with
her. "I have needs, Hugo." We shudder along with
Hurley before he screams, "no! No! No! I want him
gone!" She suggests
that he show his father what he's kept in the garage. Surprise!
He saved the Camero No, it still doesn't work.
Hurley, Jin and Sawyer manage to right the van. Sawyer
is the first inside to see what's left behind. He finds
lots of scraps of paper and a blueprint for a road. He
also finds Roger's head, which Jin and Hurley neglected
to tell him about. Jin and Hurley check out the engine.
It doesn't look good to Jin, but Hurley's still jazzed
about it. He insists on trying to crank it up. Nothing.
It would have been one Hell of a battery if it still held
a charge.
Sawyer digs into the beer. It's stale and it smells bad,
but it's still beer. Jin gives up on the engine, telling
Hurley, "no fix." Hurley rants that Jin has to at least
try. Sawyer tells Hurley to let up on Jin and asks why
it's so important to make the thing work. Hurley tells
him that they can all use a little hope. Sawyer tells Hurley
he's living on the wrong island if he's looking for hope.
Mr. Reyes drags Hurley to a psychic, promising that she
can break the curse. She uses tarot cards. The first two
cards tell her that Hurley recently came into a large sum
of money, but it hasn't brought him happiness. She then
says she's seeing numbers, which turn out to be THE numbers,
and tells him that she sees great tragedy around those
numbers. The next card is the death card. She tells him
that death surrounds him and more is coming. She tells
him that there's a curse on him, but that it can be removed.
She starts preparing to exorcise the curse and Hurley asks
her if his dad put her up to this. She denies it until
he offers her enough money. Mr. Reyes tells Hurley that
he was just trying to help. Hurley asks, "help who?"
Sawyer and Jin enjoy their beer. Hurley prays for help.
Sawyer tells him he's got help for him and tosses him a
beer. The beer goes over Hurley's head and rolls down a
hill, giving Hurley an idea. He goes to the beach to find
Charlie. He convinces him to come help him start the car.
Hurley's idea is dangerous, but if it doesn't kill them
both, then they both win. Oddly enough, this convinces
Charlie
to come along.
Back at the van, Sawyer is teaching Jin the all-important
English phrases, "I'm sorry," "you were right," and "those
pants don't make you look fat." Hurley and Charlie show
up and the four push the van to the start of a steep hill.
Flashback Hurley is packing for his trip to Australia.
Mr. Reyes admits that he initially came for the money,
but that isn't why he's talking to Hurley now. He says
that going to Australia won't break any curse. What Hurley
needs is some hope. He reminds him that you make your own
luck. He suggests that Hurley give away all his money,
saving enough for a new carburetor. He wants to help Hurley
get the car running and take it on the trip to the Grand
Canyon that he promised him as a child. Hurley grabs his
luggage and says, "I'll send you a postcard from Sydney."
Mr. Reyes tells him that he'll be there when Hurley gets
back.
Hurley's idea is to push the van down the hill and pop
the clutch to start the engine. The large rocks at the
bottom of the hill promise to make it a one-way trip if
he's not successful, and that's assuming he doesn't roll
the van on the way down. Charlie calls shotgun. The van
starts down the hill. At the very last moment, Hurley pops
the clutch. The engine roars to life, and the 8-track player
starts blaring the same song that Hurley was listening
to while getting ready to start work on the Camero as a
child. Sawyer and Jin (and Vincent) run down the hill after
them and all take a joy-ride around the meadow.
Hurley keeps on driving while Jin, Sawyer and Charlie
all return to the beach. Jin has Sun. Charlie has Claire.
And
Sawyer,
well,
he has
his
beer.
Sayid and Locke have followed Kate into the jungle. They
ask why she didn't just come to them for help in finding
Jack. She tells them they don't know were to look and aren't
motivated. Locke says they actually do know where to look
because of the way the sunlight hit Mr. Eko's stick when
they were burying him. Oddly enough, Kate seems to accept
this. We discover (though it should have been obvious)
that Kate is looking for Rousseau. They find her. Why,
she asks, would she want to help them? Because, Kate tells
her, the girl that helped her escape was about sixteen
years old, and her name was Alex, just like Rousseau's
daughter.
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