Grade: B+ | Genre: Drama Summary: This was one of the better episodes we've seen in a while. Hurley is one of the more neglected characters in this reality, so it's good to see him step front and center to uncover some of his inner mysteries. When you're stuck on a deserted island, it should be expected that a few individuals would go coo-coo for cocoa puffs. We saw it with baby wrangler Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) and now we have hefty bag Hurley (Jorge Garcia) one sandwich short of a picnic. I guess if you're seeing polar bears pop up in tropical jungles and Others are trying to rotiserrize you over their campfire, neurons firing correctly are the least of your problems. Now the Hurley crazy factor was hinted at within his back-story earlier in the series. We know he got his cursed lottery numbers from his compadre in the mental ward. The exact 'why' he was institutionalized was a revelation kept in its wrapper for another day. Well that day is here as we get a free pass to go spelunking through the caverns of Hurley's mind. Bring your appetite.

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Through the fun of fighting over canned yams, Hurley spies a curious little bald fella in a bathrobe and furry slippers. Mr. Clean Jr. slips into the jungle with Hurley hulking along after him. Is he one of the Others? Why is Hurley launching out after him solo? Libby confronts Hurley on the beach about his strange disappearing act as he sheepishly tries to brush the sand over his over active imagination. Flash back to Hurley's hospital days and sure enough there is Dave -- the bald chap. Dave is the closest thing Hurley has to a friend in that Popsicle stand, and he's slowly undermining all the doctor's work -- getting Hurley to ditch his diet and chunk his meds. Everybody needs a friend, even in the looney bin, but this is a friend that is a little too close to Hurley. You see the doc took a picture of Hurley with his arm around Dave and lo' and behold this dude is the kid brother of Harvey the Rabbit. He doesn't exist. Hurley picked this plum from the depths of his imagination. We find out Hurley was put in here because his weight killed a couple people. Now how many people can say that? Evidently, his sizable love handles collapsed a deck. Anyway, the event sent him spiraling into depression, eating his way into oblivion.

So Hurley heads over to see Sawyer (Josh Holloway) to get some pills to help stick a sock in his imaginary friend. Sawyer gets a little lippy as Sawyer is known to do, and Hurley jumps his ass. Hurley is wailing on him while the rest of the camp is laughing their arses off. Back at the hatch, doc is checking out Locke's (Terry O'Quinn) holy legs to see how much damage the hatch jaws did on him. A room away, Sayid (Naveen Andrews) is going to work on our resident Other in captivity. Last week, we found out he was lying like a two hooker, swiping his name off a dead guy buried in the forest. Sayid goes postal when he puts the gun to Henry's (or whatever the heck his name is) head, threatening to paint the wall with his brains if he doesn't give up the leader of the Others. Henry is scared batshit by this guy, and the head honcho isn't the bearded wonder. Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez) snaps at Sayid's arm before he can finish the job.

So Hurley decides he's better off going to live at the caves then to let his fellow survivors watch him slowly devolve into a gibberish idiot. Along the way, Dave joins him to give him a whopper of a revelation. Hurley isn't going crazy. He jumped ship long ago. Now get this, the whole Lost reality only exists inside Hurley's head. None of this exists. He's created this whole delusional existence while still in the care of the mental hospital. Consider the numbers that the patient kept muttering over and over being his winning lottery combination and showing up all over the hatch. Or mull over the fact that Libby would be interested in his lumbering self. A pretty convincing case is made where you start to believe this is a definite possibility. Dave has Hurley on a cliff about to free himself from this mental tyranny by taking the final leap into the rocky waters below. Libby pulls him off the cliff, assuring him her affections are real, yet our final frame cuts back to the hospital focusing on one grubbed up Libby. Is this whole show a fabrication of Hurley's imagination? If nothing else, these provide some intriguing developments.

This was one of the better episodes we've seen in a while. Hurley is one of the more neglected characters in this reality, so it's good to see him step front and center to uncover some of his inner mysteries. The Lost universe is so out there that the thought that this whole reality is simply the fabrication of one of our characters isn't far fetched at all. It gives us another layer of possibility to chew on. Next week, we are looking to trade a Henry for a Walt. Will the Others feel in a swapping mood, or will they bring down their wrath to smite the survivors of Flight 815?

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