1.18 Numbers
Hurley: "She says hey."
So now the crash is Hurley's fault. How interesting.
Hurley, a very likeable character, is complex as well. He cared a lot
for his family, and hated the idea that his "curse" caused him
to inadvertently hurt others. And he has a lot of courage. He confronted
Rousseau, a mysterious, armed woman who had captured and tortured Sayid;
and he took off across the Indiana Jones rickety bridge without a moment
of hesitation.
Well, he's either courageous, or he's nuts. Hurley spent time in a mental
hospital, and I'm pretty sure he was a patient, even though it wasn't
stated outright. He said early on that he had put his family through a
lot lately, and he used to hang a lot with long time patient Lenny. And
Hurley looked totally pissed when Charlie said, "You're acting like
a bloody lunatic!" People can be in a mental hospital for a lot of
reasons; doesn't necessarily mean he's psychotic or anything. I think
Hurley is courageous, and a little nuts.
Mira Furlan was back as Rousseau, and wasn't she wonderful? Yes, she boobytrapped
her former digs, but she was actually reasonable with Hurley. "Yo,
French chick!" I absolutely loved him hugging her, and her allowing
him to do it. And the best line of the episode was Hurley telling Sayid,
"She says hey."
There's another weird pre-crash connection between the survivors. Hurley
was a majority shareholder for a box company in Tustin, meaning that he's
indirectly Locke's boss. (I wonder if there's a connection to the sneaker
company fire in Canada?)
Lenny the lunatic said that Hurley had opened the box (symbolic of Pandora's
box?), that it doesn't stop, and that Hurley had to get away from the
numbers. And somehow, Hurley went right to them; those numbers were broadcast
from a radio tower by the Black Rock sixteen years ago, they're on that
hatch thing, and they're the reason Rousseau's ship got wrecked. Why would
anyone broadcast a series of numbers, and nothing else? It makes no sense.
Gee, I'm reeling from that new situation, for sure. (That was my sarcastic
voice.)
Hurley's numbers were: 4 8 15 16 23 42. Numerology is beyond me; I'm not
even going to attempt finding meaning in them. But they've been mentioned
before, and they were mentioned in other contexts even in this episode.
Toomey had been dead for four years. The flight number was 815. Rousseau
has been on the Island for 16 years, and it was the 16th week without
a winner when Hurley won. I'm just surprised 47 didn't make it in there.
This was the kind of episode that made me want to go back and re-watch
them all, just to see the connections I missed. For example, didn't Locke
tell Hurley about his job at some point? Did Hurley get the connection?
I don't remember! Too many characters! Too many details!
Character bits:
-- Hurley worked for a fast food chicken place before he won the lottery.
He has a mother named Carmen, a brother Diego whose wife Lisa left him
for a waitress, and a grandfather Tito, now deceased.
-- Hurley is Catholic, like Charlie. Hurley's priest, Father Aguilar,
was struck by lightning at Tito's funeral.
-- Claire still doesn't remember what happened to her.
-- There was a sweet little subplot with Locke making Claire a cradle
for the baby. Did Locke know it was her birthday? Maybe Locke isn't a
bad guy. Maybe Claire isn't a pod person.
-- Shannon showed genuine concern for Sayid. Speaking of pod people...
-- Sawyer was reading another book. Couldn't see what it was.
-- Michael and Jin are bonding while building the raft, while Kate and
Sun are bonding over Sun's split with Jin.
-- I noticed that Jack and Sayid feel very protective about Hurley. I
think they feel protective about pretty much all of the survivors, but
they treat Hurley like they care a lot about him. I thought that was sweet.
Or perceptive. Or both.
Bits and pieces:
-- Hurley said the Monster was a pissed off giraffe. I know he was kidding,
but that's my favorite theory so far.
-- "42", the mega number, may have been a reference to Life,
the Universe, and Everything..
-- We now know where Rousseau's distress signal came from.
-- Sayid now has Nadia's photo back, a little worse for wear.
-- Michael now has a battery. All he needs is a power boat to go with
it.
-- Hurley: "You awake?" Sayid: "I was just wondering that,
myself."
-- Mrs. Toomey: "If this weren't the middle of nowhere, I'd say you
were lost."
-- Hurley: "Back home, I'm worth 156 million dollars." Charlie:
"Fine. Don't tell me."
Laugh out loud funny. And this show just keeps on surprising me. Three
out of four polar bears,
Billie
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