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Lost Recap: Everybody Loves Answers

Posted Apr 14, 2010 by Courtney Cairns Pastor

Updated Apr 14, 2010 at 12:03 PM

So much to love about last night’s episode, “Everybody Loves Hugo” (a nice counter to the Season 2 “Everybody Hates Hugo”). We got to see two dearly departed Losties, the flash-sideways connection to the island grew, there were at least two moments that made you jump and most importantly – we got an answer to a mystery since Season 1.

The episode starts with a little film about Hurley’s life, highlighting his philanthropic background as the museum (where Charlotte and Chang work) honors him as Man of the Year.  Hurley leaves with his mom, admiring his T-Rex trophy, when Mama Reyes brings him back to reality – he needs a girlfriend. He says he needs to go to a Human Fund event (hello, George Constanza!). Mama says he’s going on a blind date.

The next day, Hurley is waiting for his date, Rosalita, at a Mexican joint when guess who calls his name – Libby, looking decidedly undead but a little spacey. She asks him if he believes people can be connected, like soulmates, but is disappointed that Hurley doesn’t remember her. Dr. Brooks whisks her away into a van to the mental hospital. Poor Hurley.

He holds a big pity party for himself over a bucket-o-chicken at Mr. Cluck’s, when Desmond happens to walk in. Desmond is a little beat up but extremely chummy, so we can only assume he has gotten the 815 manifest he asked for. He tells Hurley he recognizes him from the plane and then settles in for a chat. Hurley opens up about how Libby seemed to like him but she is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Des says no, go with your gut brotha and find out more before you give up on her.

Hurley heads to the Santa Rosa facility and asks to see Libby. Dr. Brooks is not into the idea because Libby already has reality issues, but he feels better about it once Hurley drops $100K in his lap to fix the crappy rec room. We get a nice shot of the room when Hurley meets her – complete w/ Connect Four and the chalkboard. Libby is all hopeful that he remembered something, but he hasn’t. But it’s cool, he wants to go out with her anyway. Awww!

Libby says she saw Hurley on TV and these memories of her life – “only it was another life” – washed over her. She describes the plane crash, the island and even feeling like she had been to Santa Rosa before … with Hurley.

They have their date, a picnic on a crowded beach, and Libby is weirded out. It’s like a date they never had, she says. They kiss and shazam! Hurley is flooded with flashbacks, like Desmond was last week. He tells her he thinks he remembers stuff.

Desmond is watching from a car and drives away.

On the island, the Losties are at a crossroad. Do they blow up the Ajira plane to stop Smokey from leaving and taking over the world (or something like that) or do they find a less explosive solution? Ilana tromps off to the Black Rock to load up on dynamite when Micheal (!!) appears to tell Hurley he has to stop this before everyone gets killed. People listen to Hurley now, and if he doesn’t stop them and they die, it’s Hurley’s fault.

Hurley brings this up to Ilana, saying dynamite is unstable. Ilana is insistent, though, that this is the way, because Jacob said listen to Richard and Richard says blow it up. And then – BOOM.

So that’s it for Ilana. But there’s no time for mourning. The Losties continue to bicker about what to do. Richard is all for more dynamite (so Ilana won’t have died in vain. Yeah, right). Ben is philosophical. Ilana was handpicked by Jacob to protect candidates. Now she is in pieces. He guesses the island is done with her, which makes him wonder what happens when the island is done with them. The group goes to the Black Rock, but where is Hurley?

We find out when he comes tearing out of the abandoned ship, which then explodes. Richard is so mad. Hurley says he was protecting them. He confesses that Michael told him to, which intrigues Miles. Hurley says he listens to dead people because they are more reliable than the living.

Hurley tries to talk the group into going to see Locke and talking to him. Richard wants no part of it. Hurley claims it’s Jacob’s idea. Richard challenges him – if he’s talking to Jacob, then what does Jacob say the island is? Because Richard knows. And just when we think we might hear something interesting, Hurley says he doesn’t have to prove anything to Richard. Richard calls him out and asks everyone to come with him to get more stuff to blow up the plane. Ben and Miles side with Richard. Jack, Sun and Frank go with Hurley.

Privately, Hurley confides to Jack he didn’t really see Jacob (shocker). Jack knows but trusts Hurley and in a very Zen moment, he says that ever since he got Juliet killed, all he’s wanted to do is fix stuff. But maybe he’s supposed to sit back and listen to others for once.

And then here’s the highlight for me. There are whispers in the woods, and Hurley (our hero) says he thinks he knows what the whispers are. He walks off and there’s Michael. Michael is stuck on the island because of what he did. The whispers are “the ones who can’t move on.”  An answer!! Hurley asks where Locke is, and Michael shows him and asks if Hurley ever talks to Libby to tell her he is very sorry.

Back in Lockeville, Sayid returns and pulls Smokey aside. He reveals Desmond, tied to a tree. Desmond says “I have nowhere to run to, brotha,” so unLocke releases him. He tells unLocke he needs to ask Widmore if he wants to know why he was kidnapped, but he got blasted with a bunch of electromagnetism. UnLocke says, “Do you know who I am?” Des, looking all spacey, says, “You’re John Locke.”

UnLocke dismisses Sayid and goes for a little walk with Des. UnLocke says the island has it in for him. Desmond corrects him – the island has it in for all of them. Just then, the grubby ghost boy pops up in the woods. I had been thinking it was Aaron, now I’m thinking young Jacob. Whatever, it rattles unLocke who tells Des to ignore him and move along.

They wind up at a really deep, really old well. Back in the day, people dug deep for answers at spots where compass needles went wonky. But they didn’t find any, unLocke says. He tells Des that Widmore is interested in POWER not ANSWERS. Then he asks why Des isn’t afraid – no one knows where he is. Des says, “what’s the point of being afraid,” which unLocke answers by pushing him DOWN THE WELL.

A little bit later, there’s a rustle in the woods, and it’s Hurley and Co., here to see the Smoke Monster. Everyone just kind of stares at each other.

Flash back (or sideways, really) and LAX Desmond is parked in a car, watching school dismiss. The Real Locke, in his wheelchair, is wheeling away from school. Ben raps on Desmond’s window, asking what exactly he is doing there. It does look kind of creepy. Des says his son Charlie (who remember, he doesn’t have in this timeline) might go there. Then he speeds off and whack! Runs Locke right over.

Ben rushes to Locke’s side. He’s still alive. Barely.