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Lost (TV series) episode
“Everybody Hates Hugo”
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Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 4
Guest star(s)	L. Scott Caldwell (Rose), Sam Anderson (Bernard), Raj K. Bose (Pakistani shop clerk), DJ Qualls (Johnny), Billy Ray Gallion (Randy), Marguerite Moreau (Starla), Lillian Hurst (Carmen), Kimberley Joseph (Cindy), Brittany Perrineau (Mary Jo), Michael Adamshick (Lottery Official)
Writer(s)	Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
Director	Alan Taylor
Production no.	204
Original airdate	October 12, 2005
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"Everybody Hates Hugo" is the 28th episode of Lost. It is the fourth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Alan Taylor, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on October 12, 2005 on ABC. The character of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes is featured in the episode's flashbacks.

[edit] Plot

Flashbacks reveal the events immediately following Hurley's discovery of his winning lottery numbers. Opting to keep his ticket to instant wealth a secret, he is lectured by the manager of Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack for eating food without paying for it. Hurley quits, and his friend Johnny does likewise. The pair visit a record store, where they sing part of the lyrics to Drive Shaft's song, "You All, Everybody", as they flip past the CD in the one hit wonders section. Hurley asks Starla, the salesgirl, for a date, which to his surprise she accepts. Later, the two friends steal a van load of garden gnomes and use them to spell out "Cluck You" on the lawn of their former employer.

Hurley asks his friend to promise that they will never change, and Johnny does so; immediately after, his friend notices a news crew at a local gas station and pulls in to see what's happened. The reporters have arrived because they know the winning lottery ticket was bought there; the clerk recognizes Hurley and points him out. Johnny is stunned, and his expression clearly reveals that, despite his promise, everything has changed.

At the hatch, Hurley struggles with the task of food rationing. Charlie asks Hurley if the bunker contains food, specifically peanut butter for Claire, but Hurley won't answer him. Hurley decides to enlist Rose to help him take inventory.

Sawyer, Michael and Jin learn that their captors are survivors from the tail section of the plane and are taken to a hidden concrete bunker site —which appears to be a Dharma Initiative station— which they use for sanctuary. A woman named Libby says that there were 23 survivors from the tail section of the plane, but it is clear that many have since died. Bernard, Rose's husband, is one of the survivors still living.

Meanwhile, Claire discovers the bottle of messages from the raft floating near the beach. She asks Shannon what to do, and the pair conclude that Sun should be the one to make the decision. Sun opts to conceal this new fact and buries the bottle.

Hurley becomes less and less certain of his ability to ration the food in a manner that keeps everyone happy. Hurley attempts to quit, but Locke refuses to permit this. Hurley then recovers the unused sticks of dynamite and prepares to blow up the food. When Rose asks him what he's doing, he explains that the food, newfound wealth to the survivors, will change everything and everyone will come to hate him, just as things changed when everyone knew he won the lottery.

Rose talks him out of his plan. Later, Hurley informs Jack of his decision to give the food all away. Jack accepts this. The food is distributed freely and the survivors enjoy an enormous feast. Everyone appreciates Hurley's generosity, including Charlie, who gives his benefactor a hug of reconciliation.

[edit] Trivia

• In Hurley's dream sequence when he is drinking from a carton, a picture of Walt can be seen on the side of it in a missing person's style ad [1]
• Hurley's abusive manager at Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack is "Randy" who was also John Locke's boss at the box company as shown in "Walkabout". In "Numbers" Hurley's accountant tells Hurley that he has become the majority share holder of a box factory in Tustin.

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Main characters:	Ana Lucia • Ben • Boone • Charlie • Claire • Desmond • Hurley • Jack • Jin • Juliet • Kate</br>Libby • Locke • Michael • Mr. Eko • Nikki • Paulo • Sawyer • Sayid • Shannon • Sun • Walt
Supporting characters:	Bernard • Rose • The Others
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Man of Science, Man of Faith • Adrift • Orientation • Everybody Hates Hugo • ...And Found Abandoned • The Other 48 Days • Collision • What Kate Did • The 23rd Psalm • The Hunting Party Fire + Water • The Long Con • One of Them • Maternity Leave • The Whole Truth • Lockdown Dave • S.O.S. • Two for the Road • ? • Three Minutes • Live Together, Die Alonesv:Everybody Hates Hugo