6x12 Everyone Loves Hugo: Recap

2004

Hurley earned his money from owning Mr. Cluck’s?  His mother is disappointed he hasn’t found a girlfriend, so she sets him up on a date.  Instead of meeting his intended date, Libby sees him from across the restaurant while she is there with her group from the mental hospital, where she has voluntarily placed herself because of what she had believed to be hallucinations of another life.  Libby is disappointed when Hurley doesn’t remember her.  Not long after, Hurley, depressed, meets Desmond, who encourages him to explore why he believed Libby when she said she knew him.  Hurley visits Libby in the mental hospital, and asks her on a date.  They meet for a picnic on the beach, and when Libby kisses Hurley, he remembers who she is.

Desmond, having watched the date from his car, drives off to spy on Locke at the school he is subsitute-teaching at.  Ben comes over to talk to him, suspicious, and Desmond lies (kindof?) about having a son named Charlie.  When Ben leaves, Desmond drives his car at full speed into Locke, who is crossing the parking lot in his wheelchair.  We last see Locke on the ground with a cut where his tell-tale scar should be, eyes darting, with Ben over him calling for help.

2007

Hurley is standing over Libby’s grave, wishing aloud that she would visit him.  Michael appears, warning Hurley people will die if they continue with Ilana and Richard’s plan to blow up the plane.  As Hurley explains this to the others in the camp, Ilana returns with four unwrapped sticks of dynamite in her backpack, and blows herself to pieces, a la Arzt.  Richard decides they need to collect more dynamite, but Hurley beats them there and blows up the Black Rock, destroying all the dynamite.  Hurley tells the group Jacob has asked that they meet with FLocke.  Only Jack, Sun, and Lapidus believe him.  Richard, Miles, and Ben go off to the barracks to continue their mission to destroy the plane.  En route, Hurley confesses to Jack that he did not see Jacob, but used him to back up what Hurley thought the best route was.  Jack confesses he knew Hurley was lying, but was willing to follow him.  The overt “whispers” scene commences, where Hurley learns the whispers are the voices of the dead that are “trapped” on the island, and Michael appears, asking Hurley to apologize to Libby for him.

At the Flocke camp, Sayid leads FLocke to the jungle where he has bound Desmond to a tree.  FLocke sets Desmond free, and walks him to an old well.  FLocke explains people built the well to understand why the area makes compass-needles spin, and Widmore wants the island for this purpose.  FLocke appears perturbed Desmond is not afraid.  When FLocke asks if Desmond knows who he is, Demond replies “John Locke”.  shortly thereafter, FLocke pushes Desmond down the well.

FLocke returns to his camp shortly before Hurley, Jack, Sun and Lapidus arrive.