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Might as well jump! Go ahead and jump!

Posted 07 Apr 2006 in pop culture

Ok, so what the hell happened on Lost last night?

Poor Hurley. I already felt sorry for the guy (in addition to the fact that the dude just can’t seem to lose weight on the “shipwreck” diet). But now we find he’s looney, too?

Now he’s seeing an old buddy of his, Dave, running around the island in a robe and slippers.

Ok. After having seen polar bears and puffs of sentient black smoke, this doesn’t seem quite as crazy.

But that’s not the craziest part. Hurley getting a grip on his overeating by decorating the jungle with his food stash just seemed over the edge. I can understand his problem with hoarding food and overeating and all. But they are on a deserted island, after all. Throwing away food just seems foolish. Why not just put that food back in the Hatch where the rest of the castaways can use it? Oh well, I guess it doesn’t matter, seeing as how a whole freakin’ pallet of food just arrived.

Then there’s Hurley finally getting some measure of satisfaction by kicking Sawyer’s ass. That was GREAT! I was wondering how long he was gonna allow Sawyer to call him names like “Deep Dish” before doing something about it. As a guy who spent several years of my childhood being bullied in school before finally turning on my attackers, this was the best scene in the episode to me.

Then we had Henry finally getting busted on being a liar and one of “The Others.” Not only that, but he’s scared shitless of the guy who runs the show over there on the other side of the island. Personally, I’d be more afraid of being left alone in that cell with Sayeed for a few hours.

Then we find out that Hurley’s friend from the insane asylum, Dave, is just a Lost’s version of Tyler Durden from Fight Club. Ok, that alone was still pretty cool, but then to find out that Libby, the new hot chick who’s got damp panties for Hurley – used to be in the nuthouse WITH Hurley?

WTF?!

Still, I thought it was kinda interesting how Dave managed to wrap up all the coincidences into a few convenient paranoid delusions. It woulda been interesting if Libby, who’s got her own mental issues, went ahead and pushed Hurley off that cliff and then went back and told Jack that Hurley had gone crazy, and then we see the flashback scene of her as a patient in the nuthouse with Hurley.

Oh well. I’m still addicted to this show. I love it and hate it.

Bad robot!

Question for discussion: did Hurley’s desire to jump off the cliff serve as a metaphor for this series jumping the shark?

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