Dyno-mite!
Updated 2005-10-17 17:00:00
It's a Hurley-centric episode this week as the Inner Circle gets down to the business of looking after the hatch. Hurley's in charge of the food, specifically inventory and rationing. Only the secret of the Hatch-hole and all its glories starts to leak out, thanks to Hurley himself, who brings Rose in on the secret so she can help him (and not so he can help her with the laundry), and Locke, who tells Charlie about the food. So Charlie starts pestering Hurley for peanut butter (still hoping to get down Claire's pants, we see). Hurley sees the beginning of the problems wealth brings (relatively speaking), because it's going to be just like when he won the lottery. That's what the flashbacks are about -- the time in between when he saw his numbers had won and before he claimed the loot. He quits his job, pulls a prank on his ***** non-Dave-Grohl boss, makes a date with a cute girl named Starla, and makes his friend promise that things will never change between them. Unfortunately, things will change, because apparently Hurley bought his ticket at a convenience store where the clerk remembers everyone and their lottery numbers. So Hurley wants to use some dynamite to blow up the food, but Rose convinces him not to. So the lostaways have a big feast, and nobody hates Hugo at all!
Meanwhile, Jin, Sawyer and Michael are hauled out of the hatch to hang with totally NOT the Others, just others, as in other survivors from the plane. Ana-Lucia likes to yell at people and throw rocks at Sawyer, so I'm cool with that. They've taken shelter in what looks like another Dharma station, only it's not as nice. Imagine you took Swan Station and rented it to Motley Crue for a week; this is where the other survivors are staying. They numbered twenty-three to start, but appear to have dwindled significantly. But one of them is Rose's husband Bernard.
Oh, and Jin speaking English? Dream sequence. Total bull***** preview, guys. Not cool.