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We open on Hurley, in
the middle of the hatch's pantry, surrounded by his favorite thing in
the world - food. Unfortunately for him, it's only a dream and he
wakes up facing the reality of his newly assigned job - to inventory
it and figure out how to make it last. Until then, nobody is to get
anything - no exceptions. He enlists Rose's help and confides in her
that his biggest worry is that everything is going to change - that
he'll be the most hated man on the island once this job is put into
action. So he keeps the contents of the hatch a secret, even from his
most trusted friend, Charlie.
Likewise, in
FLASHBACK, we learn that Hurley actually kept his winning lottery news
from his best friend, fearing that everything would change. He quits
his job and embarks on a journey to enjoy all the little things he
loves best in his life. He acts as if nothing has happened and enjoys
the freedom he knows will be lost once he comes clean about his
newfound wealth. He asks his best friend to promise that no matter
what happens, their relationship will never change.
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On the island, Sawyer, Jin and
Michael are lifted out of the trap to learn that their captors are actually
survivors from the tail section of the plane. But that doesn't lessen the
antagonism between Sawyer and Ana Lucia. These people are much more defensive
than our guys. Twenty-three originally survived, but only five are left.
Something went terribly wrong. The good news is that one of those survivors is
Rose's husband, Bernard. The Tailies bring Sawyer, Jin and Michael into a
bunker where they have been living and surviving since the crash and discuss
what to do next.
Back on the beach, Charlie
pressures Locke for answers about the hatch, while Claire finds the message
bottle from the raft. She shares the news with Sun, fearing the worst. But Sun
decides to spare everyone and keep their hope alive by burying the bottle.
Meanwhile, inside the hatch,
Sayid's explorations lead him to conclude that the strange magnetic wall is
made up of Chernobyl style concrete - somebody wanted to cover something up.
And in the pantry, the pressure starts to get to Hurley, who decides to use
the remaining dynamite in their possession to blow up the hatch and thereby,
solve all of his problems.
But Rose interrupts him
before he manages to pull it off, so Hurley comes up with an alternative
solution that satisfies everyone - there's plenty of food to last for a while,
so why not be generous and hand some of it out now, just as he did with his
lottery winnings.
And as the survivors feast on
food they haven't had since the day before the crash, Rose tucks away a candy
bar for Bernard in hopes that he is still out there…somewhere. |
