2004

Hugo “Hurley” Reyes (Jorge Garcia) is a successful businessman and philanthropist. His mother sets him up on a blind date, but instead of his intended date, he meets Libby Smith (Cynthia Watros), who tells him that they already know one other and are soul mates. Libby is led away by her doctor (Bruce Davison), who explains she is a resident at a psychiatric institution and has wandered away from a group trip.

Later, Hurley meets Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick), who encourages him to believe Libby, and to find out why she thinks she knows him already. Hurley visits the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute, where Libby tells him that she remembers them meeting following a plane crash on an island. Hurley is unable to remember, but asks her on a date regardless. They share a picnic, and when Libby kisses him, Hurley begins to remember. Desmond observes their date from a distance, before driving off and visiting the school at which Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) and John Locke (Terry O’Quinn) teach. He runs Locke over and drives away.

2007

While visiting Libby’s grave, Hurley is visited by Michael Dawson (Harold Perrineau), who warns him that if the group follows through with their plan to blow up the plane on Hydra Island, many people will die and it will be Hurley’s fault. Ilana (Zuleikha Robinson) collects four sticks of dynamite from the Black Rock. As Hurley voices his concern, the dynamite explodes, killing Ilana. Richard Alpert (Nestor Carbonell) leads the group to collect more dynamite. Hurley sneaks off ahead of them and blows up the Black Rock, destroying the dynamite supply. He claims that Jacob has appeared to him and told him to take the group to Locke. Richard does not believe him, and remains intent on destroying the plane. He takes Ben and Miles (Ken Leung) with him, while Jack (Matthew Fox), Frank (Jeff Fahey) and Sun (Yunjin Kim) remain with Hurley.

Hurley confesses to Jack that he did not really see Jacob, but Jack tells him he knows, and is willing to follow Hurley anyway. The group hear whispers from the jungle, and Michael appears again, explaining that the whispers are the voices of deceased island inhabitants who are unable to move on. He apologizes to Hurley for killing Libby. Elsewhere, Sayid (Naveen Andrews) presents Desmond to the Man in Black, who takes him to an old well and pushes him in. Upon returning to his camp, Hurley’s group arrive to talk to him.

“Everybody Loves Hugo” is the twelfth television episode of the American Broadcasting Company’s sixth season of the serial drama television series Lost and 115th episode overall. The episode aired on April 13, 2010 on ABC in the United States. The title alludes to the season two episode “Everybody Hates Hugo.”

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