Hurley episodes are generally the lighter side of Lost. But this episode was actually a little more emotional. Everything is different and changing for Hurley in this episode. On the island, he is put in charge of the food they found in the Dharma Station. Off the island, he has won the lottery and no one knows until he is busted at the gas station. We also get to see more of Eko - I mean the Tail Section. And Kate takes a shower, because she is the only one who ever cleans herself!
In Hurley's dream, Jin says "Everything's going to change." Change is something very apparent in this show. And for the sake of this episode, I think I will bring back the "Lost Axiom." So, this change is Lost Axiom #7. Over the course of the show, the characters change, the island changes, the rules change, the game changes. I think change is the progress that Jacob talks about. And I understand change. It happens in life. Things changes. It's scary as hell. So I understand what Hurley is going through here. He doesn't quite get over how it changed and he lost his friend off the island, but on the island is uses that experience and does things how he wants to with the food.
I don't know if they really knew that Hurley would take over on the island at this point. But I find in hilarious when he says things like "Jack put me in charge." And I think that this episode does a great job of showing how awesome Hurley accepts his responsibility and, again, takes care of people. When Hurley lets everyone have at the food and enjoy a little picnic, the Losties are happy. They aren't thinking about the Others or the smoke monster or anything like that. They are just having a nice moment. I had to really hold back the tears right here at this picnic.
I am sorry but to me it seems like Rose always knew everything. On island and flash sideways. She just seems enlightened. She doesn't care about what's going on with the A-team and the hatch, and what it is. She just wants to be on the island, do her laundry and wait for her husband. Because nothing else matters. Her and Bernard are the same way in the flash sideways. They just seem so all knowing all the time. To me, anyway - I could be completely wrong.
It seemed like there was a lot of juxtaposition in this episode. All of the Hurley stuff, learning about the tail section, and then I was just chuckling so much at Jack and Sayid exploring the hatch. They are the ones that caused it! It just makes me laugh so much when they are in the hatch.
Now that Lost is over, I just really cry at it a lot more. The picnic scene was so moving to me - I guess because there aren't that many happy moments in the show. I just don't remember being so sad about it when I first watched it. I was the same way about Boone's death. I did not cry when it first happened but now that it's over I can't stop crying! Not that I don't mind that Lost ended. (I'm ok with it because it needed to.) But Lost just means a lot to me. It makes me think. It makes me happy. It brought a lot of good friends to me and back to me. So, I know that this sounds so sappy, but it's more that just a show to me.
