Lost (TV Series) Everybody Hates Hugo (2005) User Reviews

Who Are "The Others"?

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 15 April 2006]

Jack assigns Hurley to make an inventory of the food, and he brings Rose to the shelter to help him. He recalls when he won the lottery, quited his job and disappointed his best friend. Sayid and Jack explore the shelter trying to find the source of the electromagnetic field. Locke tells Charlie the secret about the shelter. Jin, Sawyer and Michael find that the group that arrested them leaded by Ana Lucia was in the flight 815, and they were twenty three when they crashed the island. Claire finds the bottle with the messages on the beach.

This episode is good, but the ridiculous attitude of Hurley trying to blow the food store is ridiculous. If the group that arrested the raft castaways is also passengers of the flight 815, who are "The Others"? My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): Not Available.

Note: On 26 March 2013, I saw this episode again.

Everybody loves Hugo!

[Andreus3000 · 9/10 · 1 May 2020]

Nice episode with beautiful ending.This episode was for Hugo character and his past.It was time to see hugo's flashbacks.Hugo is the most lovely character and we heard about his worries.For Hugo the most important thing is friendship and relationship and he didn't want to lose these and love of people.I suppose, it's happened,when he won lottery and Hugo doesn't want to reply this situation again.Because of that he made right decision and everybody is happy and love Hugo.

Everybody Loves Hurley

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 29 January 2018]

When 'Lost' was in its prime, it was must-watch television. Remember first watching it, found it remarkably easy to get into, was hooked from the start and was on Season 3 by the end of one week. The general consensus is that the final season is a disappointment and cannot disagree.

"Everybody Hates Hugo" as far as previous Season 2 episodes go is not as good as "Man of Science, Man of Faith" and "Orientation", but to me it's superior to the better than given credit for "Adrift". It is interesting for seeing more development to Hurley, and we do learn thankfully more than we already know about him. It allows Jorge Garcia to shine in the acting department, with a generally again more dramatic side and shine Garcia does.

There are some nice surprising reveals to the on-the-island events, ones that propel the story, mysteries and characters forward rather than making things too much of a filler episode and not doing much with them. The captives subplot is especially intriguing.

All the acting is strong as usual, with Garcia being the highlight.

Like a vast majority of 'Lost' episodes, "Everybody Hates Hugo" is beautifully photographed, as always making the most of the island setting. The music is as always chilling and understated, while clearly a lot of passion was put into a very thought-provoking and smart script and the direction is spot on.

Points are taken off however for the far too silly way Hurley is written and made to act towards the end and that the flashback could have been more consistently compelling and fitted within the rest of the story more.

In summary, very good episode if not outstanding. 8/10 Bethany Cox

"Have a cluckity-cluck-cluck-day, Hugo."

[MaxBorg89 · 10/10 · 1 December 2010]

Everybondy Hates Hugo (an obvious pun on a famous sitcom) comes at just the right time in the outline for Lost's second year: it's a confident mixture of comedy, adventure, mystery and the right amount of weirdness that makes Lost the program it is. Plus, it's all about Hurley, which is always a good thing.

Poor Hugo is involved first-hand in the ongoing events when he's asked to take care of the food inventory inside the Swan station (the hatch's proper name, as established in the previous episode). Despite help from Rose (L. Scott Caldwell), he doesn't think he's up to the task, especially after a weird dream containing the message "Everything is going to change." While he struggles with these problems, Jin, Michael and Sawyer keep dealing with the "Others", who are revealed to be the last remaining survivors from the tail section of Oceanic 815: Ana Lucia, the big and menacing Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, now part of the regular cast like Michelle Rodriguez), Rose's long lost husband Bernard (Sam Anderson, best known for playing less sympathetic roles on ER and Angel), and Libby Smith (Cynthia Watros).

Flashback-wise, the story revolves around Hurley's lottery win and his decision to keep it a secret, partly because of his superstition and partly because he doesn't want anything to change. He quits his job and mentions this to a friend, who promises everything will stay the same. Needless to say, it doesn't...

Having made their debut with the slightly less compelling Born to Run, writing duo Edward Kitsis-Adam Horowitz have a much more assured touch this time, effortlessly exploiting Hurley's comic relief function to make it fit inside the big picture. To do so, they openly acknowledge the show's debt to Twin Peaks with a delightfully twisted dream sequence (with Daniel Dae Kim finally allowed to speak English) and a main plot that really allows Jorge Garcia to make his part a solid element in the main ensemble. Other plot strands are equally well handled, with some fun banter between Sawyer and Ana Lucia (nice M*A*S*H joke) and a fan-pleasing nod to the sexual tension between Jack and Kate. Four words: Evangeline Lilly, shower, towel.

Solid episode, redundant flashback

[ametaphysicalshark · 28 August 2008]

"Everybody Hates Hugo" features one of the more redundant and unnecessary flashbacks on "Lost" and rather silly handling of Hurley's character script-wise towards the end of the episode, but it's not a bad episode at all overall, as we meet the tailies properly for the first time, including Rose's husband Bernard, and we get to see more of the hatch. The flashbacks, while near completely unnecessary, were humorous enough to sustain interest and also served the purpose of being the first example of romance for Hurley, something that would play into season two later on.

The cast are all good here, and there's a solid guest turn from DJ Qualls as well. The episode is directed very well by Alan Taylor, whose work on "Mad Men" and "The Sopranos" attracted a lot of attention recently. He captures the emotional angle of the episode quite well.

"Everybody Hates Hugo" is a more or less inconsequential episode which I hated at the time of the broadcast (let's face it, you wait a whole week expecting "Lost" to do more than 'entertaining and watchable', so even the solid but unspectacular episodes disappoint on first viewing). Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz would go on to do much better later on, but this, like their first effort "Born to Run", isn't hard to sit through.

7/10