- Played by Jorge Garcia
BEFORE THE CRASH
- His family: Grandfather is named Tito, Mother is named Carmen Reyes
- Spent time in Santa Rosa Mental Institute as a patient
- Was treated for post-traumatic-stress syndrome with mild schizophrenia caused by an accident he thinks he caused by his weight that lead to the deaths of 2 people
- Created an imaginary friend, Dave (see gallery below), who helped him cope with the accident but at the same time is a destructive influence to him. Dave also seems to encourage Hurley to eat more, causing an eating disorder.
- Received a prescription of Clonazepam which stopped Dave from appearing
- During Hurley's stay, Libby is seen as a patient at the institute.
- Won $114 million in a lottery with numbers he obtained from Leonard in a mental institution: 4 8 15 16 23 42
- By the time of Flight 815, this money had increased to close to $156 million (due to investments and insurance claims of a company of his that burned to the ground)
- Seems to have suffered from bad luck after his lottery win: grandfather died, new house burned, mom broke her ankle, mistaken for a drug-dealer, meteorite hit chicken hut he worked in
- Believes the numbers to be the source of that bad luck
- Bought the box company Locke works for with his winnings
- Gave his old boss Randy at Mr. Clucks a job at the box company, where he become's Locke's boss.
- Traced the numbers to another unlucky man, Sam Toomey, in Australia
- Almost missed the flight, but tenaciously made it on board in spite of several omens warning him to stay off the plane
- Had to buy an extra ticket "for a man of his size" due to Oceanic Airlines policy
- Worked at Mr. Clucks Chicken Shack before winning the lottery
- Had a crush on a girl named Starla who worked at a nearby music store
- Stayed at the same hotel as Charlie in room 2342
- Appears on TV, during a Jin flashback, when Jin delivers the message of his boss
ON THE ISLAND
- His laid-back humor keeps the survivors' spirits up
- Secretly believes his bad luck caused the crash of Flight 815
- Owes Walt $83,000 total for losing in backgammon
- Developed two-hole island golf course
- Took a census of the survivors, revealing Ethan Rom wasn't on plane
- When he sees the numbers on the documents that Sayid took from Rousseau, he sets off on his own to find her, only to be followed by Jack, Charlie, and Sayid
- Hugs Rousseau when she agrees that the numbers are indeed bad luck, as that's all they ever brought her
- Was on the team that went to the Black Rock to get the dynamite
- Panicked when he saw the numbers on the mysterious hatch right before Locke blew it open
- When hyper-ventilating, he recites the numbers
- Tasked with food inventory in the hatch
- Due to stress, he almost blows up the food with a stick of the dynamite, but is talked out of it by Rose
- Throws a party with the food from the hatch because it wouldn't have lasted more than a few days anyway with forty-plus people
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
- Speaks Korean to Jin in one of his dreams
- Took the radio Bernard found in the Arrow bunker and gave it to Sayid
- Has a developing relationship with Libby although he may be hallucinating it
- Has a secret stash of food, that Sawyer knows about which includes Dharma Ranch Dressing, chips, peanut butter, and Apollo candy bars.
- Tried but failed to talk Sawyer out of killing a Tree Frog after he helped him find it
- Due to running out of his medication, his eating disorder resurfaces and he starts imagining Dave again.
- Destroys his food stash at Libby's urging.
- Asks Sawyer for Clonazepam. Sawyer makes a joke out of this and Hurley attacks him.
- Is about to jump off a cliff with Dave, but is stopped by Libby who kisses him.
Theories
- Something doesn't want Hurley on the island, possibly because of his knowledge and fear of the Numbers. First huge obstacles were thrown up to prevent him from getting on the flight, then Dave tries to get him to commit suicide.
- He knows the Shop Clerk(aka Man In The Chicken Suit)
- He owns Widmore Labs/Widmore Construction
- Libby has been stalking him since his days at Santa Rosa
GALLERY
Hurley with Dave, his imaginary friend.
Hruley playing golf on the Golf course.
Hurley dancing on the Golf course.
Hurley kissing Libby.