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Synopsis

While eating profuse amounts of food in the bunker's pantry, Hurley is confronted by Jin, who seems to be speaking perfect English, and a man in a chicken suit. When questioned about his newfound mastery of the language, Jin informs him that, Hurley is speaking Korean, to which Hurley responds, "I am?" in Korean, with English subtitles. Hurley asks Jin about the man in the chicken suit and Jin warns Hurley that everything will change, a response Hurley seems not to understand. The man in the chicken suit starts blinking in time to the beeps of the station's alarm. Jin wishes Hurley a "cluckety cluck-cluck day" and then the man in the chicken suit shouts "Hurley!" with Kate's voice, signifying the transition as Hurley awakens from a dream. When Kate asks if he was sleeping, Hurley replies that he was not. Kate then informs Hurley that it is time to enter the code and that the numbers are written on a piece of paper taped to the computer in case he forgot them.

The flashbacks reveal the events immediately following Hurley's discovery of his winning lottery numbers. Opting to keep his ticket to instant wealth a secret, he is lectured by the manager of Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack for eating food without paying for it. Hurley quits, and his friend Johnny does likewise. The pair visit a record store, where they sing part of the lyrics to the Drive Shaft's song, "You All, Everybody", as they flip past the CD in the "One Hit Wonders" section. Hurley asks an attractive salesgirl for a date to a The Hold Steady concert, which to both his and Johnny's surprise, she accepts. Later, the two friends steal a vanload of garden gnomes and use them to spell out "Cluck You" on the lawn of their former employer. Hurley asks his friend to promise that they will never change, and Johnny does so; immediately after, his friend notices a news crew at a local gas station and pulls in to see what's happened. The reporters have arrived because they know the winning lottery ticket was bought at that location; the clerk recognizes Hurley and points him out. Johnny is stunned, and his expression clearly reveals that, despite his promise, everything has changed.

Hurley struggles with the task of food rationing. Charlie asks Hurley if the bunker contains food, specifically peanut butter for Claire, but Hurley stonewalls him. Charlie storms off. Hurley decides to enlist Rose to help him inventory.

Meanwhile, Jack and Sayid attempt to excavate the sealed-off portion of the facility. The concrete walls seem to be impenetrable, and Sayid remarks that a similar technique was used to protect against the effects of the Chernobyl accident. Behind the walls is apparently something with a very strong magnetic field.

Sawyer, Michael and Jin learn that their captors are survivors from the tail section of the plane and are taken to a hidden concrete bunker site-- which appears to be a Dharma Initiative Station— which they use for sanctuary. Although the station appears derelict or incomplete, The Dharma Initiative logo appears clearly on several walls. A woman named Libby says that there were 23 survivors from the tail section of the plane, but it is clear that many have since died. Bernard, Rose's husband, is one of the survivors still living.

Claire discovers the bottle of messages from the raft floating near the beach. She asks Shannon what to do, and the pair conclude that Sun should be the one to make the decision. Sun opts to conceal this new fact and buries the bottle.

Hurley becomes less certain of his ability to ration the food in a manner that keeps everyone happy. Hurley attempts to quit, but Locke refuses to permit this. Hurley then recovers the unused sticks of dynamite and prepares to blow up the food. When Rose asks him what he's doing, he explains that the food, newfound wealth to the survivors, will change everything and everyone will come to hate him, just like things changed when, in a flashback, everyone knew he won the lottery - the guy who in Hurley's dream wears the chicken suit is the one who shows to the reporters that Hurley won the jackpot. Rose talks him down from this rash act. Later, Hurley informs Jack of his decision not to ration the food. Jack accepts this. The food is instead distributed freely and the survivors enjoy an enormous feast. Everyone appreciates Hurley's generosity, including Charlie, who gives his benefactor a Hurley-like hug of reconciliation (he can finally give Claire the one thing she has been craving: a jar of peanut butter).

Trivia

Walts face could be seen on the milk bottle which was drunken by Hurley.

Questions

  • How did the clerk know that Hurley had the winning ticket? It is unlikely the clerk would remember Hurley's numbers and that Hurley was the one who purchased them. Mere seconds earlier the clerk seemed to have no idea who had the winning ticket.
  • Most modern convenience stores have at least one security camera. With major lottery games such as the "Mega Lotto Jackpot" with high cash prizes, they will know the exact time the ticket was sold, and at what location. If they can match the time the ticket was sold with the security cameras in the store, they would have a fairly accurate description (and possible photographs) of the winning ticket owner.
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