hugo 'hurley' reyes
Hugo Reyes, more commonly known by his nickname "Hurley", is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. Hurley's father disappeared when he was ten and did not return until almost 17 years had passed. Afterwards, Hurley developed an eating disorder, and after a traumatic accident he was sent to a mental asylum where he started seeing an imaginary person. Ever since, he has changed and has been extremely conscious of his sanity and how people view him. When Hurley won the lottery, he was not overjoyed, instead he was fearful that his life was going to change. Ever since winning the lottery with the mysterious numbers, he has searched for an answer for the curse of bad luck that supposedly plagues him. On the Island, Hurley is typically happy-go-lucky and keeps the spirits of his fellow survivors up. He is also the voice of reason in the group and uses his common sense to solve difficult situations. Eventually, Hurley found that he could not escape the Numbers and after seeing them on the side of the Hatch, knew that opening it would be a bad idea. After struggling with being given the task of dividing up the food in the Hatch and seeing his old imaginary friend on the Island, he was eventually captured by the Others, along with Jack, Kate, and Sawyer as a part of Michael's betrayal but was just released to go back and warn the other survivors not to come for them. Once back at camp, Hurley found an old Dharma Van and got it started again, with the help of Charlie, Sawyer, and Jin, restoring his and the rest of the survivors' optimism. After Charlie died and Jack called the freighter for rescue, Hurley and five other survivors managed to escape the Island by using a helicopter, although they were forced to leave everyone else behind when Ben moved the Island. Hurley tried to carry on happily with his life until he began to see visions of the late Charlie off the Island. Eventually, he was readmitted to the Santa Rosa Mental Institute and conversed with Charlie, along with other deceased people, causing his mental state to deteriorate. He was removed from Santa Rosa by Sayid, and taken to a "safe house", where he was mistaken for a murderer, and was arrested by LA policemen. Hurley was found innocent and released from prison where he was convinced by a man to return to the Island. He boarded Ajira Flight 316 and was flashed to 1977 where he worked as a chef for the DHARMA Initiative. After the detonation of Jughead by Juliet, he survived.