Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Jorge Garcia. Reyes at times serves as the show's comic relief but some episodes focus on him in a more serious light.
Hurley was born in Miami, Florida but the family moved to Santa Monica, California later on. As a child, Hurley's father (who was helping him attempt to fix an old Camaro) left the family, and Hugo's sadness and self-doubt (believing as many...
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Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Jorge Garcia. Reyes at times serves as the show's comic relief but some episodes focus on him in a more serious light.
Hurley was born in Miami, Florida but the family moved to Santa Monica, California later on. As a child, Hurley's father (who was helping him attempt to fix an old Camaro) left the family, and Hugo's sadness and self-doubt (believing as many abandoned children do that his father's leaving was his fault) caused him to gain weight. Later in life, Hurley was involved in an accident in which a deck (designed to hold only 8 people) collapsed as he stepped onto it, killing two people. Even though there were 23 people on the deck prior to his arrival, Hugo felt tremendous guilt and sank into a depressive state, doing nothing but overeating. Worrying about his mental state, Hugo's mother put him in a mental institution, the same one in which Locke's mother was once treated, and also...
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