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Post by Annie on Dec 24, 2005 11:32:31 GMT -5
Does anyone know what happened to Hurley's dad? I don't recall any conversations or comments about him. His mom reminds Hurley that they are Catholic at one point. She seems religious in a way (Jesus on the phone). I doubt if it was divorce. Hurley was in the mental hospital and did say he "put his family through a lot recently." Anybody got any ideas? We have all the time in the world to dink around with stuff like this.  |
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Post by Jack on Dec 24, 2005 12:59:26 GMT -5
Maybe his dad is Lenny.
I can't remember how old Lenny is, it's just a guess off the top of my head.
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Post by Jay on Dec 24, 2005 15:47:42 GMT -5
No I bet he is a dead beat dad. or something like that.
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Post by heyes on Dec 24, 2005 16:31:47 GMT -5
I actually wondered fleetingly about this while watching Walkabout. During the whole "Charlie the fisherman" B-story, Charlie and Hurley are in the water and not having any luck. Charlie says, "I thought you said you knew how to fish!" To which Hurley replies, "Yeah, when it's with my old man off the harbor with a fishing pole!" Now...I hate to be nit picky, but he IS using the imperfect tense when he says "fishing". Implying that his father is still alive. Granted, they probably changed Hurley's story around a bit since that line or the sentence itself just wasn't grammatically correct, but it's still something to chew on.
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Post by xeo on Dec 25, 2005 18:00:51 GMT -5
maybe he too got smashed by a meteor..just like mr clucks..
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Post by Laura on Dec 27, 2005 20:11:31 GMT -5
maybe Hurley was somehow responsible for his father's death, which is why he was in a psychiatric hospital ?
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Post by Jay on Dec 27, 2005 21:25:03 GMT -5
I like that viewpoint laura
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Post by evilgus on Dec 31, 2005 14:34:46 GMT -5
Yeah, when it's with my old man off the harbor with a fishing pole; Now...I hate to be nit picky, but he IS using the imperfect tense when he says "fishing". Implying that his father is still alive. I don't see where you're coming from with that. If his father had died, would he call it a fish pole or something? Wheeesh, over my head. |
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Post by Annie on Dec 31, 2005 14:51:06 GMT -5
Maybe Hurley's dad is permanently in a mental institution. After all, mental illness does tend to run in families.
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Post by heyes on Jan 1, 2006 20:09:29 GMT -5
Whoops, I screwed up. You're right evilgus "fishing pole" is a noun and not subject to tenses. I'm terrible with grammer and I'm forgetting the right word here. Any English teachers want to help me out?
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Post by Annie on Jan 2, 2006 10:41:28 GMT -5
What are you guys even talking about?? If you think our geography is bad, don't even get started on our grammar!
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Post by heyes on Jan 2, 2006 19:51:13 GMT -5
I take Latin...tenses have been hammered into my brain since seventh grade...for some reason that's the only part of the language I remember. |
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