The number 57 is my favorite number and episode 57 of 82 has to be my favorite LOST episode. And that is partly because my favorite character is Hurley and this episode is about him. The first thing we get is a flashback that shows Hurley suffers from the same fate as most our our survivors do, father issues, to wit, he leaves him and his mother at an early age. Off-island we get a bribed psychic and a meteor destroying a fast food restaurant.
While on-island Hurley, with Vincent the dog’s help, discovers an overturned VW van leftover from Dharma. The van’s mummified driver is removed, along with some flat, warm Dharma beer, and Hurley tries to start it – no go, dead battery. But with Charlie riding shotgun, he get Sawyer and Jin to push them down a steep hill to get the van started. It does, and when it does, the 8-track player does too and Three Dog Night’s Shambala blasts from the speakers.