This Hugo-centric episode gives us a message of hope. Hugo finds a VW bus in the jungle and decides to get it working because he feels he could really use a win after all the bad things that have happened on the island. Hugo is successful in doing so with a little help from Jin and Sawyer and it's a small victory in the grand scheme of things.
Pre-island, Hugo's dad leaves him and his mom to come back 17 years later. He tries to rekindle his relationship with Hugo, but because of his belief in the numbers being cursed, it falls on deaf ears. A news reporter, Trica Tanaka is an unlucky victim of the curse while doing a puff piece about Hugo buying the Mr. Cluck franchise. Hugo decides to seek answers in Australia and his father told him he would be there when he got back. Unfortunately, Hugo doesn't make it back from a long time.
Note: This is the first appearance, I believe, of Roger, a Dharma Work Man aka janitor, who later turns out to be Ben's father.
