Upon watching the episode for the billionth time, something occurred to me:

Dr. Stillman called Jack about the problems they were coming up against with Hurley's treatment. Why? Is he listed as Hurley's emergency contact? If so, what happened to the rest of the Reyes clan (mom, brother, etc.)? I doubt it has anything to do with Jack being a doctor, as it seemed more like Stillman was reaching out to Jack because he [Jack] was Hurley's friend/family, and not because he simply wanted Jack's professional opinion...

I know Charlie predicted Jack's visit, but neither he nor Hurley triggered it (i.e. Hurley didn't ask his doctor to call Jack in) -- so why, then, was Jack called and not one of Hurley's blood relatives when a problem arose?

:confused:

Just curious.

I suppose his family could have been called, we just don't see it. Maybe the doctor knew they were friends, and knew that they had shared the trauma of being Lost, and realized that Jack might be effective in helping Hurley. Also the fact that Jack is a medical doctor probably gives him a little more clout.

There's nothing to indicate that the doc didn't contact Hurley's family as well and that they just came to see him at a different time. It didn't seem unnatural to me at all that he would think to involve Jack, since the two of them survived a major traumatic experience together.

I dont think of it as Jack being the emergency contact, but more like, he's a friend and he'd asked to be notified of his well-being, response to treatments etc. Because he's a prestigious doctor, they listened to him.

I was thinking about this as well. There has never been any mention of Hurley's family in any of the scenes at Santa Rosa. I assume it'd be close enough to home as that is the place his mother put him into in the first place.

Before Hurley left to goto Australia his father told him that they, his parents, would be at home for when he comes back. Hurley left because he was running away from his curse. If he hasn't gone back to his home he probably thinks he's still affected by the curse and so intentionally stays away from his mother. I can't imagine that his mother is oblivious to his return, so he must have pushed her away again for her own safety.

I don't know where Hurleys family is, but I do think it's trange that every one feels so much stuff happens off camera. That we are just suppose to guess that his family has been called.

When you have a million people watching a show. You have a million different guesses as to what has happend.

I'm thinking until his family is brought up. We really don't know if they have been called or know where Hurley is.

I was thinking about this as well. There has never been any mention of Hurley's family in any of the scenes at Santa Rosa. I assume it'd be close enough to home as that is the place his mother put him into in the first place.

Before Hurley left to goto Australia his father told him that they, his parents, would be at home for when he comes back. Hurley left because he was running away from his curse. If he hasn't gone back to his home he probably thinks he's still affected by the curse and so intentionally stays away from his mother. I can't imagine that his mother is oblivious to his return, so he must have pushed her away again for her own safety.

That's the thing. The family's absence is conspicuous, even though there's no hard evidence to prove that they're not present in times we're not with Hurley. But I just feel like they're not...

If each episode was 24 hours and it was on everyday, I'm sure we would have seen his parents visit him, there are time constraints people, besides what relevance would they have? They are only important to Hurley, they are not important to the overall mythology of the show, while I would like to see them again, I'm not holding my breath for it.

Laurieg, as I said above their are time constraints, and if it doesn't do anything to advance the story it would be a waste of time, we have to assume certain things, that the losties talk to each other, now anyways, and other certain obvious things, otherwise each episode would be half full of things that are obvious to some of us.

Yeah, they're only important to Hurley, but his doctor would normally call them first, not a friend.

Maybe part of Hurley's downfall after he starts being haunted (he refused to believe it at first just like Jack and maybe the car chase was just the culmination of destructive behavior) is that he pushes his family away and specifically asks for them not to be allowed to see him?

Yeah, they're only important to Hurley, but his doctor would normally call them first, not a friend.

Maybe part of Hurley's downfall after he starts being haunted (he refused to believe it at first just like Jack and maybe the car chase was just the culmination of destructive behavior) is that he pushes his family away and specifically asks for them not to be allowed to see him?

Could be. Maybe he's at a point where the only people he believes are real, besides him, are the rest of the O6. That could explain Jack being listed as the emergency contact.

I realize they can't show everything, but somethings can't be left up to the viewer to guess at.
One that is on a lot of other threads.
Who has been named as Aarons father?
Alot of people just assume it's Jack or Kate has told the world none of their business. To me that is an important bit of information. I feel untill we have an answer, we really don't know.
I'm there too with Hurleys family. The poor guy thinks he is dead. Who better to bring in then the people he loves and trusts most?
That is why I don't think we are suppose to assume they are in and out off camera.

Maybe part of Hurley's downfall after he starts being haunted (he refused to believe it at first just like Jack and maybe the car chase was just the culmination of destructive behavior) is that he pushes his family away and specifically asks for them not to be allowed to see him?

Possible. Hurley is living a lie, and perhaps he doesn't want to see his family because he apparently has to lie about 815. Michael is estranged from his mother, so why not Hurley from his family?

I'm not sure why it's important who is being named as Aarons father. If what I think is the case, that the world knows that Aaron isn't Kates natural child, and that Kate has him because of a dieing declaration made by Claire, then it wouldn't matter who his father was, besides Thomas clearly wanted nothing to do with him or his mother. Now if they are saying that Kate is Aarons natural mother than I don't know what the story of who his father is, although I don't think it actually matters who his father is, because he is in good hands with his mother. But is the doctor calling Hurleys family just so they can come and say hi and try to convince him to take meds even relevant to the story, no it itsn't, like I said it would be a waste of time, but showing us Jack going to see him is completely relevant and maybe even integral to the story.

I also suspect that there is the money issue. Hurley did not want to be associated with that money. He believed that it's association with the numbers was a curse. It stands to reason that his family inherited his money after everyone assumed they were dead. Maybe he gave them an ultimatum, me or the money. And they're like, "He's crazy. He'll change his mind later."

Hurley's current problems seem to be all about his seeing dead Charlie, and that's what first put him over the edge with the car chase. Talking about that to the shrinks is useless, so that's the reason for Jack as the emergency contact. His family might be visiting but they couldn't do him much good, and we wouldn't get anything story-wise from it.

and we wouldn't get anything story-wise from it.

And in the end, this explains the scene, of course.

Yeah, they're only important to Hurley, but his doctor would normally call them first, not a friend.

Maybe part of Hurley's downfall after he starts being haunted (he refused to believe it at first just like Jack and maybe the car chase was just the culmination of destructive behavior) is that he pushes his family away and specifically asks for them not to be allowed to see him?
Could be lots of answers to the OP's question...
His parents may or may not have been contacted. I don't think that really is of significance since Hurley is an adult. When Hurley was first admitted after crashing the car, he went voluntarily and was taking his meds. He could have listed Jack as his ER contact. But, I think Jack was called bec/ more than likely he has been involved in Hurley's care...not as an MD necesarily but as a good friend. I imagine Hurley's psychiatrist was hoping Jack could convince him to take his meds.

Possible. Hurley is living a lie, and perhaps he doesn't want to see his family because he apparently has to lie about 815. Michael is estranged from his mother, so why not Hurley from his family?

This makes the most sense to me, b/c we've already seen it with Michael and his mother. Estrangement from family might have been one of the conditions of the 06's returns.

Also, the 06's have to be tracked everywhere, wouldn't you think? There could be some other puppetmaster stuff going on behind the scenes (witness the scene where Abaddon is "stalking" Hurley in the hospital.) Hurley is in a terribly vulnerable position right now. It may be that bringing Jack in to talk to Hurley (just take those meds, Hurley, shut up, and don't reveal what I was nervous about back when I visited you before) is part of keeping the 06's "under wraps."

Didnt the doctor say that Hurley thought he ( thoe doctor) was imaginary? Im guessing if Hurley thought the doctor was imaginary mabye he thinks his family is too. Mabye the doc is hoping he will listen to Jack as some kind of last resort, like they tried having his family talk to him but he didnt listen because they are not real. Jack also had to be on his visiting list so they had his info to contact him.

~~Puzzled

Don't forget this was a Jack flashforward, too, so naturally we would only see the Hurley relevant scenes where Jack was there.

I dont think of it as Jack being the emergency contact, but more like, he's a friend and he'd asked to be notified of his well-being, response to treatments etc. Because he's a prestigious doctor, they listened to him.I believe that unless Jack is listed as Hurley's medical Doctor, they would not discuss Hurley's case with him unless he was either 1. consulting staff at the psychiatric clinic or 2. they had a written legal release allowing them to discuss Hurley's case with him or 3. possibly Hurley made a direct request for them to do so which does not fit the scene. Just being a known friend doesn't cut the mustard where patient privacy laws are concerned.

Don't click unless you really want to know the answer/spoiler, but

Both Hurley's mom and dad are in the finale according to the cast list