dave lost dave 43rd episode lost 18th episode second season episode directed written aired april abc flashbacks hugo reyes mental institution deals imaginary friend dave brief flashback episode revealing attended institution island events present day seeing dave island survivors confront stated backstory revealed false episode addresses fan theory considered events series dreams character dave written denied problems disappeared father scenes filmed reveal imaginary plot twist plot flashback mental institution friends dave tells ignore doctors avoid medication try escape day doctor brooks proves dave real taking photo showing dave picture later night dave wakes escape institute dave window confronts declares dave real window going bed later flashback reveals moment brooks took picture dave patient staring room explains faint recognition island island confesses eating disorder shows food expresses interest getting rid encourages destroys supplies survivors jungle following enormous package food sky suggestion charge supplies sees dave tries follow goes jungle loses dave trail twice mocking decides leave beach caves way dave reappears tells happened night escape attempt fantasy dave escaped went state imagined proof dave points appearances numbers said intern winning lottery ticket hatch computer number sequence dave takes cliff tells jump dream jumping decide follow dave finds states believes happening real dream including convinces kissing hatch henry new cover story proved false henry finally admits says killed talks later terry quinn confronts prisoner demanding know let caught thinking find swan henry calls hatch joke saying entered numbers computer pushed button simply stood watched numbers turn red reset replies angrily henry lying replies lying production abc concerned content episode arguing idea story head offering explanation recurring theory events series character dave meant felt problem encourages played way director described like revealed comes father later appear series played writers wanted imagine friend wrapped unresolved relationship dad final scene secret assistant director scripts prevent woman mental institution woman set including daughter dressed robes appear background characters director decided depict dave way audiences believe real character actually interacting physical world similar films sixth sense beautiful mind scene dave walks jungle red orange flowers placed add magic scene described wonderland feel scene intended humorous moment suggesting tent knocked adding trying escape pulled scene dave starts listing island events occurring mind suffered continuous military exercises led takes ruined plane noises weather problems plagued production loud waves causing beach scene post production rain day changing location basketball game scene indoor court leading second day filming cliff cliff digitally redesigned post production appear actors standing edge dave jump making stunt double jump body hitting water resulting splash rendered computer graphics mental hospital shot honolulu brooks office inside studio reception million american viewers tuned episode reviews mixed entertainment_weekly praised performances said episode island feel dangerous squad felt story hatch interesting scenes considered dave depressing opposition light hearted centered episodes ign gave episode considering entertaining doesn impact series website later ranked dave 9th worst lost episode describing meaningless saying flashback felt pretty new_york magazine listed dave sixth pointless episodes lost list considering episode theory wasn prevalent waste time hand los_angeles_times ranked episode 30th best series describing misunderstood episode lost saying dave real meant twist biggest expression found island
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