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Lost Hugo "Hurley" Reyes Biography
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, is a fictional
character on the ABC television series Lost played by Jorge Garcia.
Reyes at times serves as the show's comic relief but episodes focusing
on him portray him in a more serious light.
Prior to the crash
Hugo hails from Miami. As a child, Hurley's father (who was helping
Hurley attempt to fix an old Camaro) left the family, and Hugos'
sadness and self-doubt (believing as many abandoned children do that
his father's leaving was his fault) caused him to gain weight. Later in
life, Hurley was involved in an accident, in which a deck (designed to
hold only 8 people) collapsed as he stepped onto it, killing two
people. Even though there were 23 people on the deck prior to his
arrival, Hugo felt tremendous guilt and sank into a depressive state,
doing nothing but overeating. Worrying about his mental state, Hugo's
mother put him in a mental institution, the same one in which Locke's
mother was once treated, and also where Libby was then a patient. He
met Leonard, a patient who kept mumbling 4 8 15 16 23 42. Hugo also met
and befriended Dave, the only other normal person, in his opinion, in
the asylum, and the two would often create mischief behind the doctors'
backs. However, when Hugo learned that Dave was merely imaginary, Dave
tempted Hugo to break out of the institution; he instead saw Dave out
first before closing the window behind him. Having recovered from his
previous stress, Hugo was released.
Hugo resumed his job at a fast-food restaurant, and moved back in with
his mother. He decided to use the numbers that Leonard kept saying to
play the lottery. While watching television one night, Hurley learned
that he had won a 16-week roll over on the lottery, earning him $114m.
He then quit his job, along with his friend, and embarked on a
care-free day; it came to an abrupt end when his friend learned of his
recent winnings. Since winning the lottery, however, Hugo began
experiencing constant cases of bad luck; his grandfather died while
being interviewed live on television, his brother's wife left him for a
waitress, and the priest at his grandfather's funeral was struck by
lightning. Hugo bought his mother a new house, only to discover that it
had caught on fire, and he was almost immediately arrested after being
mistaken for a drug dealer. Following these mishaps, Hugo's net worth
drastically increased following even more bad luck, including the death
of a well-known news reporter, Tricia Tanaka. It was then that Hugo
suspected the numbers he used to win the lottery were cursed. He
visited the mental institution again to speak with Leonard. Hugo
learned of the origins of the numbers being in Australia.
Before Hugo could make his trek to Australia, he was surprised when his
father returned from his absence and moved back in with Hugo and his
mother. His father teased Hugo about his weight, causing even further
resentment from an already hurt and resentful Hugo. His father
convinced him to go to a psychic to "cure" his curse, but Hugo
discovered (with a well-placed bribe) that his father had paid the
pyschic to lie to Hugo. After this, Hugo gave up on his father and
packed to leave for Australia. However, his father came to him and
confessed that originally he only came back for a piece of Hugo's
money, but then insinuated that he had renewed love for his estranged
wife and son, and then encourages Hugo to do what he wanted to do -
give the money away, saving only enough for the two of them to finally
fix the Camaro and travel to the Grand Canyon, just as they'd always
wanted. Hugo denied his father, who told Hugo that no matter what, he
would still be there when Hugo returned, wanting Hugo to know that he
wanted a relationship.
Once in Australia, Hugo visited the wife of Sam Toomey, the man who
heard the numbers along with Leonard. She revealed that Sam was driven
to suicide to escape his constant bad luck. Hugo attempted to fly home,
but was faced with more obstacles brought on, including a packed
elevator (which Charlie was on), his car running low on gas, and being
delayed at check-in. He eventually made his way to the gate, just in
time to be granted access on the plane. Unfortunately, the plane
crashed- something Hugo believes may be the result of his curse.
After the crash
Season 1
Hurley maintains a friendly persona since the crash. During the chaos
post-crash, Hurley looks after Claire at Jack's request(moving her away
from the crash and keeping watch on her false labor, and later sleeping
next to her during the first night and giving her two helpings of
dinner rather than one) and witnesses first hand Jack's heroics. After
this, Hurley and Jack form a close bond- Jack realizes immediately that
Hurley is a dependable ally, and Hurley recognizes Jack's leadership
capabilities and becomes very loyal. He tries to help out whenever
possible, most noticeably when Jack attempts to treat Edward Mars, but
his hemophobia gets the better of him. He also helps the group by
placing himself in charge of rationing the remaining food and water
from the Plane. He is also shown to be good-hearted, most noticeably
seen when he gives pregnant Claire two
helpings of dinner instead of one, and frequently goes out of his way
to engage other survivors in conversation. Unfortunately, this effort
goes unrequited from castaway Jin, whom Hurley is convinced hates him
for "spoiling his honor" when he refuses to eat sushi Jin has prepared.
He moves into the caves with some of the other survivors, where he
discovers a pack of golf clubs. Inspired, Hurley creates a golf course,
in order to ease the stress and tension from being stranded. It proves
to be a success. When Claire claims to have been attacked one night,
Hurley offers to create a census, asking every survivor their names.
When he has a look at the official flight manifest, which was taken by
Sawyer, he discovers that Ethan was never on the flight, and raises the
alarm.
In one of Jin's flashbacks, where he first goes to send a message to
the safety officer, the officer's daughter is watching TV and Hurley is
seen on it in a white Tee-Shirt getting into a car.
Hurley develops a friendship with Charlie, and the two get along quite
quickly. However, Hurley grows concerned when Charlie's exhibits
strange behaviour, particularly when the two bury Ethan. The next day,
Hurley witnesses Sun's revelation that she speaks fluent English - he
is shocked due to earlier predictions that her husband was the one who
spoke English. When Hurley looks at the maps that Sayid recovered from
Rousseau, Hurley discovers a sheet of paper containing the cursed
numbers. He treks into the jungle in search of Rousseau, with Jack,
Sayid and Charlie in pursuit. After being separated from the rest of
the group, Hurley eventually encounters Rousseau, where she reveals
that the numbers brought her to the island, and agrees that they are
cursed. He later presents
Sayid
with a battery, which was needed for the raft.
That night, during a heart-to-heart, he tells
Charlie about his wealth. Charlie does not take him seriously, and
storms off. Hurley also begins to mend his strained relationship with
Jin by accompanying him on fishing trips, and the two begin to form a
bond. One morning, Rousseau arrives on the beach and warns the camp
that the Others are coming. She then leads Hurley, Jack, Kate, Locke
and Arzt into the jungle, where they make a brief encounter with the
"Monster". They soon arrive at a ship called the Black Rock, which
contains some dynamite. After witnessing Arzt's unexpected demise,
Hurley blames himself due to his consistent bad luck. However, the four
of them return to the hatch, where Hurley, after discovering the
numbers on the side of the hatch, tries to prevent the detonation.
However, the hatch is blown open regardless, and the four of them peer
inside.
Season 2
Hurley is brought into the hatch a few days later, and is given the
task of checking the food inventory, much to his resentment and fear
stemming from his past experiences of losing friends from having what
they don't. He brings Rose in to help him, as she was the only person
not curious about the hatch. After being confronted by
Kate
and Charlie regarding the inventory, Hurley, believing everyone will
hate him, attempts to blow up the food with dynamite, but Rose manages
to talk him out of it. As an alternative, Hurley decides to distribute
the food freely, explaining to Jack that there is no feasible way to
ration it. Jack, trusting Hurley, agrees.
Shortly after the arrival of the tail-section survivors, Hurley takes a
liking to Libby and, after some coaxing, decides to speak to her. The
two bond fairly quickly, despite Hurley finding her remarkably
familiar. However, Sawyer eventually discovers Hurley's secret food
stash, and blackmails him into helping him. Hurley agrees, shrugging
off Sawyer's threats to reveal his stash. One morning, he and Libby go
jogging together, where Hurley, guilty over hoarding food and wanting
to change, decides to tell her about his food stash. The two of them
destroy it together, only to learn of the food drop from the night
before. The Oceanic survivors suggest Hurley take over the rationing of
the food, a suggestion Hurley vehemently opposes. It is then that
Hurley begins seeing his imaginary friend, Dave, from his days at the
mental institution.
He breaks away from Libby and the rest of the camp, and restarts his
eating habits, under the influence of Dave. Dave then leads Hurley to a
cliff-top, convinces him that he is still at the institution in a coma
and says the only way to "wake up" is to jump off the cliff, which he
does himself. Hurley is about to jump when Libby stops him and makes
him see reason. The two kiss before returning to camp. He then plans a
surprise picnic for her, but forgets to bring blankets. Libby offers to
retrieve them for him. After a confrontation with Neil, Hurley learns
of Libby being shot and rushes to her side. She coughs out Michael's
name before dying. Due to a combination of grief and his own natural
passivity, Hurley declines the offer to help Michael rescue Walt from
The Others. However, after speaking at Libby's and Ana Lucia's funeral,
he changes his mind. He sets off, along with Jack, Kate, Sawyer and
Michael across the jungle. During this trek, Hurley is surprised and
disturbed when a
bird flies
overhead screeching what sounds like his name. After Michael is exposed
as a traitor by Jack following a confrontation with The Others, Hurley
angrily and disappointedly confronts
Michael, and later Jack for bringing them along on a mission when
he knew it to be a trap. Eventually, they are led off course by
Michael, and ambushed by The Others. They are tied, gagged and
blindfolded, and brought to a pier. Hurley is released and instructed
to return to his camp and tell his people that they can never come to
this part of the island, something he is reluctant to do, but agrees
after a signal from Jack.
Season 3
Hurley encounters Locke and Charlie on his way back, as well as
Desmond, telling him of Locke's speech to rescue Jack, Kate and Sawyer.
When Locke gives this speech later, after bringing Mr. Eko back, Hurley
suspects Desmond of being able to see the future. Later, he and Charlie
devise a plan to draw the truth from him by getting him drunk, only for
it to backfire when
Desmond angrily tackles Charlie. Later, Hurley follows Vincent into
the jungle, where he discovers an old
DHARMA
van. He attempts to get help in overturning and starting it, but only
manages to convince Jin.
Sawyer
later turns up and Hurley convinces him to help. It is then that Hurley
pulls Charlie out of his depression and convinces him to help,
cementing their friendship. Sawyer and Jin push the bus down a steep
hill where Hurley wishes to jumpstart it. Just as they are about to
crash, Hurley defies his curse chanting "You make your own luck, there
is no curse" and miraculously starts the van. Later on, a cocky Sawyer
bets against the camp that he can beat their best player in Ping Pong.
Hurley ends up being their best, having been a near-championship level
player in the past. He defeats Sawyer, causing him to refrain from
nicknames for a week, which nearly cripples Sawyer in regards to
Hurley.
Later, Hurley and Sawyer discover
Nikki
stumbling out of the jungle, uttering something. He mistakes her for
dead and finds Paulo in the jungle in the same situation. After failing
to find a certain cause of death, Hurley gives them a funeral. He fails
to notice that Nikki had opened her eyes seconds before being buried.
Hurley and Sawyer's burgeoning friendship strengthens when Hurley
essentially cons Sawyer into being decent to his fellow castaways. When
asked why, Hurley confides in Sawyer that he has nominated the conman
to be the camps new interim leader. When Jack, Kate and Sayid return to
the beach with Juliet in tow, Hurley is sent to keep an eye on her. The
next day, Desmond asks Hurley to join him on a hike, along with Jin and
Charlie. On their trek, they notice a parachutist bailing out of her
helicopter, prompting them to head inland. They find Naomi hanging from
a tree, and the four cut her loose.
Hurley accidentally fires one of her flares, attracting Mikhail to the
scene. After he tends to Naomi's injuries, the four carry her back to
the beach, where they hide her in Hurley's shelter. Later, Hurley and
the others are shown Jack's plan to deter the Others from carrying out
their kidnapping. Just as Charlie and Desmond set off to the Looking
Glass, Hurley offers to join them, to which his offer is declined on
account of his weight(in reality, Charlie sends Hurley away because
Hurley will stop him sacrificing himself for the group). He instead
accompanies Claire to the radio tower. That night, he witnesses the
backfire of Jack's plan, but must press on with the other survivors. As
Sawyer and Juliet head back to the beach, Hurley, feeling useless,
again offers his services, where Sawyer once again denies his help,
hurting his feelings. Hurley then heads for the van and drives it onto
the beach, killing a top Other Ryan Price, giving Sawyer and Juliet the
chance to save the rest. Once the other two are neutralized, Hurley
radios Jack and informs him of their success and safety.
Season 4
Hurley and Jack speak on the radio, and Jack tells Hurley they were
successful and that rescue is imminent. Hurley, overjoyed, tells
Bernard about his lottery winnings and that he's certain that since the
world thinks he's dead, he'll finally be free of the money and the
curse. Between this thought and the rescue, Hurley cannonballs into the
ocean in joy. However, when he wades out of the water he sees Desmond
returning to shore with Charlie's message("Not Penny's Boat"). Hurley,
uncaring about anything else, demands to know where Charlie is. Desmond
informs him of Charlie's death, devastating Hurley.
As Desmond, Sawyer, Juliet and Sayid argue about whether or not to
radio a warning to Jack, Hurley takes charge and hurls the radio into
the ocean, nullifying the argument completely. He then suggests they
arm up and go to Jack and warn him in person.
On the way to Jack, Hurley is withdrawn. Sawyer, wishing to help, asks
Hurley if he's alright, in which Hurley responds that he can keep up.
Sawyer presses that that wasn't what he meant, but Hurley declines the
offer of talk. Hurley then falls behind and runs after the group in a
panic, only to find Jacob's mysterious cabin. Hurley sees inside and
runs away, screaming for help, only to bump into Locke.
Locke and Hurley agree that the freighter Jack
called is not rescue and become determined to stop Jack, and Hurley
takes Locke to meet up with the rest. When the groups meet, Hurley
relieves Desmond from telling Claire about Charlie, opting to do it
himself. Hurley and Claire then break down together and embrace.
Afterward, Locke suggests the group take refuge at The Others' village,
an offer Jack refuses. With the group dividing, Hurley takes a stand
and tells Jack that he won't be going with him, citing that he isn't
choosing anyone except Charlie, who sacrificed himself to warn them.
Hurley travels with Locke's group and quickly becomes disturbed by
Locke's ideas and methods, especially when Locke takes freighter member
Charlotte hostage. When Hurley speaks up, Locke bullies him into
falling in line. Once they reach the village, Hurley is convinced to
aid Locke in setting a trap for Sayid and Kate, where he pretends he
has been exiled from the group for disobeying Locke. Once Sayid, Kate
and Freighter member Miles are captured, Hurley apologizes to Sayid
while keeping a safe distance, despite Sayid's assurances that he won't
harm him.
Hurley is put in charge of bringing Miles food, and eventually aids
Kate in getting in to see Miles, albeit unwittingly at first. Once the
group settles in, Hurley and Sawyer become room mates in their
designated Other-House by Locke, something that irks Sawyer a bit.
Later, Hurley is present at the group meeting at Locke's house; there,
he learns that the freighter's crew plans to kill everyone on the
Island after they capture Ben.
Hurley is present playing RISK with Sawyer and Locke when the phone
alert rings. He gets Aaron and hides in Bens house with everyone. He's
the first to notice Claire's house was blown up and places Aaron in a
safe makeshift crib. Once Sawyer arrives back with a disoriented
Claire, Ben denies Hurley to open the door for
them, so Hurley breaks the window to let them in, despite Ben's
protests. Later Hurley follows Ben's instructions and flees the house
with everyone else. When they go outside and see the monster he asks
"Did you call that thing?" before he and the others escape to the
treeline. Once Ben catches up to them, Locke and Sawyer argue over who
is keeping Hurley when Sawyer decides he's going back to Jack and the
beach. Hurley convinces them to stop arguing and goes with Locke and
Benjamin to find Jacob.
Hurley refuses to actually meet Jacob, leaving Locke to venture in
alone. Afterward, Hurley follows Ben and Locke to the Orchid Station,
where Ben and Locke must move the Island. After Ben "turns himself in"
to distract Keamy and his men (sent by Charles Widmore), Locke attempts
to find the secret passage that leads to the actual station, while
Hurley looks on. Sawyer and Jack finds him; Hurley is delighted both
are still alive. After Locke and Jack argue about the Island, Ben, who
escapes the mercenaries, tells Jack and his companions to leave the
Island. Hurley follows them to the helicopter, where Lapidus is
waiting. Hurley, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, and Lapidus then fly off
the Island, towards the freighter. After a series of tense events, the
chopper, which cannot land on the freighter, since it exploded, and the
Island, which vanishes, the crew takes refuge on a raft. An impressed
Hurley remarks Locke did move the Island, a concept Jack disagrees
with. Penelope Widmore's rescue boat rescues them, and Hurley, along
with the rest of the Oceanic Six, move on to Sumba, where civilization
awaits them.
After the island
After leaving the island, Hurley and the other survivors are
transported by cargo plane to a military base. During the flight, a
representative of Oceanic Airlines, Karen Decker (Michelle Forbes)
informs them that their families will be waiting at the base, along
with reporters, who have begun calling the survivors the Oceanic Six.
Hurley along with most of the others are reluctant to speak to the
reporters, so Jack volunteers. Jack also reiterates their story, and
what they are supposed to do. Upon landing, Hurley is reunited with his
parents. He is also present when Oceanic Airlines holds a press
conference to tell the survivors' story. A reporter questions them as
to why they all look so healthy, having been on an island for over four
months, and Hurley takes this to be a question of why he is still
over-weight. The reporter denies this, asking him how it feels to get
all of his money back. Hurley says that he doesn't want any of it back,
claiming it is bad luck. Later he returns home to his mansion to find
it deserted. Growing concerned after finding a coconut on his floor and
hearing strange whispers, he follows the sound and picks up a gold
statue of Jesus as a makeshift weapon. He asks himself "Why am I doing
this?" twice. When he opens the door where he hears the whispers coming
from, he is greeted with a surprise birthday party thrown by his
parents. Ironically, it is a party with tropical island theme. There he
meets Aaron and Kate, who comments that Jack is running late. He also
Meets Sayid and Nadia. Sayid comments that the party has an
"Interesting choice of theme". Hurley replies that that his mom "really
doesn't get it." Hurley's father then appears, wanting to show him his
birthday present. It is Hurley's old Camaro, which his father fixed-up
after the crash as a memorial to Hurley. His father asks if he wants to
take it for a spin, and Hurley jumps at the idea. However, when he gets
in the car, he notices that the mileage is set to the Numbers. This
greatly disturbs Hurley, and he accuses his father of making a joke.
His father denies it, but Hurley is so disturbed that he runs away,
yelling about how he doesn't want "Any of it".
When Sun,
another member of the six, has her baby, Hurley arrives in Korea to
congratulate her. He asks Sun if any of the others are coming. When
answered in the negative, Hurley responds "Good". He and Sun then go to
visit her husband Jin's grave.
Later, Hurley sees something in a convenience store that greatly
disturbs him. He runs for it, drives off, and leads the police on a
long chase, something which Jack watches on television. Hurley is
arrested and repeatedly cries that he is a member of the Oceanic 6.
Hurley is brought to the police station, where Ana-Lucia's old partner
Mike Walton, now a Detective, heart brokenly asks Hurley if he knew Ana
Lucia Cortez (suggesting a romantic attraction). Hurley guiltily lies
and claims to have never met her. Walton leaves, and Hurley looks onto
the two-way mirror and sees Charlie drowning with the words "THEY NEED
YOU" written in marker on his hand, much like the words "NOT PENNYS
BOAT" were written in the finale of the third season. The mirror breaks
and water come pouring out, and Hurley screams for help. Walton comes
back in and sarcastically suggests that he can put Hurley in a mental
hospital, something which Hurley quickly jumps at, especially when he
sees that the whole thing had been an illusion. Hurley then goes to
Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute where he is approached by a man
named Matthew Abbadon, who claims to be an attorney for Oceanic
Airlines. He asks Hurley if he would like to transfer to a nicer place
with an ocean view, but Hurley denies the offer, not wanting to ever
see the Ocean. Hurley, suddenly suspicious of Abaddon, then asks for a
business card, which Abaddon claims he left at home. Abbadon, looking
sinister, asks Hurley is anyone else is still alive. Hurley then freaks
out and calls for a nurse. When Hurley goes to point him out, he has
left the room.
When Hurley is sitting on the grounds one day, he is approached by none
other than Charlie. Hurley thinks he's going crazy again knowing that
Charlie is dead. Charlie eventually convinces Hurley to sit down.
Charlie admits to Hurley that he is indeed dead, but that he is also
there. Hurley then tells Charlie he freaked out in the convenience
store because he saw him there. Charlie then tells him that "They need
you." Hurley closes his eyes and counts to five and Charlie is gone.
Later, Jack (a much more stable and clean shaven one than seen in
Through the Looking Glass) comes to see Hurley where they play a game
of HORSE. Hurley, while glad to see him, knows that Jack isn't there to
visit him and asks why he is there. Hurley thinks he's there because
Jack thinks he's crazy and "is going to tell". Jack at first pretends
that he's not there for this reason, but eventually fesses up. Jack
then decides to leave. Hurley then apologizes to Jack about choosing to
go with Locke instead of him, and Jack forgives him. Hurley then
suggests that the Island wants them back, and that they should listen.
Jack says that they never will go back. Hurley responds with,"Never say
never, dude."
In Something Nice Back Home, Hurley's mental condition has
deteriorated, and has refused to take his medications or participate in
therapy sessions. Hurley's Doctor contacts Jack, who comes and visits
him. Hurley insists to Jack that none of them really made it off the
island and that they are all dead. As the conversation continues,
Hurley opens a note which he claims is a message from Charlie. Hurley
tells Jack that Charlie wanted him to know that "You are not supposed
to raise him, Jack", in reference to Claire's son Aaron. Jack visibly
becomes upset and warns Hurley to start taking his medications again.
Hurley tells Jack that someone will be coming to visit him too.
In There's No Place Like Home, Hurley is visited by Walt who reveals
that Jeremy Bentham visited him even though none of the Oceanic 6 had
done so. Later, Hurley is visited by Sayid who is intent on taking
Hurley from the mental institution. Hurley is afraid Sayid wants to
take him back to the island and mentioned an encounter with Jeremy
Bentham. Sayid only says he is taking Hurley to someplace safe but not
the island. Before leaving, Hurley "talks" to Mr. Eko about the chess
match they were playing prior to him leaving. Whether this is the
result of Eko actually being there in some way where only Hurley could
see him but not Sayid or if Hurley has indeed suffered another mental
sickness relapse is unknown.
Season 5
Hurley is accompanied by Sayid after he is broken out of the mental
institution. Hurley is shocked to discover that Sayid was working with
Ben, but a hostile Sayid tells him to do the opposite of what Ben says,
if he should ever cross paths with him again. Sayid takes him to an
apartment building, only to discover there are dangerous men inside
waiting for Sayid to enter. Sayid fights with them, throwing one off
the balcony and killing the others, but gets shot by a tranquilizer
dart in the process. Hurley approaches the balcony, seeing the dead man
below him, and picks up a gun. His photo is taken by onlookers below.
Hurley then becomes an infamous suspect for the murders of the men in
the apartment.
In The Lie, Hurley is speeding down the road with an unconscious Sayid,
but is pulled over by the police. The policewoman approaching Hurley
appears to be a hallucination of Ana Lucia Cortez, who informs him of
how to avoid the cops, and that he has "work to do". Hurley immediately
finds a change of clothes at a convenience store, and then goes to his
parents' house. Finding their house as the only place of refuge, Hurley
confesses to his parents what happened to him on the island and that
the Oceanic Six have been lying. Hurley's father takes the unconscious
Sayid to Jack, the only doctor that Hurley can trust (who manages to
revive Sayid). Hurley hides inside his house as two policemen are
stationed outside on the possibility that Hurley might be inside.
While alone in his house, Hurley is approached by Ben Linus, who
stealthily avoided the policemen outside. Ben peacefully asks Hurley to
come with him so they can go back to the island, to which Hurley
declines, remembering that Sayid told him to do the opposite of what
Ben wants. Hurley runs outside of his house, confessing to the murders
that Sayid committed, and is arrested, just to get away from Ben.
A few days later Hurley arrives at LAX airport planning to return to
the island along with Jack, Sun, Kate and Sayid, when asked why he is
coming Hurley responds someone other then Ben told him too. Before
boarding Hurley buys all of the plane tickets to ensure no one would
die, though a few people were still onboard. While flying the plane is
suddenly enveloped in a bright light.
Return to the Island
Hurley is shown to have survived the "crash" and is saved by Jack from
drowning before reuniting with Kate and meeting a DHARMA-jumpsuit
wearing Jin who drives them to Sawyer. Hurley, Jack and Kate all step
out of the van seeing Sawyer for the first time in three years.
