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Hurley and the Hot Pocket Outlived Lost’s Wildest Lore
“We never thought in a show that won an Emmy for great drama, the Hot Pocket would rise to meet Locke in a wheelchair, no.”
But the assorted fandom sites dedicated solely to Lost ate it up, with one Television Without Pity commenter summing up the general feeling: “All the crazy things in this show, I focus on the hot pocket, lol.” The show’s marketers knew there was something special about this seemingly random scene — the season-five DVD menu background on disc one plays a shot of Hurley putting the Hot Pocket in the microwave. But while that savory, sauce-filled pastry splattering against a kitchen wall holds a special place in the hearts of many fans, the cast and crew had no idea the random gag would have such staying power.
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