These are the facts:
Libby was a grieving widow, in post-traumatic shock from her husband suddenly dying.
Hurley committed himself to Santa Rosa due to the intense grief he was feeling for being on a balcony that collapsed and killed several people.
Hurley can see dead people.
Libby's husband was named David.
Dave tells Hurley to stop taking his meds, to keep eating unhealthy food, and to escape from Santa Rosa. Years later, when Hurley is falling in love with Libby, Dave(who just happens to be around) tries to get Hurley to throw himself from a cliff.
Why is it the two times that Hurley encounters Dave, Libby is just around the corner? Because Dave is staying close to his wife. Coincidentally, they BOTH cross paths with Hurley twice. They are a tandem. They are connected, husband and wife. This is why Libby gives Hurley a bizarre, eerie look when his back is turned...directly after he describes her husband. She's startled.
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In an interview with the writers, Carlton Cuse stated the following:
"The connection between the imaginary Dave and Hurley's father Dave was completely intentional".
"We wanted basically Hurley to imagine a friend and have that be wrapped up in his unresolved relationship with his dad, so that's why his imaginary friend is named Dave".
Mark, I like your theory better than Carlton's answer. I can't beleive I never put Dave and David together.
The Dave episode always seemed strange and brought up questions: who is he? If he's just a figment of Hurley's imagination, why can he hit Hurley with a rock? But when we understand that Hurley can see the dead, it begins to make more sense. I'm no sure how significant this will be in the end (that is, Hurley's ability to see the dead). After all, Miles can communicate with the dead and I thought his ability would be used more often to date.
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