“Jacob: I wanna know why you won't go back to the Island. Hugo "Hurley" Reyes: 'Cause I'm cursed. Jacob: Is that so? Hugo "Hurley" Reyes: Uh-huh. That's why the plane crashed, my friends died--Libby, Charlie. Now they visit me, and I can't make it stop. Jacob: Well, what if you weren't cursed? What i…”
— Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, Jorge Garcia, imdb.com