If there was a point to be made with this story I thoroughly missed it. The ending in which Lieutenant Shea (Theodore Newton) dismisses Hurley (Robert H. Harris) as a 'nut' suggests that he didn't intend to pursue the investigation of the license plate number recalled by Dana Edwards (Biff McGuire). That number was actually correct if you go back and check the scene where Edwards rushes out of the diner to see what happened to his fiancé (Rachel Ames). I also question the matter of Edwards' guilt over not being the one to retrieve Laura's purse from the car, if anything he should have been remorseful for not taking her suggestion to use the parking space by the diner. Where he left the car actually did seem dangerously close to passing traffic. Perhaps the creepiest thing about this episode was that Edwards was still living with his mother (Katherine Warren), how weird was that? Where were he and Laura going to live after they were married in two days? I don't know, the whole story was convoluted to me, with no explanation ever being offered by Hurley for his intrusion into Edwards' life. I guess he WAS a nut.
Review of The Hidden Thing
