Randy Nations

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Randy Nations

Portrayed by Billy Ray Gallion

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Appeared in

"Walkabout"
"Everybody Hates Hugo"
"Tricia Tanaka Is Dead"
"The Beginning of the End"

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Name

Randy Nations

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Status

Alive

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Origin

Los Angeles, California, USA

Profession

Mid-management

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Connection

Hurley's and Locke's boss

Season(s)

S1 - S2 - S3 - MP - S4

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Randy Nations is a middle management boss for whom both Hurley and Locke have worked.

1 Working with Hurley
2 Working with Locke
3 After the rescue of the Oceanic 6
4 Find 815
5 Producers' commentary
6 Trivia
7 Unanswered Questions

Working with Hurley

Randy taunting Locke at the box company.("Walkabout")

While managing Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack, Randy reprimanded Hurley for eating an 8-piece dark meat chicken combo without paying and giving more than two napkins per client. Hurley and Johnny then quit and, later that night, vandalized Randy's property by spelling out "CLUCK YOU" on his lawn with garden gnomes. ("Everybody Hates Hugo")

At an unspecified point in time, Mr. Cluck's closed down, and then was bought and reopened by Hurley, using the money from his lottery winnings. He hired back Randy to work there, but the day before the grand opening, the building was hit by a meteorite and completely destroyed. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")

Randy filming Hurley's car crash. ("The Beginning of the End")

Working with Locke

A short time later, Randy took a job at Hurley's box company in Tustin, California working as Locke's boss. He taunted and belittled Locke, questioning him about Helen and whether he was really a Colonel, and telling him he wouldn't be able to go on a walkabout due to his condition and lack of destiny. ("Walkabout")

After the rescue of the Oceanic 6

After the Oceanic 6 returned to the mainland, Randy, now an employee of Circuit House, is briefly seen video taping the end of Hurley's car chase with a hand-held video camera, albeit with the lens cap still on. ("The Beginning of the End")

Find 815

Sam Thomas received a voicemail from a guy named Richard who worked at 'Randy's office'. It is as yet uncertain if this is the same Randy as the one seen before. Richard and Randy seemed to be financial advisors. Richard's message referenced a box company investment that Randy suggested, and that it had burned down. An insurance payout had come through for Sam, and they wanted to know what to do with it. (Find 815 clues/January 22)

Sam answered straight back to Randy:

“

Randy

I got your message (sorry for the email - I can't make phone calls out here). That's great news about the box company payout - the money'll come in handy now I'm no longer at Oceanic. Let me know what I should do about the tax situation.

Sam

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Producers' commentary

According to the Official Lost Podcast, Hurley gave Randy a job working at his box company because he felt sorry for him after Mr. Cluck's was hit by the meteorite.

Trivia

Randy was given the last name of "Burgess" on the official UK website Lost: The Untold, but the name was canonically confirmed as "Nations" in "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead".
His last name is a reference to Lost writing staff member Gregg Nations.
So far, Randy has appeared once each season.