Leonard Simms

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Leonard Simms

Portrayed by

Ron Bottitta

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First seen

"Numbers"

Last seen

"Dave"

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Episode count

2

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Leonard Simms

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Origin

Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute

Profession

Former Navy

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Connection

He was a patient with Hurley and Libby at Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute.

Season(s)

S1 - S2 - S3 - MP - S4 - S5 - S6

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Leonard Simms was a U.S. naval officer stationed in the South Pacific before and/or during 1988. With his friend and fellow officer Sam Toomey, Leonard monitored longwave radio transmission at a government listening post.

In 1988, the station picked up a transmission consisting of the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 repeating on a loop. (Danielle Rousseau and her science team also caught the transmission around that same time.) The Numbers stayed with Leonard and Sam. After Toomey used the numbers in a game of chance, a plague of bad luck seemed to befall those around him. Leonard and Sam believed the Numbers to be cursed, driving Sam to suicide, and Leonard to insanity.

At an unknown time, Leonard was admitted to Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute. He spent all of his time playing the game Connect Four with himself, while endlessly repeating the numbers.

Trivia

• Along with Leonard, Hurley and Libby appeared to have been patients at Santa Rosa at the same time.
• Leonard only once stopped repeating the numbers (to the extent of our knowledge) when Hurley told him about the lottery prize. Leonard seemed to sober up, and he frantically warned Hurley of the dangers the numbers carried.
• Leonard greatly resembles a bespectacled, balding patient Charlie Cheswick (played by Sydney Lassick) in the mental institution in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Unanswered questions

• How have The Numbers affected his life?
• Where is Leonard upon Hurley's return to Santa Rosa in 2006?

v • d • e Hugo "Hurley" Reyes Portrayed by Jorge Garcia Centric episodes "Numbers" • "Exodus, Part 2" • "Everybody Hates Hugo" • "Dave" • "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" • "The Beginning of the End" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1 • "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" • "The Lie" • "The Incident, Parts 1 & 2" Mobisodes "The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt" • "Arzt & Crafts" • "Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum on the Golf Course" Flashback characters Father Aguillar • Leslie Arzt • Kate Austen • Blonde Casualty • Dr. Brooks • Camera man • Dr. Curtis • Dave • Ken Halperin • Hunter • Desmond Hume • Penelope Hume • Jacob • Sayid Jarrah • Jenna • Johnny • Lynn Karnoff • Sun-Hwa Kwon • Frank Lapidus • Susie Lazenby • Aaron Littleton • Lottery official • Mary Jo • Marcus • Randy Nations • Nurse • Oceanic ticket agent • Old Scooter Man • Charlie Pace • Pakistani Shop Clerk • Repairman • Reporter • Carmen Reyes • David Reyes • Diego Reyes • Lisa • Security agent • Jack Shephard • Leonard Simms • Shop Clerk • Starla • Tricia Tanaka • Taxi driver • Tito • Martha Toomey • Sam Toomey • Mr. and Mrs. Tron • Winter Flash-forward characters Matthew Abaddon • Kate Austen • Blonde reporter • Sayid Jarrah • Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem • Jeff • Susie Lazenby • Lewis • Aaron Littleton • Walt Lloyd • Michael's mother • Randy Nations • Newsreader • Charlie Pace • Carmen Reyes • David Reyes • Jack Shephard • Mike Walton Items CD player • DHARMA Ranch • DHARMA van • Golf clubs • Stash • Camaro • Guitar case

v • d • e Elizabeth "Libby" Smith Portrayed by Cynthia Watros Flashback episodes "Dave" Flashback characters Dr. Brooks • Susie Lazenby • Hugo "Hurley" Reyes • Leonard Simms Items The Elizabeth See also Santa Rosa Mental Institute • Oceanic Flight 815