I had forgotten all about Hurley being captured as well. But after being reminded, maybe there is something to the fact that the Others kept the 3 that have some kind of really negative flaw in their character. Although Jack is a Dr. and supposedly "good" as opposed to Sawyer and Kate, we see in his back story that he has a very negative character flaw as in obsessive/stalker.Hurley on the other hand is an innocent, and therefore "good."
This could be in favor of the idea that the Others are good and are trying to teach the 3 lessons they need to learn.
On the other hand:
Juliet is an interesting character as well. She seems almost to be the one from the Others who might crack. She seemed to be loosing it in the beginning, which suggests that not all is bliss within the Others and that Henry Gale is a dictator controlling type of person who has the Others brainwashed.
I agree with others that the Jack back story is getting old and uninteresting.
Tribey Rocks!