Testimonials

Nathan and Niki/Jessica/Tracy reunite. She proposes that Congressman Petrelli jump to the head of the class as a Senator. She reveals she's an advisor to the Governor, and that they want him to fill the seat left by someone's untimely death. Blame the Mafia, or Future Peter for that one. Nathan is amazed to see Tracy so classy, because he still thinks she's Niki, and calls her by that name. Niki/Tracy seems genuinely confused (good try, Ali Larter) that he's calling her Niki, and Nathan tells her to cut the crap. He mentions that they had a good time in Vegas, and Tracy's having serious cognitive dissonance. It's hard to keep track of who's visited your ladyparts, sometimes.

She reasserts that she's not Niki, and I keep thinking that Tracy Strauss is the equivalent of a killer Blonde VPILF-in-training. Tracy throws the Senator offer on the table, and leaves Nathan to marvel and mull it over.

Dude, Linderman is back. Malcom McDowell is a badass because he played Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, the role that had him forever typecast as a psychopathic lead villain. Not too shabby. Nathan asks Linderman who the hell is Tracy Strauss, and what happened to Niki. Linderman reveals that Tracy may truly have no idea who Niki is, and that there's perhaps a reason for that, someone offering Nathan the chance of a lifetime. Oh yes, the God's Plan reason. It explains everything - global warming, famine, the existence of Crocs (ugly as sin, don't put them on your feet, I don't care how comfortable you think they are, they are colorful plastic rain gutters). Nathan, despite his recent spiritual awakening, tells Linderman to get out. I still think what Nathan is perceiving is a ghost of Linderman or something like Touched by an Angel Demon, personally.

OK this one scene is just a huge mix of other shows. Throw in a little Facts of Life and call the Emmy board.

The Company

The Company is located in Hartsdale, I believe, outside of New York City. Elle walks into her daddy's office with the usual pouty face and asks if he's listening to her. Of course his chair is turned away from her (DUN DUN, DUN DUN, "Jaws" music is playing in my head) and Elle continues to babble like an angsty teenager who's not allowed to go to prom...only to find that Daddy's skull has been lopped off.

For once, Elle is not slow to react. She races to Bennet's cell and throws him a gun, and he immediately knows what's going on. I love Veronica Mars a lot, but she's about to get owned. Or someone's going to swoop in and save her temporarily. Bennet's getting ready to hunt down Sylar when we see Sylar fling Elle aside like a banana peel. She slams into a wall. Ouch.

Shouldn't have locked Weevil in a cage. He totally would have helped, V.

Bennet puts a couple of bullets in Sylar, but they simply pass through him, and he fake-whimpers, to great effect, "Ouch. I got that from your Claire." Again, we're reminded that Sylar can't die, and I'm sure the viewers at home are sharing my thought, which is, "Fuuuuuuck."

Sylar sweeps Bennet aside, picks up the gun and prepares to demolish Elle. She can only feebly shoot sparks, and it's a bit gutwrenching (I always hate the scalping scenes). Blue sparks remind me of Jubilee from X-Men, and also Raiden from Mortal Kombat. Elle is marginally better than Jubilee, though. With the gun aimed at her, Sylar says, "Look what your daddy used to be able to do" and converts the metal into gold. Elle's the one whimpering now, as Sylar tells her that he kills a lot of people, and that she's to blame for that, maybe even more so than others. The Blame Game is fun when you're winning, isn't it?

He starts to open up her skull as Kristen Bell lets loose a very convincing scream, and then blue sparks fly everywhere. Curious. And then...blackout.

When the camera comes to, there's a dude who keeps insisting he's Peter Petrelli, who looks like the human version of Super Mario. Hey, maybe Elle didn't die after all. There's chaos everywhere, and it looks like the power's out at The Company. Bennet's still alive, fortunately, so what the hell happened? Elle must've blown the place up in response to her skull getting sawed open.

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