"How do you know my name?" Parkman asks. The Shaman tells him that he used to go on spirit walks, too, to find food and hunt as a boy. The Shaman looks incredibly calm and composed, while Parkman just looks like he's got frostbite and chocolate smeared all over his face. I like Parkman and all, but I just don't care about him anymore.
The Shaman mentions that his spirit animal told him to gather berries and paint, and paint he did. In fact, he painted Parkman's entire life, defacing the natural landscape with Banksy-like depictions of Parkman slowly growing fatter. It's kinda creepy, but how can you be scared of someone who wears a tastefully distressed Universal Studios vintage tee and a houndstooth scarf so unironically? There's paintings of Parkman as a cop, and of people panicking with mouths agape.
Oh no. What happens to Yoko Ono in the future? Hasn't she gone through enough?
The Company
Sylar cleans up well in a slim suit and a skinny tie, and Mama P's so proud of her prodigal son. She reassures him that she's really his mother, because he must've realized on some level he just never fit with his kooky, boring parents. Sylar shows some real emotion as he frets that he's just a killer, which is a really great turn for his character, but Mama P comforts him, explaining that his abilities give him a hunger that he can't control. Well, I'm fat because I eat, and I eat because I'm fat. Is it my fault? More high fructose corn syrup, please!
Bennet strides in, declaring he's found a few of the villains, thanks to local news coverage. The Company's really sucking balls here if 1. they have to get their info from the local news, and 2. they never tagged their villains. Seriously, you could've sedated all of them and implanted RFIDs under the skin. Am I going to have to come in there and take over and show you how to run your business, people?
Mama P reveals that Present Peter's trapped in Jesse's body, and that Peter has no idea of what Jesse's abilities are. Looks like Sylar and Bennet are off on their first adventure together.
Berlin, land of funny piano music and pratfalls
Hiro and Ando are literally scoping the joint. They've got a hankering for popcorn, when who should appear but Daphne (with her own box of popcorn). Her limited grasp of Japanese stems from the "Mr. Roboto" song, and there's some great sassy back and forth as Hiro and Daphne argue over having dibs on the interception. Daphne's really a wild card in the world of heroes and villains, because she identifies with being a mercenary, and does it for the money. She then tries to divide Hiro and Ando a bit by implying Ando is Hiro's sidekick, his Robin to Hiro's Batman. Seriously, though, Hiro is more of a Pikachu/Kirby figure at this point because he fumbles so much.
Daphne calls Hiro self-righteous, explaining she doesn't care for the politics or the heroics of it all, which is refreshing. Also, Daphne kicks Elle's ass. Just as Ando's trying to make a point about how Hiro would never leave his side - Hiro does. Hee. The Haitian's on the move!
Universal Studios backlot, Desert Section
These new Heroes paintings are definitely more stencil-like in their style, which is a neat contrast to Isaac's Roy Lichtenstein/comic paintings from Season 1. We see Bennet hovering over a restrained Sylar in one panel, and Parkman in full uniform in another. More smoking guns. "It happened exactly like this!" exclaims Parkman. The shaman is whipping up a concotion, and explains that some of the future paintings are no longer accurate, that it's no longer Parkman's future to be happy with a wifey who looks strangely like Daphne (with nicer hair) and a baby. He paints over one of the few panels that hasn't come true with white paint, explaining the future has changed.
Parkman sputters that you can't just tell a guy his future's changed, and when the Shaman whirls around, you can only see the whites, Isaac-style.
Are the writers running out of powers to give people? Simpsons did this like, 10 seasons ago.
The Villains Vault, Poughkeepsie
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Comments (3)
Awesome again T.Vo. I was already laughing just reading the title. Anything that's associated with GOB never stops being funny.
1 of 3 | Posted by DrJerkass | Posted on October 9, 2008 4:05 AM
Between this episode and the last one, seems like Mama Petrelli's powers are sluttiness and super fertility. The question now is who is Sylar's bio-daddy? Linderman??? Kato?? Matt's Dad? Are we eventually gonna see all of the heroes connected to each other through Mama P's womb?
2 of 3 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on October 10, 2008 8:57 AM
Btw T.Vo, where I'm from, being in the marching band is cool - especially if you're the drum major or on the drumline. ;) The halftime shows are more popular than the games.
3 of 3 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on October 10, 2008 12:54 PM