We look up and there's Sylar in the hallway, badass in a black suit. Sylar swats Suresh aside with a cool, "Hello, Mohinder" and subtly flicks his finger to instantly kill the Unnamed Generic Scientist #4. That's real ultimate power, and it's mighty sexy.
Peter's face lights up like a Christmas tree and squeals, "You came for me!" Sylar nonchalantly tells him, "That's what brothers are for, they look out for each other," as he unties Peter. Unfortunately, Sylar must have slightly delayed reactions, because Mohinder pounces and starts bashing Sylar's head in against the concrete, causing him to bleed all over the pristine floor. Sigh. At least Sylar can't die, right? Unless Papa Petrelli takes the power away. But can Papa Petrelli theoretically take Sylar's power of regeneration away if he already has it, through Adam? Does his Power Sucking Power recognize a duplicate power and leave it alone, or does it let you toss it into the folder, like duplicate songs in your iTunes? I hate when my songs duplicate on iTunes, by the way.
Do I look cuter 8 ft tall or just normal? Is black slimming? LOVE ME! PLEASE LOVE ME!
Anywho, Papa Petrelli shows up and shoots some blue sparks at Peter, who manages to run away like a gold medal winner at the Special Olympics. I mean, that's about how much skill it takes to get away from Pinehearst, apparently, since the henchmen are nowhere to be seen. Mohinder whines that Sylar's killed tons of people and that he should be allowed to bash his brains in. Papa Petrelli, on the other hand, tells Mohinder to stop, because Sylar is his son, one who he's been waiting for...for a long time. Are we sure Papa Petrelli's the baby daddy? The whole powersucking/hunger parallel makes sense. I'm guessing Nathan had a different baby daddy.
Mohinder's Lab
Tracy and Nathan just sit there looking at the jizz nests, as if they had just finished having a delightful tea party. Tracy stupidly pokes at the rubber cement surrounding one of the humans that Mohinder clobbered. Scary suspenseful music ensues, so of course the humans inside the jizz nests are still partially alive, you cognitively-impaired hussy. The hand of the meathead guy from Apt. 4 shoots out and tries to strangle her. He's totally pissed that he has to sit there and listen to her uneducated guesses.
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how much you love/hate Niki/Jessica/Tracy, Bennet's taser saves the day from quite a distance. He's not alone. What would we do without tasers?! Be the useless walking eye candy that is Meredith, duh.
Meredith, who defies the notion that one's powers could actually, you know, be used and useful, does her usual routine of extending her hand out to shoot a few flames out of her palm. Um. She's done this since the first time we met her, when she extended her palm to reveal her powers to Claire. Yeah. That's all she does. It's very, "Hi, I'm Meredith! I have perky breasts and bouncy hair and oh, flame on! Tee hee, I make flames! KTHXBAI!" At least Flint torches things...and people.
I have a suggestion: Give powers to characters who will actually use them for something, and not just as vanity plates/calling cards. If I wanted to emulate Meredith, I'd just run around flicking a Zippo lighter open everytime someone introduced me.
Anywho, the two women in Nathan's life face off, as Meredith snarks, "Hi Nathan, I see you've still got a weakness for blondes." Tracy's face is priceless, probably because she's not a real blonde.
Who's this blonde slut you've been cheating on with me. You're so getting blue balls.
Flight 93
Elle and Claire are on a half-empty plane to New Jersey. I'm not sure how they got the funds for last-minute flights, but maybe they used Kayak.com or their feminine wiles. Elle's fidgety and nervous, and admits she has a fear of flying as she starts sparking. Oh great, put the bitch who can't control her emotionally-triggered electric overloads onto a freakin' airplane next to someone who manages to piss her off inadvertently ALL THE TIME.
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Comments (4)
I'm only on the first page and I'm already really loving this recap, Tvo. And I'm really sad about your job! :( It's good you learned that lesson about not calling your boss a jackass, though. Save that for when he/she leaves the room, silly. Passive agressive fun!
Okay, back to read the rest. I hope you find a new job quickly, and hopefully without selling your soul.
1 of 4 | Posted by zbird | Posted on October 28, 2008 7:00 PM
I would invest in Primatech—they make blank canvases on which to put my hopes and dreams.
2 of 4 | Posted by nuprin | Posted on October 28, 2008 9:57 PM
Great recap. Molly btw was disposed of somewhere at the beginning of the season. It was a one sentence explanation, I think over the phone. I imagine they wanted to get rid of the child actors since they are obviously too costly with the rest of the bloated cast.
I think there has to be at least one hero killed each episode. Shouldn't be too hard if Sylar and Papa Petrelli have even temporarily joined forces especially with Peter out of the mix.
3 of 4 | Posted by Fitz | Posted on October 29, 2008 3:04 PM
Aw, thanks, zbird --fortunately, I didn't sass my boss or hide anyone's stapler in a cake mold filled with Jell-O. I'm just leaving to pursue writing full-time. However, I have fantastic timing, don't I?
Fitz, you're right. Mohinder appears to have dumped her somewhere at the beginning of the season, but they brought Molly back for that future segment with Parkman/Daphne and their future baby -- which leads me to wonder if Primatech/Pinehearst will do battle for her in the future.
I think Sylar's secretly pledging his allegiance to Mama P, but I'm guessing Knox will get knocked off pretty soon.
4 of 4 | Posted by T.Vo | Posted on October 30, 2008 12:20 PM