It's touching that Sylar tries to defend Mama P, especially right before Papa Petrelli drops the attempted infanticide story on him. Apparently, when Sylar was a baby, Mama Petrelli had a dream where she saw the "monster" Sylar would become, and freaked out so much, she tried to kill him by shoving him to the bottom of the tub. Yikes. How do we know it wasn't Papa Petrelli's idea, since Mama P probably saw Sylar taking over Papa P's abilities or something ridiculous like that?
Sylar stupidiy tries to argue that Mama Petrelli sees him as a hero, but I think Sylar's intentionally trying to look naïve. He's never been one to show all of his cards at once.
Meanwhile, downstairs in the lobby, Mohinder and Maya have an awkward talk about how she's killed people and wants to make amends now that she doesn't have her killing powers anymore, plus a passport and cash and a suitcase. However, Maya's not having it, and she tells him to get well, strutting off like the hooker we all know she can be. Bon voyage, Dunder Twin! Alejandro doesn't miss you at all.
Call me when you're...well, when you're ready to not stick me to a wall in a cocoon of hand boogars.
Outside of the Pinehearst offices, Elle and Claire have almost made it to the end of the Yellow Brick Road. At this point, Claire's basically dragging Elle to the finish line, which is almost touching. Elle moans that Claire's been nothing but sweet to her, and that she's been a mega-bitch to Claire, and that only makes her hate the cheerleader more. Aw, there's a girl who enjoys schadenfreude.
Claire tops off the syrupy friendship sundae by thanking Elle for helping her figure out who she really is, because she was ready to live in denial. They bond for .02 seconds before Elle jokes that it's good to know Claire's as messed up as she is.
Peter, who's managed to dodge Mohinder and get into the elevator at Pinehearst unnoticed by security cameras, finds Sylar in Papa Petrelli's office. He frantically tries to convince Sylar to leave, but Sylar's not budging. Oh noes. Papa Petrelli will be back any second! Yup, he's here.
Frantic, Peter hisses at Sylar, "Just kick his ass and let's get out of here!" HEH. Don't wake Daddy! Apparently, Papa Petrelli hasn't taken away Sylar's powers. Wonder how they negotiated that deal? Sylar responds by sending Peter flying through plate glass down seven stories. That's going to hurt in the morning.
Alright, girls. You're both pretty.
Of course, Claire and Elle are right beneath the building at this point, and Peter nearly lands on the two of them. Claire rushes over to Peter and starts helping him limp away, shocked that he's still alive despite losing his powers. Elle, in a stroke of inspired brilliance, decides that the people inside Pinehearst must be decent good-hearted folks who can take away her powers and make her better, even though someone inside just sent Peter flying to his theoretical death. For that, I award Elle the Darwin Heroes Award for 2008 for critical thinking and clear decision making in terminally retarded situations.
Back at Mohinder's Lab o' Fun
After some hilariously fun and awkward introductions ("Guess who I bonked in high school and had no idea that I got pregnant? That chick over there!"), Tracy's sorting out that Bennet is Claire's adopted father, Nathan is Claire's biological father, and that Meredith is Claire's biological mother. One of these things is not like the other, all right. Do I see a future for Tracy as Claire's future sorta-stepmom? Eh. Bennet insists that Nathan and Tracy come in to Primatech in order to make sure they're still normalish. Ah, that's code for "painful implanted ID tags" and "cavity search."
Sally Jesse Raphael would have been proud.
The two women stare each other down, sizing the other up, as Nathan tries to excuse himself. They represent polar opposites. Oh hey, see what they did there? Fire and Ice. Both of which burn. Will they all burn up in the nuclear holocaust? So symbolic! You can see a future filled with the promise of alternating hot and cold. Also, threesomes.
Tracy's disdain of Meredith is evident, and I don't blame her. Meredith is absolutely useless. Who will reign supreme? Meredith warns Tracy to "watch out for that one." Stop your worrying, Mere, Tracy voted for McCain.
Nathan gets a call for Claire, who quickly begs him not to tell Papa Bennet where she is. That's probably not the daddy that Mama Bennet wanted you to call, Claire Bear.
Pinehearst, Office with the Broken Window
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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