She leaves Sylar to draw hearts and xos in his diary and makes her way to a Primo Paper van and who's inside? You guessed it! Linda Dano! Kidding, but that would be awesome. It's HRG. Elle asks him the question we've all been asking for ten minutes. Why not just arrest the asshole and throw him in the slammer? HRG talks about how no one understood how whales communicated until a scientist heard one sing to another in the wild. Elle takes this story personally and says that she's not gaining weight, things just look different in high definition. HRG explains that he means he wants to get Sylar to steal someone's power so he can understand how he does it. The whale story was less violent and depressing, but this one doesn't insinuate any fatness on Elle's part, so she rolls with it. But wait. How does she get Sylar to do it? HRG answers "Pie."
Did he just suggest that I'm fat again? Cuz I'll electrocute his ass.
Mr. Thompson has Meredith handcuffed in a cell. He reads her file to her. Nine group homes in seven years. Four burnt to the ground. Milky Ways reported stolen in six counties, blahblahblah. She rolls her eyes and he cuts to the chase. He wants to offer her freedom in exchange for taking a job as an agent for the company. She laughs at that one, but he can't understand what possible reason she could have for hating the company so much. She gives him that faraway lost in a memory soap opera look so he drops it. He doesn't want to hear her blather on about it, and neither do I. She says she'll take the job if he promises to let her psycho hillbilly brother continue robbing liquor stores and starting things on fire, but he won't promise her anything. She says yes anyway. What can you do? Bosses are assholes.
It's the day of Peter's graduation party, and Papa P is outside his mansion sucking the life out of roses. Mama P comes out and asks him to please change his mind about attending the party, but there's no way Papa's gonna pretend to be ok with his son becoming a nurse. Mama tells him to be patient. Either Peter's powers will manifest and he will become a great man, or Papa P will get so old waiting that he'll be thankful to have a nurse around to bathe him and wipe his butt. Nathan comes into the yard as she's leaving and Papa asks him to hand the Linderman case off to another ADA. Nathan says not to worry, he only has good things in mind. Linderman is toxic and his going down can only help the family. They'll all look like they have more normal skin tone, for one. It's hard looking healthy when you're standing next to a dashing rich dude wearing five coats of spray tan.
That night, Nathan is driving on the freeway with his wife (remember her?) when a giant SUV speeds up behind them and starts ramming into their car. The wife freaks out and when she turns to Nathan, he's gone. He flew out of the car and left her there alone with no one at the wheel. What a DICK! Oh wait. This is when he just figured out for the first time that he could fly. This time jumping stuff is messing with my brain. Still, the car actually drives a full city block before veering into a concrete median and he was looking down at her and yelling for her the whole time. Poor Rena Sofer just can't catch a break. Will you come back to do a guest spot on Heroes so we can break your back, put you in a wheelchair and get rid of you again? Thanks!
Time to get a new agent.
The Petrelli family gathers outside Rena's hospital room. Nathan freaks out when he sees his dad and says that it was Linderman's people who drove him off the road. Not only did Rena break her back, but she's not gonna book anything in 2008 besides guest spots on Ghost Whisperer and Two and a Half Men thanks to Papa! Nathan says he will do everything in his power to bring Linderman down and if Papa's standing anywhere near him, he's going down too. Time to choose! Mama P starts getting suspicious as Papa P cries. Or laughs. Or grimaces in pain. I can't tell because his face never changes.
A little late to jump on the Botox bandwagon, yo.
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Comments (7)
You made this episode more exciting then it really was. (although it was the best one of this season). I will miss T.Vo. I think you should just stay at it. Doesn't everybody else?
1 of 7 | Posted by chooch850 | Posted on November 17, 2008 6:39 PM
This week on Heroes, we flash back to a time when Heroes didn't suck... And we make it suck.
2 of 7 | Posted by Themiki | Posted on November 17, 2008 11:35 PM
Thanks for the recap flipit. I didn't love this episode so much and think we've seen better this year. But your recap was on point. Thanks for picking up the ball.
3 of 7 | Posted by Tadow | Posted on November 18, 2008 3:41 AM
How DARE you suggest Meshach Taylor is gay! I say good day to you sir! GOOD DAY. (Great recap!)
4 of 7 | Posted by bBitz | Posted on November 18, 2008 9:39 AM
Way to take one for the team, flipit! Love your recaps, love you!
I thought this was one of the best episodes just because it started to tie things together and it explained a lot. I also loved the Sylar and Elle story. (But I love Elle and hope she sticks around!)
Am gettng a little tired of Hiro and Ando. They are the Nikki/Jessica of this season for me.
5 of 7 | Posted by mrsc | Posted on November 18, 2008 11:05 AM
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ok, I haven't gotten to the end of the re-cap yet, but this is the FUNNIEST line EVER:
"Oooh, scary. Next he's gonna burn the shape of a My Little Pony into a HoHo."
You are a GOD, Flipit!
:D
6 of 7 | Posted by KrispyDixie | Posted on November 30, 2008 11:27 PM
ok just finished the re-cap, AMAZING! you make the show a lot more interesting than it is :p
Please finish out the season... pleaase, pleaaase, pretty pleaaaaase!
With a Sylar-shaped cherry on top? ;)
7 of 7 | Posted by KrispyDixie | Posted on November 30, 2008 11:40 PM