The action escalates as Bennet instinctively shoots Elle in the arm, causing her to yelp in pain. Bob runs to his daughter, as fathers are wont to do, and Bennet sees his opportunity to end Bob and The Company once and for all. Mohinder places himself across from Bennet and pulls out HIS gun, although I thought Bennet took it away from him earlier. I'm silently muttering "Shitshitshitshit!" as they square off and Bennet begins to pull the trigger on Bob. Mohinder, who probably sucks at shooting Nerf guns, manages to shoot Bennet directly in the eye, breaking the horn-rimmed glasses and effectively ending his Lenscrafters warranty once and for all. Raise your hand if you now hate Mohinder more than Niki.
Claire breaks free from Emotard, who tries to restrain her, and the universe is just all fucked up right now. If only Hiro would show up to reverse this. claire could run to her father and give him some of her blood, Adam-style, I think, but Emotard flies her off to safety. The Supreme Court, watching this episode, decides immediately to re-evaluate the 2nd Amendment, after using a whole box of tissues.
Boom, headshot!
Back at Casa de dead Bennet, Claire breaks the news to Mama, who collapses onto the floor and sobs. Claire blames herself for her last words being "I hate you!" to her father. Actually, they were "Dad, the painting!" and you hugged him, so you should get over it and help your mom deal.
In The Company Van, Elle appears to be driving home, gunshot wound and all. Bob glances at her worriedly. Mohinder is holding the Gun of Destiny in his hands, and wonders what the exchange rate is to Swords of Destiny. A recurring theme has been "Certain things are in God's hands" and "Don't play God" but surely some of our Heroes are agnostics, determinists, and atheists, right?
Parkman gets the name of the redheaded woman out of Mama Petrelli, even though it requires him to use his powers in a less-than-honorable way. It's Victoria Pratt, who will definitely not be happy to see Parkman on her doorstep. Hiro vows that every blow he strikes for justice is for his father. Mama Bennet cries over the loss of her husband, and even Mr. Muggles sheds a tear. Claire tries to spoon the pain away with Emotard. Lyle is nowhere to be seen.
But wait! An IV drip that contains a small vial of blood suspiciously similar to the one extracted from Claire is attached to a man. Papa Bennet lives, and his eyeball regenerates as quickly as Nathan's face did. You can see the life come back into his eyes as he gasps a huge breath and sits up, only to find himself half naked and inside The Company. Holy crap.
Underpants gnomes strike again.
Two more to go. Next week: Someone will threaten to release the Shanti virus. 93% of the world's population will die if someone doesn't intervene. Claire scatters her father's "ashes" although I'm not sure how they police would be able to match up their fake identity to a body that is clearly not Bennet's. Does Bennet die twice, like D.L? Hot-blooded males cheer as Elle and Claire fight each other. Sorry, it's not a Jell-o wrestling match. Hiro confronts Peter about his new buddy, Adam. Victoria Pratt is going to be super-pissed to see Parkman on her doorstep. Here's my favorite two seconds of this episode:
The Many Faces of Bob.
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Comments (6)
All I can say is how happy I was at the end to see HRG still alive and kicking. I figured the killer had to be Adam. If this group didn't want to play God, why did they lock Adam up? Always with more questions, I am.
1 of 6 | Posted by geewits | Posted on November 22, 2007 11:07 PM
Good recap. I offciallly hate Mohinder now, more than anyone. And Emotard proved himself more useful far sooner than Parkman did. I too was relived when HRG rose from the grave and nice connectivity of Claire and HRG as they both muttred Holy elipsies during their similar death escaping situations.
2 of 6 | Posted by mattypopo | Posted on November 23, 2007 12:09 PM
that parking lot at the beach where they do the daughter swap.....i'm pretty sure thats the same place MTV uses for Date My Mom.
I was so angry when Bennet told emotard to go home and he didnt. it would have been the perfect end to his character.
3 of 6 | Posted by kevintheomanharris | Posted on November 23, 2007 1:32 PM
kevintheomanharris - my husband and I thought the same thing about the Date My Mom parking lot. Too funny!
4 of 6 | Posted by LNNC92 | Posted on November 26, 2007 10:49 AM
Really loved mom in the episode . . . glad they're giving her more to do! Thanks for the recaps, and let me know what answer you find about the "Swords of Destiny" . . .
5 of 6 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on November 26, 2007 5:40 PM
I just finished watching this episode and WOW. I haven't been on the edge of my seat during Heroes in awhile. (How glad am I that there's no more Feudal Japan?)
I still don't get why Bennett is so worried about Clair getting hurt/dying. Hello, she has regenerative/rejuvenation powers.
6 of 6 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on December 7, 2007 6:45 AM