We're back again for another night of Heroes! When we left, Gretchen had just seen Claire do her signature dive out the window. Seriously, this girl has jumped out of a TON of windows. But let's pick it right back up where we left off. Claire's hiding out in her room when Gretchen bangs on the door. "Open up! We need to talk." Claire stares at the door, which cross-fades into a shot of Parkman's phone-Sprint logo prominently displayed, natch. Matt picks up his Sprint™ phone, his LAPD™ badge, and Cracker Jack™ sobriety chip that he got for going 30 days without a trip to KFC™. Imaginary Sylar and he pulls his Glock™. Yeah, this day's starting off well. Meanwhile, Peter Parker Petrelli is adding a big article to his wall of fame. Something about avoiding an MTA™ disaster. Which I guess would be a subway or bus accident.
There's a sale at Penney's!
Magical Mystery Tour
Samuel is in his trailer mixing up a batch of his magic ink. Lydia, watching, starts to slide her dress off her shoulders. Not so fast babe, this stuff is for someone else. Lydia can barely contain her disappointment at staying fully clothed for a whole scene, but Sam says he found someone to fill his dead brother Joseph's position as leader of the Others. He wipes off the guyliner and trades his middle-age-rock-dinosaur outfit for a suit.
Are you paying attention, Keith Richards?
Samuel hasn't worn a suit since he was a kid, his parents used to make him dress up all the time and "then I discovered I could control the very earth under my feet." O...K. So his power is he can control dirt. Do you promise not to quit reading if I throw in a comic book reference? There's an X-Men character that does that. His name is Avalanche, and he's a bad guy, and that's all I know about him so don't steal my bookbag and throw me in a trash can. But enough about junior high. Bad adolescent experiences aside, this could be important because a lot of the Heroes staff comes from comics, and they eat this stuff for breakfast. Lots of plot and character bits are ripped off from X-Men. None of which explains the magic ink, unless it's made of dirt. Lydia ties his tie for him and makes sympathetic noises. "Joe was my compass," Sam says. Bah. Enough with the compass already, we get it. Everyone is lost this season and trying to find their way. More important for Samuel, "we have a need, and I have a candidate." He holds up the jar of ink he's been mixing (on which is written the episode title) and sucks it all up into his fingers.
Trippy.
Someone's knocking on Peter's door. Nope, it's not Samuel, but I bet that's where this is going. It's a process server, who hands Petey an envelope. And the only reason I know what those people are called is because I saw Pineapple Express this weekend. I laughed for two solid hours.
Next we go to a very generic apartment bedroom, where a fancy alarm clock is vibrating and blinking in pretty colors. The woman in the bed, who looks vaguely like Lydia, gets up and gets ready. She hugs her cat (all women who live alone have cats, you know), gets dressed and stuffs some iPod™ earbuds in her ears. She starts out the door, but the dripping faucet stops her and she looks in the sink, where water drops bouncing off a spoon are making flashes of light. NEW POWER ALERT!
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Comments (6)
Thanks for the googles! Loved the recap.
....and yes Gretchen is definitely creepy.
I can't stop loving Sylar, even if he is in Matt's head. This could get fun.
I certainly didn't miss Hiro & Ando this week.
1 of 6 | Posted by chooch850 | Posted on October 2, 2009 1:53 PM
So many giggles, so little time!!! Love ya Copy H . . . and again, you are golden with your note to foster dad--bwahahahahaha and sooooo true!!! Too bad the whole audience isn't forgetful like me.
I liked Emma, and I liked the scene with the cello. I don't like Samuel, but glad he buried that rich bitch . . . haha . . .
This show is really missing the gray areas, like when Claire's Mom was being brainwashed weekly . . . that was some awesome stuff for me . . .
2 of 6 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on October 2, 2009 3:54 PM
Awesome recap. This has to be my favorite line: "Dear Former Foster Dad, you forgot all about me and Daddy Mohinder. Love, Molly"
LOL and so true. How convenient for Matt!
3 of 6 | Posted by zbird | Posted on October 2, 2009 4:50 PM
Great recap!
I thought Emma and her synesthesia were cool, thought seeing sounds is a real-world phenomenon and not a superpower.
4 of 6 | Posted by Zeem | Posted on October 4, 2009 2:54 PM
Great recap, and I almost peed on myself reading the note from Molly. hahaha!
I think the new Heroes is trying to get back to the old Heroes coolness (obviously they're filching from X-Men again, which is a good sign). All we need is Claire waking up in the morgue again, and I'll be happy. :)
BTW- Does anyone understand T-Bag's power? What is it, exactly?
5 of 6 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on October 5, 2009 6:46 AM
LOVE the recap! Count me in among those peeing over Molly's note to Parkman - genius!
I dunno why Gretchen is so creepy, but she gives off the SWF vibe. Good thing she can't steal Claire's power.
I'm wondering what T-bag's power is as well - it's not as simple as just controlling dirt because he's got that whole tattoo ink thing going on as well. Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait and see!
And Copyhacker? Feel free to throw whatever comic book references you want into the mix! No one here would ever beat you up!
SWAK, PottyMouth
6 of 6 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on October 5, 2009 6:53 AM