Testimonials

Parkman wakes up from the illusion and finds that he's been asleep in a chair. Molly slowly wakes up and utters her first words in ages: "I need a drink." Papa Parkman is sprawled on the floor but appears to still be alive, just nightmare-comatose. Parkman is overjoyed to have his surrogate daughter back, telling her he loves her. Molly's reply: "I heard," not "I love you, too." Hee.

Niki breaks through Bob's door and they try to reason with her (bad idea). The action climaxes and Niki tries to get ahold of herself by plunging the syringe into her arm, injecting herself with the virus. Stupid Niki. Mohinder gives her a blood transfusion and she apologizes for giving him a new nose. Analyzing the results, Mohinder realizes that the strain is immune, and his blood is no longer a cure. Awkward. "I'm going to die," Niki moans. What Mohinder should have done was first send her this e-card, and then tell her the bad news:

Mohinder fills Bob in on the resistant virus, and I don't understand why Niki has not been immediately quarantined. Bob hands Mohinder a new assignment, which turns out to be Claire. The Company believes that Claire's regenerative powers can save Niki, and in turn, the world, if they are isolated and used as an antidote/vaccine. I guess it's time to steal the cheerleader and save the world. Bob mentions that it may be difficult to obtain Claire if Bennet's in the way and slides a Company gun across the desk to Mohinder. He shows Mohinder the photos of Ivan's murder, telling him that Bennet was responsible. You can see that Mohinder's head is about to explode from all this moral ambiguity.

He can't process all of this and tells Bob, word for word: "I have been working with Bennet to take down this company." Bob's face doesn't react too much, but you can tell even he's like "WTF, Mohinder?"

I'd love to have you over to my place for some high stakes poker.

Mohinder explains he doesn't know what is right and what is wrong, and he's tired of playing guessing games. Bob tries to make it clear for him: Steal the cheerleader, save the world.

NYC 2008

Dear New York, T.S. Eliot called. He wants his wasteland back. Even the pigeons are gone. I guess they didn't really need birth control after all. Caitlin and Peter realize that matinees of Avenue Q have been postponed indefinitely as a heavy-duty vehicle pulls up and they're grabbed by contamination-suit clad workers. Bush would still be president according to this timeline, and FEMA would be holding some fake press conferences to an audience full of bodybags.

Peter and Caitlin take a cold shower together along with a bunch of government workers who scrub them down in the decontamination room. Sexy. Peter's obliques are in prime condition for sweeps. Who can resist those delectable hip grooves? It's like a 28 Weeks Later advertisement sponsored by Hot Bod spray. The producers must've called up Milo Ventimiglia and told him, "We need you to get back the 15% of viewers we lost."

Later, Peter's seated at a desk at the abandoned Registration and Classification offices. A man asks him to explain how he's been walking around New York City and remained uninfected. His file contains a death certificate, and Peter's expected to explain the discrepancy, but he only cares about Caitlin. The man informs Peter that Caitlin's been deported to Ireland, but I don't see any operating airports nearby. On March 20, 2007, the first case of the Shanti virus was reported. Peter learns that a pandemic's wiped out most of the world's population, leaving 7% to duke it out in quarantine. Bringing to life another one of Isaac's paintings, Peter looks through a window into a warehouse full of bodybags.

Mama Petrelli has come to help her son, running to embrace Peter. He hastens to end the hug, since he has no idea who this crazy old lady is. Mama Petrelli tells him to focus and to stop thinking of Caitlin. She tells him about how he absorbs abilities of other people, reminding him he's kind and selfless. Oh, and the whole moving objects, healing, painting the future, and traveling through time stuff. She mentions he's the most powerful one of all of them, perhaps setting up an Adam/Peter face-off the way last season pitted Peter against Sylar.

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