Dear Santa, I want a miracle on 42nd Street: No more Niki.
I flew to NYC last week for Turkey Day with my boyfriend and his family. I celebrated my brief vacation from celebutards, LA traffic, and wildfires (but not the writer's strike, of course). However, I could not escape Heroes. Their faces (or cleavage) taunted me as I rode the subway from Grand Central. I had to close my eyes.
Once I exited the station and walked into Times Square, Heroes loomed over me in a ginormous advertisement, threatening to crush my puny body if I continued to make fun of Emotard.
Peter's having a flashback (or flashforward, whichever is more appropriate) to the
biohazard Home Security team grabbing him and Caitlin in a desolate, newspaper-littered
New York. He cries out her name, thinking he's still in post-apocalyptic 2008 New York.
He's startled to see Adam, who thinks Peter's been taking too many hallucinogenics.
Peter insists that there is a virus that's wiped out 93% of the world's population,
producing the biohazard flyer.
Slightly better than an eviction notice.
Adam's eyes grow as large as saucers as Peter tells him it's the Shanti Virus. Adam
recalls that he knew a biological engineer who discovered the virus and tried to
manipulate it as a biohazard weapon under Company orders. Peter, who now presumably
remembers becoming BFF's with Adam in Company prison, eats up every word as Adam
intones, "Parents sin, children suffer." Looks like they're going to pay a visit to Victoria
Pratt, who discovered the virus on Valentine's Day in '76, the same year Steve Jobs
founded Apple and U2 formed. Looks like The Company's problems could be solved
with some shiny Macs and Bono-heavy iTunes playlists. "I will save Caitin," vows Peter.
Speaking of The Company...
Bennet wakes up, topless, and mirrors Claire's season 1 "resurrection" with his own
"Holy..." when he realizes he's inside The Company. Mohinder magically appears, and
restrains Bennet with fisticuffs. Mohinder's still wearing his pore-clearing nose strips,
and informs Bennet that Claire's regenerative-rich blood saved him. Bennet rips
Mohinder a new one for betraying him, breaking his favorite horn-rimmed glasses, and
not sticking to the plan. Mohinder, feeling manly and assertive after shooting a gun for
the first time, barks, "Thank God I came to my senses! BTW, Claire's at home grieving
the loss of her father." He blames Bennet for causing violence and paranoia and pats
himself on the back for being a great surrogate parent to Molly. Oh Bennet, it can't be
that hard to get access to a cell phone and call your family in such a lax facility.
I've never seen track marks that spell out words.
Mohindertard's all, "I'm a Company Man now. My father would be so proud! I'm gonna
save Niki with your daughter's blood, how do you like them apples?" Bennet's attempts
to warn Mohinder that The Company has spent thirty years on the virus and can't be
trusted are futile. He's locked in a Company prison cell. Mohinder now tops my list of
"unfavorites," inching out Emotard, who managed to be useful in last week's episode
(though Emotard could've left the series so easily, by going home when Bennet told him
to).
The House with Trippy Wallpaper, New Orleans
Micah's derelict cousin, Damon, is yammering about how they should cash in Micah's
mint condition copies of 9th Wonders and live happily ever after. Because
there's a huge market for comic book collectors in New Orleans right now. You mean
eBay? I'm betting the house that Damon swipes Micah's backpack and takes it to the
nearest pawn shop.
Monica chimes in on the conversation, which leads to a discussion about heroes having
dual identities, to prevent their enemies from hurting their loved ones. Damon dismisses
the idea, saying "I'd be rollin' large so everybody'd know who I was." Sure, buddy. Also,
Clark Kent's disguise really wasn't much of one, you think you can hide chiseled abs and
guns under a suit and some glasses? I know, I'm full of questions. They enter the living
room, where Nana is shooting the shit with Niki. I thought she was contagious. Why the
heck isn't The Company quarantining her? Perhaps they do want the virus to get out after
all, since Bob just let her waltz out of the building after giving her a terminal diagnosis
and prognosis of "You're gonna die."
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Comments (10)
Thanks for the mention of the Yellow Wallpaper. Now I'm going to go back to having nightmares about wallpaper stalking me.
1 of 10 | Posted by lizzypants | Posted on November 29, 2007 7:14 AM
Love the recap, T.Vo! Did you have a nice time in NYC, besides being stalked by Niki?
My fav line: "Or perhaps
Alejandro can't die unless Maya dies. I don't care anymore." SO on the money. Tim really could have kept those two.
2 of 10 | Posted by lexxi1129 | Posted on November 29, 2007 8:34 AM
Is the end of the recap cut off? It's ending on pg. 6, with Claire about to release Bennett's "ashes" but a little more happens after that ...
3 of 10 | Posted by myfavoritesunglasses | Posted on November 29, 2007 10:11 AM
Is the "Yellow Wallpaper" the short story that fledgling English majors encountered Freshman year about Postpartum syndrome? If not, then my degrees has yet proven even more useless. Good call on Petero NOT reading Adam's mind. And couldn't emotard have proven even more useful by just picking Electric Kool-Aid up and dropping her 100ft? But here I am being logical. And besides that would kill off Elle, whom I have grown to kind of like.
Also, is two face contagious? Why would she go around her son if so. "I'm dying, and after you shared that popsicle with me there is a good chance your dying too. Now be a good boy and get momma another one, grape this time."
4 of 10 | Posted by mattypopo | Posted on November 29, 2007 11:25 AM
Hey all,
The recap got a bit cut off because Moveable Type hates me and never saves the air date or half of my posts. It will be fixed shortly, please come back for it!
Yes, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the short story you're thinking of, it's quite popular in high school English classes too. It only took her two days to write, and when it was passed along to editors, they rejected the manuscript because they said it made them feel miserable.
5 of 10 | Posted by T.Vo | Posted on November 29, 2007 12:14 PM
mattypopo: I was wondering the same thing myself regarding Niki's virus, but when she tells Micah she has it, she also adds, "I can't pass it on to you or anyone else." Or so she thinks, I'm guessing, because virus transmission can occur via saliva, blood, bodily fluids, even through inhalation. They need to get their Biology straight.
6 of 10 | Posted by T.Vo | Posted on November 29, 2007 12:29 PM
sorry t.vo!! having some tech issues over here. should be complete now! heart
7 of 10 | Posted by flipit | Posted on November 29, 2007 4:22 PM
Ahhhh. . . so I did remember correctly. Well, if depressing shit wouldn't get published back then, Joyce Carole Oats would never have had a writing career, and Oprah would never been able to operate her book club in that time period as well (I wish this time period as wll because I think it is absurd that she has to comprise a books's cover so she can put her seal approval on it, but I digress.) Glad to know my degree has one use--understanding online recapper's literary references.
I say Niki, Senorita El Lamo, and Emotard sleep the long sleep. But I would hope that Micha dies and maybe they can dig up D.L. and kill him another time as well.
8 of 10 | Posted by mattypopo | Posted on November 29, 2007 5:18 PM
True story: a good friend of mine at work went to high school with Nick D'Agosto, aka Emotard.
That and Kristen Bell are the only reasons I've started watching this show, so I can't really contribute much more than that.
Anyone want to chip in to get Milo Ventimiglia some acting lessons? (Sorry, I hated him on Gilmore Girls, too.)
9 of 10 | Posted by maybeimamazed02 | Posted on November 30, 2007 7:40 AM
Peter and Adam: the new & NOT even improved Mohinder & Sylar. After so many people making fun of how dumb Mohinder is for trusting Sylar, I can't believe they would recycle that formula again.
10 of 10 | Posted by User Name | Posted on December 1, 2007 8:01 AM