Micah is great at acting. He looks thrilled to have his crazy mom back, and asks her
where she went. Forgetting that her son is brilliant and gifted with the power of
perception, Niki replies, "The place that helps people like us when we're sick." You
mean the same place you went to for a Linderman loan and deal? It's like Pay Advance
for Heroes.
After Micah teaches her the biggest word of her vocabulary yet, "nanosecond," Niki
reveals she has a virus. Micah thinks to himself, "Way to go and be the Microsoft of the
Heroes world, Mom. You should really run on Linux." Niki claims it's not contagious,
although I beg to differ if her blood splatters everywhere in an accident. Of course, Dr.
Suresh is working on a cure. She promises Micah for the millionth time that they will go
back to being normal, to the tune of Everclear's "I Will Buy You a New Life." Micah
chirps that he has just the thing to make Mom stronger in his backpack, and it's not
Lithium or Goji berries. It's DL's medal for bravery, and it's in his backpack...which is
no longer in the other room. How convenient.
I'm sure you called it too, Damon swiped Micah's backpack and is blubbering that he got
set up and beaten up. Ignoring his cousin's pathetic nosebleed, Micah lunges at Damon
and wails away at him not because the comics were stolen, but because his dad's medal
was in the bag. Damon promises to get Micah a new medal, but Micah retorts, "Get me a
new dad too." Burn.
Don't believe that wallpaper can make you do crazy things? Read "The Yellow Wallpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Nana's gonna call the police and get the backpack back, but Micah wants to use his
powers to be heroes instead. Niki refuses, stating that's what got D.L killed (actually,
your refusal to take the meds and lame personality splitting got D.L killed, lady) but you
can tell from the way Monica is eavesdropping that she'll take pity on her little cousin.
Plus, she's tired of watching iPod videos and wants to try some new moves learned from
the James Bond and Charlie's Angels.
That night, Micah is slumbering as Monica creeps into his room, dressed in the ninja
equivalent of a black Juicy Couture tracksuit. She's channeling the comic book character
he showed her, St. Joan. If Isaac's work has taught us anything, everything he paints will
happen in real life, so Monica will adopt that moniker soon enough. Monica wakes Micah
and tells him she understands how he's feeling, she would hate to lose the last tangible
connection to her mother (the piano). She knows where the thug kids live, and plans to
get the medal back. Telling him to stay out of the way and be safe, Monica proceeds to
take Micah along for the ride. Something tells me this plan is going to fail miserably.
You know who would manage to get his treasure back with no problem? The
Leprechaun. Not only has he managed to kill off nearly everyone who's stolen his gold,
he's gone to space as well as the 'hood. Twice. Please tell me I'm not the only one who
has been subjected to the Leprechaun series of films.
"A friend with weed is a friend indeed." He seriously says this in Leprechaun: In Da' Hood
Back at Nana's house, Niki receives a call from Mohinder, who jubilantly tells her he
found the cure and will bring it to her on the next plane. Unless she dies before he gets
there. Niki goes to tell Micah the good news, but his bed is empty. Micah never learned
the art of shaping pillows to look like a body, but he hasn't hit puberty yet.
On the other side of town, Micah and Monica combine their powers for the medal
mission. Somehow, Micah scans the house with some gadget-gizmo that does not exist in
real life (what the hell is it?) and confirms no one is inside, and turns off the streetlights
with his hand. He's like Dumbledore. Monica watches some iPod videos of traceurs
practicing parkour, the art of moving from one point to the other as efficiently and
quickly as possible. In short, being badass. She goes into stealth mode by pulling her
hoodie over her head, to Micah's approval. "You're St. Joan!" he exclaims.
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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