Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT How To Avoid Expensive Pedicures
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.30.2007
Klinko's. Claire enters the store and goes right to her father, who's busy stocking gummi bears for receptionists with popularity complexes. Claire asks him to promise not to freak out after she tells him something, and she grimaces as she confesses, "My car kinda got stolen." Bennet breathes a sigh of relief, saying he thought it was going to be something far worse, like, she cut off her own head and grew another, right in front of the principal or something. "I know," smiles Claire. "What's a stolen car when you're running for your life?" Bennet looks around to see if anyone overheard her comment, but they seem to be in the clear. That's when Claire rather stupidly says that she loved the car a whole bunch and if he ever wanted to give her another one, she'd totally never leave it unlocked ever again. Sure, Claire. He just bought you a $20,000 fucking car and you LOST IT; he's totally going to buy you ANOTHER ONE. Bennet's like, "You left it UNLOCKED? It has a dang auto lock keychain thingy! It's not like you have to stick the key in and lock it yourself! What the hell is WRONG with you?" He hastily ushers her into the back room as they discuss how he needs to be able to trust her because they're in hiding and it's dangerous. "We're in hiding because of something I can do," she says, "and I don't even know what that is." Bennet tells her that she knows plenty. Claire starts to go off, saying that she doesn't know the limits of her own gift; if she cuts off her arm, does it grow back? Is she missing her opportunity to help people? If her skin regenerates after being boiled, would her blood maybe help a burn victim? SHE WANTS TO KNOW! Bennet's finally had enough and he snaps at her to give it a rest. She says that he can yell at her all he wants about the car, but that this is who she is, and she's tired of having to hide it! He gets right up in her face and tells her that he's kept her in hiding all these years so that she wouldn't have to find out her limits, and if The Company finds out where she is, they'll cut her and test her and ruin her life. He ends by saying that he realizes this secret life stuff sucks, but that the cage he's keeping her in now is far freer than the one she'd be in if The Company got hold of her. He walks off to go back to work, leaving Claire to wonder what would happen if she cut off her own leg and beat her father over the head with it.
Interrogation Room. Matt and the chief are questioning Ma Petrelli about her relationship with Kaito Nakamura. Matt asks her if she had a fight with Kaito; she says that they were old friends, and that friends sometimes argue. He asks whether she slapped him, and she coolly responds that Kaito made an offhand comment about her son's death that she felt deserved a smack. The chief mentions that Angela is a major shareholder in Kaito's company, and that the stock has been in the toilet for some time now. "You think I killed Kaito over money?" she asks. "The most common reasons for murder are money and sex," mumbles Matt. "Well, I don't need the money," she says, "and Kaito and I weren't sleeping together." She pauses and looks down at the table fondly. "Not for a long time." D'oh! Matt and the chief are like, "Hee!" Matt passes Angela the picture of Kaito with the "S" symbol on it, and asks whether she's ever seen the symbol before. She pushes the photo back and says that it's the logo of her husband's law firm, which it totally isn't. He asks her why it's drawn across Kaito's face, and she says she doesn't know. But her thoughts say, "Because we did something terrible and now someone wants revenge." Matt then asks whether anyone would want revenge on Kaito or her or anyone she knows. Angela shuts down completely and demands her lawyer as the chief is all, "The huh?" "Who wants revenge, Mrs. Petrelli?" demands Matt. She stares at him and he stares at her and then she thinks, "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!," and Matt totally flinches. Angela sees this and instantly knows what Matt can do.