Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Taste My Soup!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.10.2008
Six months have now passed, and we're in Memphis. We get an establishing shot of a convenience store before cutting inside, where the air is a bit smoky and Meredith is busy stealing from terrified patrons who are obediently lying on the ground and being forced to endure not only the robbery but also Flint sounding like a mental deficient as he repeatedly crows that he's the man and uses his power to insta-prepare some Jiffy Pop. Meredith, who I now see is almost a good foot shorter than he, rushes over and tells him to quit it, but Flint focuses his attention on a man who's not on the floor as he should be, but is instead standing with his back to the camera for no reason other than dramatic effect. When he turns, we see it's creepy, creepy Eric Roberts, so I don't blame Meredith for turning tail and running even though there's nary a puppet in sight. Flint, however, raises his hands to incinerate Eric Roberts, but Eric Roberts is too quick on the draw for him, as after he lets us know that Meredith and Flint are brother and sister, he pulls out a fire extinguisher and sprays dry foam all over Flint's hands. Meredith, however, turns back to try to save him, narrowly missing Eric Roberts with a fireball, but when Eric Roberts pulls out a taser, Meredith goes quietly while Flint runs off into the night. Thanks, bro.
In Brooklyn, Sylar and his nerd glasses have fashioned a noose, and if you ever wanted evidence of Sylar's meticulousness, you've got it right here. That thing is so well put together it would choke the life out of a small grizzly bear. We cut between shots of Sylar getting up on a chair and readying the noose with his memories of killing Brian Davis. He finishes tightening the rope around his neck, and at that moment, in the front of the store, Elle enters and calls a tentative hello, but Sylar either doesn't hear her or doesn't care as he kicks the chair away. I admit my outlook on life would be pretty grim as well if I had Sylar's flashback hair, which looks like Christopher-Reeve-as-Clark-Kent in Superman II, or, more succinctly for anyone who hasn't seen the film, roadkill. Sylar does the Spandau Ballet, but Elle rushes back and zaps the rope in time to save him. She then pulls the broken noose off him and asks with concern if he's all right. He looks at her and asks for forgiveness as he starts to cry, and she pulls him into an embrace. It's kind of awkward, but so is the whole situation, and also, I wouldn't imagine she's had much practice given her relationship with her father. The title card pops up, but instead of the normal one, the earth flares red and splits in half, and the text reads, "VILLAINS." Shout-out to Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander? You decide.