Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C | 1424 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT An Eclipse! An Eclipse!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2008.11.17
Instead of cutting her head open, Sylar releases Elle from her bonds, and then gets up and goes to her. As I mentioned, he's now fully shirtless, which I suppose is the logical last step in him taking Peter's place. Elle's still having trouble controlling her power, and commands him to kill her and take it. She begs him: "Kill me and make the pain stop." Sylar sinks to his knees and says he wants to make it stop, but he's not going to kill her. I think he's supposed to be exuding empathy, but even an actor as good as Quinto is going to have a tough time selling that through eyebrows bushier than you'd find on a Sesame Street character. Elle tells him that he's a monster, just like her, but Sylar tells her that her father made her this way, just like his mother made him. "We were never good enough for them, Elle!" Ugh, horrible line. He adds that she wanted to be normal -- she just didn't know how, and that she gave him the will to live. When she tells him even that came from an evil place, he says she was following orders. "But I forgive you. Now you need to forgive yourself." He touches her, and she gasps in shock as she realizes the pain is gone. Sylar's stunned too, as he holds up a now-crackling hand, and they look at each other in wonder and happiness. I'd get grossed out, but at least I like these two.
Knox and Flint are still dragging Claire away through the sewers when Peter appears in their path and threatens them with death if they don't let Claire go. They're not particularly scared, so Peter looks up COMPLETELY OBVIOUSLY at this gas that's leaking from an exposed pipe between him and his enemies before goading Flint into taking a shot at him. Knox smells the gas and tries to stop Flint, but he's too late, and Claire is live to the situation, running under the resultant wall of flame to her uncle as Knox and Flint go reeling back. Of course, I'd expect Flint to be impervious to fire just like Meredith is, but he's also an idiot so I'm not going to question his reaction. When the fire recedes, Flint and Knox get to their feet, but Peter and Claire are long gone.