Episode Report Card Erin: A | 52 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT They're Baaaaaaack
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2007.01.22
Superstudio of Superheroes. Hiro is explaining to Nathan about the bomb and how it'll make everything go "poof!" "Your English is a lot better," Nathan observes dryly. "I met a waitress in Texas," says Hiro. "She teach me many things." "Good for you," says Nathan, clearly meaning more than just the better English thing. Heh. Hiro kind of smiles, acknowledging Nathan's good wishes. "So, uh, look, I can't believe I'm about to say this," says Nathan, "butâ¦you--youâ¦teleported hereâ¦back from the future?" Nathan's visibly pained at having to speak these words out loud. Heh. Hiro confirms that his power let him come back here so he could stop the bomb. "Right," says Nathan. "Because, 'you hero'." "You will help too," says Hiro. "Me?" says Nathan. "What makes you so sure?" "You Flying Man! WHOOOOSH!" says Hiro, making his shooting-off-into-the-sky gesture. "Would you keep it down?" says Nathan under his breath. "â¦whoooooshâ¦" says Hiro, making a smaller version of the gesture. Hee hee hee. Nathan asks Hiro if he knows what it is that makes the bomb go off. "Don't know," says Hiro. "Probably bad guy?" "Bad guy?" says Nathan. "Yes," says Hiro. "Like birrann." Nathan: "What's that?" Hiro: "Birrann." Nathan: "Billan?" Hiro: "Beeeerrann." Nathan: "Villain." Hiro: "Vee." Nathan: "V." Hiro: "Veeeee-yun."
That sound you hear is me actually falling off my couch and losing a lung or two with convulsive laughter. The rumor is that Pasdar and Masi improvised this whole scene and I totally believe it. What I don't believe is that there aren't several minutes of outtakes of the two of them just fucking losing it while shooting. Again, DVD? Better be on there.
Nathan equates Hiro's "villain" remark with the Exploding Man painting. They walk over to take a look. "You think a human being can actually cause an explosion?" asks Nathan. Hiro thinks that since he has power and Nathan has power, possibly this Exploding Man has power too, and they must stop him. "I think I can help," whispers Nathan. We zoom in on the paintingâ¦and cut to a Unabomber shack in the middle of the Nevada desert. Bright flashes of light explode from the windows. Inside, Ted "Flamer" Sprague is sitting at a table, attempting to control his radioactive hands. It's not going terribly well. All he seems to be able to do is create balls of fire in each of his hands but they disappear almost as quickly as they appear.