Episode Report Card Erin: B | 398 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT So, This Time It's "Stop The Plague, Save The World"?
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 7 | Aired on 2007.11.05
A shot rings out. D.L. goes down. In the doorway, Tobby stands with a gun. D.L. falls into Niki's arms. "That's the only way you can save Micah," says D.L. with his last dying breath, only it's not his last dying breath because he is DEAD and Niki is STUPID and Tobby is CLEARLY an hallucination. Mohinder walks over and sees Niki cradling...nothing, and he tells her that she's talking to herself and that he thinks Mindbender Maury is responsible. He says that they need to call Tobby, and Niki responds by hitting him directly in the face. This hit sends him sailing over half of the room. As he falls, Niki picks up the virus syringe and walks out. Mindbender Maury watches from the window and smiles at his accomplishment.
Japan. AGAIN. Hiro time travels down to the gun tent and looks around. He sees several barrels of gunpowder and gets an idea. He picks up one, uncorks it, and spreads the gunpowder all over the guns and general area. Once it's empty, Hiro picks up a lantern and is about to blow the place up when..."I thought you'd come here," says Kensei, appearing from the shadows with his mask upon his face. Hiro stops and turns. "This many guns in Japan...they will crush history." He moves toward Kensei and says that they can stop White Beard together. Kensei removes his mask and says, "We did make a good team, you and I. You showed me how to be a hero. How to love. And then...you took it all away."
Kensei draws his sword and attacks Hiro, who is prepared. They cross swords and Kensei taunts Hiro to stop time and cut off his head. Hiro says he won't do it because he still has faith in him. This isn't good enough for Kensei, who draws him out into a fight on the sawdust. They cross swords several times, Hiro having learned a good many lessons at the hand of his father and Kensei having learned that falling in love with a chick after about eight hours makes one really fucking bitter when she's taken away by some short dork with glasses. A lantern falls to the ground and ignites the sawdust as Kensei says that Hiro Nakamura won't kill you, he'll only lie, cheat and steal. Hiro says that he only wanted to help Kensei become a hero. Kensei says that he never claimed to be anything more than a happy drunk.
They continue to fight as Hiro says, "Do not punish the world for my mistakes!" "I only want to punish you, Hiro!" says Kensei. "Yaeko was right. She wasn't destined to be my princess! She's destined to DIE!" Hiro shoves Kensei off of him and they have a glorious sword battle that, of course, has a moment in which Hiro is on the left and Kensei is on the right and they clearly represent the painting Isaac did of them fighting. But then the battle moves on and Hiro somehow gets both swords and Kensei is on the ground. Hiro looks around and sees the place in flames. He reaches down to Kensei and says, "Take my hand. We must get out of here now!" "Never!" says Kensei, gasping from the ground. "As long as I have breath in me, anything you love, I will lay to waste. I swear." He looks at Hiro and, in Japanese, says, "I will make you suffer." Hiro looks over at the flames near the trail of gunpowder and wisely decides to squint his eyes and go far, far away from the big bad explosion. He teleports just outside of the camp in time to watch the tent blow up big time, lending waste to all those nice shiny guns. And if anyone thinks Kensei is NOT dead, raise your hand. No really. RAISE YOUR HAND.