Episode Report Card Erin: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Wait -- maybe we should go back ANOTHER six monthsâ¦
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.26.2006
Brooklyn. Bennet and Suresh are discussing Claire's genetic abnormality. Bennet wants to know how it's going to effect her, and Suresh says that he doesn't know and that it's possible that nothing at all might happen; he might be wrong. Bennet looks at her picture on the map and comments on how fast she's growing up and how he can't stop it. Suresh agrees and sort of gently slaps Bennet on the shoulder in a friendly manner. They seem to genuinely like each other at this point. But I'm confused as to how much Bennet knows about Claire and Suresh. He told Isaac that he rescued Claire from a botched attempt to contact her hero parents, but now he knows nothing about her potential abilities or Suresh's research? Is this the first time he's known about Suresh? Not an inconsistency so much as it's just questions being answered by more questions, really. So... no drinking. Sorry.
Bennet asks if Suresh has a daughter, and Suresh tells him that he had a daughter and that she was five when she died. Bennet says that he's sorry, and Suresh says that mutations are like cancers or diseases in that they're meant to eliminate a species. Shanti's genetic anomaly wound up being the portal to Suresh's research. He hopes no one will suffer as she did. Bennet wants to know what will happen if Suresh figures all of this stuff out. "We can change the world," he responds. "Give people hope for the future. That is your daughter's destiny." Suresh wants to meet her, but Bennet says that might be a problem for his family. He wants to think on it and get back to Suresh on how to proceed. They shake hands, and Bennet says their meeting was... educational. Still can't tell if he's a full-on bad guy or not, but I'm totally digging his character arc.
Hal's Hotel Room. There's a knock at the door. Hal goes to get it and it's Niki. Or should I say "ikiN"? She enters the room without so much as a "hello" and stalks her way inside. Hal follows. "You do remember?" he says. "Ohhhh," says ikiN, "how could I forget?" She spins around and grabs Hal by the throat and then single-handedly throws him up against a wardrobe. Hal's all, Niki, honey, what the hell? "Not Niki," says ikiN. "It's me, Daddy. Jessica. The daughter you threw your beer bottles at? The daughter that you choked? The daughter that you killed?" She shoves him further up the wardrobe door, still using only her right hand. Hal protests that he didn't kill anyone, but ikiN's not buying that it was an accident. He gasps that he came to apologize to Niki, but ikiN would prefer it if he apologized to her and, really, who can blame her, considering that she's the one he killed?