Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 758 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Hinky and the Brain
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2008.09.29
Meredith is having a cigarette outside (lesson learned) when Claire appears. They laugh about how well Claire's little declaration of independence went, and then Meredith asks what her new superhero bent is all about. Claire tells her there are bad people out there, and she feels like she should do something. Meredith brings up Sylar's attack (it's worth noting that she refers to Sandra as "your mom"), and asks if she wants to talk about it, but Claire replies that she just wants to move past it and fight them, and could Meredith teach her how to do that? Meredith considers for a moment, and tells her to hop in the car. "We're going to play hooky today." I hope she remembers to write Claire a note. "Had to take my daughter to an emergency torture session! Love, Firemommy!"
Nathan shows up at Tracy's apartment, letting us know that she missed his swearing-in ceremony (Already? It's the day after she visited him, and he was still in the frickin' hospital), and she gets right to the point, showing him the video file of Niki and Nathan. Nathan's still kind of slow to grasp the whole "You're not Niki?" point (and if he really thinks it's her, it's mildly gross that he wanted her on his staff, all things considered), so Tracy stops wasting time and says she's heading to New Orleans. I don't think this scene was really necessary -- surely it wouldn't have been overly confusing to have one of Tracy's resources show up in The Big Easy. On the other hand, Nathan is pretty.