Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 1173 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Taste My Soup!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2008.11.10
In Sylar's kitchen, Elle takes a couple of deep breaths, steeling herself for what she's about to cause to happen, before plastering on a smile and saying the ziti he's made smells awesome. Goes great with Goth! She brings the stuff into the other room, in which Sylar, dressed up like a good little boy, is uncorking some wine, and they have a little chat about what they should do that night until there's a knock at the door. Elle's like, oh, by the way, I invited someone to join us! Because I figured you'd need dessert, and we were all out of pie! Sylar's face falls, as it well might given the low piano note that forebodingly plays on the soundtrack, and we get a brief Bennet-Cam look at the door opening and this kid "Trevor" entering. Elle introduces the two boys and says she thought they should meet, as Trevor has an ability too. I'll tell you that said ability is neither to moderate the amount of eyeliner he wears nor to wash his hair. Sylar's confused, so Elle says she hopes he's not mad, but she got Trevor's number off the list in the trash, and she thinks it's important for Sylar's mental health to know other people like himself. Trevor, for his part, looks way too pleased with himself generally, and when Elle invites him to demonstrate his power, he uses his fingers to simulate a gun and shoots at the two wineglasses, which shatter. Okay, Sylar, time to kill him. Elle feigns excitement, and then tells them to wait there as she runs out of the room, and Bennet overacts the delight at everything that's going on. Despite his checkered past, I'm not really buying that he'd be quite so amped about killing this kid, and I don't think it's really necessary for the story either, as it's possible to think the end is necessary and still hate the means, but this whole plotline is stupid and irritating and bugs the crap out of me. I am happy, though, as I said before, that it means Quinto and Bell will have more screentime together. See how that works, Bennet?