Episode Report Card Erin: A | 43 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Hold still, Sylar--there's something sticking out of your head.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2007.01.29
Cut to the boy himself, walking out onto a rooftop. Claude's there, messing about with some pigeons. He's all, dude? What'd I say about the following? Peter's all, I need your help! Also, do you live up here? Claude's all, it's a ROOF, dude, not a hotel. And you're not terribly smart, are you? Peter says that he used to take care of a man who lived in this building, Simone's father. So he thinks it's not a coincidence that he's met Claude -- he thinks they were destined to meet. Claude's too busy futzing with his birds to bother listening to Peter's ramblings. Again, Peter asks for Claude's help in controlling his ability. "I need to control it, like you do," says Peter. "What're you talking about?" says Claude. "It can't be controlled." Peter says there has to be a way to control it. If he can't, New York will explode. Oh, and so will he. Claude's all, an exploding man? Are you mental? Where'd that come from? "My dreams," says Peter. Claude's like, what are you, Patricia Arquette now?
Peter says that he thinks he found Claude for a reason, that he's supposed to teach Peter how to stop this exploding man thing. You know, the only reason I'm not recapping this entire scene as "Peter asks Claude to help him and Claude says he won't x 5000" is that I love both of these actors so damn much. But, really, that's what this entire scene consists of. Peter asks Claude to help him. Claude says no. Peter asks Claude to help him AGAIN. Claude doesn't say that he will. Peter asks AGAIN. Claude plays with his birds. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Claude finally says that you can't control it, that you wake up one day and suddenly, you have this thing that you can't really do anything about, and you just have to suck it up and deal. He gets up to leave, and Peter grabs him. "I'm trying not to die!" Peter says in desperation. "There's got to be something you can do!" Claude grabs him by the collar and says he can kill him right this second and solve the whole damn exploding man problem RIGHT NOW. He ponders that maybe this was the real reason they met -- Claude's supposed to kill him in order to save the world. Peter looks scared. Claude says that he needn't bother looking for him; he won't be returning to the Rooftop Ramada any time soon. He leaves, and Peter walks over to the edge of the roof and emotes from behind his wall of bangs.