Episode Report Card Erin: A | 48 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Save the cheerleader. Save the -- wait, how does it go?
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Aired on 2006.10.23
Jock says he doesn't have to listen to this crap and goes to hit the nurse call button, but BGM grabs his hand before it can connect. He shoves the kid's injured arm down onto his chest and clasps a hand over his mouth as Jock screams in pain. "Claire is a very special girl," says her father. "It's confusing what's happening to her, and she doesn't need some punk making her life any more difficult. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" He's got a nice balance of calmly murderous and mildly concerned going on here. "I should kill you," he continues as Jock struggles. "But instead, I'm gonna do you a favor. You already threw away this life; I'm gonna give you a second chance. I'm gonna let you forget all the terrible things you've done. And maybe this time, when you wake up in your new life, you'll make something decent of it."
BGM pulls back and Jock the Rapist gasps. "Shhhh," says BGM, sounding exactly like the alter ego of some blonde Vegas stripper we're all familiar with. He straightens his jacket and pulls back the curtain to reveal Creepy Bald Guy of Silence, whom many of the posters have taken to calling "Deep Cleaner." Hee. I do love that name. "Hollow him out," says BGM coldly. "Take everything." . He leaves and Deep Cleaner grabs the edge of the curtain, pulling it totally around Jock the Rapist's bed.
Isaac's Den of Iniquity. Peter's attempting to hang the canvases in some semblance of order. He steps back and says that the paintings are amazing; that they tell a story, sort of like a comic book. I've watched this episode twice already and it just now occurred to me that this might be the moment where Isaac gets the idea to actually turn the paintings into a comic book. Since Hiro traveled to the New York of the future and found the 9th Wonder comic book, I've just erroneously assumed that the comic book was already in existence and Isaac did it on the side or something. But the comic is from the future, so Isaac has to come up with the idea to turn his paintings into a comic at some point. I can't believe I'm just figuring this out. I really need to pay closer attention to this show. And I mean closer attention to the plot rather than the hot guys who are superheroes.