Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 906 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Sleep To Dream
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 21 | Aired on 2009.03.30
Back at Building 26, Danko's yelling at his staff to find the guy that killed their men, but after he blusters and swaggers as best he can, he privately tells Bennet that they need a win. Bennet pushes the hoary "one of us, one of them" idea, which is really ill-advised for reasons that should be coming clear already, and adds that it's a similar strategy to the one Danko himself used when he was running several counter-insurgency operations. Danko's all "Well, I never!" in the face of Bennet's mention of his checkered past, but Bennet merely laughs and says that if Danko were aware of the references he's making, he'd appreciate the value of co-opting the native population. "A little focused manipulation goes a long way." Danko straight-up asks how Bennet could trust any Hero, but Bennet tells him trust doesn't enter into it -- they're merely tools to be used, and the key is to do whatever it takes to motivate them. Bennet then so happens to mention he has reason to believe that Sylar is in D.C., and catching him could be the win they both need. Danko, however, says he's got another assignment for Bennet, and once he's handed him a folder, we see Danko's sending him after Angela. I'd count that as a blessing, you won't be surprised to hear.
Claire joins Nathan in the cantina and triumphantly slaps down several large-ish bills, and if I were Nathan my first reaction wouldn't be mere mild interest in what she had to do to get them, but I never said my parenting skills were anything to write home about. Of course, I DON'T HAVE KIDS. Anyway, Claire sold a necklace that Bennet gave her, but Nathan tells her she didn't have to do that, and, with a look toward several nearby fratty-looking American boys, says he's got everything under control, and I can think of about a thousand ways that sentence will end up not being true and approximately zero where it is. Claire's expression agrees with me, so Nathan whines that their situation isn't exactly simple. Claire's like, how about calling off the dogs you let loose, and in response, Nathan asks for a little gratitude for the free pass and rescuing her and blah, like, NONE OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY IF YOU WEREN'T WILLING TO BETRAY YOUR OWN KIND JUST ON THE OFF CHANCE YOUR ABILITY WOULD EVENTUALLY BE REMOVED! I enjoy watching Adrian Pasdar, but man, does Nathan need to shut up, both retroactively and going forward. Claire asks why he gave her the damn free pass in the first place, and he evasively says he had his reasons before grabbing the wad of cash and heading over to the frat boys. Claire asks what he's going to do with the money, and Nathan replies, "Turn it into more." Claire looks like she just hopes her necklace isn't going to fund a donkey show.