Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 719 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Suck It, Peter!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2008.10.20
Nathan and Tracy show up at Mohinder's door, and we cut to him telling "Niki" that he's glad she's okay, but she should have called, and how hard would it be for her to wear a "Hi! My name is Tracy!" label to preclude any more of this bullshit? Also, Mohinder pulls up his sleeve to cover the fact that his arm has turned as scaly as his back, and I guess it's kind of fitting that his metamorphosis is as plodding as his voiceovers. Nathan and Tracy set Mohinder straight about her identity, and she then demonstrates her icy power and tells Mohinder about Zimmerman giving them the synthetic abilities. Mohinder looks happy enough to spin a little web right there, and asks if there have been any side effects. Not being able to sense when a situation feels out-of-control creepy and wrong seems to be one of them, so I hope their path never crosses Doyle's. Mohinder guesses that Tracy first discovered her ability when she was agitated, and Tracy gets that "I killed a man" face that she really needs to drop, because it was a million years ago and I'm tired of linking to that death scene every single recap. She asks if he can remove the ability, and he non-answers, "I have a feeling we can be of great assistance to each other." The three of them exchange looks, but as far as acting ability goes, this is not exactly the show's first string, so I'll leave it to you to decide what's going through whose mind.
Daphne has given Matt a Pinehearst card, and says they know things about him, especially how he's been waiting his whole life to be somebody. You might have just put your finger on the problem there, hon. Noting her distraction, he opines that she's not buying her own pitch, but she snaps out of it, saying she's just got a lot of appointments that day. He awkwardly asks if the meeting isn't about the two of them, which is enough for her to come back to the fact that he knew her name. He explains about the future he saw, and how happy they were (even going to the dreaded "soulmates" place, ugh) as Daphne makes a series of "oooookay, freak show" faces that seriously crack me up. She says that the situation is "getting kind of stalky," so she's going to go, but just as she superzips away, he calls that they named their baby Daniela -- she zips back -- "after your grandmother." This wigs Daphne out for real, and she asks Matt to wait there for her while she does whatever it is she has to do. He agrees, and she assures him she'll be back before superzipping away. He might be less jazzed if he knew she was going to try to recruit Sylar, but this is what happens when you get zapped off to Africa for several episodes, you know? Also, Matt all but high-fives the turtle, who's probably wishing his lifespan wasn't so goddamned long.