Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C | 962 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Swing Low, Sweet Chariot…
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 25 | Aired on 2009.04.27
...to Sylar forcing Claire to open a bottle of wine. Yes, he's taking a page out of Doyle's book and twisting Claire around like a marionette, but it's not creepy when he does it, just irritating. It's odd -- I don't think I've ever despised a character this much while still both liking and respecting the actor behind it, but I've seen good work from him, and the writing and showrunning has been so bad when it comes to Sylar that I can't bring myself to fault ZQ for any of it. Not that I think he's really been trying lately, but I can't blame him for that, either. Anyway, we've got an all-powerful dude and a girl who can't feel pain or be hurt, so of course we're reduced to more speechifying from Sylar about how the two of them are eventually going to be the only ones left and blah, which again is obviously exciting enough to be season-finale material, and he eventually gets close and offers, "You could be my first...First Lady." Take out one of those "first"s and the sentence makes a lot more sense to me.
Nathan and Peter are stopped by a security guy downstairs, who calls Liam and is informed that Nathan is already upstairs...
...and then the Petrelli boys are pedeconferencing with Liam, who, not unreasonably, asks who the hell is up in the suite. Nathan drops Sylar's name, but when Liam asks if he's one of them, Nathan confirms that -- before thinking better of it and, after a significant look at Peter, amends that to saying Sylar's "one of us." Aw -- it's true Nathan was responsible for the waste of millions in taxpayers' money and a desecration of civil liberties that Dick Cheney would find even better than Viagra, but at least we got this One To Grow On moment out of it! Sorry, I probably shouldn't be quite this sarcastic when Nathan has less than five minutes to live. Anyway, he punctuates this change of heart by floating up into the air, and after the security guys point guns at him and Liam gives us a good view of his epiglottis, Nathan admits he's been lying to the President, and will take full responsibility for his transgressions, but right now, he and Peter need to take on the threat upstairs. He also does us the favor of reminding us that Peter is a power mimic, and given that it's been some time since he switched, I can understand why, before asking for a five-minute head start. 'That's all I'm asking." Liam stares for a long moment...