Episode Report Card Erin: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Dawn Of The Dead Dads
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2007.11.19
The episode wraps up with West and Claire arriving at her house. She tearfully says that her last words to her father were "I hate you," and now she'll never be able to let him know how much she really loved him. She goes inside to give her mother the news. West watches from a distance as Mrs. Bennet falls to her knees.
Cut to Hiro at his father's funeral. He says that he refuses to eulogize his father, because to do so would be to admit that he is dead. And he's not dead. He lives on in the advice and lessons he gave his son. He taught Hiro right from wrong, and what it means to be a hero. As Hiro continues to talk about his father's lessons...
...we see Mohinder in the back of the van looking down at the gun that killed Bennet. Elle drives the vehicle, her arm bandaged up; Tobby gently tries to touch it as if to say he's sorry, but she shrugs him off, clearly feeling that he's not winning Father of the Year any time soon.
Hiro's speech moves on to how certain things are in God's hands, but for everything else, we have the gift of choice. Matt looks down at the photo of the ElderHeroes, and we see that the mystery woman now has a yellow stickie above her head with the name "Victoria Pratt" written on it. So it would appear that Matt has become his father after all. Hiro says that his father gave him the tools to fight the battles ahead: every hand he extends in kindness is his father's hand, and every blow he strikes for justice is his father's fist. Hiro turns and starts wiping the red painted name of his father off the tombstone, as is the tradition. Mrs. Bennet is plopped on the floor in front of the fridge, her eyes dry of tears. Mr. Muggles runs up and jumps into her lap as Hiro says that as long as Kaito's lessons stay with him, and so long as he lives on in Hiro's heart, his father is never truly dead.
And that's when we see an IV with blood dripping through it. The camera follows the line up the arm of the person it's inserted into and...it's Bennet. His left eye is an empty hole, and his right eye glazed over with a white film. But as the blood travels through his system, his left eye miraculously returns, and the film disappears from the right eye. He comes to life with a gasp and sits up, looking around; he's in a small, dank room that can only be in one place: The Company. "Holy--!"
To be continued.
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Next on Heroes: The Shanti virus is about to be released in twenty-four hours, and apparently Hiro has an interest in removing Peter's head from his body.