Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Way We Were
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 17 | Aired on 02.25.2007
... and then Bennet is carrying Claire into her room as Parkman tells him that Sprague really, really was going to kill Sandra. Dude, we looked in his eyes and saw little burning cuckoo clocks. We believe you. Bennet thanks him for shooting first, and then they have a tense moment until Claire comes to, coughs, pulls the bullet out of her mouth, and spits out some blood. Is there a bad-ass category in cheerleading competitions? Because I think Claire has a shot at taking home the national title. Parkman looks at the bullet in wonder as Bennet tells Claire that her mom and brother and downstairs, but they're not safe. Parkman asks if he made Claire indestructible, but Bennet finally gives up that he didn't make any of the Heroes the way they are, and bites out that he doesn't appreciate him confusing Claire. Claire: "The facts are you work at some freak factory where you ruin people's lives." Based on what we've seen so far, she doesn't seem all that confused. Bennet tells her he'll explain everything later, but she has to do as he says now. She's not hearing that, and starts to get up to go to the police, but even Parkman is aware of how very bad an idea that is, and we cut away with nothing resolved...
... to downstairs, where an impatient Sprague calls Parkman's name...
... and then back upstairs, where Bennet urgently and emotionally tells Claire that his bosses don't know about her, and if they did, they would have taken her months earlier and he never would have seen her again. He strokes her face as he tells her that he's been fighting for her to have a normal life, an assertion that Parkman confirms via his power is the truth. Bennet tells Claire she has to stay where she is, as Sprague is capable of generating a chain reaction that would be like dropping a nuclear bomb on their house. And they just got new curtains, too. Parkman adds that Sprague will do it, and tells Bennet they have to get back downstairs. Bennet tells Claire to do what he says so no one gets hurt. He turns to Parkman: "And you? Do what I think." Heh. Bennet strokes Claire's face again, but she pulls away. The men leave the room.
Downstairs, Lyle is trying to be a hero by braining Sprague with a baseball bat, but Sprague sees him coming a mile away and pushes him to the floor. Parkman and Bennet get down there at that moment, but honestly, Sprague doesn't even seem pissed off about that one. How unthreatening do you have to be not to cause even a blip on Mr. Nuclear's Anger-O-Meter? Poor Lyle. Parkman tells Sprague that what they want is at the paper factory -- records of the abductions, which Bennet will trade in exchange for his family's safety. Now that they've established that Parkman is taking his cues from Bennet, we're not actually hearing the thoughts, which is fine with me. Sprague is skeptical, but Parkman convinces him Bennet's telling the truth. However, when Parkman tells him to go with Bennet while he stays with the family, Sprague insists they reverse the assignments. Bennet agrees to that, but since we didn't hear the communications, we don't know if that was his actual goal or not. He tells his wife he's going to get them out of their predicament. Sprague looks at his watch and says it's seven AM, and Bennet's got an hour before the rest of the house goes the way of his cheap door handle. Lingering shot on Sandra holding Lyle...