Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 1531 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Future Imperfect
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2008.09.22
In the hospital, Nathan comes to with a start. He sees an innocent-looking suit and dress shirt hanging on the door to his room, although from the creepy music playing, you'd think it was made of anthrax and spiders.
Future Peter enters the hospital. Is he going to try again? No, because when he checks Nathan's room, he's gone. And so is the suit DUN DUN DUN!
Outside the hospital, some reporter is doing a TV segment about Nathan when the man himself appears and crosses behind him. Smelling a promotion, the guy gets the crew to follow him...
...into what I'm guessing is the hospital chapel, although he had to walk across an outdoor courtyard to get there. Nathan stands at the front of the pews, and then turns to a woman who's praying behind him and tells her in Spanish that he saw God that day. The woman gives a little smile like, "You probably don't know the Spanish word for 'blasphemer', so I'm not going to waste my breath."
Peter sees the crew heading into the chapel and follows them.
Nathan goes on, in English, that he was dead, and God gave him another chance. He says that he now knows the reason he's there is to do God's bidding. Just then, the reporter reminds him that he said in his speech earlier that he had a message to deliver, and wonders if he's ready to do that now. Future Peter reaches into his pocket and cocks his gun, probably figuring that he's already a modern-day Cain (are the scars his mark?), so how much worse can committing murder in a church be? But he lets Nathan talk, and hears this from him: "God is the only one with the message. It's a message of hope, and urgency, because he's not going to wait much longer. His message is a simple one. We're all connected." He goes on that only together can people's time on the planet mean anything, and they all have one goal: "Save ourselves. Save the world." Satisfied that his brother's churchy rantings are no threat to their kind, Peter goes to Nathan, who falls shakily into his arms. Just in case you were wondering if the Petrelli brothers still were touching each other more than any other two people on the show.