Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 2040 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Crash And Burn
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 2009.02.09
We return to a shot of a wall with several Heroes' photos on it: Peter, Matt, Sylar, Hiro and Mohinder, among many others. This is in Nathan's office, and we're back to him telling the story in the future, but it really adds nothing other than to let us know that ZI's name is "Danko," so I'm going to skip these little interludes from here on out unless Nathan does something interesting with his wardrobe -- specifically, cutting down on it.
The morning after the plane's destruction, Nathan is barking at Danko for ordering an air strike, but Danko tells him he's the field commander, and the second the plane was hijacked, Nathan's prisoners were re-designated as terrorists. He sums up his philosophy: "If you have a rabid dog, you don't put a chain around its neck and pray for miracles. You put it down!" I take it Danko wondered what all the tears were about at the end of Old Yeller. He adds, with a baleful look over at Claire, who's tied to a chair and being watched like a hawk several yards away, that Nathan's daughter turned a simple transport flight into a national security emergency. Nathan says he'll deal with Claire, and Danko scores points with me: "You do that." Nathan and Bennet exchange a look...