Episode Report Card DeAnn Welker: C- | 135 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Hiro Quixote and Ando Panza
By DeAnn Welker | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2010.01.04
Mohinder narrates -- much less annoyingly than he used to, either because it's been so long or because the rest of the show has gotten so bad his narration is somehow tolerable -- that "There are many ways to define our fragile existence, many ways to give it meaning." Peter and Nathan's heartfelt "I love you" scene from Nathan's most recent death, and Peter lets go. My husband, at this point, finished narrating for Mohinder: "One way is to throw your brother off a building." But Mohinder continues much more boringly as Nathan falls, morphing into Sylar: "But it is our memories that shape its purpose and give it context." Peter tells Hiro he's sick, and Hiro agrees he's dying of a brain tumor. Then Damien grabs Hiro's head again and makes him flash on a bunch of stuff as Mohinder says: "A private assortment of images, fears, loves, regrets. We alone choose the importance of each." "Beam me up, Scotty." Mohinder: "Building our own unique histories one memory at a time." Emma asks if Peter sent her a cello. Mohinder: "Hoping the ones we choose to remember don't betray or trap us." Emma cellos a crack in her wall. She talks to Hiro and to Peter. "For it is the cruel irony of life that we are destined to hold the dark with the light, the good with the evil." Samuel kills his brother, then sends Replicator Eli (sometimes known as Eyeliner) to take files from HRG. "This is what separates us, what makes us human. And in the end, what we must fight to hold on to." Claire and Gretchen visit the carnival, but it's not Claire Samuel's after. And that's all you need to know, I guess. Though, let's be honest, knowing that won't help any of this make sense.
In her one-night visit to the Carnival, Claire's taken on janitorial duties, as we open with her picking up garbage with one of those spike garbage getters. The ground under her trash holds a chyron that says, "Chapter Twelve: Upon This Rock." She looks at Eli's and Lydia's circus-y Carnival posters, then turns and watches Eli watch her in slow motion. Lydia the Tattooed Lady approaches, and tells Claire Eli's harmless, and is just staring because she's new and everyone's walking. They make small talk about breakfast, which Claire already had and Lydia's taking to Samuel. But she suggests Claire take the pancakes to him instead, and "score some points" since Samuel loves Mrs. Comey's pancakes. Claire laughs and agrees. In the trailer, Samuel's rifling through HRG's files, which are very obviously in a Primatech box. When she knocks, Samuel says, "I hope you brought extra syrup" without turning to see who it is, and Claire stupidly says, "How'd you know I brought pancakes?" Uh, Claire, he knew Lydia was bringing pancakes, and he hadn't looked at you yet. Who is dumber: Claire or the writers of this show? Samuel covers the box, explains he thought she was Lydia, and scurries her out of the trailer.