Episode Report Card Erin: B | 398 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT So, This Time It's "Stop The Plague, Save The World"?
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 7 | Aired on 2007.11.05
In the story, there is a last trial: Kensei versus the Dragon. The dragon who taught Kensei the way of the sword demands his love in turn. Kensei is supposed to cut out his own heart to save her. Yaeko asks if that's what he must do right now -- cut out his own heart. Hiro turns to her and hands her the sword, saying that he almost destroyed time by staying when he should have left. Now, he must go back. "As long as I have a voice," Yaeko says, "all shall know the story of noble Takezo Kensei. And the boy Hiro Nakamura will have tales to help him sleep." Aw. "And he will dream of the Princess," says Hiro. They kiss as the cherry blossoms fall around them. He bids her farewell and disappears.
The Company. Mohinder is attending to Niki with his cure. He tells her that the second she gets a hit of his antibodies, she'll be right as rain. She asks him if his nose hurts, and we see that Mohinder is sporting a lovely nose bandage just like the one he sports in that Isaac painting! He says it only hurts when he breathes and Niki apologizes. Something comes up on the monitor Mohinder's looking at and he says, "This can't be right." Niki asks what's wrong and Mohinder says that the antibodies aren't working. "This isn't possible, not now. It's another strain of the virus." Mohinder looks at Niki. "It's immune," he says. "My blood's no longer a cure." "I'm going to die?" asks Niki calmly. They look at each other and say nothing.
Tokyo. Ando's sitting in front of his computer, attempting to figure out how to tunnel under the security system so he can search for anime porn. He turns away from his keyboard to get a file and when he returns, Kensei's mask is sitting staring at him. "I had to get you a souvenir!" says Hiro from behind him. Ando jumps out of his chair and goes to his friend. "You're alive! You're a samurai!" Hiro asks if he's been gone long and Ando informs him that it's been months since they saved the world. Hiro's so pleased to learn that they saved New York from the bomb that he gives us a good "Yatta!" Hiro says that there's tons to catch up on and that he wants to tell his father everything. Ando looks stricken. "Hiro...your father...he is dead. Murdered." Hiro looks like he's been smacked with a reality stick.
Company Store. Tobby's looking at a file. Mohinder enters with his big white nose plaster. "This strain has no cure," says Mohinder, handing Tobby a sheet of paper. Tobby looks hosed. "Are you sure of these results?" he asks. Mohinder just nods. "We'll keep Maury sedated and we'll destroy every last vial," says Tobby. "I promise." He hands Mohinder a file. "What's this?" asks Mohinder. "It's a chance to save Niki," says Tobby. "We got a police report." Mohinder opens it and it's Claire's file. "A girl walks away from a 50-foot fall without a scratch." "Cellular regeneration?" asks Mohinder. "Her name is Claire Bennet," says Tobby. "You remember her father, Noah? He worked for us." Mohinder closes the file after realizing who he's looking at and places it back on Tobby's desk. "Of course," says Mohinder. "He's not exactly gonna let us take his daughter, is he?" Tobby puts a Company gun on the table. Mohinder looks at it. "Are you saying we should kill him?" Tobby says, "I'm saying we should be prepared."