Episode Report Card Erin: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Dawn Of The Dead Dads
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2007.11.19
Meanwhile, in a park across town, Claire's busy building a wall or something with rocks. West shows up dressed all in black and demands to know what her "deal" is, telling her that she can stop pretending, because the jig, she is up. She swears that she's not pretending, and that she really does care about West: "I'm just a cheerleader." West doubts that this is all just one big coincidence, and asks why she didn't just come out and tell him the truth. She claims that she didn't want to lose him, and knew that telling him the truth about her father would force him away. Which, of course, it did. West melts a bit at this, but he turns away. Claire tells him that her family is leaving, but that she's staying because of him. He wants to believe her, but he doesn't. He says that he needs to figure things out, and flies away, which is when we see that Claire wasn't building a wall; she was laying out the word "SORRY" on the grass with rocks, so that West could see it from the air. Aw.
Cut to Matt's police station in New York. He's on the phone, trying to get some cooperation from the FBI. His boss walks up and cuts the conversation short by hanging up the call from the cradle. Matt splutters that he was on hold with the Feds, and the chief wants to know WHY he's trying to talk to the FBI. Matt says that he's trying to get more info on Kaito's murder, but the chief reminds him that Angela Petrelli already confessed to the murder, so the case is closed. Matt says that Angela totally didn't do it; he wants to get to the bottom of the mystery. The chief wants Matt to drop the damn case and move on. Matt whispers that there's something more to the case, and that this group of people were involved in some sort of organization, like back in the '70s. "Like a disco?" the chief deadpans. HAHAHAHA. That's like the best throwaway line I've heard so far this season. Matt pulls out the ElderHeroes picture, and we get a good look at the whole group: Linderman, Monroe, Angela, Kaito, Tobby and Papa Parkman are all in the back row, while Deveaux is seated in the front row. There are also three women and two men I've never seen before, including the unidentified woman in the top row. Matt tries to convince his chief that these people were involved in some sort of research facility, and that he's been there and then he makes the terrible mistake of mentioning that his father was part of the original group. This sets off alarm bells in the chief's skull, and he says that Matt's too personally involved in this situation, and that he has more important work to do. Before the chief can fire his ass, though, Matt remembers what happened with Molly that morning, and thinks at his boss that he should give him twenty-four hours to work the case and talk to Angela Petrelli. The chief just goes, "Tell you what -- give it twenty-four hours. Talk to Angela Petrelli." Matt just smiles and tells him this is an AWESOME idea.