Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 2137 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Boom Goes The Dynamite?
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2009.03.02
Angela and Nathan are sitting in his car, and he asks her if she's Rebel, as whomever it is has been helping Peter and also knows all about Building 26, and given that she has all that information (really?) he wonders who else it could be. Angela tells Nathan that besides the fact that she's computer illiterate, she knows what side her bread is buttered on, so to speak, as Nathan is the one keeping her safe. God, he must really hate Peter if he's willing to protect the woman who gave him his unwanted powers and a daughter that hates him but not his own brother. Of course, she may not be Rebel, but when she tells him she'd never betray him, we know she's lying, based on her conversation with Bennet at the end of last episode. Speaking of Peter, Nathan says that his theft of the files has made people want him dead, and I can only assume he means "more people," because Danko made his position pretty clear earlier. Angela thinks Nathan can still protect him, but he's not so sure. Peter then calls and tells Nathan to listen good: He'll give back the recording for Matt and Daphne. Nathan can't believe he'd trade what he has for such a small prize, but Peter ignores him and tells him if anything happens to any of the three of them, the recording gets played on the nightly news. Nathan agrees to his brother's terms, and asks where they should meet...
...and we cut to the agents in the van, who snap to attention when they see the Bennet garage door opening. Amid a flurry of squealing tires and hand-held camerawork, they intercept the SUV, but only find a hoodied Lyle in the passenger's seat and a smug Sandra driving, who says they're going to a movie, and she hopes that's not a threat to the Federal government. It's a lot less likely since the change of administration, I'd say. The agents then hear a noise out back, and go running to investigate, and I think this little stunt may actually have hurt Alex's chances of getting out unnoticed (do they really not have anyone watching the back of the house?) but I still enjoyed Sandra's little moment of triumph. Out back, Claire and Alex run down a steep hill, and perform a more mature version of "Jack And Jill" when they both lose their balance and tumble their way to the bottom, and Alex isn't in such a hurry that he doesn't take the time to enjoy lying on Claire's boobs for several seconds until she politely invites him to get off of her. They see the agents coming and get moving again, hopping an iron fence that surrounds a pool, and when the agents catch up, they look around, but Alex and Claire have submerged themselves in the underwater shadows. When Claire starts to run out of air, Alex kisses her, apparently blowing air into her mouth as he does. That doesn't hold up under scrutiny, but the whole scene's completely cheesy, so complaining about the technical aspects seems beside the point.