Episode Report Card Erin: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Wait -- maybe we should go back ANOTHER six monthsâ¦
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.26.2006
Burnt Toast Diner. Hiro's on the payphone, calling his old company. He asks a receptionist to transfer him to Ando, and as soon as he answers, Hiro launches into a plea for help. We switch to Japan, where Past Hiro informs Present Past Hiro that Ando's out sick, so he's covering for him. Present Past Hiro immediately hangs up the phone and goes, "Great-o Scott-o!" Hee.
Los Angeles. Matt's in his squad car, holding a half-eaten donut and staring out the window. His wife-porking buddy shows up and asks him what the hell he's doing. Matt's all, the huh? Wife Porker tells him that the detective test is in an hour, so he'd better get a move on. Matt agrees and his friend tells him the second time's going to be the charm for him on the test. "What's with the donut?" he asks. Matt's like, "What? They're delicious and fattening and covered in frosting! What's not to love?" He looks down at the donut in his hand like it's covered in fur and immediately dumps it back into a box full of assorted donuts. Wife Porker tells him that he's a walking cliché and Matt says that, after today, he's going to be a different man. He certainly is.
Burnt Toast Diner. Hiro's apparently decided to stick around because he is now working at the diner as a busboy. Does he live at the diner too? Because unless apartments are plentiful in Midland, Texas, Hiro's got nowhere to live. Unless he's just been at a hotel this entire time. Cubicle-dwelling Japanime geeks obviously make enough money to park it at Texas hotels for months on end. Charlie comes up and Hiro tells her that he has a gift for her. It's a Japanese phrase book. Charlie opens it and immediately speaks a complete Japanese phrase in a near-perfect accent. "You are a kind and generous man," she says. Hiro's stunned. Charlie says that, lately, she's just been able to remember everything. He tells her that she has a big power, a strong memory, and that it'll only get better in the future. Charlie's all, the future. Riiiiiight. Listen, you're cute and all, but knock it off with the future talk, okay?
Hiro tries to convince her that he can bend time and space and Charlie's like, of course you can, Tamagachi! Now here's a quarter. Go put something non-crazy on the jukebox. Hiro makes his bowel movement face again and there's a ding in the distance. The other waitress tells her that her order's up. Charlie turns to acknowledge her and when she turns back to Hiro, he has a huge bouquet of flowers for her. She's all, hey! I don't remember a flower store being right here in the diner! Also, that was FAST! Hiro's all, I know! That's because these are from down the street and I've really been gone for fifteen minutes, but I bended time and space to make it seem instantaneous. Also, I already delivered your order to the table. Because I'm nice that way. So, wait -- he can't teleport again because he'll wind up in the dark ages, but he can stop time while he goes and gets flowers and delivers food? That makes no sense. If he can't control it, then he can't control it. But don't make him able to control it sometimes, but not others. I realize he's learning, but let's move his educational process along a bit quicker, huh?