Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Crash And Burn
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.09.2009
Near a church, Hiro and Ando meet back up with Mohinder and Matt, and Peter then swoops in to join them and tells them to get rid of their cell phones -- this meeting will be the last they arrange using them. After Peter gets filled in on Matt's possession of "Isaac's ability" (NeoIsaac: "What am I, chopped liver?" Ooh, bad expression.), they all look at the drawings, and it seems Hiro needs to go to India, or will go to India, or has heard of India, or something. He also says he's going to regain his powers. Matt then says he wants payment for Daphne, and tells them they need to take the fight to the enemy. Peter cautions them that their lives as they knew them are over, and they can't use anything traceable like credit cards or bank accounts from here on out. Sounds like there's going to be plenty of turning tricks for cash, and there's where I think Peter, Mohinder and Ando need to step up for the good of the team. Peter concludes that the enemy will come for them. "And when that day comes, we'll have to be ready."
Cut to Sylar and Luke on the road, leading their mostly unfabulous social life, or something.
In Costa Verde, Claire is sitting pensively in her bedroom, and then Sandra enters and notes she's been quiet before babbling about the college visit Claire was supposedly on. From how little she's tuned in to her daughter's mood, I'm wondering if The Haitian paid her a recent visit for old times' sake. When Sandra's gone, Claire gets a text from "Rebel," who basically tells her he or she is a friend, and she should hold out hope, as they can still fight back. Claire texts back that she's scared, and the response comes back: "Me too. Can't give up. Be ready." Well, it's actually that in all caps, but you know I don't play that unless the show gets me very, very angry.
So of course Nathan's been on the phone with Angela, and he asks for her support when Peter inevitably comes to her, but she tells him to stuff it, saying he pushed her aside in putting together this crusade, and now, basically, he's reaping what he sowed. She looks at a picture of Danko as she tells him to handle the situation himself, and hangs up. Nathan looks bummed, but then an assistant enters and says "they're" ready for him...
...and then he's entering the back of a darkened armored truck, in which there's a seated hooded prisoner. Nathan has the lights turned on and removes the mask to reveal Tracy. She's panicked, and asks him to let her go, but he tells her that "these powers" lead to chaos and disaster. This from the man who wanted to give them to more people than own an iPhone. She scores points by speculating that that's what he tells himself so he can sleep at night, but this is really all about him and his ambition. "It's all you are, Nathan. It's all you ever were." He gets up to go, but she yells that he's one of "us," and I should mention they made a point of quickly showing us that this conversation is being recorded on a security camera, so I'm thinking that's another piece that will help Danko put together the Nathan puzzle. Tracy keeps yelling until they stick a drug shunt in her nose, and Nathan marches resolutely away. It's not perfect, but I have to tell you, it's refreshing when this show actually tells a story. See you next time.