Episode Report Card Erin: A+ | 102 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Note to New York: Watch out for the guy with the glowing hands and the crazy eyes.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 2007.05.14
Micah's Personal Prison at Kirby Plaza. Candice wanders through the room, shoving fries into her face. Micah comments that he has a cousin who eats like her, but this cousin is bigger than a New Jersey heifer. "He's huge," says Micah. "So am I," says Candice with a grunt. This makes me wonder if Candice is really grossly overweight person who presents herself as this hot chick because of her feelings of inadequacy and remorse about her own figure. She says that she picked up some comic books for him because she knows he likes them. She tosses the books on a table and parks it on the sofa. Amongst the comics is an original Silver Surfer number one. Micah is stunned. He tells Candice that she's nice, even when she's being scary. This is one of Micah's most endearing qualities: seeing the goodness even in bad people. He doesn't see much goodness in Linderman, however, and he asks Candice why she's working for such a bad man. "You could use your power to be a hero," he says.
Candice laughs bitterly and says that he's too young to see how much the world sucks and how mean people can be to you just because of where you were born or what you look like. She bites into a fry like it's the head of one of her enemies and it quickly becomes very clear that Candice is working through some fairly severe self-esteem issues. She sits up and tells Micah that Linderman is going to change everything. "He's going to heal the word," she says with a smile. "I didn't know it was sick," says Micah dubiously. There's a knock at the door. It's Linderman himself. He walks right over to Micah who says that he wants to see his mom. Linderman says that after today, Micah can go home. Micah doesn't believe him. Linderman kneels down before him and says that what Micah does today with his incredible ability will save many lives. Micah considers this a moment and then asks what he has to do. Linderman says he just has to do what comes naturally; he has to talk to machines. After that, Micah will not only be able to go home, he'll go home with enough money in his pocket that he and his parents will never have to worry about finances again. This seals the deal for little Micah.