Episode Report Card DeAnn Welker: B- | 214 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Everybody Hurts
By DeAnn Welker | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2009.11.30
Then we transition to a close-up of the compass in Claire's hand, and it pans out to Gretchen saying, "We came all this way to go to a carnival?" Claire guesses, since the compass is pointing right at it. (I'm skeptical about the practical use of this particular compass, especially by someone like Claire.) Claire says she never really took the "freak show" thing literally before. Back in New York, Peter's getting off work when his mom shows up to tell him he needs to leap over all the other stages of grief and get right to acceptance. That's easy for her to say, since she's been living in denial since last season's finale. But Peter's his mother's son, because he insists Nathan's in there, with Sylar. He says he's going to fight Sylar and take him down once and for all. She wonders how he's going to fight him with his powers, and the Haitian shows up. Peter says it won't be too hard once he takes the powers away. He thanks Rene for coming, and Angela tries to stop him, but he won't. She asks what happens if he finds there's no Nathan to get back. Peter: "I guess I'll just settle for revenge."
Claire and Gretchen are out of the car, but Claire's having second thoughts. Gretchen will have none of it, though, since they've been driving for over twenty-one hours. That's a long drive to make Thanksgiving night when you have school the following Monday, especially since it's roundtrip. Or maybe the compass led them in circles and all over the place and the drive back will be, like, ten hours. That would be nice. Claire says it was a stupid idea, and what if they run into psycho Becky. Gretchen says Claire will protect her, won't she? Then she tells her she's here to support her no matter what, because they've been on the road for a day, but Claire's been on it her entire life so she must at least check it out. Samuel comes out of the carnival and tells Claire he's glad she could make it. She smiles, but she doesn't look so sure she's glad she could make it.