Episode Report Card DeAnn Welker: B- | 325 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Jump, Die and Fail
By DeAnn Welker | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2009.09.21
Super-strength Peter grabs Edgar and knocks knives out of his hands. Then Edgar picks them up and throws one. Peter catches it as it almost hits Bennet in the face. Bennet asks if Peter got Edgar's power, and Peter replies, "I got it. I got it." He wields a knife and Edgar actually says, "Bloody hell." Who does he think he is, anyway? Spike? Peter and Edgar battle it out in slow-mo super-speed (oxymoron, right?) until Edgar takes off, without the compass. Peter notices the bank employee's not dead yet and gets into paramedic mode.
At the hospital, Bennet wonders if the employee will be okay, and Peter snots that he will be, and he hopes that was worth it for Bennet. Bennet's like, "Not really." But he'd like to figure out why Danko thought this compass was worth dying for. He pulls it out again and holds it. Still broken. Peter asks if he can see it, and as soon as it's in his hand, it starts spinning. Bennet wonders what Peter did, but he didn't do anything. Bennet thinks it must only work for Peter (but I think it probably works for all heroes, which is how Samuel leads them all back to him, or how he finds them, or something?). Bennet tries to give the compass to Peter, but he doesn't want it. Bennet tries to convince him by citing Edgar and saying there must be more like him, but Peter says his life makes sense now that he's saving people, as opposed to the past hour he's spent with Bennet, in which an innocent person almost got killed. Peter wants to stay away, so he can be happy. Because he seems to be incredibly happy. Peter thinks Bennet should just let the guy have the compass. Peter doesn't want his life to get complicated, so Bennet asks why Peter came with him. He says he wanted the ability, to help him with his real life, where he actually saves people. They have a sweet parting that ends with Noah saying, "Hey!" and Peter turning back to hear Noah say, "Call your mother." Peter smiles. Okay, maybe he's happy. But, no, he's really not.
Gretchen brings a stack of books about murder in to where Claire's eating lunch, and Claire wonders if she was at the homicide bookstore. I wonder how she can afford those, on top of textbook costs. Gretchen wonders if Claire doesn't want to prove her roommate was defenestrated, and Claire does -- oh, and she also knows what that word means without Wikipedia, which I did not. Gretchen asks if Claire knows about the "Jump, Push, Fall" test, in which cops supposedly use a dummy the size and weight of the victim to solve the murder or suicide or accident. Depending on where and how they land, they can help determine the method. Gretchen saw it on Crossing Jordan. Nice Tim Kring shoutout, Tim Kring. Gretchen manages to throw her apple onto the table next to theirs while describing how the test works. It looks like a table of former cheerleaders, so these girls are being permanently labeled outsiders, of course. Gretchen suggests stealing a cadaver from the medical school, but Claire thinks that's a terrible idea. Gretchen shouts, "This is murder!" And Claire says she's trying to not be a social pariah, thankyouverymuch. Gretchen tells her that "chip's already sailed." No, really, the way she says "ship," it sounds like "chip." I hate everything about Gretchen.