Episode Report Card Erin: A | 52 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT They're Baaaaaaack
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2007.01.22
Odessa. Claire's leading Zach to Suicide Central. ["Can I just say how funny it is that the show's method of turning Zach straight seems to have been to make him look really, really dirty. Like, we get it, you like chicks now. Brush your teeth." -- Joe R] She's trying to get him to remember when they visited this place before, but he thinks she's fucking with him. She tells him to keep the camera on her no matter what. He asks why she doesn't just use a tripod, and she says it's because she can't do this alone, and that he knows how to keep a secret. That is, he did, until he forgot what the secret was. "When we were 'best friends'?" he snarks. Claire just sighs and asks if he's ready. He stops her. "Claire, I'm sure youâ¦told me this before, but, um, why are we videotaping this?" "Actually," she says, "I didn't tell you that before. The first time I did this, I did it to show my parents. My real parents. I wanted them to see what I was. I thought they could help me understand. But I don't think I'm ever gonna meet them. They not even be alive anymore." Now, she wants to tape it for herself, so she never forgets what she is, no matter what happens to her. She smiles. "Look, just don't freak out, okay?" "I won't," he says. "You said that last time," she calls over her shoulder.
Claire makes the climb to the top of the structure and tells him to keep the camera on her. Suddenly, Zach realizes what she's doing as she climbs over the edge of a railing and asks her what the hell she's doing. Claire just jumps to her death as Zach watches, stunned. He immediately runs over to her, but she's already up before he gets there. She grunts as she shoves several of her bones back into her body. Zach tapes everything. "This is Claire Bennett, and as far as you know, that was attempt number one." Awwwwww yeah. She's got her buddy back! Yay!
Sybil Dorset Memorial Prison. D.L. and Micah are visiting Niki. She doesn't know how much longer she's going to be in there because they're sending her to the psych ward for evaluation. "She's here," says Niki. "Jessica. She came out. She tried to escape. She hurt one of the guards." D.L. says that maybe a shrink can help her deal with Jessica. Niki swears that Jessica isn't just in her head, she's real. D.L. reaches through the glass to hold her hand, saying that he should never have let her get herself thrown into prison. Micah gets on the phone and he says he wants her to come home. She says she can't and hopes that, one day, he'll understand why.
Niki then turns and starts begging the guard to let her hold her son, which, um, has she never seen ANY movie ever set in prison? No hugging allowed! But she keeps begging anyway, and the guard's like, yeah, nutbar, whatevs, and Niki gets up in order to continue pleading her case and the guard's like, BACK UP, JEEVES, and Niki's all, pleeeeease, and the guard's all, TASTE MY NIGHTSTICK, and then WHAM! He brings the stick down, Niki stops it in mid-swing and breaks it in half with a quick, painless snap. And she looks pretty damn surprised about it as well. She immediately drops the two pieces and the guards move on her and slam her up against the glass and I am so damn happy that Niki finally got a clue that her super-strength don't just belong to Jessica.