Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT How To Avoid Expensive Pedicures
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.30.2007
Unfortunately, Hiro's back in 1671, so he's not available to come to the phone right now. He's running around looking for Kensei, and finally finds him, drunk and slumped against a tree. Immediately, Hiro plunges Kensei's head into a trough of water to wake him the hell up. Once again, he tries to convince Kensei that he has to go after the swordsmith's daughter in order to make her fall in love with him and get the mythology back on track. Hiro blabbles at Kensei until he just quietly looks at him and says, "You look like a fish when you talk." Hee! My love for David Anders knows no bounds. "I promise that if you do this, they will tell your story for four hundred years -- minimum!" says Hiro. "Like a giant carp!" says Kensei. HEE! Hiro just plunges Kensei's head back in the water. Awesome. However, no matter how many times he semi-drowns Kensei, the guy is utterly fucking useless. Hiro says that Kensei needs to be a hero today. And that's when he spies Kensei's discarded armor over by the tree, and a light bulb goes on over his fish-shaped head.
Next thing we know, Hiro's wearing Kensei's armor and riding a horse across the countryside. "Ando'll never believe this!" he says from behind the mask. "Yahoooooo!" Heh.
Superhero Science Class. Claire's listening attentively as her science teacher explains that lizards are capable of cellular regeneration. She immediately, and inappropriately, pipes up and asks, "You mean, like people who can heal themselves?" The teacher chortles, "No, not people, Claire. Lizards. And raise your hand, please." Claire's hand pops right up, and the teacher bemusedly calls on her. She asks whether it's possible for people to regenerate, and he says that there's controversial research with stem cells that might be leading in that direction. Claire totally draws attention to herself by wondering aloud if this means that soon we'll be able to culture organs and limbs for people who need them. West looks at her like she's just donned a cow costume and wandered into a bull pen. The teacher says that the next step for humans isn't regeneration, it's getting rid of the stuff we don't need, like appendixes, wisdom teeth, and pinky toes. "I've read that some people may have evolved a different code already," says Claire, setting off alarms all over the high school with her advanced curiosity in genetic research. "Is that possible?" The teacher laughingly tells her that she'll need an advanced degree in genetics to get at those answers, but that he hopes she thanks him in her dissertation. He moves on to the next subject as Claire slowly realizes that everyone in the classroom is staring at her as if she's a newt who's growing a new limb right in front of them. West, of course, is smiling at her smugly, because he knew she had it in her and he's a jerk.
Mohinder pays a visit to Tobby the Company Elf, who immediately sends him out on an assignment. Mohinder's like, "Uh, you wanted me to work on my research, dude. Nobody said ANYTHING about assignments." But Tobby explains that a guy showed up in Port-au-Prince with symptoms that suggest he might be suffering from the virus Mohinder wants to research. Tobby also points out that, so far, there have only been two presentations of this disease: the first in Mo's sister and the second in Molly Walker. If this Haitian dude has it too, that might mean the disease is spreading. Mohinder agrees to go to Haiti and take a look, and bring the dude back if he has the disease so that they can go to work on him. "Oh, and doctor?" says Tobby. "As of now, your blood is the only cure for that virus. So try not to get yourself killed." Mohinder just looks pretty and leaves.