Episode Report Card Erin: A | 467 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Shooter: 1 Nathan: 0
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2007.12.03
Casa de Bennet. Claire's going through box after box of her father's papers, saying to her mother that he pretty much left everything behind. Her mother can't believe that she's actually going to go through with this whole "tell the world" plan. Claire thinks that if they killed her father, they'll never leave them alone, so she might as well take control of the situation. "Your father couldn't take down this company, Claire, what makes you think YOU can?" Claire thinks her mother doesn't understand because The Company only targets people like her -- people with abilities. Her mother starts crying, saying that Claire's still her daughter and she dreams of her going to college one day, even getting married. "What if they take you from me, use you in some lab experiment?" "I love you mom," says Claire. "But I can't live in fear of some big 'what if?'" With steely reserve, she returns to rifling through the boxes.
Company HQ. Tobby's in the middle of bitching out his daughter for fucking up the ONE thing he asked her to do. "I couldn't help it," says Elle. "She was just so weepy...and earnest...and who knew she'd turn whistle-blower?!" Tobby just tells her that it was unprofessional, not to mention stupid: "You and I both know Claire is nowhere NEAR your league!" Elle just lamely says she's working with a gunshot wound, but Tobby shoots her down, saying she's performing far beneath her usual level. He benches her; no more field assignments. Elle says she's sorry, but Tobby just goes, "When I think about all the hard work I've put into raising you..." "Daddy..." He ignores her, so she goes off to find her other daddy.
Bennet's in his cell, flinging a bouncy ball up against the wall over and over and over. Elle watches him until she can't stand it anymore and demands that Bennet tell her what Tobby did to her as a little girl. Bennet looks at her for a second, then returns to his ball-flinging. "I'm stuck in this hellhole, my family thinks I'm dead, there's not a lot of incentive to...share." Hee. Jack Coleman's delivery on this line is so fucking spot-on. Elle works a ball of blue electricity in her left palm and walks over to him threateningly. "I could make you." Bennet just looks at her. "You could try." Bounce. Bounce bounce. Hee. The electricity just fades out in her hand as tears appear in her eyes. "Please," she says. "I don't have anyone else I can talk to."