Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT You May Not Believe It…
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 12 | Aired on 12.08.2008
...which fades into one of Isaac's drawings. Ando is despondent, but Matt and Daphne realize that now that Arthur has the catalyst, the formula will be perfected, which will make it possible to give another person time-traveling powers. Ando volunteers himself, about which I have mixed feelings: Ando's awesome just the way he is, but it would be nice for someone with half a brain to show Hiro how his powers should be used, you know? Also, it would be interesting if Hiro remained without powers, so their roles would be truly reversed. Anyway, Ando wonders how they can find the formula...
...which is our cue to go back to Pinehearst. Mohinder's made an economy-size serving of Jell-O, which also happens to be the "formula" everyone's on about, and when Arthur enters, Mohinder, Tracy, and Nathan watch in anticipation as Arthur disseminates the catalyst into the goo. Once he's done, he asks Nathan if he's ready to change the world, and Nathan looks at him balefully, because no one's held his hand about this idea in the last three minutes. Or maybe he suddenly remembered that his dad tried to kill him that time. Commercial.
At Pinehearst, The Haitian uses his power to knock out the ONE security guard in the entire lobby, and then he and Peter board the elevator. The dramatic score precludes our hearing the muzak again, which is kind of a shame.
Tracy tells Mohinder they'll need fifty "doses" for the Marines, like they'd even know how much was in a "dose" at this point, and Nathan suggests the far more prudent course of trying it on one guy first. He doesn't add "Shut up, Tracy," but that's what I'm here for. He then notices that Arthur has a thinky face on and asks what's up, and Arthur tells him, "Just a minor inconvenience. You're not too attached to your brother, right?" He instructs them to proceed before stepping out into the hallway...
...where he greets Peter. He actually seems conciliatory until Peter levels the gun at him, whereupon he tells him not to be ridiculous, and tries to wave the weapon away, to no effect. So Arthur knew Nathan and Peter went to get The Haitian, yet he's surprised at his presence now? I'm starting to see where the kids got their brains. Anyway, The Haitian appears from hiding, and Arthur has a moment of genuine fear before telling Peter he doesn't think he has the nerve to kill him. Can't see what offering that opinion is going to gain him, but as I just mentioned, he's dumb. Peter cocks the gun.