Episode Report Card Erin: B | 5 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT We Can Be Heroes, Just For One Day.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2006.09.25
Nikki's on the verge of tears and she says she feels like she's losing it a little bit. She says she's seeing things and that she feels like someone's watching her. Big Hair's all, uh, DUH. The thugs are watching you and they're gonna put you in the hospital. But Nikki's like, no, no, no, besides them. Like, I feel like I'm watching myself! From a mirror! And I'm really angry in the mirror! Only she doesn't say any of that because that would sound like crazy talk to Little Miss Big Hair over there. Big Hair just tells Nikki that she needs to come up with the $30K plus interest, like, now, or the mob is going to slit her throat. That never makes sense to me -- why, if you lend someone money and they don't pay you back, would you kill them? It hardly seems like they're going to be able to pay you back WHEN THEY'RE DEAD. Nikki just tells Big Hair to watch Micah and leaves.
Then we're at a big ol' train fire with dozens of firemen running around trying to put it out. Claire and Nerdeo just happen to be passing, and they stop and watch the chaos for a minute. "Cool, huh?" gasps Nerdeo. Yes, Nerdeo. Fire, death, and destruction are extremely cool. Jackass. Claire asks how hot he thinks it is in there and before he can answer, she hands him the tape from before and tells him to turn on the camera. She ducks under the barrier and runs directly into the fire as he tapes her. She heads into a burning car and sees a man trapped by fire. The flames don't even touch her. She grabs him and runs out and her cheering uniform has a couple of flames attached to it. A fireman sees them and immediately runs over to put out the flames. He throws her to the ground with his coat over her and she just tells him she's okay. When he removes the coat to check for burns, he discovers that she's completely unscathed. She just looks at him like, "Yeah? So? I'm indestructible, okay? WHAT OF IT?" Soâ¦she doesn't want anyone to know about her powers and yetâ¦she goes running into a burning fire toâ¦keep her anonymity? Thatâ¦makes ALL sorts of sense. Yes it does! She runs off before anyone can get her name or ask her where she got that adorable fire-retardant cheering outfit.