Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sins Of The Father... And Sister
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 23 | Aired on 04.13.2009
Peter's sitting in the Coyote Sands Café (I'm serious, that's what the chyron says) when Nathan walks in, and the look Peter gives him of amusement crossed with boredom is one of the finer acting choices Milo has made. Nathan appallingly says they need to get through "whatever it is" that's between them, like he has no idea why Peter would think he's a lying scumbag, and on top of that, Nathan then has the gall to chastise Peter for running away when the going gets tough, and instead of using his righteous anger to summon all the powers his dad stole from him and simultaneously freeze Nathan, cut his head open, and make him explode, Peter settles for pointing out that Nathan ran away from D.C. when he could be back there helping clean up the mess he made. Nathan condescendingly laughs that no one can look down his nose at him like Peter can, and I'd submit that's because he's had both the most reason to and the most practice. Peter, however, brings up an old wound about involving playoff tickets back in 1986, and it's not bad but my upbringing prevents me from relating any story about the Mets that doesn't end in them losing tragically, so suffice it to say that Peter's point is that Nathan has always been a con artist: "Even in your generosity, Nathan, you are selfish. That is just who you are." Well, he's super-hot, too. I'm not arguing with Peter generally, but that is a point that's not only hard to forget but also goes a long way to explain why he gets away with fitting that description. Nathan continues to be disgusting as he says that they have to forgive "each other," like Peter's done anything wrong here, but Peter says he's trying. Their conversation is then interrupted by the emergency broadcast system coming over the TV and informing them that a severe storm warning is suddenly in effect...
...and Bennet's out in it, searching for Claire, when Mohinder suddenly drags him into a nearby shack and demands to know if there are more agents coming. Bennet yells that he's not working with them anymore, and explains about Angela's childhood experience being the reason they're there. Mohinder lets him go and shows him the folder about his father working there...
...and we cut to a closeup of the two Shaw girls' folder, being carried by YC in April 1961. He asks Angela if the two of them can speak, and they leave the girls' cabin and walk off as Alice watches worriedly...
...and then YC is testing Angela's ability to tell him what's on the back of several flash cards. She's put off by the other people in the room silently filming her answers, but still gets every one right. She then explains that she's not reading his mind -- she simply had a dream that showed her all the answers. Yes, real murky, those dreams she has! He asks what else she's dreamt about, and she confesses she's seen him, and he's going to kill everyone there. He looks fazed for a moment, but snaps out of it and assures her that won't happen. She persists, though, saying that while he's a good man, the place is going to get out of his control. He replies by starting a quote from Einstein, the remainder of which she finishes, but again, it's because of her dream, not because of her familiarity with the words. He tells her that she's probably misinterpreting what she saw, and that everything will be fine, but then steps on his own argument by coming at her with a large needle...