Episode Report Card Erin: A+ | 114 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2007.03.05
They glare at each other until he gets out of the car to make a phone call. She steps out as well and looks around as he talks to someone in French. When he gets off the phone and comes back to the car, Claire asks if it's safe to go back. The Haitian Sensation's like, "Yes, Claire. It's safe to go back to Texas. Because it's only been a day or two since I shot your dad and Ted blew up and Thompson figured out that you can grow new skin in the space of thirty seconds. Let's get back on route 290 and head straight for Odessa! Whooo!" He tells her they're leaving the country tonight, and we see a reflection of a waving American flag in the reflection of the car roof, which takes us to the spinning Eclipse of Heroes and on to the first commercial break.
Nathan's Office, Manhattan. Nathan's at his desk, thinking about how little he gets to kiss his brother now that he's all invisible and shit, when a couple of FBI agents enter his office and starting giving him a hard time about his association with Linderman. Nathan's lackey leaves, and the feds draw the shades, and then one of them pulls out a bug zapper or something and declares that they can talk safely. That's when we realize that Nathan isn't actually taking Linderman's money for real, but is instead working with the feds to bring the man down. He chastises the feds for showing up at his office, but they tell him it was necessary because Linderman's requested a meeting with Nathan at his casino tonight, and they think this is an opportune moment for the FBI to nab him. They want Nathan to wear a wire and record the entire conversation with Linderman. Nathan's like, "Wear a wire? To Linderman's office? That's got to be about the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. Did you guys even SEE The Departed?" The feds tell him that he's the only one who can get enough evidence on Linderman to put him away forever. They tell him he has no choice in the matter and that they'll contact him when he lands in Vegas. They leave.
Nathan closes his eyes slowly, thinking about how stupid this plan is, and when he opens them, Peter's there, having materialized out of thin air. "How long have you been working with the FBI?" asks Peter. "Since Heidi's accident," says Nathan. "I'm gonna take Linderman down for a long time, Peter." Peter starts getting emotional, saying he thought he was going to be a hero and save the world, but he only wound up killingâ¦Nathan stops him and puts a hand on his shoulder, asking if the blood on Peter's face is his own. Crying, Peter shakes his head and says it isn't. Nathan puts his hands on Peter's shoulders and brings him closer as his brother tells him that Isaac shot Simone, and she's dead. I'd like to take a moment and thank Milo and the Pasdar for acting the holy shit out of this scene while still managing to touch each other as much as possible. It's hard to insert dirty asides in a scene this good, people. I don't know if I can do it.