Episode Report Card DeAnn Welker: D | 10 USERS: D- YOU GRADE IT Splat!
By DeAnn Welker | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 02.08.2010
HRG smiles and they start to walk away, but one of the newsmen asks her if she's sure, since it looks like she has something to say. She says that actually, she does. She tells HRG he's right, that people don't change. She asks the newsmen if they want to really know what happened here tonight, and then, "Keep the cameras on me." The news anchors are like, "Keep the cameras on her," as she runs off and starts climbing the Ferris wheel. Lauren asks what she's doing, and HRG replies, "Breaking my heart." A "journalist" asks her cameraman if he's getting this, as if anything is happening other than a girl climbing a Ferris wheel. Hiro and Ando return, too, and Ando asks if he's ready to go home. Hiro says, "Finally." Then he sees Claire and asks, "What is she doing?" Ambiguously Gay Duo. Sylar says it's amazing how when he saved her, he didn't have a thought for Doyle and could have killed him, but didn't. It's very funny because Sylar just talks and talks, like always, and Peter seems as uninterested in it as I usually am. To be fair, he's watching Claire and asks, "What the hell does she thinks she's doing? She's gonna change everything." Sylar says, "That's right." Then he whispers, "It's a brave new world." She reaches the top and HRG watches, with a slight shake of his head and tears as she looks down at him and then jumps. She stands up and the cameras zoom in on her. It's a nice callback to the premiere, as she looks at a camera and says, "My name is Claire Bennet and this is attempt number..." She laughs a little and says, "I guess I've kind of lost count."
The reason that bothers me so much is that, if the show were to be renewed, wouldn't it just end up like season 3 all over again with the heroes being pursued by the government? I get that it would be more out in the open, with heroes maybe accepted by some and not others, but it just feels repetitive. I hope if they do come back, they hire a new staff and really make this work. With far fewer characters, please. But, no matter what they do, they cannot touch HRG. He's too important.
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