Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 697 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Shattered Dreams
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 20 | Aired on 2009.03.23
With her son in her arms, Janice tells Hiro and Ando to leave, as she's called the police. However, when Ando asks if she knows that her baby is "special," Janice looks guilty, and after closing the door, tells them that it started during the eclipse, "just like it did with his dad," like, DON'T GET ME STARTED WITH THAT but I'll give Bryan Fuller a pass on a lot of things, in case I'm being too subtle about that. Janice asks if they're there because of what Matt Sr. did, and Hiro says yes without having the faintest idea what she's talking about because he is still very often an idiot, so she has to get Matt Jr. to turn on the TV, which is showing a news clip of Matt's supposed attack on the Capitol Building. She says she came straight home after she saw the story on the news, and didn't that start two episodes ago? If they keep having chapters that last approximately a week, the characters are not going to appear to age well. As they watch the story, Ando and Hiro explain about the government conspiracy and warn Janice that they're coming for her son, and just like that, there's a knock at the door. Hiro thinks it must be the police responding to Janice's call, but, eyes wide, she confesses: "I never called the police." That would be a DUN!...
...and we cut to the front door, at which a couple agents tell Janice they have a warrant to bring her and her son in for questioning. After ascertaining that they're there because of what happened with Matt Sr., she asks why they need to question a non-speaking infant, but they don't really answer, only saying that the warrant is for the both of them. She tells them Matt Jr. is at the babysitter's, and rather too-eagerly offers to take them there, so while they initially agree, it's not a shock when they send in a team to search the house. Ando and Hiro realize they're trapped, so Ando hands the baby off to Hiro and fires up his hands as Matt Jr. reaches out a hand to stroke Hiro's face, which prompts a sound effect, the significance of which will become clear very soon. When an agent busts into the room, Ando zaps him with electrical energy, but then another guy hits Ando in the face with his gun butt. Ouch. Hiro closes his eyes to brace himself -- and time stops. Like I said in the recaplet, I'm not sure this makes sense, since Hiro's ability was removed permanently, but I suppose if you think even now he's ability-ready, if you follow, it would make sense that Matt Jr. could reactivate his power, just like an eclipse would if that's what eclipses actually did in this reality. Hiro surveys the scene and celebrates, even asking the baby if he can say "Yatta." I'd certainly take him saying it over you, dude. Hiro then touches Ando and tries to teleport them out of there, but that apparently requires a different remote, as that power is still silent. Hiro, however, doesn't let that faze him, and with the aid of a baby sling for Matt Jr. and a wheelbarrow for Ando, gets his allies out of there.