Episode Report Card Erin: A+ | 121 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT A One-Way Ticket To Explosiveville
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 23 | Aired on 2007.05.21
Shaft Deveaux and Ma Petrelli seem to be discussing the Petrelli boys. Deveaux thinks that if her boys had powers, she'd know it already. He asks about Nathan, and she says that Linderman has declared that Nathan will be ready when the time comes. Deveaux says that Linderman might be banking on the wrong Petrelli son and that Peter has compassion and empathy and heart, which is what this world needs; not the strength that Ma Petrelli seems to value so highly in her eldest boy. Ma Petrelli exhibits her ice-cold heart when she says, "Don't get me wrong, I love Peter, but that poor kid can barely get out of his own way. He's ruled by insecurities. He's weak. No. Trust me. This bomb is going to go off. And Nathan is going to be the one the world turns to." Deveaux thinks the tragedy might not be inevitable and Ma Petrelli just says that, at the end of all this, one of them will be right and one of them will be wrong. Well, that's helpful. Peter watches all this with a stunned expression on his face. Ma Petrelli kisses Deveaux on the forehead and leaves. "I know you're there, Peter," says Deveaux, looking in Peter's general direction. Peter looks at him like, "D'oh!"
Superstudio. Ando enters with his borrowed samurai sword brandished. He looks terrified, but stalwart. He moves through the room and comes across a painting of Sylar and Peter facing off against each other in Kirby Plaza. We know it's Kirby Plaza because there's that big red helix sculpture in the background. Oh, and also because the words "KIRBY PLAZA" are actually scrawled across the top of it. Because how will anyone know where they are if they can't READ IT FOR THEMSELVES? Ando gets closer to the painting and slips in what looks like blood. I know there are debates raging about whether or not this actually is blood, but it's glossy and wet and when seen from above, it looks remarkably similar to the patch of blood that appears later in the episode (you know what I mean) and I think if it's not blood, it's some really high-gloss oil paint there because it's seriously viscous.