Episode Report Card DeAnn Welker: C- | 214 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Hiro Quixote and Ando Panza
By DeAnn Welker | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2010.01.04
Doyle's grilling Claire on what she was doing. She tries to tell him that Samuel's bad, but he likes it here and thinks Claire must be a spy, working for her father. She says she isn't and came here on her own, believing in Samuel, but now she realizes Samuel's collecting people with abilities. Doyle says that's what a family is (uh ... no) and he's not going to let her ruin it for everyone. She tells him about the map of the valley and that Samuel's planning something (was she not there the two times that Samuel TOLD HER he's planning something: to settle them in a permanent home? I mean, sure he's lying, but she knew he had a plan. When did Claire get so idiotic?), but Doyle just wants in on whatever Samuel's doing.
Hiro's Danger Room, apparently. He's reading 9th Wonder as Ando repeats that they must rescue Dr. Watson from Castle Arkham in the land of the swamp dragon. They argue about whether Ando's Hiro's sidekick, and Hiro's argument -- "Everyone knows that Sancho Panzo is the sidekick of the great Don Quixote" -- sort of works. The captions in this scene change from white to yellow for some reason, too, which is weird ["Thanks to astute reader Mark for writing to let us know that the color changed when Hiro went from speaking Japanese to Spanish." -- DeAnn]. Anyway, Hiro goes on that "The castle Arkham is in the great Spanish land where Curt Connors swims with the swamp dragons." Ando figures out that Curt Connors is some sort of Lizard enemy of Spider-Man, and that he lived in Florida, which was a Spanish land. Oh, and there are alligators (swamp dragons) there. Hiro: "Elementary!" Ando then realizes Arkham is the asylum in Batman, so maybe Hiro wants to go to a place called Arkham in Florida. He Googles a psychiatric hospital of that name. Hiro stands and bows to Ando, telling him he's given this knight the chance to right the wrongs in his life, and he's eternally grateful. Ando guesses he is the sidekick and everyone's happy. Especially me, because hopefully now they'll do something other than jabber to each other about the geekiest stuff in the world.
Central Park. Samuel's teaching Emma about her true ability: Her emotions can become one with the music; she can bring people to her like a siren. He tells her to just play, concentrating on the mossy/grassy guy, and make her prayers into song. She plays, and it's all colorful and dumb. The guy she's been beckoning walks up, all bearded and dirty and homeless. Emma smiles as Samuel gets up to greet him, and tell him it's all right and to "Let the music fill you up." The guy leans against a tree, and all the leaves on it turn from brown to green before their eyes. What a totally useless skill. I mean, I guess you could use it to produce food for the hungry, so it's not as useless as some others, but still: Aren't there seasons for a reason, vegetation-wise?