Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT There's…Another Part?
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.24.2008
Fucking Mohinder makes a stupid entry about how all his abilities have disappeared, and offers that "further study is warranted." I'll take the con position. He says, however, that he's got something else to do, and pulls up Maya's picture on the computer OH MY GOD NO. I mean, at this point I'd trade him for her, but the two of them together is just grim death. Anyway, Mohinder's barely gotten his jacket on before Arthur and Flint enter, and Arthur tells Mohinder he's not going anywhere, as he has to get people's abilities back. Might I suggest WAITING UNTIL THE FUCKING ECLIPSE IS OVER AND SEEING IF THEY RETURN OF THEIR OWN ACCORD? Mohinder says the effects of the eclipse might be irreversible, which certainly seems possible, but Arthur deems that "unacceptable," prompting Flint to grab Mohinder and shove his face up against the glass and corn-pone that without abilities, he's nobody, and that will not work for him. Fine, Flint, but when everyone gets their abilities back, you may find yourself wrapped in more webbing that they used in the entirety of the Spider-Man series.
Hiro and Ando enter "Sam's Comics" (Supernatural, again, I suppose) and run into the proprietors of the place -- Seth Green (he's Sam) and Breckin Meyer. I will geek out as much as anyone over this stunt-cast, especially since they apparently asked to be on the show because they love it so much. Of course, these things are negotiated waaaaay in advance. Anyway, the tableau is depicted on the cover of the new issue, so it looks like they've come to the right place. Not that I wouldn't have stayed and hung out anyway, were I Hiro and Ando. In fact, if the whole purpose of the stupid comic was to get to this moment, I recant my earlier objections, because, as Breckin Meyer puts it: "Dude, this is so awesome!"
In Haiti, The Haitian is leading the Petrelli brothers apace, and Nathan asks, "Is he always this quiet?" Heh. Nathan gets The Haitian's attention by telling him that Arthur's alive, and goes on that he's one of the only people who can stop him, so if he'd take the "juju" off him, they can all fly out of there. The Haitian informs him that he's not doing anything, as his ability is gone as well. Speaking of which, can The Haitian turn his power off? We'll save that question for another time, as The Haitian resumes his march, but Nathan looks up to see that the eclipse is now almost total. He then walks and says if he could only use a phone, he could call the military and get things sorted out, because everyone knows our troops are all sitting around with nothing to do these days. The Haitian says he's not going anywhere until he stops Samedi, who's his brother, doncha know. He says he's responsible for his brother's evil, and his skin is impenetrable. Also, he's got his own private army that he's used to bring terror to the region, and he put him away once, but the implication is that he's going to kill him this time. Peter offers his help in gratitude for The Haitian's hand in stopping Arthur the first time, and when Nathan objects, Peter takes him "aside" and tells him that the only way they'll get him back is to help him with the situation with his brother. "If you're not going to do this for the right reasons, at least do them for the selfish ones." Sanctimonious and self-serving in the same sentence. At least one of Peter's powers stuck around. Anyway, all this is interrupted by sudden machine-gunshots, and the three of them run for their lives. Unfortunately, U.S. Senator or not, Nathan is not quite as spry as the other two, and quickly gets taken. He tries to tell the soldiers in French who he is, but Samedi appears and tells him in English that they know his exact identity, as his father warned him he'd be coming. Nathan swallows in fear and asks what Arthur told him, and Samedi's response is to crack Nathan across the jaw with the butt of his rifle. "He told me to be myself." After seeing the result, you can't really argue with that suggestion. The soldiers drag the unconscious Nathan away...