Episode Report Card Erin: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Wait -- maybe we should go back ANOTHER six monthsâ¦
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.26.2006
"There was another car, wasn't there?" asks Peter. Nathan doesn't answer. Peter walks over and puts his hands all over his brother AGAIN, some more, and repeats the question about the car. Nathan rears his head back and finally tells him that it was Linderman's henchmen; they must've gotten wind of the DA's plans. Nathan blames himself for even considering going along with the DA's scheme. Peter tells him that this isn't his fault, it's Papa Petrelli's fault, and that this isn't going to end. Nathan asks if Peter will give a deposition against their father if Nathan agrees to take the DA's case. What Peter has to do with all of this, I have no idea, but he agrees to give the deposition. But only after touching his brother some more. I swear they touch each other more than any brothers have a right to. And I watch Supernatural, y'all. I'm not saying I mind it -- I mean, Pasdar and Milo are hot on their own; together, they're practically an inferno -- but it does make me wonder if Pasdar and Milo, like, visit the craft services table and giggle while they go over the script and insert "Peter touches Nathan suggestively" and "Nathan stares longingly at his brother" in between the written lines. You totally know they'd do that shit; I have a feeling they both have rather twisted and freaky senses of humor. Especially Pasdar. You just know he has some velvet clown paintings in his basement.
The surgeon enters and calls Nathan away from all the brother-touching. As Peter watches from behind sound-proof glass, Nathan gets the news that his wife is paralyzed. The doctor goes to touch Nathan on the shoulder, but since he's not Peter, Nathan slaps his hand away. He looks out at his brother, and it's a cool shot, because right behind Nathan's head is a light fixture that's basically a black disc over a light bulb, making it look like a total eclipse. That? Is some wicked fun the set decorator is having with the show, and now I'm wishing I'd paid more attention to previous episodes to find stuff like this.
Burnt Toast Diner. According to the chrono, it's the next day. Hiro knocks on the window of the diner and waves something in Charlie's face. He enters and does one of his trademark arms-in-the-air "Yatta!" moves and Charlie's like, "Again, you're cute. But enough with the cartoon character behavior." Or maybe that's just me. Hiro shows Charlie a Japanese newspaper, which is actually kind of incredibly stupid because unless there's an international newsstand up the street from the diner, I'm thinking the local five-and-dime isn't just going to have Japanese newspapers lying around waiting to be picked up by hyper-cute Japanese time travelers. He points to a headline and tells her that it says the Swallows slayed the Dragons. Charlie takes the paper from him and easily reads a headline stating that the Tokyo Swallows defeated the Chunichi Dragons yesterday. Hiro's like, uh, how the hell did you learn how to read Japanese characters so quickly? I'm Japanese and I STILL don't know how to read half of them!