Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Apocalypzzzzzzz
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 17 | Aired on 02.23.2009
We cut to Bennet opening a lock with the combination "7957," and it's possible that number will turn out to be significant from the extreme close-up, but as if an agent as accomplished as Bennet would trust the security of his little stronghold here to a four-digit combination lock. Nice try, show. The two men then walk into a storage space, and Bennet shows Nathan an impressive array of weaponry he's got stashed away. Nathan notes that he kept it, and Bennet intones, "It's hard to throw this stuff away." He's then immediately arrested for trying to kill a U.S. Senator with an anvil. Nathan points out the obvious, that the government doesn't exactly need his weapons, but Bennet says what they need is perspective and the ability to control information. Still doesn't explain why you took him to Weapons 'R' Us, does it? He goes on that he's been doing a job for a long time, and it doesn't end just because Angela turns off the lights. Nathan asks why he isn't enjoying the time home with his family, and we get a closeup that makes me glad I'm not watching in HD as he replies, "There's only so many crossword puzzles I can do." Which is zero, if you can't even get "Asta" without help.
Matt comes out of the probe and tells the other two that Bennet and Nathan planned the whole thing together. He repeats that loudly to Peter, and Peter's like, I know, and says he tried to stop Nathan, but it didn't happen. More married-couple arguing between Matt and Mohinder leaves me with about the same facial expression that Bennet's currently sporting, and after Matt yells that Mohinder thinks he deserves to be hunted, Peter breaks them up, and then Matt gets An Idea -- he writes down the address of Bennet's weapons locker, and says there are things in there they need, like guns, money and books on how not to overact. He suggests Mohinder go, but when he balks, Peter takes the paper, which makes more sense since he can, you know, fly. As he leaves, he grits, "Try not to kill one another." That's advice I hope they don't take.
Peter comes in for a landing, and after opening the lock with the combination with which Matt helpfully supplied him, he searches inside and finds the case Bennet showed Nathan, which contains guns and grenades, among other things. He's pretty psyched, but would probably be less so if he knew that there's a security camera hidden in the vent...
...which is sending a video feed back to Building 26. Some guy notices and calls Danko over, and Danko smiles: "Gotcha." No, what you've got is a commercial break, but Peter may certainly follow.