Episode Report Card Erin: B | 5 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT We Can Be Heroes, Just For One Day.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2006.09.25
Meanwhile, in a police station in New York, Mother Petrelli is sitting in an interview room, checking her rings and pondering a jewelry store heist when Nathan enters and starts dressing her down for her little five-finger discount excursion. Peter follows and immediately kisses his mother on the cheek and asks her if she's okay. I get it. He's the nice one. The empathetic one. You see where I'm going with this? No? Carry on, then. Mother Petrelli says that the store dropped the charges, and all she has to do is fill out a form. "No big deal." Nathan's all, NO BIG DEAL? I AM A POLITICIAN MOTHER! "Do you have any idea what this could do to me if this gets out?" he drills at her. "With our family's past?" Hm. Wonder what that past could be? A father who could leap tall buildings in a single bound? Ponder that and get back to me.
Nathan continues to berate his mother, asking her what she could possibly need so much she had to steal it? "Socks," she says simply. Nathan's turning red. "Socks? SOCKS? Dad left you a fortune! What are you thinking? You know, it's been one ridiculous stunt after another over the last six months. Dad's gone! Just get over it!" Oh, he's a warm one. Peter just holds his mother's hand and thinks about flying over and pooping on his brother's head. He tells Nathan to leave mom alone and says that she's okay and that's all that matters. Nathan just ignores him and gets on his stupid PDA and starts talking about stopping this from getting out to the press. Peter's had enough. He gets up and opens the door. "You know what? Just get outta here. Go worry about your image. I'll handle this." Nathan completely misunderstands Peter's instructions and gets all, "Yeah! Totally! Good idea!" about it. He leaves. Peter kneels down in front of his mother and gently asks what she was thinking. "I just wanted to feel alive again," she says, touching her forehead to his. Aw.