Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 758 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Hinky and the Brain
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2008.09.29
Apparently Bennet couldn't form thoughts out in the hallway, so they've relocated to Mama Petrelli's office, wherein Bennet is doing the obligatory puffing of his chest as he says that he won't work with Sylar, since he almost killed Claire. Sylar and his tank top and scrubs-style pants scoff that Claire can't die. "You really don't understand her, do you?" Bennet replies by drawing his gun and pointing it at Sylar, which I suppose only proves Sylar's point. Seriously, I love Bennet and he may have "brought in" a bunch of dangerous criminals, but without The Haitian at his side those confrontations would have been a joke, so how about giving him some cooler weaponry, at least? Mama Petrelli is basically like, "You're being adorable about this," but when Bennet calls Sylar a murderer, she smoothly counters, "Then you and Gabriel have more in common than you'd care to admit." Having made her point, she chooses to hold back the "And by the way, he's Claire's uncle" card for another time, instead saying that Sylar needs structure, and Bennet's the perfect person to give it to him. "I can't make you do anything you don't want to, but I am going to put Gabriel in play. It's your call whether or not it's under your supervision." Sylar says nothing, but his eyebrows are clearly asking, "What's it gonna be, Noah?"
Hiro and Ando arrive in Berlin, and moments later, Daphne superspeeds up and Hiro's like, "Nemesis!" Daphne tells him to stop calling her that. Heh. By the way, I haven't yet mentioned what a flattened bird's nest (yes, I'm turning into my grandmother) her hair is, but I figured that was actually a conscious, clever choice on the show's part. Because when you're zipping around at 700 miles per hour, you're not going to look like you just filmed an Herbal Essences ad. Anyway, she tells them she already delivered and received payment for the first half (in...the three seconds that passed in this storyline since last episode?) and she's moved on to the second -- there's supposed to be an exchange going down in the theater, and she's waiting to intercept. Hiro, pointing out that she's revealing her plan, asks what kind of overconfident nemesis she is, but she calls him "Pikachu" and points out he's 0 for 2 against her already. "That's just regular confidence." Hee. I think I really like her. She plays off Hiro perfectly, and in a season of so-called "Heroes" and "Villains," she's actually a wild card -- a mercenary who's in it for herself, like Mystique from X-Men, which gives some much-needed other dimensions to the story. (I'd point out, also, given what ends up happening, that letting Hiro in on the exchange and letting him do her dirty work may all have been part of her design.) Anyway, Hiro sputters at the "Pikachu" remark (heh) before saying they're going to save the world, and she rolls her eyes and runs away...but at normal speed. She thinks at first that Hiro stopped time again, but Ando and passersby are unfrozen, which we know almost surely means The Haitian is nearby. But Daphne is unfazed, saying she doesn't need powers to beat Hiro and Ando before giving them the loser forehead L. Hee. Never gets old. She makes herself scarce, and moments later, The Haitian duly appears, holding a briefcase, and Hiro pulls Ando into cover as he explains that he met him in the future, and remembers his ability to stop other Heroes' power from working. He thinks the briefcase must be holding the other half of the formula. "Advantage, us." Eh, why even comment when you know how this must end?