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By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 03.04.2007
Vegas. Hiro's STILL trying to get his fucking sword. Oh my GOD. He finally gets his hands on it and pulls a "YATTA!" as the guards start breaking through the barred doors. Ando says to not worry about him, Hiro has to teleport outta there. Hiro says that they'll both go. He puts his hands on Ando's shoulders as the guards bust in, and there's a flash of white light, and then Hiro and Ando are on the Deveaux rooftop, and New York is in the distance. Only it's all fucked up and burnt out. Hiro thinks this means he hasn't saved the world. I think this is probably very true.
And now for my second most favorite moment of this entire episode.
Claire shows up at Peter's apartment and knocks on the door. We don't see who answers it at first, but Claire looks confused and says, "I'm sorry -- I hope I have the right address. I'm looking for Peter Petrelli." And that's when we see that the person who's answered the door is none other than Mama Petrelli and she looks none too pleased to see Claire. "You picked a terrible time to do that," she says. "Peter's not here just now. You may as well come inside, Claire." Oh, awesome. Claire enters hesitatingly as Mama Petrelli says something in French that sounds roughly like "Laurent" and "now" and "security." The Haitian Sensation comes around the corner, and he and Mama P have a brief discussion in French that I'm too lazy to interpret. But I'm sure it involves something along the lines of "How could you lose her?" and "Hey, I did what you told me to do!" and "Well, now she's here, so let's try and keep her safe." Mama Petrelli's expression softens when she looks at Claire. "Who are you?" breathes Claire. "I'm your grandmother," says Mama Petrelli. "And I've been trying to protect you, but you haven't made that very easy. Quite stubborn, aren't you? Just like your father." Awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome.
Speaking of Claire's father, he's still hanging out with Niki in the hotel room discussing Linderman. She tells Nathan that Linderman's going to offer him a deal and that he has to take it. Nathan doesn't like the idea of spending the rest of his life with Linderman's boot on his neck. Niki's only other suggestion is to run, but Nathan's not fond of this idea either, as it doesn't involve him running for office and being a superstar. "You don't have any other option," she says. "Yeah, I do," he says. "I could kill him." Niki holds up her gun. "Knock me out." Nathan asks why he should do that and she says, "So that Jessica knows she's not in control anymore." Again, Nathan's like, "Who the fuck is this Jessica you keep talking about?" Niki just tells him that if he wants the gun, he has to knock her out. He hesitates for less than a second and then cold cocks her. Hee.