Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kissing a Fool. Or Two.
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.07.2007
Everyone in the room is all, "What the fuck?" Peter moves toward Will with intention until the guy starts to appear as if he's being strangled. Caitlin screams Peter's name, and we see his face go from slightly evil to totally surprised that he's even doing this. He immediately drops Will to the ground, and the guy runs for the hills. Caitlin and Ricky look at Peter in awe and, possibly, a little fear.
1671. Hiro continues telling Ando his stupid story as Kensei and Yaeko canoodle under a distant cherry blossom tree. Hiro stuffs the sword hilt with his notes. Kensei walks over, and Hiro says he was worried that Kensei wouldn't come back, but he did, and now he can gather all the appropriate scrolls and get them to White Beard or whatever and now Hiro can safely leave, assured that his hero will be the Hero he knows he can be. Or something. But Kensei doesn't want him to go. He worries that he can't do this without Hiro. "Only you can keep me from my returning to my heathen ways," says Kensei. "You're like a conscience. If only I'd take heed of you." Heh.
Hiro says he almost broke history by coming to 1671 and if he stays, he runs the risk of doing more damage. "I don't know what to say, Carp," says Kensei. "You've done this grubby soul a great kindness. Thank you." Aw. They bow to each other, and Hiro hands the man his sword. Yaeko walks over and tells Hiro that he's been a great and true friend. They say their goodbyes, and Yaeko and Kensei walk off to the cherry blossom trees. Hiro looks after them as Kensei makes the blossoms rain down over his girl's head. Hiro starts to cry, but quickly turns and squeezes his eyes so he can leave. But he doesn't go anywhere. He tells Ando that he's sorry, but he can't come home yet, and then he runs over to be the third wheel to the bicycle that is his hero and his lady.
Sylar's Summer Camp of Contention. Sylar's sitting at a table, trying to make a coffee cup slide across into his hand. It's not moving. He's baffled as to why he doesn't have any powers. Maybe they all leaked out of him when he was stabbed? Candice brings him some eggs, but he's too busy bitching about his lack of powers to notice. Sylar ungratefully points out that he thought she was supposed to be taking care of him, and she's like, "Dude, are you breathing? Has your bleeding stopped? Yeah, that's what I thought. Sorry you can't make shit freeze anymore, but at least you're ALIVE." Unfortunately, Sylar's not terribly interested in being alive if he doesn't have powers, because without powers, he's just a skeevy nerd who works in his father's clock shop.
Candice assures him that once he's fully healed, The Company will make sure he reacquires his powers. I think Candice isn't totally clued-in as to how it is that Sylar actually ACQUIRES his powers, because she offers to help him in this venture. "You?" he sneers. "How're YOU gonna help? You gonna make me some more eggs?" He flings the plate at her. She tells him she's going to make it easy and fun for him because she can take him anywhere he wants to go: Paris, London, even Japan. She can also be anyone he wants her to be. She proceeds to cycle through several illusions, including a geisha, two Swedish twins, and even Sylar himself, which I'm not even sure WHY she includes that in her repertoire unless she thinks that Sylar likes the idea of fucking himself. I mean, we're all interested in fucking Sylar, but I seriously doubt HE is. Even he's not that creepy. Sylar stands up and moves toward her, smiling. He says she's extraordinary and moves to kiss her, but he smashes the coffee cup against her head instead. She falls to the ground, and he tells her that he's going to get his abilities back all right, only he's starting with stealing HERS.