Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 1370 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Like Coyote Sands Through the Hourglass...
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 22 | Aired on 2009.04.06
Team Six has brought back another body in a bag, but their celebration is interrupted when Bennet accosts them with Danko in tow. After faking him out with a handshake, Bennet puts his gun to the back of "Donner's" head and announces to the rest of the team that he's Sylar. Danko, however, doesn't back Bennet up, and if he wasn't prepared for that development, the divorce has thrown him off his game more than I thought. Speaking of which, Bennet tries to recover by implicating Danko as well, and then Sylar missteps by suggesting Bennet's under stress because of the divorce. Bennet leans in close and whispers, "How would you know a thing like that?" and I'm sure even Danko's like, "Nice one, idiot." Bennet looks like he's going to shoot, but some random agent saves him the trouble by bringing his rifle down on Bennet's gun arm, causing the weapon to discharge into the back of Sylar's head. Bennet tells everyone to freeze, as Sylar is going to heal, but the seconds tick off, and nothing happens other than that the pool of blood grows steadily bigger, and then Danko kneels down and pronounces "Donner" dead. He gets back up and accuses Bennet of killing an innocent man, so Bennet makes his best remaining play and grabs Danko as a shield until he can get himself safely to the door and run. Security doesn't stop him, not that I'd expect them to after their incompetence in letting the shapeshifter go last week, and he flees into the night.
Sometime later, Danko is informing "Donner" that he didn't have a lot of options, and directing Bennet to Sylar seemed like the safest choice, because, after all, the other agents are mortal. Sylar gets up out of the massive pool of blood and shifts back to himself before spitting out the bullet into his hand, and...okay, I can buy that Bennet missed the kill spot because of the interference, but since when can Sylar hold back the healing process? Whatever, Sylar says something stupid about it and it makes no sense, and at this point I don't care...
...so let's move on to Bennet, travel bag slung over his shoulder, who's leaving a message for Sandra as he says he's going on the lam and will be unreachable, but he loves her. He moves...