Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 1173 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Taste My Soup!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2008.11.10
Outside, Elle runs frantically for the van and tells Bennet they need to make Sylar stop, but Bennet is in his scientific-wonder mode, saying it's incredible -- he actually exposes the brain. Well, yes, cutting the skull open can yield that result. Elle breathes, "Oh my God"...
...and upstairs, Sylar regards his now-bloody hands, looks around the room in a bit of a panic for answers that are not forthcoming, and then exits...
...and we cut back to Elle, who looks devastated. But hey, at least you're not a waitress, right?
Arthur is pacing agitatedly and telling Angela that she can't let "sentimentality" get in the way of what they've worked for, and they were going to rebuild the world. The Haitian isn't speaking at the moment, but I'd imagine if he were, even he would be like, "Dude." Angela tells him that he was once a great man, but somewhere along the line, he lost his soul. And his heartbeat's about to join it, as he doubles over in pain and finally looks at the tainted soup. He looks at her like, "You put poison in my mother's recipe? Sure, I tried to kill our son, but that is beyond the pale!" She, however, has an answer: "I lied. It's not your mother's recipe." Nice. She takes a sip of wine as Arthur falls to the floor, and as The Haitian stands and silently watches him writhe, we go to the last commercial break.
In the kitchen, Angela is telling The Haitian where he can take the body to have it incinerated, but her plans are thwarted when she hears Nathan unexpectedly show up. She thinks hard for a moment, and then moves. In the dining room, Nathan discovers his father on the floor, and then Angela appears and pretends that this is new information for her as well. Nathan understandably thinks Arthur had a heart attack, but discovers that he's still breathing and makes a call. Angela can do nothing but let this play out...
...so we cut to the next day, as Bennet is on the phone with HQ, saying there's just one loose end there. "No, not that thing, the other thing. I'll let you know." He disconnects and tells Elle, who for the record was not there to hear him on the phone just now, not to beat herself up, as the work they did was invaluable. Elle, however, does not want to hear that, and emotionally tells him that Sylar had a soul, and he could have been saved. Bennet tells her that wasn't the assignment, and they follow orders. "We're agents. That's what we do." A cab has pulled up across the street, and Bennet leaves Elle there, saying his ride has arrived. He runs over, and we get old footage intercut with new of Peter getting out of Mohinder's cab, and Bennet taking it and directing Mohinder to "JFK, please"...