Episode Report Card Erin: A | 66 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Save the Cheerleader -- Check. Save the World -- Not So Much.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2006.11.20
India. Mohinder's shoving his way through a crowd, brandishing a picture of Dream Boyzzzzzzzzz. Oops. Sorry. Dozed off there for a second. Maybe I need to go get some Cantonese noodle soup. And leave the DVR on and playing so that, when I come back, this whole damn scene will be over. Mohinder's asking anyone and everyone if they've seen Dream Boy as Furry Man bitches at him about wasting his day. A man walks up and grabs Mohinder's wrist, saying that he knows the boy and for 500 rupees, he'll tell him where he is. Mohinder parts with his money very quickly (fool) and the man points out Dream Boy in the distance.
Mohinder runs over and kneels in front of the kid, telling him that he came into his dream last night. "I don't come to anyone," says the boy. "They come to me." Mohinder asks why, and the boy tells him it's because they have questions that need answers. Well, that's not too cryptic or anything. Mohinder isn't sure he has a question, but the boy just giggles and says he has one, all right. Mohinder says that he has two paths in front of him and he needs to know which one to take. What, the two paths that have you either hitting the "Yes" or "No" buttons on the "Do you want to quit?" question panel on your father's computer? Because, and I don't think I'm being to terribly rude here or anything, FUCKING DUH, MOHINDER. The Dream Boy agrees with me because he tells Mohinder that he already has the answer he seeks. The boy returns to his soccer game and Mohinder's all, what? Huh? What's my answer? FOLLOW YOUR FATHER'S PATH, YOU FUCKING SONAMBULISTIC MORON. God.
Burnt Toast Diner. Ando's still justâ¦sitting there. Waiting for Hiro. Don't you think the wait staff would've been like, "Uh, dude? You've been sitting here since nine in the morning. Can we get you anything else or do you possibly want your damn check already? In case you haven't noticed, we're short-staffed due to the whole dead-waitress thing going on around here." Ando goes to put sugar in his four billionth cup of coffee and sees that the dispenser's empty. In one of the clunkiest plot-development staging moments of the series, Ando gets up and walks over to another table to take the full sugar dispenser and just happens to look up and to his left to see the picture of Hiro and Charlie above the shrine. He walks over and plucks the picture off the board and runs over to a waitress.