Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 823 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT O Brother, Where Art Thou?
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 2008.10.27
Matt is telling Daphne that he didn't think his dad cared a whit about him, so it's obviously jarring to find out he died trying to protect him. Daphne points out that Pinehearst will be sending someone to follow up, so it would be poor repayment of Maury's sacrifice if Matt were to hang around waiting to get killed. Matt doesn't want to turn tail and run, and as they discuss the matter, we cut to the hallway, where Knox is stealthily approaching the door. This is a classic giveaway, though -- when the bad guy is revealed to the audience early, the good guys are going to get the better of him. Happens every time. He overhears them talking about being SCARED and their FEARS, which practically makes him lick his lips in anticipation, and then he busts inside. Daphne panics and tries to superzip past him, but he clocks her on the way, and she falls to the floor, dead. Matt then works his mind mojo to hold Knox in place, which initially works, but Knox then realizes that Matt is afraid, which is all the encouragement he needs to put a fist straight through his heart, The German-style. Knox regards their corpses with satisfaction as we head into another commercial break.
We're back in the same scene when we return, but moments after Knox leaves, the bodies on the floor suddenly vanish, and the real Matt and Daphne emerge from the other room. I assume part of the illusion was that Knox couldn't see them even if he looked their way, because it would have been silly to take the risk of him glancing in the wrong direction and being like, "Hey!" Anyway, Daphne admiringly says that was amazing, and gives him a quick peck on the cheek, which of course he gets all creepy about, and then she tries to push the idea of them escaping, but he tells her he's not running away. I assume he wants to avenge his father, because otherwise who the hell cares, and Daphne feels the same way, pointing out that tricking the Villains into killing each other isn't going to bring Maury back. She goes on that even the two of them together will need help, so Matt gets the idea of going to The Company. Daphne tries to prevent any stray thoughts from escaping her head, which is probably harder for her than for some other people around here.