Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 758 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Hinky and the Brain
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2008.09.29
Matt. Rocks. Paintings. Sweat. Matt says all the paintings have come true, except one he doesn't recognize -- one of him with his arm around a woman with shortish blonde hair (Daphne? Elle? A Muggle?) who in turn is holding an infant. NeoIsaac says that that was his future, but not anymore, so apparently on the list of all the things Future Peter fucked up by shooting his brother was Matt getting some. But of all the things he has to answer for, that one's not going to bother me all that much. NeoIsaac paints over the image, puts on his headphones, and soon gets the White Eyes of Prophetic Paintings. Matt's like, "I'll just go sit over there in the shade. Call me when you have irises again!"
Flint drags The German's corpse away as Peter-in-Jesse tells Knox that he's not sure he still wants revenge on Bennet. Knox is like, that's all you've talked about for months (aside from the few days he was screaming nonstop that he was Peter Petrelli, I suppose) but sure, I guess you can't wait to get back to your family and friends in Detroit. Despite the fact that this is a gambit so old that it's got Nebuchadnezzar's dust on it, Peter agrees, and Knox is like, Jesse's family's from Vegas, and grabs Peter by the throat. "And he ain't got no friends." Surprising to hear. Knox tosses Peter away like a rag doll, and then comes and stands over him. "So who the hell are you?"
Bennet and Sylar are arriving on the scene, and Bennet is trying to tell his new partner that Mama Petrelli is using them. "This is all one big game to her." Sylar says that may be, "but aren't you curious to see how it all plays out?" With you two involved? Sure. Can't give that promise to every storyline, though. The two of them get out and pedeconference, with Bennet saying he'll take care of the escapees and Peter. Sylar: "That sounds like a one-sided partnership." Zachary Quinto is going to make an awesome Spock, I tell you what. Bennet tells Sylar to hang tight and keep his mouth shut, and Sylar responds to that by -- loudly and in an accent he ripped off whatever cop serial he favors watching -- asking who's in charge. Once the lieutenant makes himself known, Sylar introduces himself as "Special Agent Andrew Hanson" (heh) and uses the word "yous" en route to barking the man into submission. The coup de grace: "And we're gonna need some coffee. Decaf." At Bennet's "..." look, Sylar's like, "You drink decaf, right, Noah?" Bennet will never admit that he thought that whole performance was awesome, but you and I know better.