Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 2040 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Crash And Burn
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 2009.02.09
Luke demonstrates his power for Sylar, and after Sylar casts a look at the loudly-ticking grandfather clock behind him that's far more amusing than it has any right to be, he returns to boring me by trying to psychoanalyze Luke and Mary, and this is so mind-numbing that Simmons actually favors pulling up on the screwdrivers through his hands to listening to one minute more. I don't know that I'd be that brave in his position, but I'd certainly want to be. Sylar's so focused on the crap coming out of his mouth that he doesn't notice the blatantly obvious sounds behind him of Simmons freeing himself, but when Simmons draws his gun and goes to shoot Sylar (I doubt he'd actually be able to operate his weapon with his hands in their current condition) Luke pushes Sylar out of the way and melts Simmons into a large puddle of goo. That is one tough character arc for Agent Simmons here. Mary barks that Simmons was going to save them, although in Luke's defense, he surely would have taken Luke at least into custody once he found out about his ability. That doesn't stop Mary from asking, "What are you?" so I can only hope for Luke's sake that he doesn't turn out to be gay as well...
...but I wouldn't count on heterosexuality, especially since his first words after following Sylar out the door like a puppy are, "Take me with you." He'll drop the last two words soon enough, I'm sure. Sylar is not quite ready to make Luke his new boyfriend, though, as Luke killed his best lead on his father, but after Luke tells Sylar that "you're the only one who understands what it's like," a statement I trust stands on its own, he offers that he knows where Sylar's father is, and Sylar confirms via that power of his that Luke at least thinks he's telling the truth, and after Luke gives a God-awful speech about his own Daddy Issues, Sylar, um, recruits the boy to his side, and they steal Mary's car and head off. Even if these two have sex, it's going to be boring.