Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 919 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Shouldn't That Be "The Fly Effect?"
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2008.09.22
Nathan's looking in the mirror, and we see Peter behind him, who asks how he's feeling. Better, I'd guess, because in a reversal, Nathan looks nicely tanned, while Peter looks like he spent his four future years in a root cellar. Seriously, if he's going to cover up the facial scars, could he also arrange not to look like the undead? Nathan says he feels conflicted, and tells Peter about Tracy's offer. He goes on to recall that the last time he was in politics, he almost let Manhattan be destroyed. "Not really sure what that says about my basic nature." Heh. Peter tells him everything's different now, and since I gave four different examples of how that's utterly untrue last recap, let's just say I disagree and leave it at that. Peter then warns Nathan that he needs to show him something, and drops the illusion to reveal his true visage. Nathan instinctively recoils, and Peter tells him he's from the future, and he's the one that shot him. Nathan's too stunned to respond, so Peter goes on that in his world, people like them are hunted and slaughtered. "Used. All because of what you told the world at that press conference." He goes on that he had to stop that from happening, and if I were Nathan I might be like, "And with all your powers and the fact that you're my brother, the only way you could think of to stop me was by SHOOTING ME IN THE CHEST? Mom really is right about how dumb you are!" Hmm, I think I might be starting to hate Peter. Nathan's response, however, is better: "I'm not sure how I'm supposed to respond to this." Heh. Peter confesses that despite his success in stopping Nathan, he thinks he's failed in his mission to save the world, and he needs Nathan's forgiveness in order to keep going. Nathan chooses to ignore this for the moment, instead asking Peter what's next. "Do I take the offer?" Peter has to explain that the timeline he comes from no longer exists, so he doesn't know -- Nathan will just have to be the brother he always looked up to. "You gotta make the right choices." Telling Peter to shut up doesn't quite seem to cover it, but I'm on deadline here. SHUT UP, PETER. Nathan asks where he's going, and Peter tells him, "To set things right." He disappears, possibly heading back to the beginning of Season Two.