Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 496 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT The Way We Were
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2007.02.26
... and then Bennet is carrying Claire into her room as Parkman tells him that Sprague really, really was going to kill Sandra. Dude, we looked in his eyes and saw little burning cuckoo clocks. We believe you. Bennet thanks him for shooting first, and then they have a tense moment until Claire comes to, coughs, pulls the bullet out of her mouth, and spits out some blood. Is there a bad-ass category in cheerleading competitions? Because I think Claire has a shot at taking home the national title. Parkman looks at the bullet in wonder as Bennet tells Claire that her mom and brother and downstairs, but they're not safe. Parkman asks if he made Claire indestructible, but Bennet finally gives up that he didn't make any of the Heroes the way they are, and bites out that he doesn't appreciate him confusing Claire. Claire: "The facts are you work at some freak factory where you ruin people's lives." Based on what we've seen so far, she doesn't seem all that confused. Bennet tells her he'll explain everything later, but she has to do as he says now. She's not hearing that, and starts to get up to go to the police, but even Parkman is aware of how very bad an idea that is, and we cut away with nothing resolved...
... to downstairs, where an impatient Sprague calls Parkman's name...
... and then back upstairs, where Bennet urgently and emotionally tells Claire that his bosses don't know about her, and if they did, they would have taken her months earlier and he never would have seen her again. He strokes her face as he tells her that he's been fighting for her to have a normal life, an assertion that Parkman confirms via his power is the truth. Bennet tells Claire she has to stay where she is, as Sprague is capable of generating a chain reaction that would be like dropping a nuclear bomb on their house. And they just got new curtains, too. Parkman adds that Sprague will do it, and tells Bennet they have to get back downstairs. Bennet tells Claire to do what he says so no one gets hurt. He turns to Parkman: "And you? Do what I think." Heh. Bennet strokes Claire's face again, but she pulls away. The men leave the room.