Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Swing Low, Sweet Chariot…
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 25 | Aired on 04.27.2009
...as Danko is being hauled out of the truck at Building 26. Hiro and Ando observe this from the street about 25 feet away, which is consistent with security practices in this particular episode, I guess, and even though Hiro says he fees better, Ando thinks his power is making him sick. He offers to use his ability instead, but Hiro hilariously says with all the security around, they have to stop time, as if verbalizing how tightly this place is watched is going to change the fact that they're practically calling, "Yoo-hoo!" at the commandos even as I type this sentence. Ando worries that Hiro's head might explode, but Hiro replies that that's just a chance he's going to have to take. Me too, guy. Me too.
Inside, Danko gets slo-mo perp-walked, because that's really important to see in the season finale, and finally ends up in a cell -- with Bennet. The theme song of The Odd Couple does not kick up, but given the off-screen fight sequence coming up, it's no surprise they didn't pay for the rights.
Nathan finally comes to, and moments later, Peter enters, probably having told that woman we saw before that he's Nathan's number-one fan, and would it be okay if he popped in for a quick second to ask for a lock of his hair? Peter basically hauls Nathan to his feet and carries him out of there, and given what's going to happen, it's nice that they got to be all handsy with each other one last time.
In their cell, Danko invites Bennet to have his "I told you so" moment, but Bennet isn't particularly interested in laying blame, instead saying they're going to need all their resources to stop Sylar. Danko shares the grim news that they don't know where Sylar's off switch is anymore, and then wonders how Bennet dealt with taking on these powerful Heroes for so long. They have a talk about how to handle such things, which was interesting enough on first viewing but is rendered totally irrelevant by Danko's actions later, and if he's not actually taking anything Bennet's saying to heart it hardly seems worth recapping it, so let's move on to where they agree to team up to stop Sylar, and stretch out their hands to shake on it... but time suddenly freezes, because Hiro and Ando have invaded Building 26. Hiro seems to be holding up until Ando notices he's bleeding out his ears, but he ignores that for the moment, and they soon find the room in which the drugged prisoners are being held. They locate and release Mohinder, and since I'm complaining so much this recap I might as well say how much I love these drugs that sedate people to the point of unconsciousness but completely wear off within five seconds of the feed being removed. Anyway, they release a bunch of prisoners and replace them with Building 26 personnel, a development upon which Hiro remarks: "Payback is very bitchy." Not particularly idiomatic, but it's hard to say he's wrong. However, when he releases time, he gets some payback of his own in the form of a headache that looks very bitchy indeed. Danko and Bennet complete their handshake and then notice that the door is now open (courtesy of Hiro and Ando). Bennet quickly deduces who's behind it and breathes Hiro's name...