Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hold still, Sylar--there's something sticking out of your head.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.28.2007
Meanwhile, Micah decides to use his secret talent to perform a little highway robbery on a neighborhood ATM. He touches the screen with his fingers, and it asks for the PIN, and Micah closes his eyes, and a bunch of twenties come shooting out. He touches the screen again and somehow tells the machine to give him five hundred bucks (he never touches the keypad itself, so I'm not really sure how he does this). He grins and takes his "winnings."
Bennett Family Manse. Claire's sprawled on her bed, talking to Zach on her cell. She says that there are only twelve people in Kermit with the last name of Gordon and that the three she's called have never heard of Meredith. Her dad knocks on the door, and Claire scrambles to hide her research beneath the covers. He enters and she says she was talking to Zach about their report. Bennett says that that's what he's here about -- he has a book on manatees for her. Unfortunately, it's the same book Claire's already looking at on her bed. Wow. She and Zach are really going all out on this ruse. Claire's even studied up on the subject, which becomes clear when she spews out some facts about manatee extinction.
Bennett sits on her bed and Claire looks distinctly uncomfortable, like her dad's going to make a pass at her or something. She's probably just worried that he's going to feel that big phone book beneath his ass. He asks her if everything's okay because they haven't talked in awhile. "Actually, there is something," she says. "The bears. My stuffed bears. I think it's time for them to migrate." Bennett looks crushed. "I'm almost sixteen, Dad," says Claire. "Bears and talks can't last forever." Bennett says that, no matter what age she is, he'll always be there for her. Claire thinks it's time for her to learn how to deal with her own problems. Bennett looks up and sees the wind chimes in the window and, for some reason, he gets this suspicious look on his face, like, heeeeey, aren't those Haitian Sensation's wind chimes? He leaves and Claire's face crumples, the happy daughter routine clearly taking its toll on her.
Cut to Niki, sitting at a table with her wrists in manacles. The shrink enters and asks her if she's had a change of heart. Niki says she's concerned for her son and that her family needs her. So she needs to get rid of Jessica. The doctor thinks that talking to Jessica is the first step to helping get rid of her. Niki's not fond of this idea. The doctor asks again to talk to Jessica. Niki shouts that she won't let that happen. The doctor threatens her with not seeing Micah again for a very long time, and Niki grows visibly agitated. Uh-oh. Not a good idea to threaten Niki, like, ever. Then she kind of calms down and gives the doctor a look like, this ain't gonna happen, lady. The doctor gets up to leave and Niki stops her. "Wait," she says, getting a look on her face that indicates she might try to bring Jessica into the conversation some point soon.