Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Boom Goes The Dynamite?
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 03.02.2009
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Sylar and Luke stop at some abandoned diner, and Sylar says he was there once before with his father -- and we flash back to a memory of Sylar's dad selling him and then killing his real mother. This causes Sylar to dump Luke on the way to trying to kill his father, and the fact that Sylar doesn't even bother to kill Luke just goes to show how pointless he is.
Sandra discovers Alex in Claire's closet, and Claire tries to tell her mom that she's boning him, but that doesn't fly for some reason, so Claire confesses the truth. Sandra plays the trump card of parents everywhere by saying she's "so disappointed," but really, she's worried because she knows there are agents in a van watching the house. She helps the kids out by repossessing her son's driver's license (while telling us she was a Def Leppard fan, which is awesome) and replacing his photo with Alex's. Two agents then invade the house, but Sandra's hidden Alex too well for them to find, and she then plays the role of decoy while Claire and Alex make out underwater. In the end, everything seems chill at the Bennet house, until DOYLE THE CREEPY PUPPET MASTER shows up with a message from Rebel saying that Claire will save him. I'm thinking Claire's going to be blocking a certain number from her phone posthaste.
Danko tells his team that Peter and Matt are fair game to be killed, and Bennet plays his part by backing him up to Nathan. Rebel gives Daphne's location to Peter and Matt, and also warns them out of Mohinder's lab moments before some agents show up. They go to Building 26, and on the way in, Peter absorbs Matt's power so he can help him out with the Jedi mind control. Even though they're seen on video by Danko, Nathan, and Bennet, their powers are effective in holding them at bay. While they're there, Rebel gives them access to recordings of the actions of Building 26, but while Peter gets out safely, Matt does not. Nathan then meets with his mother and asks if she's Rebel, but she denies it, and then Peter calls and offers Nathan the recording in exchange for Daphne and Matt. Danko, however, won't make a deal with someone he considers a terrorist, and tries to double-cross Peter. Even though Bennet tries to warn Peter with his thoughts, Danko shoots him in the shoulder and knocks him off a roof, but he suddenly reappears in a flying blur, and it's hard to see but his brother is carrying him. Soon after, the three Petrellis are having a confab, and Nathan admits he screwed up but still tries to get Peter to come with him. Peter, however, fakes him out WITH A HUG, which is awesome, and re-absorbs his power and flies away. When he's gone, Angela whispers something in Nathan's ear, and he looks rather stunned. Peter's video does indeed make the news, but that's not the only story, as in the end, Danko drugs Matt, straps a bomb around him, and drops him off in downtown D.C. I'm thinking the Jeopardy music would be appropriate here, but I don't handle licensing rights.
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Want more? The full recap starts right below! Claire brings Alex a sandwich and tells him Sandra and Lyle will be going shopping soon, so he'll be able to come downstairs for a while. He says that's a good thing, as he's starting to stink, and after they grin at each other for a moment, Claire gets serious and tells him she's got cash to buy him a ticket to Albuquerque, and there's a train leaving that night. They sit on the bed as she goes on that the fact that he doesn't know anyone there means he can disappear and start over, but...why in such a small city? Wouldn't a newcomer be a lot less noticeable in, say, Chicago? And what about Mexico? Maybe they're worried about him being caught crossing over, but I'd take my chances and try for Tijuana. It's not like the border patrolmen there don't have other things to worry about. In any case, Alex tells Claire he never agreed to disappear, and his family and friends are in Costa Verde, and besides, he'll probably be found anyway, and the government might even be watching them right now. Claire denies that, but she's trying to sound more confident than she actually feels, and Alex tells her, "You're not Harriet Tubman, Claire. And this isn't the Underground Railroad!" Yes, I don't think Claire's seventeen-year-old wiles quite compare with Harriet Tubman's, especially given that there's a surveillance van outside her house as we speak (SPOILER!). Alex concludes that she's in over her head, and rather than deny that obviously true statement, Claire tells him that without her, he might be dead already, so he can just shut up and do what she tells him. At that moment, Sandra calls Claire's name......but when she enters the room, Alex is out of sight. She gets right to the point, saying that the "house money" she keeps in Mr. Muggles's rubber sneaker is gone. She holds up the receptacle for emphasis, and it's an orange Baby Ked that is just the cutest little thing. I knew Mr. Muggles would have good taste. Claire suggests that maybe Lyle took the money, but Sandra says she already questioned him. "Per usual, he has no clue." Hee. Poor Lyle is really the Rodney Dangerfield of this show. Claire confesses and says she was going to pay her back, and Sandra starts to ask why she took it, but Mr. Muggles starts barking at something under the bed, and when she picks him up, he's got Alex's sandwich in his mouth. Claire tries to play dumb, but then a thud comes from the closet, and Sandra expectantly looks back at her daughter. Claire: "I didn't hear anything." Not sure humor's the way to go here, Claire, but I appreciate it regardless. Sandra opens the closet and finds Alex holding a sleeping bag or something that fell off the shelf, and he nervously is like, "Mrs. Bennet, right? Hi!" Well, it's better than if he called her "Sandra," but I still think they're in a spot of trouble here, despite Claire's goofy smile.