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After last week's turgid misstep, at least some stuff happened this week, although there were definitely plenty of WTF elements. Sandra shows up to Building 26 to see Bennet, and Bennet confides that he thinks something's off with the Sylar death, but she couldn't care less, telling him she wants to see Claire, and she's staying in town until he finds her. Sylar then reminds us all how truly uninspired he is by taking Danko's form and following him to the bathroom so he can watch him take a piss, and no, I'm not making that up. Sandra then serves Bennet with divorce papers, but accompanies them with such harsh words that I'm immediately convinced it's Sylar even before we see him shift out on the street. Bennet investigates the Sylar death and discovers the fakeout, but thinking that Sandra was never in D.C., he manhandles and almost kills her before Lyle calls on her phone and makes it clear that she's the real thing. Sandra, unamused, kicks Bennet out, giving Sylar the win in a way he couldn't even have anticipated, and as much as I've hated the Sylar storylines, that was pretty awesomely done. time Bennet might actually listen to Angela when she tells him to leave well enough alone. Speaking of whom, Angela calls Bennet and tells him she had a dream about an incident at a place called "Coyote Sands," and says she needs him to join her and her family there.
Hiro and Ando can't get hold of Matt via telephone, so they resolve to do whatever it takes to bring Matt Jr. to his dad. Meanwhile, Mohinder's planning to head back to India, and he tries to get Matt to come with him, but Matt has other plans -- to make Danko suffer. Mohinder then returns to his old apartment to find that Danko and crew took all his father's papers -- but he finds out from the landlord that Papa Suresh had more stuff down in storage. The files mention a "Operation Icarus" that the elder Suresh was working on -- coincidentally enough, at Coyote Sands.
Matt stalks Danko and mind-controls him to think that someone he cares about is in danger, which sends him running off to check on some blonde Slavic woman who thinks he's named "Jakob," and also seems to be his girlfriend, both for reasons unclear to me. Matt heads into the woman's house once Danko's gone, and after he predictably can't go through with shooting her in cold blood, she discovers him and mistakenly assumes he's there to try to get her back into hooking, so Matt is able to learn that Danko was originally a client, and that he's claimed to sell school books for a living and also that he has a wife and kids in Chicago. Tired of all this crap, Matt brings the girl over to Danko's apartment and forces him to reveal the truth to his girlfriend. After he's done so, though, Matt feels like he's got nothing left to live for and invites Danko to kill him, and Danko shoots – but Hiro freezes time with not a moment to spare, and when they're gone, the girl dumps Danko. Too bad, because they seemed like the perfect couple, given that she was Lilith on Supernatural. His trouble doesn't end there, though, because Sylar comes to him in Bennet's form, saying he's found out Bennet's been holding out on Danko with respect to some Primatech files, but when Danko doesn't express any surprise at Bennet claiming to be Sylar, we learn it was another fakeout – it's really Bennet pretending that Sylar shapeshifted into his form, and he learns that Sylar's been posing as an agent and going out on missions we can assume are of a nefarious nature. However, when Bennet tries to expose Sylar, Danko doesn't back him up, and then Sylar gets shot in the head, and he somehow screws with his healing power enough that it looks like he's dead, which in turn causes Bennet to run screaming into the night. Meanwhile, Matt is overjoyed to learn he has a son, and an adorable mutant one at that.
In the end, at Coyote Sands, Claire and Nathan meet up with Peter and Angela, and Angela shows them the big secret -- a bunch of skeletons, all of whom Angela says she knew. As the Petrelli boys keep digging, Bennet shows up on the scene, and now there are only three episodes to go.
Want more? The full recap starts right below! We open with Bennet unzipping a body bag and examining "Sylar's" corpse, and oh, what a tease it is for the show to make it look like he's dead. Danko enters and gloats about how he was able to kill Sylar with a metal blade, and Bennet finally gives us an explanation for Sylar's return this chapter as he compliments the choice of a metal weapon and says that last time, Claire used glass, which melted in the Primatech fire, allowing Sylar to regenerate. I still think that's bullshit, because Sylar's brains would have melted into goo long before the glass would have lost its integrity, but Sylar's obviously bound and determined to be the last one standing and annoying me no matter what, so let's move on to where Bennet muses that he chased Sylar for "a long time," and Danko suggests that maybe Bennet didn't really want to catch him. Bennet: "Or maybe you're just better at this than me." Neither of those suppositions seems particularly likely. And speaking of unlikely occurrences, someone pops in to tell Bennet that Sandra is downstairs, and how the hell would she have known the location of Building 26? It's not like Bennet would have shared that information with her even before she threw him out. Anyway, "Danko," taking any opportunity he can get to toss a "fuck you" Bennet's way, tells the woman to send her up. If she's in anywhere near the mood I'm guessing, he may live to regret that decision.Hiro and Ando are driving an SUV, because I'm sure they have an American driver's license that enabled them to rent a vehicle, and they've also managed to make it from L.A. to Ohio in the time it took to get Sylar's corpse back to Building 26, which means the show is trying to give Gossip Girl a run for its money in terms of bending time and space. At least that sort of thing is supposed to happen on this show, I guess. Ando reports that all of Matt Sr.'s numbers have been disconnected, so Hiro says it's no big deal -- they know Matt's on the East Coast, so they'll just find him when they get there. Look, if you'd just said you were going to D.C., Matt's last-known location, you would have spared me having to make a comment, but you're planning to find him with no problem on the entire East Coast of the United States? I doubt you two could find him if you knew he were on the East Coast of Staten Island! Anyway, Ando asks about Janice, to which Hiro is basically like, "Sucks to be her," so I guess she's not a part of his superhero pipe dreams at the moment, and then Matt Jr. starts that kind of shrieky baby crying that can just cut right through you, and as if to editorialize, the brand-new car (I guess rich Hiro bought it, which makes more sense) dies. The Jaunty Bassoon Of What The Hell Do We Do Now attempts to soften the baby's screams and fails miserably...
...so it's much appreciated when we cut to Matt and Mohinder, and God knows this is the first time I've ever said that. Mohinder lets us know that he's going back to India on a ship, but first he's going to get some stuff out of his old place in New York if he judges that it's safe to do so. He adds that D.C. has become too dangerous and tells Matt he should come with him, but Matt says he's not going anywhere as he loads a gun. Mohinder tries to reason with Matt and tell him this isn't the way, but Matt calmly replies that Daphne died because she was different, and killing people for that reason is part of Danko's protocol, and he won't stand for it. Mohinder asks if he's just going to take his revenge by killing Danko, but Matt corrects him: "I want him hurt. I want him to feel what he's done." Fine, but if you're that passionate about the idea, maybe use a tone of voice that doesn't sound like the vocal equivalent of Sominex? Matt actually then lets some emotion into his voice as he tells Mohinder he's been a really good friend, which is debatable but touching, and they embrace before Matt bids him goodbye...
...and then we cut to an irate Sandra, who lights into Bennet for telling her nothing while Claire has gone missing. Bennet tries to assure her that Claire is safe, and the less she knows the better, but Sandra is over that noise and doesn't trust Bennet anymore, and she wants to see Claire. Bennet then tries to tell her he smells a rat with the Sylar situation, but she's less than interested, and then Danko appears and says she must be Mrs. Bennet, as he's seen her picture. Sandra: "I bet you have. From the surveillance cameras watching my house?" This is kind of what I was talking about earlier, only I was worried she'd bite off an arm instead of her words. Danko disappears just as quickly as he arrived, and then Bennet tries to get Sandra to go back to Costa Verde, but she's having none of that and is staying in town until Bennet finds Claire. She stalks off...
...and then Danko enters the bathroom and locks the door, and, with a mischievous grin, walks over to...himself, commenting, "It's fun being you." God, how stupid -- Sylar's behaving like a bored child taking this outrageous risk for no reason, not to mention he's watching Danko take a piss and commenting on a mole he apparently has in a naughty place, and what is the point of this character, my God? I will give Zeljko Ivanek credit for doing a damn good Sylar, though. It's going to be about the only bright spot of this new power, seeing the main cast do impressions of him. Danko agrees with me about the stupidity of Sylar's actions, and then Sylar turns into his true form as Danko yells that what they're doing isn't about him finding some clever way to kill Bennet. Sylar: "I'm not gonna kill him. I'm gonna destroy him." Well, should you come around to the idea of a suicide mission, no offense to Jack Coleman, because it pains me to say this, but I'll take that trade-off. Title card.
Angela calls Bennet from a pay phone (it's so cute the way those still exist on TV) and tells him she's had a dream, and asks if he knows about what happened at a place called Coyote Sands. He's only heard rumors, because for twenty years everyone he's asked has told him the same thing -- he should never ask again. That's not really a "rumor" so much as an "invitation to fuck off," but if he's trying to say the place is shrouded in mystery, fine. Frankly, though, if he's even heard of the place, I'm surprised he didn't go out there with a shovel himself at some point. Anyway, Angela tells Bennet that she and Peter are headed there now, and she spoke with Nathan (not to be pedantic, but how, exactly?) and he and Claire are going to meet them, and she wants Bennet there as well. Bennet, however, has "a few loose ends" to tie up, but when he tells her about "Sylar," Angela urgently orders him to get out while he can. Without hanging up, Bennet pushes his way back into the makeshift morgue -- but there are no bodies within, as they've been taken to the crematorium. Bennet gets this totally bug-eyed look on his face at this news, like of all the things that have happened on this show, the fact that corpses around there are burned on a regular basis is just the CRAZIEST, and he runs off, ignoring Angela's repeated entreaties to leave well enough alone. I mean, seriously, Bennet, you're supposed to be smart. Not only do you have the chance to take your wife and reunite her with your daughter, but a PRECOG is telling you in no uncertain terms not to pursue your current course of action. Don't be an idiot! Run!
Mohinder shows up to his old apartment, having checked to make sure there are no agents keeping the place under surveillance, and I'd wonder how it hasn't been re-rented yet but I suppose it really hasn't been that long since it was vacated. Anyway, he uses his super-strength to push the lock right through the door, and then enters to find the place basically empty. The landlord then shows up, and there's some weak posturing between the two of them, but the point is that while Homeland Security took a bunch of Papa Suresh's papers, there are, conveniently, a bunch more down in the building's storage area. Well, if I were a government agent looking for important papers in a building that housed the premier expert on Heroes in the world, I wouldn't have checked the storage area either. That's just too obvious!
Hiro and Ando have been reduced to hitching, and the ensuing scene is absolutely pointless other than to give the actor Ken Choi some lines and to catch Hiro and Ando up to the rest of the class, which is a need that's all too common on this show. The point is, a truck pulls over, and Ken Choi is the genial driver with a Texas accent, who's all too happy to give them a ride until Baby Matt starts crying and turns off his truck, which finally clues Hiro and Ando in that Crying Baby=We're Not Going Anywhere. Kid, I know you're awfully young for me to ask you to act like an adult, but we don't need more subplots that go nowhere around here, so how about putting on a happy face?
Matt is staking out Building 26 (he got a parking spot right on that busy street? And no one from this crack spy agency is checking for this sort of thing, even though they've supposedly got their eyes on the whole country?) when Danko emerges, and Matt plants the thought in his head that something's wrong, and the person closest to him is in danger. Danko gets in a cab and heads off, and Matt starts following, although he's moving in the other direction, which in my experience means he has almost no shot of turning around and catching Danko, but things work differently on the back lot than in actual cities, I have to remind myself.
Bennet catches the Corpse Parade and removes the weapon from "Sylar's" head -- and nothing happens. Well, after the events at the end of the episode, I'm not sure this means anything at all. Bennet, however, is correctly convinced that this isn't Sylar, and orders a DNA analysis of the blood on the weapon. He then dramatically asks the corpse, "Who are you," like THAT matters.
Matt has followed Danko to a red brick house in the suburbs, at which he affectionately greets a blonde woman. The two of them head inside, and Matt opens the glove compartment to grab his piece...
...and he's not the only one loaded for bear, as Sandra shows up at Bennet's hotel room with divorce papers. Bennet's stunned, but she points out that he's perpetually lied to her, and adds that she's already changed the locks. He tries to tell her not to throw away twenty-two years of marriage, but she snaps that theirs isn't a marriage, just an arrangement -- a cover story. Rather desperately, he tells her he'll come back to California with her for counseling, but rather than let him shout her down, she yells, "I don't love you anymore!" The bug-eyed expression has returned, but this time it's a lot more justified. Sandra concludes by seething that he's a liar and a betrayer, and he doesn't care about his family. "I don't love you, I don't trust you -- I don't even respect you." This is the bit that made me sure it was Sylar here, and if Bennet logically thought this out, he would probably realize that there's no way Sandra would travel cross country with papers in hand to end their marriage and then not tell him about them at her first opportunity. But the point of Sylar's gambit here is to get him not to think rationally, which is why the storyline actually works for me for the most part. I mean, I still think Sylar's essentially a bored and spoiled child and nothing he does has any point, but this plan at least was clever and interesting to watch, and it's clear where he got the idea, having witnessed their little spat in the hallway when he was in Danko's form. Anyway, Bennet looks heartbreakingly panicked, but when "Sandra" is out in an alley, she morphs back into Sylar, and...oh, man, now he's wearing a shortie trench coat as he walks down the street. That's a joke not worth telling, and I know from those. Not that that usually stops me, but still.
When we return, Ken Choi, with ever so much Southern charm, politely asks that Hiro and Ando take the baby hell and gone away from his damn truck, which they do. Soon after, they try a series of funny faces to attempt to get Baby Matt to stop crying. Of course, it's the most undignified one possible that works, and Hiro frantically gets behind the wheel as Ando complains that he won't be able to hold it all the way to New York. I thought that Hiro would show some industry by freezing Ando in that position (and in fact, now that he's got the car started, he should do so to Baby Matt for the rest of the ride) but maybe he's not used to having his power back yet. Still a missed opportunity in my opinion, though.
Danko and the blonde emerge from the house, and given the nature of their relationship, if Matt tried to read Danko's mind while he was in there I can only assume it would have sent him running off in search of the nearest public shower. Whether or not that's the case, though, Matt is currently lurking around the side of the house, and he hears the woman call Danko "Jakob" and Danko tell her that he has to fly back to Chicago that night. Now that I see the woman's face, I recognize her as the adult Lilith from Supernatural, and suddenly their relationship makes a lot more sense, since boning Danko definitely seems like it should be one of the elements necessary to release Lucifer from Hell. Anyway, Danko says, at least for him, a tender goodbye...
...and soon after, Matt is sneaking into the house. He sees Lilith in the kitchen, and draws his gun as if to shoot her in the back, like, AS IF he would do that, and also it wouldn't hurt her anyway, since she's an all-powerful demon. After he of course can't go through with it and puts his gun away, she turns and almost jumps out of her skin as she asks him in a Slavic accent of indeterminate origin who he is. After Matt babbles and doesn't answer and starts to leave, though, she concludes he's from the "escort service," and says she told them she was finished with that "but they never listen." Well, Lilith, you can't blame them -- I'm sure all the Goth boys want you and no one else. Anyway, Matt learns that "Jakob" was originally a client, and convinces Lilith that the two of them are co-workers, which pleases her, because she's never met any of his friends. She insists Matt sit so she can grill him, and rather than have his entrails unceremoniously ripped out, he obliges.
Bennet's steeled himself to sit down and look at the divorce papers, but when he sees "Sandra's" signature, he immediately knows something's up. Not surprising -- the signature looks like something you'd see in a sixth-grade girl's yearbook, right under "K.I.T.!" He pulls up an electronic check record to be sure (i.e., to catch up the slow class) and then, when he sees the two don't remotely match, calls the lab to check up on the results and learns the DNA belongs to Odo. After he hangs up, he says to himself, "Sylar's a shapeshifter," and NO ONE says shit like that to himself out loud. I thought we were getting back to the point where the show was going to treat the viewers like adults, but this episode is a step backwards in many ways. Anyway...
...Lilith tells Matt that she's been seeing "Jakob" for almost a year, and her understanding is that he sells schoolbooks all over the world, and also, he has a wife and two boys back in Chicago. She goes on that once his kids are grown, they'll be together, and after the hell she's been through, so to speak, it's a miracle to have him. Matt, however, has had enough of this crap, and tells Lilith that "Jakob" is a liar, and she needs to get away from him. He tells her he's going to show her what he means, and I suppose that indicates he's going to use his mind mojo, although I'm surprised they didn't stay with the scene long enough for us at least to see the preparatory head-tilt.
At a gas station, Hiro's on the phone with Mohinder, and after Mohinder narrows down the "East Coast" thing for them by saying Matt's still in D.C., he warns them that Matt's on a destructive course. He adds that it's difficult to change a man's mind when he feels he has nothing to live for, and considering what a cartoon much of this episode is, I'm surprised we don't see a light bulb go off over Hiro's head in response. Ando gets back in, and after poor James Kyson Lee is forced to make the face again, they get moving, unaware that around a rack of tires are Nathan and Claire, who are finding Coyote Sands on a map. They discuss nothing of relevance, but I'll forgive that, because when we cut to a shot of Hiro and Ando's car, we see Nathan's telltale air trail zoom past them in the sky. I'll never get tired of that.
Mohinder tells his tape recorder that his father apparently was looking for information on an "Operation Icarus," a project the government abandoned in the sixties, and while the files are heavily redacted, they mention medical research at -- wait for it - "a place called Coyote Sands." He sees his dad's old ID picture in the file and breathes, "My father was there." Even the tape recorder is like, "Well, duh."
Sandra returns to her hotel room, but no sooner has she put down her purse than she hears the click of a gun that's pointed at the back of her head. She quavers that there's cash in her bag, but Bennet snarls that if she says another word, she dies. Again, it's not logical for Bennet to think that Sylar would be walking around as Sandra after he's done what he intended to do, and I really don't think Bennet would go through with this without being absolutely sure he's not killing his wife, but I've said my piece...
...so when we get back from commercial, I can at least enjoy the acting, which is first-rate in this scene. Sandra tries to convince Bennet of her identity by telling him things only they'd know, but Bennet's so convinced he's right that he thinks Sylar must have stolen a mind-reading power, perhaps by killing Matt. He shoves Sandra down onto a desk, holding her by the nape of her neck, as he asks if Danko's been in on the plan, and it's upsetting to watch, as Sandra eventually begs him in the name of their children not to kill her. Bennet looks like he's having a moment of doubt, and it's great work by Jack Coleman as you see him struggle to push away the terror that goes with the thought he might actually be manhandling his wife here. Sandra's phone then rings, and Bennet answers to find it's Lyle, who's typically not even curious to know why his estranged father is answering his mother's phone. Instead, he says he's supposed to give Mr. Muggles a pill while Sandra's away, and he forgot where she keeps them. Knowing this is something Sylar couldn't read from his mind, Bennet asks Sandra where they are, and once Lyle confirms she's given the right answer, Bennet starts to cry, hangs up, and lets Sandra go. Sandra just lies there for a moment, which is awesome and heartbreaking, but then gets up and tells Bennet to get out. Bennet tries to explain what happened, but she half-shrieks for him to leave. He desperately tells her she has to believe him, but the answer he gets is worse than anything Sylar-as-Sandra said: "I do believe you. But it doesn't matter. It's too late." She once again orders him to leave...
...and in the hallway, Bennet gets a very ugly look on his face before moving away from the locked door. I'd almost feel worried for Sylar if I didn't want him dead, and also didn't know that that will never, ever happen.
Lilith shows up at Danko's apartment (did he just take a four-hour lunch for some reason?) and then Matt appears behind her, gun in hand. They all head inside, and after Matt closes the door, he sneers that when he was a cop, he was surrounded by "basket cases" like Danko -- men whose jobs were such a nightmare they would seek out anything to ease the pain. Probably true, but if I were Lilith I'd be like, "I may be the ESL version of Pretty Woman here, but I'm not so dumb that I think that's a compliment." Speaking of whom, Matt tells Lilith that her boyfriend kills people for a living, and instead of being turned on by that, Lilith is shocked. Matt then uses his power to force Danko to come clean about his identity and his job, and also what he did to Daphne. He admits that he didn't tell her the truth because he knew if he did, she wouldn't love him, and Matt, realizing that Danko truly cares about Lilith, again makes like he's going to shoot her in cold blood, saying it's the only way Danko will understand what he did to Matt. Danko, however, calls his bluff, inviting him to go ahead while promising he'll continue with the program no matter what. Lilith is, understandably, rather devastated to hear all this, and Matt apologizes, getting overcome himself as he points out that this is what Danko's reduced both of them to. "In his world, there is no room for mercy." After another moment of indecision, Matt finally lets it go, literally and figuratively, as his gun clatters to the floor, and Danko doesn't waste any time picking up his own weapon off a nearby shelf and leveling it at Matt. Lilith screams for him not to, but Matt tells him to go ahead, and he shoots -- but time suddenly freezes. Hiro enters and, seeing the bullet in midair, marvels, "Oh. Close one." Heh. He gets Matt into a chair and wheels him out of there, and then time restarts. After Danko runs out into the hall and sees no one, Lilith faces him: "Monster!" Takes one to know one. She tells him to stay away from her, and runs out as Danko is left to sad-face his way into the commercial break.
Okay, this part was cool, I have to tell you, and is an example of what I was talking about earlier. Bennet, walking with a stiff gait unusual for him and not wearing his glasses, goes in to see Danko. As he closes the blinds in the office, Danko asks ""Bennet"" what's up, and Bennet adopts a very Sylar-like smug/playful expression as he replies, "Guess again." He goes on that he told Bennet's doorman that he forgot his key, and hands over a folder he says contains some old Primatech files of Bennet's. "Looks like he's been holding out on you." It's the Sylar-esque twisted smirk that really sells it, and Danko takes the file and gloats that he's not surprised. However, Bennet pulls a gun: "Are you surprised now?" Looks like Bennet's better at this than you thought, Danko! Yes, it's Bennet pretending to be Sylar-as-Bennet, and he gets Danko to hand over his gun as he comments that Sylar couldn't have gotten to the shapeshifter under his nose without his help. Well, I'm not sure about that, considering he can magically enter and exit locked cars without making a sound, but let's move on to where Bennet upbraids Danko for being stupid enough to enter into a partnership with Sylar, and then tells him he wants "Sylar on a platter," for which he might be willing to overlook "this pathetic little cry for help." Danko, beaten for the moment, confesses that Sylar's been going on assignment "as Agent Donner, leader of Team Six." Bennet notes that that particular team has been racking up "a lot of wins" lately, which is gross, and when Danko tells Bennet Sylar should be back in an hour, Bennet smiles: "I'll wait." He puts his glasses on for good measure: "And so will you." I take back what I said earlier -- I couldn't watch this show without Bennet.
Hiro babbles about true warriors to Matt, like, SHUT UP, but makes up for it when he leads him to Ando -- and his son. Hiro tells Matt that he can't give up, because his son needs him, and both Matt Parkmans are irresistibly adorable as the elder crows delightedly that he has a son and the younger makes his toy race cars merrily drive around the place. Yay for a happy moment on this show!
Team Six has brought back another body in a bag, but their celebration is interrupted when Bennet accosts them with Danko in tow. After faking him out with a handshake, Bennet puts his gun to the back of "Donner's" head and announces to the rest of the team that he's Sylar. Danko, however, doesn't back Bennet up, and if he wasn't prepared for that development, the divorce has thrown him off his game more than I thought. Speaking of which, Bennet tries to recover by implicating Danko as well, and then Sylar missteps by suggesting Bennet's under stress because of the divorce. Bennet leans in close and whispers, "How would you know a thing like that?" and I'm sure even Danko's like, "Nice one, idiot." Bennet looks like he's going to shoot, but some random agent saves him the trouble by bringing his rifle down on Bennet's gun arm, causing the weapon to discharge into the back of Sylar's head. Bennet tells everyone to freeze, as Sylar is going to heal, but the seconds tick off, and nothing happens other than that the pool of blood grows steadily bigger, and then Danko kneels down and pronounces "Donner" dead. He gets back up and accuses Bennet of killing an innocent man, so Bennet makes his best remaining play and grabs Danko as a shield until he can get himself safely to the door and run. Security doesn't stop him, not that I'd expect them to after their incompetence in letting the shapeshifter go last week, and he flees into the night.
Sometime later, Danko is informing "Donner" that he didn't have a lot of options, and directing Bennet to Sylar seemed like the safest choice, because, after all, the other agents are mortal. Sylar gets up out of the massive pool of blood and shifts back to himself before spitting out the bullet into his hand, and...okay, I can buy that Bennet missed the kill spot because of the interference, but since when can Sylar hold back the healing process? Whatever, Sylar says something stupid about it and it makes no sense, and at this point I don't care...
...so let's move on to Bennet, travel bag slung over his shoulder, who's leaving a message for Sandra as he says he's going on the lam and will be unreachable, but he loves her. He moves...
...and Mohinder's studying a map of Coyote Sands...
...as Matt plays with his son in the back seat of the car...
...and Danko leaves a message for Lilith telling her how much she means to him, and how he wants to be better than he is but can't do it without her, but we see her leaving town as well...
...and then we're finally out at Coyote Sands. Angela tells Peter, "This is where our story really begins," which sounds intriguing but you're still only getting three more minutes out of me this week, honey. Nathan and Claire then arrive, and Peter pitches a little hissy about his brother showing up even as he and Claire exchange a fond greeting, but Angela puts paid to any squabbling as she says she never wanted any of them to see what's there, but she realizes now that was a mistake. She dramatically opens the back of her SUV to reveal several shovels, and grandly announces, "You want the answers? Then you'll have to dig." No one asks what happens if they don't want the answers, which frankly I find hard to believe...
...but let's move on to later, as Mohinder babbles about Icarus while the three kids dig at night and Angela "supervises." Nathan is the first to find some buried bones, and after Angela almost collapses, Peter asks if she knew the person to whom they belonged. Angela: "I knew...all of them," prompting them to realize that there are a bunch more bodies in the Heroes' graveyard, and I invite you to make your own joke along the lines of "Alas, poor Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb!" here. Claire sees some headlights approaching, and goes over to their source to find Bennet, who I'm glad made it out there, even if he's not exactly going to get a chance to rest any time soon. We get one more shot of the stygian scene, and that's all she wrote for this week. Three episodes to go!
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