Episode Report Card DeAnn Welker: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
By DeAnn Welker | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.19.2009
He starts screaming, "Oh my god! Oh my god! No, this isn't me! Why are you doing this to me? Make it stop, please! Make it stop!" How annoying is it that our supervillain has been totally castrated? Even more annoying that we still have to worry about him, though, because he's now with an evil mastermind who's determined to make him evil again.Hospital. Emma's looking at some brain scans when Hiro comes in dragging his IV cart. Even though she made it clear when they met that she is deaf, he starts talking to her from behind, all, "So ... tell me about your ability." She obviously doesn't turn toward him, so he runs over next to her and tries again. He tells her he also has an ability: "I am the master of time and space. Well, I was. Lately, time and space has been the master of me." He asks if she's looking at his brain scan, but she's looking at her own. She tells him that she sees sounds, which make colors. Hiro refrains from saying, "That's not an ability," and instead tells her she shouldn't run away from a new ability. She stands up, whines that she wants it to stop, and leaves. Hiro stays and notices a flier on her desk for a "Talent Show." A light bulb goes off above his head. Not literally, though with this show, it might as well. That could be someone's power.
Georgia. HRG and Peter are still hunkering down, being shot at. Peter thinks the kid's shooting to kill, but HRG thinks they're just being warned to stay away, and that Jeremy is "a scared kid with a small cannon in his hands." HRG wants to talk to Jeremy alone, so he tells Peter to go around and use the back staircase. Peter leaves and HRG heads up the stairs, talking to Jeremy. He puts down his gun and says he's unarmed and isn't going to hurt Jeremy. Jeremy comes out, cocks his gun (even though, as my husband tells me, it's a type of gun that does not need cocking, and wouldn't make the pumping sound the editors added), and screams at HRG to stay away from him. HRG, all brave and reckless now, says he's coming up the stairs so if Jeremy's going to kill him, he'd better lock and load. Jeremy, who's crying, screams that he told HRG to keep away. Jeremy has a serious case of crazy eyes, as he tells HRG that everything he touches ends up dead.
Carnival. Warden Leo's arrived with his family, and asks Samuel why he sent those tickets to him. Samuel says he always tries to do something special for local law enforcement, and he heard about Warden Leo out all night trying to chase down some escaped prisoner. Forum posters swoon uncontrollably as Warden Leo pulls out a mug shot of dirty, shaggy Sylar and asks if Samuel's seen him. Samuel doesn't think he has, though he could be wrong what with this being a carnival where lots of people come and go. Warden Leo gives Samuel his business card and asks him to call if he sees Sylar. He will, of course, but only if it will help him make Sylar evil again.
Speaking of, Sylar's still in the hall of mirrors watching all of the bad things he's done in his life flash before him. It's a lovely montage of blood and death (and plenty of head-cuttings): He fights with and kills Alejandro and cuts open various heads for optimal brain viewing. Those heads include (I think): Trevor; poor, nonheroic misunderstanding Jackie; Elle (I haven't forgiven Sylar, or the show, for that one yet); Ted; Sue; and Charlie. The whole time this stuff is flashing on the mirrors, Sylar's writhing around on the floor begging for it to stop. He finally gets up and stumbles out of the funhouse, then pukes into a garbage can.
Back at Jeremy's house in Georgia, HRG is walking toward him, asking him what happened. Jeremy yells for him not to come any closer, and then he tells Bennett that he killed his parents. He was angry and he touched them and they died. He says he didn't mean to, but that's a little suspicious since they're both dead in their chairs. I mean, if he was angry and accidentally touched one of them, that's one thing, but then why would he touch the other one, too? HRG is buying it, though, and says it's not fair that Jeremy was left to suffer through this alone. He tells Jeremy that he doesn't remember him, but they've met and he knows all about Jeremy. He knows he's not a killer, but a healer. Jeremy says he used to heal things, but it turned and now he kills. He threatens HRG not to come a step closer or he'll shoot him, but Peter teleports into the middle of the scene, right between the gun and HRG. He yells, "Noah!" and grabs the gun, pointing it toward himself right as it goes off. He freezes time, and at first it seems like everything's okay, but then he looks down and sees he was a little too late, as the bullet's already inside him. Time starts back up again, and ... commercials.
When we return, HRG's trying to help Peter, asking him to stay with him. Jeremy says "Oh my god!" and HRG says Peter's bleeding out and won't make it to the hospital, so Jeremy needs to heal him. Jeremy thinks if he touches him he'll die, and he can't do it, but HRG says he can do this, and if he doesn't touch Peter, he'll die. HRG gets up for a very special moment, in which he says his power is understanding people like Jeremy. He says that what happened to Jeremy's parents never has to happen again if he can control his power and heal Peter. Jeremy says everything he touches dies, but HRG points out that he's touching him right now. Jeremy looks down as the camera pans down and we all realize HRG's grabbing Jeremy by the shoulders. He talks Jeremy through the healing: It's all about visualization! Jeremy closes his eyes and touches Peter, who heals, and comes to gasping for breath. He laughs and groans as HRG welcomes him back.
Emma carries some files into her office at the hospital and finds a flier for "Hiro the Magnificent" on her computer. She takes off, and finds him performing for a bunch of kids. He's wearing a blanket as a cape, and a top hat. When Emma walks in, Hiro cutely says that "Now, here to assist Hiro the Magnificent, please welcome, Emma, the ... Also Magnificent!" Everyone claps and Hiro beckons her to the front of the room. Hiro tells her he's doing magic, and then tells the kids he'll need much applause as he makes Emma disappear. They all clap, and Hiro holds a sheet up in front of Emma. They're touching hands as he freezes time for everyone but them. The blue colors of the kids' applause is frozen, too, as Emma wanders through the room in awe. She can't believe time is standing still, and she even reaches out and touches the sound colors in amazement. I am still not getting how it's cool, but she says it's all so beautiful. He tells her there are no bad powers (uh, Hiro, remember Sylar?), but she has to understand them to use the powers to do good things. Then he asks her if, for now, they can please finish their magic trick. He has her hide in the back of the room behind a curtain as he unfreezes time, amazing all the kids and even the medical staff watching in amazement. The kids applaud for Emma the Magnificent, and then Hiro teaches them to applaud in sign language. It's very sweet.
Carnival. Sylar's sitting across from a snow cone place, making me wonder how he's resisting the deliciousness and just sitting there, moping. Samuel comes up and Sylar whines about all of the murders and memories in his mind, but he cannot believe they're his