What aunt_zelda Thinks: Into Asylum
I don't know about you, but I'm not going on the internet tomorrow. 'Conflicker' might attack! I soooooo cannot afford to get a virus right now. Why can't hackers get their kicks somewhere else, far, far away from my harddrive?(I mean, I know that's the point: they're far, far away from your harddrive, using computers in Russia or something, but you know what I mean.)
Still horendously busy. Still psyched about my new Dresden Files. Still tired out of my mind. Still typing like crazy. Still loving my Slings and Arrows DVD sets.
Anyhoodle, WAZT! Huzzah!
Into Asylum:
Again, no previously, on Heroes on this version! If only I could stay up late enough to watch Heroes on TV ... *sighs*
En Mexico, Nathan buys a room, speaking luverly espanol. I might have drooled a bit. The manager thinks Claire is a hooker. Nathan angrily says he's 'su padre!' and storms away. Claire tries to make a joke about him being her "biological padre" but gets no laughs from Manager. I giggle though, because, despite her bad wig, Claire is cute. (I was researching the sex trade for one of my classes a few weeks ago, so even that blithe joke was enough to make me wince. It's bad down there, guys. And it's not just 'down there,' either. It's happening right here in America too. Right now. It's sick. The girls are younger than Claire, way younger than Claire.)
Back from my tangent, Claire stupidly goes out on her own, ignoring her dad - who's sporting some sexy stubble, I must say - and heading out to flip her blond hair around the Mexican village. Idiot. Nathan's also an idiot, because he thinks Danko's reach doesn't extend past the border for now. Does he not remember Hiro? That's cold, Frying Man. Very cold.
Chapter Eight "Into Asylum" flickers in a puddle of rain. Peter and Angela are still in NYC. Angela calls Peter "a good son" but Peter strides menacingly towards her (let me repeat that ...) STRIDES MENACINGLY TOWARDS HER (our Peter, MENACING! FYG, here we come! *cheers*) and says he saved her because he wants answers, and Angela always knows more than what she's letting on. Angela and her distressed hair embrace the sudden downpour and says she needs to find answers of her own. She heads for a Church, and Peter is silhouetted beautifully, comic-book-esqe, in the alley. I miss Claude.
Arlington, Virginia: two more Redshirts down. Danko is almost nice to a man who throws up, whom I mistook for Asian Bob. HRG is there too. HRG and Danko have another male testosterone standoff. When talking about the escaped target - whose ability is unknown - HRG mentions that he could be "an invisible man" and I grin at the second Claude-flashback brought upon by this episode in as many minutes. Danko calls HRG "Nathan Petrelli's boy" and I imagine HRG snapping 'bitch, I'm his MAN!' ... and I need to stop staying up so late reading The Dresden Files.
Out in Danko's car, Danko prepares a cigarette, listens to a love song, and then Sylar pops up in the background and makes my slashy little heart explode. I can't describe the scene any more coherently than 'FOE-YAY' and 'SLASH OMG SLASH.' Forgive me.
Sylar TELPORTS (really, that's what he did! And he didn't have to kill Hiro for it!) away before his new boyfriend (sorry, Mohinder, Sylar's a slut, what can I say?) tries to shoot him. GUH! Gun-porn at this stage in the relationship! Sylar stands up on the roof, the song gets louder, he revels in the rain, and then he BREAKS THE FOURTH WALL! WITH HIS SEXY-STARE! *faints dead away*
Danko tries to give a rousing speech. He's no Henry V, though, and is visibly coming apart at the seams. I can't believe they're all so worked up over a HIGH-SCHOOL GEOMETRY TEACHER. Wait ... scratch that ... Math Teachers with superpowers could be downright APOLCALYPTIC. Carry on!
HRG encourages Danko to start going out with Sylar ... for the safety of the world. It's just like that fic "Sleep with Sylar, Save the World" by tju_tju_tju_tju. HRG calls it "focus manipulation." Is that what the kids are calling it these days? And then HRG starts talking about how to manipulate heroes into working for you and fashion a collar out of hate or love or whatever and my brain has esploded so this recap will be disjointed at best.
En Mexico, Claire slams some money onto the bar next to Nathan. She says she sold her kidney. Twice. Now, I know that was meant as a joke, but ... srsly? Not a bad plan, kiddo! I'm surprised she hasn't thought of it before! She pawned her necklace. They have some Talk, but it's not important to me. Nathan engages the teenage boys checking out Claire in a drinking game to get more money. I know I'm an awful person for suggesting this, but ... what about sex? Not Claire, that'd be icky, but ... Nathan could ... no, I won't say it. That's a bad idea. I'm sorry. (Fly, my slash fic authors, FLY!)
In the Church, Angela tells us that for her to sleep and dream prophetic dreams, she can't just take a pill. Interesting. She laments that there used to be love in the Petrelli family (hoo boy, wasn't there!) and now they're in shambles, and she blames herself. Peter does not deny this. (Bastard. ALWAYS comfort your mother, even when she's right about being wrong!)
Nathan has his jacket off. He's wearing The Waistcoat again. *drools* Claire is worried, but apparently Nathan did this in the Philippines for shore leave money whilst in the Navy. Oh, I'm not even gonna touch that one. You guys have fun with that plot point.)
Danko and New-Extra-With-Lines-Who-Is-Not-Asian-Bob (let's call him Caucasian-Steve) have a manly handshake. Caucasian-Steve thought the speech was 'inspirational.' Clearly, he's never been involved in a production of Henry V and listened to St. Crispin’s Day speech. Sylar calls up for some phonesex. He's still standing outside in the rain. GUH! I cannot take much more of this! It's been YEARS since we slashers have be treated this good by this show! Sylar sent Danko Caucasian-Steve's head: the Caucasian-Steve we just saw was the target: a shapeshifter. COOLIO!
In a nice chase-scene in which the budget is used up, Caucasian-Steve morphs and escapes.
In the Church, Peter gives his mom a dry coat: one from the donation bin that used to be hers and she donated last week. HEE. Peter might gain her ability because she holds his hands. They have a touching scene.
Nathan drinks and drinks to catchy music, having beaten two of the guys, but not this one. Claire wants them to call it a draw, and Nathan slurs that her dad isn't the only one who can "do stuff, you know ..." then slumps unconscious. *wibbles* Claire wheedles her way into taking over, takes off her sweat to reveal a flattering tank top, and staggers her way through a shot. *squeaks*
Sylar and Danko make with more slash. Danko threatens to shoot him and stick a knife in his head to make the death last. I pass out in anticipation of all the penetration jokes that are going to come of this scene. Sylar says "You chased a shape-shifter. You don't chase a shape-shifter." with this adorkable 'doy' look about his eyebrows on the last bit. Hee. Hee-hee. Sylar says he can round up all the heroes, and then Danko can take his "shot." Danko points his gun right at Sylar's head, then puts the safety back on, and Sylar SMILES and the scene ends, and then they have violent, disturbing sex on that carpet like nobody's business.
Peter talks to Jesus. It's actually ... quite touching. Milo is hot. Thunder booms. Rain rains. Peter continues to have his Hero Doubts Himself moment, and it's a GREAT scene. Possibly the best scene of this episode. I feel like crying, and I don't even BELIEVE in God half the time! Peter says he angry at his father (we all are, dear, he KILLED ADAM!) and Nathan, and his mommy ... and God. Yipes. Suddenly, agents appear! (Dang-it!) At least one guy has the decency to be outraged about this. Peter and Angela hide in the confessional. Ah, irony, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways at a latter date ...
After their sex, Danko watches Sylar rifle through files and folders and loud things. Boy's got stamina. *giggles and blushes* Sylar says to Danko "I thought you'd be better at this." *giggles some more* Danko asks if this is the part where Sylar "gets under [his] skin" and I giggle some more, because I'm TIRED, damnit, and am uncomfortable having slashy thoughts about GOVENER DEVLIN, ok? Sylar rifles through Caucasian-Steve's closet, and I have to gag myself. Sylar deduces that Caucasian-Steve wants to be people who are powerful "to screw people." *sporflediez* Things you never thought you'd hear Sylar say ... counting down ...
Sylar and Danko head to a gay bar. I just laugh, because THE SHOW. IT IS BACK. AND I LOVE IT SO!
Claire can't get drunk. She promptly imitates being drunk. HEE HEE HEE! Blah blah, divorced parents issues. Claire wins. Nathan makes a 'hrrrrrrrmmmmuh?' noise. Hee.
Angela likens herself to Cassandra and scores still more points in my book. HRG pretends he can't see Angela and Peter. YAY! Claude-reference number 3!
Oh god. Two Devlins! *head esplode Mark 2* Sylar grins this ADORABLE little grin. NAAAAAAW. I love it when our favorite serial-killer is in love ...
Caucasian-Steve escapes, again. But not before Sylar smiles some more. Yay!
Claire helps Nathan into their room, telling him that he should never fly in this condition again. The talk about her liver-regeneration thing, which is kinda cool. Then they make with the sad-talk, Hayden starts to cry and break my heart, Nathan says he knows everyone expects him to fix the mess, and he's going to try. *sniffles* He's going to die for real, isn't he? Nathan says he's going to fix it for Peter, and his mother, and Claire. "I'll fix it all ... I'll make it all ..." he falls asleep on the bed. Claire looks pensive, and lays a blanket on him. Naaaaw.
In the club, there's a stellar use of shapeshifting. Danko shoots Caucasian-Steve (who looks like Sylar now) and Real!Sylar runs up, then beams when he finds out that his boyfriend left Caucasian-Steve alive. Zachary Quinto gets to play the victim, and he doesn't do it well. Still, Sylar is happy, has a new boyfriend, and the music is catchy. *bobs head*
In the morning, Sexy Sexy Nathan tells Claire that he has no friends and no plans and that it's way over his head and out of his control. Tragic, slow, plinky music plays in the background. Claire starts crying, parentally-coaches Nathan that he can do anything, and says he's supposed to be Superman. Then she leaves. I wibble. The old Heroes theme starts up. YAY!
Peter and Angela stayed in the Church. Angie had a nap. And a dream. She knows what they have to do now: find Nathan and Claire, reunite the family, and then go visit Angela's sister. *jawdrop* NO WAY! Peter says "Sister?" and Angela goes to pat his cheek, then slaps it, in a luverly callback to the Series premiere that I can't help but squee.
Nathan sold his watch to get Claire's necklace back. Naaaw. They stride off, arm-in-arm, into the sunrise, to a happy song. YAY!
Still to that happy song, Danko shows HRG dead!Caucasian-Steve, who looks, of course, like Dead!Sylar. HRG is shocked. HA HA HA! Danko walks away, and a forensetics woman asks if HRG is ok. HEE!
Still to that happy song, Angela and Peter stride out of the Church. Yay!
The song seems to be playing on Danko's radio. The forensetics woman gets in, then morphs into Sylar. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Danko says that if they succeed, Sylar will be the only one left. Still to that insanely happy tune, Sylar says "Funny how that works out" and they drive away over the 'TBC ...' logo.
*SQUEE*
Next Week: a shovel! Red-headed Claire! Peter! Some shacks! Angela saying that 'this' is where their story really began, not like the five previous times the promo people have said that!