Heroes 3x11 "The Eclipse", Part Two
Somewhat unusually, the "Previously on Heroes" bit this week had... well, pretty much the same effect as last week's episode, really.
Though, if you thought last week was OMGWTF confusing and frakked-up, this week... is even more so. In spades. With Seth Green and Breckin Meyer guest-starring.
BTW, the location changes here are in pretty much the order that they are in the ep. Easier for me that way.
Warning: This episode made me... rather pissed off with Noah Bennet. This was expressed as me, cursing. At him. Just... if you like HRG at all, be prepared.
So, we begin our weekly visit to the world of the weird and frakked-up in Haiti. Where, it seems, Peter and Haitian!Dude are apparently working on their two-man re-enactment of 300, with Baron Samedi as Xerxes and fewer hot Greek guys with spears.
Meanwhile, Nathan's chained up in a hut with some random Haitian girls, and is busy doing some soul-searching and discovering his Heroic side.
Moving to...
Costa Verde
Well, Claire's in hospital. And the medical types are telling Sandra that it's as if Claire's never had an infection in her life. Which is a little worrying.
Also worrying is the cops waiting to talk to Sandra about how Claire has a bullet wound and all. Yikes.
Down the road in Stephen Canfield's old house, California
SylarGabriel and Elle. Absolutely, canonically, hooking up.
(and making my inner fangirl very, very happy in the process)
Until, that is, Noah frakking Bennet just *had* to come along and start shooting. Elle ends up with a wound in her thigh, and they make a run for it. Which is smart, considering.
BTW, Noah: That's your first warning. You may now consider yourself officially on notice.
Pinehearst
HAH. Two things. a) I think I'm starting to like Flint. Not like that, just... he's kind of awesome, really.
b) Nice to see Mohinder's being actually... well, you know. Smart.
Lawrence
Further revelations from Daphne. Before the (first) Eclipse, Daphne had cerebral palsy.
Ya, that surprised me too. Matt, though, took that piece of news quite well, really. Shame Daphne keeps trying to push him away, but Matt's persistent enough not to let her. *huggles Matt*
Interlude the First: Comic Store, Lawrence
You know I said Seth Green and Breckin Meyer guest-star in this ep? Well, they play two guys who work in a comic book store near where Daphne lives. Their characters aren't named, so we'll call them Seth and Breckin for now.
Anyways, this is important, because it's Breckin who comes up with quite an important idea: people gained their abilities with the first eclipse, and lost them when the second happened. His idea is that the abilities would return when the current eclipse ended.
(Also... this whole comic-book thing is getting quite disturbingly meta-fic-like. It's starting to remind me of the point in the Dark Tower series where Snitches start turning up as weapons. (No, not kidding there.) But I'm getting off track...)
Pinehearst again
The following exchange makes the ep, for me:
Flint: Did you really think I'm that kinda stupid, Doc?
Mohinder: *pause* Well, yeah, I did.
Throughout this ep, the Mohinder segments kept making me want to start slow-clapping. Because he's finally realised that working for Arthur Petrelli might not be what he wants to be doing... Ah well.
Random Drugstore in CA
Gabriel and Elle, still running from Noah f***ing trigger-happy Bennet, even though Elle's leaving a noticeable blood spatter trail.
I just... I really like these two together. Also, just by being in the same room as one another they increase the Awesome levels by around 200%.
ThermopylaeHaiti
Not much to report here yet. Peter and Haitian!Dude doing their BAMF 300-esque act, check. Nathan making me want to hug him lots, check. Peter being stupidly heroic, check.
Random Hospital, Costa Verde
Ooops, Claire's getting worse. At least now the whining is justified.
And... uh oh, she's gone into septic shock and died. Not good. (*hugs* to Sandra, for putting up with all the shit your husband and daughter get you into)
Random Drugstore's Warehouse, somewhere in CA
a) Awww, Gabriel's being all heroic.
b) Noah, don't you DARE. Second warning. *glares*
c) OH FRAK NO. Noah, you are a dead man, y'hear? A DEAD MAN. Also, this confirms my "you're just an ass" theory.
YOU DO NOT DO THAT TO GABRIEL. EVER. THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. FINAL WARNING. *resists urge to stab something*
(translation: FRAK YOU, NOAH BENNET. FRAK YOU.)
A cornfield in Lawrence
Okay, I think I figured it out. The more asshole-ish Noah gets, the more awesome Matt gets. *considers* I think I can handle that.
Haiti
There's something about seeing Peter Petrelli with a gun that sort of unsettles me... it's like seeing the Doctor running around with an AK-47.
Also... uh, o-kay, I don't think we've ever seen Haitian!Dude do that before. (Side note: HAH, so much for the great invulnerable "Baron Samedi".)
Corridor outside Maya's apartment, New York
ACK, Mohinder's mutation-y stuff is back. (Yes, I know I predicted that it would be. So?)
Interlude the Second: Comic Store, Lawrence
WOO, Seth gave Thinks-he-is-ten-Hiro a pep talk on being a hero! And now Hiro knows what he has to do! WOO!
Bennet House, Costa Verde
That's it, no more warnings. Noah, you're off the Awesome list. Go on, get the frak out before I decide to go push you in a swamp. Full of hungry alligators.
Oh, you want to know why? Fine.
Saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" every time you fuck up does not make it better, Noah. If you were really sorry, you wouldn't fucking do it again, would you? Either quit being an ass and try being honest for once, or quit fucking apologising for yourself at every turn. The words "I'm sorry" have lost all meaning when you're the one saying them.
*headdesk*
Oh, look, Unexpectedly!Alive!Gabriel/Sylar. And Elle. WOO, some people who really are Awesome! And it's BAMF!Sylar and BAMF!Elle, too, even better!
*gapes* Uh, Noah-the-frakking-ass, WHAT? Writers, you too... uh, is Gabriel a Petrelli or what? It's not all that important to me personally, just make your minds up, okay?
Interlude the Third: Comic Store, Lawrence
OOOOH, a possible last 9th Wonders story!
Remember in Season One, right before Isaac got Sylar'd, he gave his sketchbook to the bike messenger who came to pick up the new 9th Wonders?
It would seem that the sketchbook has further predictions of the future in it. Which means Matt, Ando and Daphne have now got to find one bike messenger in the whole of New York.
Well, that shouldn't be too hard. [/end sarcasm]
Haiti again
Oh, Nathan. And I had such hopes for you. TURN AWAY FROM THE DARK SIDE, NATHAN.
Bennet House, Costa Verde
LOL, Unexpected!Hiro jumps in, teleports Sylar and Elle to some random beach and himself and Claire to...
The Roof of the Deveaux Building, New York, Sixteen Years Ago
Well, we have Hiro and Claire - who don't know each other, remember - watching as Kaito Nakamura hands over Baby!Claire to Noah. Fortunately, Hiro brought the appropriate 9th Wonders issue, so Claire knew what their respective fathers were saying. This is the last scene of the episode.
All in all, I think Claire's assessment of the situation was about right.
HOLY CRAP.
Though, if you thought last week was OMGWTF confusing and frakked-up, this week... is even more so. In spades. With Seth Green and Breckin Meyer guest-starring.
BTW, the location changes here are in pretty much the order that they are in the ep. Easier for me that way.
Warning: This episode made me... rather pissed off with Noah Bennet. This was expressed as me, cursing. At him. Just... if you like HRG at all, be prepared.
So, we begin our weekly visit to the world of the weird and frakked-up in Haiti. Where, it seems, Peter and Haitian!Dude are apparently working on their two-man re-enactment of 300, with Baron Samedi as Xerxes and fewer hot Greek guys with spears.
Meanwhile, Nathan's chained up in a hut with some random Haitian girls, and is busy doing some soul-searching and discovering his Heroic side.
Moving to...
Costa Verde
Well, Claire's in hospital. And the medical types are telling Sandra that it's as if Claire's never had an infection in her life. Which is a little worrying.
Also worrying is the cops waiting to talk to Sandra about how Claire has a bullet wound and all. Yikes.
Down the road in Stephen Canfield's old house, California
SylarGabriel and Elle. Absolutely, canonically, hooking up.
(and making my inner fangirl very, very happy in the process)
Until, that is, Noah frakking Bennet just *had* to come along and start shooting. Elle ends up with a wound in her thigh, and they make a run for it. Which is smart, considering.
BTW, Noah: That's your first warning. You may now consider yourself officially on notice.
Pinehearst
HAH. Two things. a) I think I'm starting to like Flint. Not like that, just... he's kind of awesome, really.
b) Nice to see Mohinder's being actually... well, you know. Smart.
Lawrence
Further revelations from Daphne. Before the (first) Eclipse, Daphne had cerebral palsy.
Ya, that surprised me too. Matt, though, took that piece of news quite well, really. Shame Daphne keeps trying to push him away, but Matt's persistent enough not to let her. *huggles Matt*
Interlude the First: Comic Store, Lawrence
You know I said Seth Green and Breckin Meyer guest-star in this ep? Well, they play two guys who work in a comic book store near where Daphne lives. Their characters aren't named, so we'll call them Seth and Breckin for now.
Anyways, this is important, because it's Breckin who comes up with quite an important idea: people gained their abilities with the first eclipse, and lost them when the second happened. His idea is that the abilities would return when the current eclipse ended.
(Also... this whole comic-book thing is getting quite disturbingly meta-fic-like. It's starting to remind me of the point in the Dark Tower series where Snitches start turning up as weapons. (No, not kidding there.) But I'm getting off track...)
Pinehearst again
The following exchange makes the ep, for me:
Flint: Did you really think I'm that kinda stupid, Doc?
Mohinder: *pause* Well, yeah, I did.
Throughout this ep, the Mohinder segments kept making me want to start slow-clapping. Because he's finally realised that working for Arthur Petrelli might not be what he wants to be doing... Ah well.
Random Drugstore in CA
Gabriel and Elle, still running from Noah f***ing trigger-happy Bennet, even though Elle's leaving a noticeable blood spatter trail.
I just... I really like these two together. Also, just by being in the same room as one another they increase the Awesome levels by around 200%.
ThermopylaeHaiti
Not much to report here yet. Peter and Haitian!Dude doing their BAMF 300-esque act, check. Nathan making me want to hug him lots, check. Peter being stupidly heroic, check.
Random Hospital, Costa Verde
Ooops, Claire's getting worse. At least now the whining is justified.
And... uh oh, she's gone into septic shock and died. Not good. (*hugs* to Sandra, for putting up with all the shit your husband and daughter get you into)
Random Drugstore's Warehouse, somewhere in CA
a) Awww, Gabriel's being all heroic.
b) Noah, don't you DARE. Second warning. *glares*
c) OH FRAK NO. Noah, you are a dead man, y'hear? A DEAD MAN. Also, this confirms my "you're just an ass" theory.
YOU DO NOT DO THAT TO GABRIEL. EVER. THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. FINAL WARNING. *resists urge to stab something*
(translation: FRAK YOU, NOAH BENNET. FRAK YOU.)
A cornfield in Lawrence
Okay, I think I figured it out. The more asshole-ish Noah gets, the more awesome Matt gets. *considers* I think I can handle that.
Haiti
There's something about seeing Peter Petrelli with a gun that sort of unsettles me... it's like seeing the Doctor running around with an AK-47.
Also... uh, o-kay, I don't think we've ever seen Haitian!Dude do that before. (Side note: HAH, so much for the great invulnerable "Baron Samedi".)
Corridor outside Maya's apartment, New York
ACK, Mohinder's mutation-y stuff is back. (Yes, I know I predicted that it would be. So?)
Interlude the Second: Comic Store, Lawrence
WOO, Seth gave Thinks-he-is-ten-Hiro a pep talk on being a hero! And now Hiro knows what he has to do! WOO!
Bennet House, Costa Verde
That's it, no more warnings. Noah, you're off the Awesome list. Go on, get the frak out before I decide to go push you in a swamp. Full of hungry alligators.
Oh, you want to know why? Fine.
Saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" every time you fuck up does not make it better, Noah. If you were really sorry, you wouldn't fucking do it again, would you? Either quit being an ass and try being honest for once, or quit fucking apologising for yourself at every turn. The words "I'm sorry" have lost all meaning when you're the one saying them.
*headdesk*
Oh, look, Unexpectedly!Alive!Gabriel/Sylar. And Elle. WOO, some people who really are Awesome! And it's BAMF!Sylar and BAMF!Elle, too, even better!
*gapes* Uh, Noah-the-frakking-ass, WHAT? Writers, you too... uh, is Gabriel a Petrelli or what? It's not all that important to me personally, just make your minds up, okay?
Interlude the Third: Comic Store, Lawrence
OOOOH, a possible last 9th Wonders story!
Remember in Season One, right before Isaac got Sylar'd, he gave his sketchbook to the bike messenger who came to pick up the new 9th Wonders?
It would seem that the sketchbook has further predictions of the future in it. Which means Matt, Ando and Daphne have now got to find one bike messenger in the whole of New York.
Well, that shouldn't be too hard. [/end sarcasm]
Haiti again
Oh, Nathan. And I had such hopes for you. TURN AWAY FROM THE DARK SIDE, NATHAN.
Bennet House, Costa Verde
LOL, Unexpected!Hiro jumps in, teleports Sylar and Elle to some random beach and himself and Claire to...
The Roof of the Deveaux Building, New York, Sixteen Years Ago
Well, we have Hiro and Claire - who don't know each other, remember - watching as Kaito Nakamura hands over Baby!Claire to Noah. Fortunately, Hiro brought the appropriate 9th Wonders issue, so Claire knew what their respective fathers were saying. This is the last scene of the episode.
All in all, I think Claire's assessment of the situation was about right.
HOLY CRAP.