Heroes 1.11: Fallout

[drewbear]

Previously: Jessica goes man-huntin', Peter goes Cheerleader-savin', Sylar goes sleepy-time.

So Mr. Bennet is coming clean with Claire (sorta). Good for him, but he's kinda blown his daughter's trust.

Yes! Matt is FINALLY out of L.A. and out of the cheating-wife storyline! And the countdown to telepathic looping with Peter begins.

I still can't tell whether Nathan is doing all this because he's looking out for Peter or because he's trying to mitigate Pater's effect on Nathan's campaigns.

Holy shit! I totally did not see that dream sequence reveal coming. Looks like TK may be Sylar's favorite/most multi-use power, but he definitely has others. And if he's dreamwalking like the kid in Indian, does that mean that not every person's power is unique? Hmm... that ties back into Mr. Bennet's admonision to Claire that there are other people like Sylar out there who would want her power.

Okay, so Jessica managed to snipe DL once, twice, then the phasing kicked in. And Niki's not too happy about this, it looks like.

So Sylar is in a power-proof room. I wonder how long it took Bennet's organization to figure out to make it. And we have confirmation that his power is to know how things work and "fix" them. I guess he's been studying the supers' brains so he could "fix" their powers into himself.

So Brainwipe can't speak as opposed to just being rather quiet, huh? Then I wonder how Ted (Radioactive Man) knew that he was Haitian from their meeting.

I still think the ripple effect of DL's phasing is cool.

Okay, so Peter got cleared of the homicide quickly, thank goodness. And we have FEEDBACK LOOP! I thought the headaches, static sound effects and weird camera angles/cuts were used very well to convey how unpleasant that was for both of them.

Oops. Sorry, Mr. Bennet, Claire's secret is spreading a little farther than you anticipated.

Mohinder got back into NYC pretty quickly and managed to find out about Charlie's death less than a day after it happened. Frankly, I'd be surprised if the FBI/DHS wasn't REALLY damn interested in him after that phone call.

Okay, so the painting of Hiro & Ando under the bloody banner was from the morning after, not the same night. Then we still don't have a confirmed painting that didn't come true. Not promising.

I'm quite surprised that Bennet let Claire go into this interview. And Matt's not getting anything off of Bennet except some weird distortion sounds. Perhaps Bennet is powered to be immune to other supers?

I stand corrected. Looks like good ol' Brainwipe was providing backup in the hallway. And now he knows tha Matt's a super too.

Niki's back in charge, I see. Well, maybe. But it's interesting that there are a couple of physical differences between Niki and Jessica: Jessica has a tattoo on her shoulder of that weird symbol that keeps popping up and Niki doesn't and frankly, Jessica's hair looks bouncier than Niki's. I guess ruthlessness is a great conditioner?

Methinks that Bennet is not only already planning on capturing Peter, but is considering how to best use him. I so wonder why Peter's coughing with Claire right there. Assuming that The Haitian is still nearby, it's looking more and more like he can block other powers.

Claire was really cute with that whole "you're my hero" bit. I'm definitely seeing a crush there.

Well, I think that DL finally gets that there are 2 distinctly different personalities in Niki's body.

I really like the Claire/Zack interactions.

Isaac and Hiro get along really well, probably because they both have shared "experiences" due to the temporal nature of their respective powers. Isaac took the news of his impending Sylarization pretty well, though. It's good to see that he can draw/paint the future when he's not high and that he eralizes it now. Okay, so that was a painting of a man exploding, not on fire. My bad. Now to figure out whether it's Ted or Sylar.

Lyle has had a visit from Deep Cleaner and Claire is mighty suspicious. Guess Daddy Bennet should be a little more trusting of his family. I wonder how long it'll take before she goes after Zack to protect him.

For all her faults, Niki does try to protect Micah as best she can. And right now, the best way to protect him is to get herself (and by extension, Jessica) behind bars.

Matt is pushing his powers as hard as he can and paying the price, it looks like. Is Deep Cleaner's power always on?

Oh no... Zack's been memory-wiped. That sucks so hard for both of them. Of course, now Claire is terrified of what her father can/has been doing. Again, Pa Bennet should've been a little more trusting. Hey... it's that last scene with Matt, Pa Bennet and Deep Cleaner were coming out of the police station (I think). Were they just there mem-wiping Peter? We already saw the feedback loop that was Matt/Peter; I wonder what Haitian/Peter would look like.

Watching Sylar and Bennet play mind games with each other is strangely fascinating.

And here goes Isaac, trying to control his power now that he knows he can. And yay! The Milky Eyes of the Future appeared!

Aw, no... Deep Cleaner is working on Claire. Whoa! He talks! And Mrs. Bennet's flakiness is explained: getting mind-wiped repeatedly will do that to a person.

Hiro vs. T-rex? So. Very. Cool. And he's right, he does need to find that sword.

Oops. Guess Sylar was restraining himself after all. And Pixie sacrificed herself rather than allow Sylar to gain her power. I'm sorry that she died, but she did it nobly.

Whoa. I guess Peter's little health problems were a little more serious than I expected. And now he's in a depopulated NYC? Only... the other supers are there. This is obviously a premonition of some kind...

Oh crap. Peter overloads. Is it because he copied Radioactive Ted, or is it because he copied too many powers at the same time?

Next: We return on January 22 with the second storyarc and catchphrase. Are you on the list?

Comments

[dfwteddybear.livejournal.com]

"Looks like good ol' Brainwipe was providing backup in the hallway. And now he knows that Matt's a super too."

He knew that already from ep 2, when the Haitian and Claire's dad kidnapped him. I remember vivdly because we got to see him shirtless on the table...*swoon*

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

::smacks forehead::

I'd completely forgotten that. That explains Bennet's slightly weird reaction to seeing Matt at the station.

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a similar theory had been floating around over at Television Without Pity. Only, the Cleaner wouldn't even have to fill the memory gaps (we haven't seen any evidence that he can, actually). As seen with Matt, Lyle and Zack, if the memories are editted carefully enough, the victim doesn't even realize that there's anything gone. If Ma Bennet has had every single suspicious thing she's noticed or doubts she's had erased, then the only untainted memories would be of the dog. So you're right: her memories of the dog are the only ones that remain almost entirely untouched and are thus the "purest".

Gah. Deep Cleaner gets creepier and creepier and as for Pa Bennet... well, he ordered this multiple mental rape of his family. ::shudder::