Family Values & Daddy Issues
The “Villains” storyline pressed on this week with plenty of action and some great character crossovers. As it turns out, Nathan and Tracy did not leave Mohinder’s lab at the end of the last episode, but instead they stuck around to face Mohinder. Mohinder gave them the run around though, grabbing Maya from the wall and escaping. Soon afterwards, we learn that Mohinder went to Pinehearst to see Daddy Petrelli, who wants to enlist him. It’s beneficial to both parties, seeing as how Mohinder wants to find a way to retain his abilities but maintain control, while Daddy Petrelli wants Mohinder for his research. As for Nathan and Tracy, Nathan made a call to Noah who showed up at Mohinder’s lab with Meredith. Claire’s biological mother showing with Claire’s adoptive father to meet Claire’s biological father and…I guess Tracy is sort of the odd girl out of this equation.
Speaking of Claire, she returned home with her mother to find Elle sitting in her home, powers completely on the fritz. After a pretty nasty battle between the two, they realize that they can help each other by tracking down Pinehearst and finding a way to control their abilities (as you may recall, Claire’s powers are sort of on the fritz seeing as how she no longer feels pain). A particularly great scene was this pair on a plane. Elle’s powers started affecting the plane, which could have potentially caused the plane to crash, but Claire grabbed Elle’s hand, electrocuting herself and keeping the plane’s electricity from shorting out. Very cool. It wasn’t long before this two found themselves standing just outside of the Pinehearst building, just in time to see Peter get thrown out of a seven story window…hang tight for a moment and I’ll fill you in on the how and why of that.
Parkman finally did something! Daddy Petrelli sent Daphne to kill Parkman, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. Also, it’s important to note that Morty (Parkman’s father) who has been working for Daddy Petrelli refused to let him kill Parkman…resulting in Daddy Petrelli telekinetically snapping Morty’s neck. It seemed as if Parkman finally won Daphne over, and they even bonded over the fact that when Knox showed up to finish the job Daphne was supposed to take care of, Parkman used his powers to make Knox think that he punched a hole through Parkman and killed him (commercial break left us hanging for a moment there). But Parkman’s really got a handle on his powers these days, and he’s getting good. But what he’s got to watch out for is that Daphne is still in touch with Daddy Petrelli, who has apparently ordered her to play things out as if she’s on his side.
As for the events that unfolded at Pinehearst, Daddy Petrelli (yeah, even I’m getting sick of this not so clever nickname, so from here on out I’ll use Mr. Petrelli, but probably once in awhile use Daddy Petrelli again) has a powerless Peter held captive, fully prepared to experiment on him. We saw a deal struck up between Mohinder and Mr. Petrelli, just after (or possibly before) Mr. Petrelli took Maya’s powers away and let her hit the road to freedom. Mohinder gets ready to experiment on Peter, but Sylar shows up in time to kick some serious ass. Unfortunately, Mr. Petrelli happens to kick just a little bit more ass and while Peter gets away, Sylar is captured by his father (this whole Sylar being the “lost” Petrelli thing has really been a bit underexplained, hasn’t it? Anyone agree?). Sylar and Mr. Petrelli exchange a few words, just enough for Sylar to be won over by his newfound father, so when Peter shows up to bale him out, Sylar refuses to go and then throws him out of that seven story window.
Here, Peter crosses paths with Claire and Elle. Now I immediately questioned how Peter, sans-abilities, could survive, let alone walk after a fall like that, but to my good fortune, they explain that Sylar must have slowed his fall to let him survive. Sylar’s just chockful of surprises this season, maybe he’s looking to take down his old man from the inside, maybe he’s just looking to hear more of what his old man has to say. Only time will tell. Either way, Elle decides to go into Pinehearst, hoping they will take her abilities away just as they had done to Peter, while Claire helps Peter escape, and contacts Nathan, her biological father, because she’s not on great terms with Noah, her adoptive father. It is then that Nathan, Tracy, Peter, and Claire are able to put together their collective knowledge, just enough for Nathan to make a rash decision and go after his father…with Tracy in tow. My issue with that though…Nathan can fly. Yeah, it’s kind of cool, but like, Nathan can fly and Mr. Petrelli is shooting like…I don’t know, it could be roughly 100 different kinds of smoke. This ain’t going to be much of a fight, so Nathan for damn sure better think some things through before he approaches his father with fighting words.
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Oct28
