Loss of Powers Proves to be Major Inconvenience
Alright, so we last left off with an establishment of who were heroes and who were villains and most importantly, the revelation that Claire was the third part of the formula, the catalyst. This week’s episode picked up directly after that, with heroes and villains sent out on their respective missions. Nathan and Peter take a trip to track down the Haitian, Matt and Daphne try to track down Hiro, and Claire is sent to lay low under the protection of her father, Noah. Elsewhere, Mohinder continues to have skin problems (those pesky scales just keep spreading) while Sylar and Elle are sent after Claire. One minor hitch for everyone though…an eclipse occurs that leaves everyone powerless at very inconvenient times. The universe really sucks sometimes.
So, the Petrelli brothers jet off from Primatech and crash land in the Haitian jungle. There’s a lot of brother issues that come up and some hurtful things are said. Nathan calls Peter out on the fact that he’s always saving him (“Bro, remember that time you were gonna totally blow up in New York City and I totally flew you up into the sky?”) and Peter called Nathan out on being their father’s puppet (“Dude, in the future you totally take Dad’s side!”). After much banter, they finally track down the Haitian, but he refuses to leave his village because apparently his brother, whose ability is being completely impenetrable, is a bad guy and he needs to take him down. Peter suggests that they help him, that way the Haitian can go home with them and take down their father, but some soldiers show up before they can do anything and take Nathan captive while the Haitian and Peter escape.
Parkman and Daphne find themselves in a bit of a predicament trying to figure out how the hell they’re going to find Hiro, but as luck would have it (or maybe just for plot purposes), Hiro and Ando show up at Parkman’s door with a copy of “9 Wonders,” that shows them at Parkman’s door. Apparently even though Isaac died way back in season 1, somebody with his precog ability has carried on the tradition of publishing this comic. The problem though, is that while Hiro still has his abilities, he is also still under the impression that he’s 10 years-old, and Parkman is no help in restoring his memory to normal. To make matters worse, Daphne suddenly gets angry at Parkman and speeds off to her home in Kansas…but fortunately Hiro is able to transport himself, Ando, and Parkman there to make amends. Unfortunately, after their arrival, the eclipse occurs and they all lose their powers. When Parkman finally gets into the house to speak to Daphne, we learn that without her powers, Daphne seems to be crippled. Hiro and Ando take off down the road to continue their quest and find a new issue of “9 Wonders” at a comic book store…run by Seth Green and Breckin Meyer? We’re definitely going to stay tuned to see how this plays out.
Once Claire is in the protection of her father, he brings her back to the home of that guy who opened up portals. There, he explains to her that he is going to train her to fight, and basically makes her spend, what I assume to be hours hitting posts and coming at him with a 2 x 4 chunk of wood. Her training is coming along quite nicely, but then Sylar and Elle show up shooting all kinds of…well, they weren’t shooting much of anything because the eclipse had occurred and we got to see these four throwdown schoolyard style, no powers. The fight culminated in Noah beating the crap out of Sylar and Elle, but just before that Elle shot at Noah and Claire took a bullet for him, and due to the eclipse and loss of powers, I guess it wasn’t a great idea.
What brought Sylar and Elle back to that house? Well, Mr. Petrelli sent them after Claire, and while Sylar had seemed to change his ways and had become the kind of guy who checked in with superiors and followed orders, Elle once again brought out the worst in him and managed to talk him into succumbing to his darker side. These two have suddenly gone all Bonnie & Clyde, and I gotta say, it’s kind of intriguing. They were last seen alone in that house together with Elle commenting on how, “We can’t take what we want anymore,” and Sylar answering, “Who says?,” just before pulling her in for the real thing. Sylar’s got game. What he doesn’t know is that he also has Noah Bennett staring at him from across the street through the scope of his sniper rifle.
On a final note, just as things were looking ugly for Mohinder…or, well, I guess Mohinder was looking ugly, and getting uglier, the eclipse forced his mutation into complete remission. This seemed awesome, until Mr. Petrelli and Flint came looking for him, telling him now was the time to put that formula to work and start dishing out powers to people once again. Mohinder disagreed, and it looks like, if he survives, he’s likely to defect back to the good guys.
The Eclipse, part 2 next week…
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