Aw, come on!

[apocalypsos]

Just a quick note about the preview for next week before I go back to wibbling like a fucking infant:

"You want to shoot me again?"

YES. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU BORING IDIOT.

On the other hand, Simone faking her own shooting to scare the crap out of Isaac would make her WAY more interesting. (I don't think it is, though -- I think it might be more about getting to Peter.)

Okay, so ... where was I?

Oh, yes.

*is total daddy's girl*

*sobs like a great big baby*

That was quite possibly my favorite episode so far. I mean, I totally adore Mr. Bennet and have been hoping that he wouldn't turn out to have some secret designs against Claire that he was actually going to follow through with. And I just ... I just ... MAN. Way to make me bawl, you magnificent bastard. (And swoon a little. Speaking Japanese? Not wearing the glasses? HUMMINA.)

And he worked with Claude for a good eight years. My God, how annoyed he must have been at the end of those eight years. *snickers*

OOO! And Sulu! Sulu's in charge! Seriously, I really do find it highly suspicious that the guy who is in charge of this whole thing AND gave Bennet strict instructions to hand over Claire when she manifested would just randomly have a kid with abilities, especially considering there's only a handful of these people in relation to the size of the population. I'm not sure Hiro is adopted, too, but I definitely think something is up there if they're just supposed to have been born like this and weren't changed. (It makes me wonder about the whole "Take over my company, you crazy kid!" reaction Hiro's dad had, though. If I knew people like this existed and my son started acting strangely, I'd worry.)

And Claire! Claire, who is awesome and strong and extra-crispy! Claire, who is my favorite female character on this damn show and I want to grow up to be just like her! I also find it hilarious that they put thirteen-year-old Claire in those pigtails, especially since everything I think I've ever seen Hayden Panetierre in since she was little has had her in those same exact pigtails. Heh.

I felt so sorry for Mrs. Bennet. Not only did she have to see her daughter get shot, but not Claire's had to run off to escape these people and it's obvious she's not going to know where she is anymore than Mr. Bennet will.

Aw, poor Ted. Poor, crazy Ted. Who's now in the custody of Eric Roberts, and who wouldn't be scared of THAT?! (And also Matt, who's in the same custody, but at least he has a hot nurse whereas Ted gets to look at cinderblocks. You know, when he's conscious.)

Can I worship at the altar of the Haitian? Dude's hot, y'all. That man's right after Adrian Pasdar of Guys on Heroes I Want To Do Very Naughty Things To.

I have to go write fic now.

NEXT WEEK:

Four things --

1. Wait, did Mohinder grow a brain or what?
2. I should not be giddy about Nathan hitting a girl, and yet it's Niki, so. THWAP HER IN THE NOSE, HOTASS.
3. LINDERMAN! WOOT! (Especially considering I'm spoiled for who plays him. Woot!)
4. No, seriously, come ON. Simone and cockroaches, man. I'm tellin' ya.

Comments

[allegraconbrio.livejournal.com]

I did not recognize Eric Roberts! What is going on with his face? DUDE?

I too cried and cried a lot. This show is so messed up like life is and it is also so awesome. I flailed a lot at the end of this ep. A lot.

I am not spoiled for Linderman, but yes, the LINDERMAN reveal is a good thing.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Dude, wait until you see who is playing Linderman. You will die a death of squee. Oh, yes. *nods solemnly*

[gweneiriol.livejournal.com]

The ending just about broke me SO much! A part of me hopes some day HRG will remember just how much he loves his Claire-bear and a part of me hopes he doesn't!

*cuddles Claire*

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Splain something to me, for I am stupid: why is he called HRG?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Short for Horn-Rimmed Glasses.

[gweneiriol.livejournal.com]

I would be happy too explain (though I don't think you're stupid) HRG stands for Horned-Rimmed Glasses, which is what Mr. Bennett wears.

I don't know how long it went on, but there for awhile, we didn't know what his name was and that's how people would describe him. Like, "He's this guy with horned-rimmed glasses."

[penmage.livejournal.com]

It's not just a fandom name. When I pressed the "info" button on my remote, it referred to him as HRG too.

Wacky.

[offtheceiling.livejournal.com]

*bounces in a circle* OMG I CAN'T DEAL. I love this show so, so much. Claire and Mr. Bennet have killed me dead. I just...*hands*

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, Simone faking her own shooting to scare the crap out of Isaac would make her WAY more interesting.

Who says she's faking? After I thought about it some more last week, it rapidly became an extremely likely possibility to me that she wasn't dead at all. Given the importance of that building, the Deveauxes just seem too likely to be involved somewhere... and Peter also has to have gotten that dreamwalking thing he did from somewhere. I'm tentatively labeling dyingdaddyDeveaux with it now.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, technically, if she was dreamwalking, she still IS faking her death. Walking, talking Simone = fake-dead Simone. ;)

I do wonder about it, though. Kring's said that neither Mohinder and Simone were going to develop powers, so ... *hands* Maybe he meant that in a "... that they don't already have" kind of a way. You know, if Peter wasn't doing it. (Although I could swear he hasn't been able to use more than one power at a time.)

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

No, I meant that if her father had the dreamwalking power, then surely she'd have something, as a second-generation--something that could have dealt with the multiple bullets in her chest. On the other hand, I hadn't heard any out-of-series commentary on the matter. (I usually avoid that. I've met few producers and writers I don't kind of hate.)

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

I could see it. Why else would they hire a guy like Shaft for two little bit-part kinda scenes?

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Omigod, wee!Hiro! Also, the reveal that Mr. Nakamura is somehow involved in the heroes tracking program makes the build-up to his first appearance even funnier in retrospect. He actually is an evil(?) mastermind!

[beanarie.livejournal.com]

Re: Simone

My first thought was that the new girl/Matt's hot nurse causes delusions.

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

I'm not one to cry, you know, being all macho and man-like, but the end misted me up.

Bennett was all kinds of cool in this ep, and I really hope the memory wipe doesn't make him forget Claire completely.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE EVER OMG.

I was totally rivetted to the screen. Sulu! Sulu's in charge! But I (unspoiled for Linderman) was sure that Mysterious Other Guy was Linderman. Alas, I was mistaken, but still.

Awesome on every single count. Strong every single second.

And you know what's going to happen to Matt now, don't you? He has a new job. Bennet needs a new mutant partner, and Matt has already proven himself an assett...

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

I have no idea about the spoilers, but it looked an awful lot like Donald Sutherland in profile. Am I anywhere near correct?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Nope. :)

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

My mother gave me the weirdest look when I screamed NOOOOOOOOOOO upon seeing Simone alive and kicking. Goddamn, I hope its hallucination or SOMEthing.

Also HEE. Its so funny with the little Claire because she totally looked like a 12 year old. How disconcerting would that be to see if you were Hayden Panetierr?

What. Else. Hm. Oh. My sister flipped her shit over the hot nurse lady (because its Missy Peregyrm from Stick it! the gymnasstics movie and apparentally she's her "inspiration" in the ab department *is so embarrassed by her sister*)

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Right now, I'm strongly with the theory that bloody!Simone is some form of hallucination. There are any number of possibilities for that, any of which would be more interesting than her having physically survived.

[beanarie.livejournal.com]

Dude, I just found this comm that you need to join like yesterday. heroes_meta. You'd dominate. Seriously.

[fyrdrakken]

IIRC Hiro told his father outright he has powers, which leads me to think that either A) Daddy Nakamura is in deep denial at the thought of turning his precious son over to the program or B) that he knew damned well Hiro was likely to have abilities and wants him in the company anyway. Possibly the company is partially a front like the Primatech Paper Company, or possibly he was thinking that having Hiro in the company in a job worth keeping would help secure his loyalties and give him something to do with his powers other than the free-lance hero thing.