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If there's any indication that this volume has been better than the last two so far, it's that Peter was only in this episode for about five seconds and it still kept my interest.
Abby: Boy, all it takes is a little fear to get you from "Civil rights!" and "Due process!" to "You'll have all the funding you need." Don't go throwing our civil liberties out with the bathwater, okay sweetie?
Nathan: So, is that your problem? You've never liked having powers from the start? Are you sublimating fear of what you are into concern for the public and fear of the other specials? 'Cause I notice you're not having yourself locked up with the other people who just can't help being a danger to the public by...umm...aggressively healing their own injuries or breathing underwater with malice aforethought.
The thing is, I'm all for detaining specials like Sylar and Maury Parkman and Eric Doyle who have a proven track record of deliberately using their powers to hurt others. But rounding up people willy nilly on the off chance they might turn out to be bad one day? Not so cool.
Danko: That was very clever how you set up Tracy to scare the bejesus out of her old friend Abby thus guaranteeing your funding, but you don't fool me. You didn't do it for Nathan and you didn't do it for the project's sake, you did it because the specials scare the crap out of you and you not-so-secretly want them all dead. As long as the project is alive and you're a part of it, there's always a chance you could swing some influential people around to your way of thinking.
HRG: With everything that's gone on in the last three volumes, you're way past the point where you can bark "Jump!" and your family will hop to, no questions asked. I realize you're only trying to protect Claire, but if I were any other member of your family, I would be getting pretty darn sick and tired of the sacrifices you're constantly asking me to make for her while you're simultaneously lying to me all the time.
Sandra: What a lovely spine you have! Now here's hoping you stick to your guns, unlike last time when you did an about-face so fast your head should've spun around like Linda Blair's in The Exorcist.
Lyle: Lyle! You had dialogue! Way to remind us you exist there, buddy!
Claire: Seriously? You only parked a block away? Clearly you underestimated the resources of the people you're dealing with while overestimating your own. I like the strong independent streak you've got going now as opposed to when you were mooning over West for no apparent reason, but you're not as good at this as you think you are. You might want to try hanging out in the kiddie pool for awhile before you try platform diving.
Alex: You're a comics geek and you were on a sports team? Does not compute. Norman, coordinate.*
Ando: I know you were chafing at being a sidekick, but are you really so desperate for attention that you'd horn in on Hiro's destiny? That's not buddies.*
Hiro: The foot's on the other hand now, isn't it Kramer?* Now you know how Ando felt when you were being all smug about being on a hero's journey with Ando as your sidekick. But kudos to you for discovering that you can still be a hero without powers. Peter figured that out in volume three.
Anna: Did you mean what I think you meant about not being destined for a traditional marriage while looking significantly at that woman in the audience? If so, way to make up for the sudden de-gaying of Zach in volume one. It was especially effective because it was subtle and not a ham-handed Afterschool Special-type message. The story would've worked just as well if Anna had been straight and just didn't want to marry Deepak because he was a dick.
Rebel: Your moniker is somewhat obvious and anvil-like. I'm just sayin'.*
Luke: Dude, don't antagonize the sociopathic serial killer. Ask Alejandro where that gets you...oh, wait, you can't. I realize you're the only teen in the history of ever whose mommy doesn't understand you, but I'm willing to bet she's a better role model than the psycho killer (que'st que c'est*). Of course, since that seems to be what you want to be when you grow up, I applaud your initiative in career exploration. Now die.
Sylar: Dammit! Why did you have to go back for Luke? Does he really remind you of you? Do you need a sycophant that much? Can you please never do that again? Luke needs to die die die. I haven't hated a character this much this fast since Maya.
Peter: You and Matt looked a little too gleeful about roofiing HRG. I'm just sayin'.*
Apparently, I was channeling pop culture references like whoa tonight. They're marked with an *. A warm glow of accomplishment to any and all who can identify them.
Abby: Boy, all it takes is a little fear to get you from "Civil rights!" and "Due process!" to "You'll have all the funding you need." Don't go throwing our civil liberties out with the bathwater, okay sweetie?
Nathan: So, is that your problem? You've never liked having powers from the start? Are you sublimating fear of what you are into concern for the public and fear of the other specials? 'Cause I notice you're not having yourself locked up with the other people who just can't help being a danger to the public by...umm...aggressively healing their own injuries or breathing underwater with malice aforethought.
The thing is, I'm all for detaining specials like Sylar and Maury Parkman and Eric Doyle who have a proven track record of deliberately using their powers to hurt others. But rounding up people willy nilly on the off chance they might turn out to be bad one day? Not so cool.
Danko: That was very clever how you set up Tracy to scare the bejesus out of her old friend Abby thus guaranteeing your funding, but you don't fool me. You didn't do it for Nathan and you didn't do it for the project's sake, you did it because the specials scare the crap out of you and you not-so-secretly want them all dead. As long as the project is alive and you're a part of it, there's always a chance you could swing some influential people around to your way of thinking.
HRG: With everything that's gone on in the last three volumes, you're way past the point where you can bark "Jump!" and your family will hop to, no questions asked. I realize you're only trying to protect Claire, but if I were any other member of your family, I would be getting pretty darn sick and tired of the sacrifices you're constantly asking me to make for her while you're simultaneously lying to me all the time.
Sandra: What a lovely spine you have! Now here's hoping you stick to your guns, unlike last time when you did an about-face so fast your head should've spun around like Linda Blair's in The Exorcist.
Lyle: Lyle! You had dialogue! Way to remind us you exist there, buddy!
Claire: Seriously? You only parked a block away? Clearly you underestimated the resources of the people you're dealing with while overestimating your own. I like the strong independent streak you've got going now as opposed to when you were mooning over West for no apparent reason, but you're not as good at this as you think you are. You might want to try hanging out in the kiddie pool for awhile before you try platform diving.
Alex: You're a comics geek and you were on a sports team? Does not compute. Norman, coordinate.*
Ando: I know you were chafing at being a sidekick, but are you really so desperate for attention that you'd horn in on Hiro's destiny? That's not buddies.*
Hiro: The foot's on the other hand now, isn't it Kramer?* Now you know how Ando felt when you were being all smug about being on a hero's journey with Ando as your sidekick. But kudos to you for discovering that you can still be a hero without powers. Peter figured that out in volume three.
Anna: Did you mean what I think you meant about not being destined for a traditional marriage while looking significantly at that woman in the audience? If so, way to make up for the sudden de-gaying of Zach in volume one. It was especially effective because it was subtle and not a ham-handed Afterschool Special-type message. The story would've worked just as well if Anna had been straight and just didn't want to marry Deepak because he was a dick.
Rebel: Your moniker is somewhat obvious and anvil-like. I'm just sayin'.*
Luke: Dude, don't antagonize the sociopathic serial killer. Ask Alejandro where that gets you...oh, wait, you can't. I realize you're the only teen in the history of ever whose mommy doesn't understand you, but I'm willing to bet she's a better role model than the psycho killer (que'st que c'est*). Of course, since that seems to be what you want to be when you grow up, I applaud your initiative in career exploration. Now die.
Sylar: Dammit! Why did you have to go back for Luke? Does he really remind you of you? Do you need a sycophant that much? Can you please never do that again? Luke needs to die die die. I haven't hated a character this much this fast since Maya.
Peter: You and Matt looked a little too gleeful about roofiing HRG. I'm just sayin'.*
Apparently, I was channeling pop culture references like whoa tonight. They're marked with an *. A warm glow of accomplishment to any and all who can identify them.
