Heroes Ep: Into Asylum

[the_other_sandy]

Update: My computer has a new hard drive (thanks, bit_boy!), but I'm still going through the process of installing a program, downloading the updates, resetting my preferences, installing another program, etc. I do have Internet at home finally and I installed anti-virus software last night. As soon as I get Firefox tweaked back the way I like it, I'll at least be back online from home while I try to get all my files and programs back in place. I also discovered the one thing I forgot to back up--my browser bookmarks. Fortunately, the bookmarks on my laptop are nearly identical, so I can steal a copy from there.

Anyway, on with the show.

I think maybe I got my hopes up a little too much for the Peter and Angela scenes. I've really been wanting Peter to confront Angela about how she wanted him to die in season 1 so that Peter's brother could be president, but it didn't happen. Instead, Angela monologued at Peter and Peter monologued at God and there was no real give-and-take between them, which was kind of disappointing.

However, if I manfully (womanfully?) wrestle my preconceptions out of those scenes, there was some great stuff in there. I love how Peter got right up in Angela's face and was fully prepared to have a confrontation with her about everything that's happened in the last year or so...until he saw that Angela was upset. Peter was angry and wanted to have that confrontation, but not if he had to hurt his mother to do it. That's why he had to go and rail at God over by the candles. There's not much chance that he's going to hurt God's feelings. Peter kept telling God how angry he was, but he seemed more sad about being angry than actually angry, if that makes sense. Being this angry at people he loves seems to upset him more than anything.

Last episode, Angela said she was sure that Nathan would forgive her but that Peter wouldn't. I can see her reasoning. Nathan is a chip off the old block and can understand the necessity of the decisions she's made, while Peter is more likely to feel hurt and betrayed over what's happened. Yet, Peter is the one with such an overly forgiving nature that he's basically the family doormat, while Nathan is the one who can hold a grudge.

Angela must have felt so helpless over knowing an apocalypse was coming and having no one believe her. I'm not surprised that she just dug in and spent years trying to stop it herself, but that's a lot of work for one person. No wonder she's tired. Still, she seemed to feel a lot better after she got everything off her chest to Peter--she was back to slapping him in the face for no reason just like the old days. I still can't believe that Peter isn't in therapy every day after growing up in that family.

Meanwhile, after having lost control of his government operation, Nathan was busy exercising his control freak tendencies by taking charge of Claire's rescue and their attempt at being fugitives. It worked about as well as running his government operation had, only this time Claire stepped in and took over command instead of Danko.

Nathan seemed oddly more optimistic and confident when he was drunk. I especially loved that the first person he mentioned he wanted to fix things for was Peter. Somebody please reconcile these two before the end of the season. It's bad enough I have to deal with the Winchester brothers not getting along.

I don't know what Nathan was thinking in trying to impress Claire by giving her a free pass on lifelong confinement. Yes, he feels guilty about not being part of her life all this time, but I don't think she was going to be too impressed with him locking up her grandmother and favorite uncle just because she didn't have to join them.

This was the third episode since Sylar left Luke at the abandoned diner. That place was in the middle of nowhere. Is Luke just a dessicated corpse in the desert now? Not that it would bother me if he were; I just like closure. Knowing he may still be alive means he could turn up again, and that would be bad.

Does anybody else think that letting Sylar grab even more powers is going to turn around and bite Danko on the butt sometime soon? There's just no way this can end well. And Sylar and Danko kept reminding me of Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. Sylar will have Danko confessing his childhood traumas yet.

Comments

[ykoriana.livejournal.com]

And Sylar and Danko kept reminding me of Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. Sylar will have Danko confessing his childhood traumas yet.

That's it, you nailed it! Their chemistry was so perfect in a totally deranged and psycho way. And I can totally Sylar's smooooth voice going all "Clariiice".

But oh, Peter and Angela at the church. Broke my heart.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Peter venting at God was one of my favorite Peter scenes in the whole series.

[corvus1970.livejournal.com]

Superb summary. I completely understand what you mean about Peter seeming to be sad about having been/being angry. He's a kind-hearted man, and he hates being angry and doing dark things, even for the best of intentions. All he want to do is help, and it continually frustrates him that he can't seem to in the end.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I agree. I think he also really wants the kind of unconditional love from his family that he gives them (and that Angela doesn't seem to think much of).