So Peter is in future NY and he’s seeing himself getting nabbed by the biohazard guys.  And he’s having a flashback…but he’s really still in the warehouse with Adam.  The virus, called the Shanti virus.  Victoria Pratt, the mystery woman (keep up everyone) apparently discovered the virus in Mohinder’s sister three decades ago.  She had apparently been the first to try to make the virus a weapon.  The virus is their crime, according to Adam.  Parents sin, children suffer.  Hmmmm….so Peter and Adam are off to find the mystery woman.

 

Bing is back at the Bennetts with Papa in a jar.  He says he is sorry.  But we all know that Papa is not dead.  Bing is trying to explain that they were only trying to help people with Claire’s blood.  He says they are going to abide by Papa’s wishes and leave the family alone to live a normal life.  And the cheerleader who is just a cheerleader says, my father is dead.  There is no normal.  I can’t believe it took her this long to figure that out.  Oblivious Mom says, pack your bags.  We’re leaving tonight.

 

Back in Bing’s car, he tells Elle to watch them.  So Bing is blaming Elle for failing at the stand-off…..oooOOOOooooo….daddy’s little girl is looking a little defiant..  Mohinder is with Papa.  He says, didn’t you shoot me?  But Mohinder gave him Claire’s blood and apparently, this was not part of the plan.  Papa finds out that Claire is safe.  Not only does the family think he’s dead….but I think other people think he is dead.  Mohinder says, this blood can save a lot of lives and he thinks the Company is in the life-saving business.  Papa B says, oh no.  You’re all wrong.  Come on Mohinder, get it together.

 

Finally back to Micah and Monica.  And Micah is explaining to Monica how to be a super hero.  Say hello to mom, Niki is here.  And now she has to tell her son that she is dying.  Niki says she was trying to get help, but things went terribly terribly wrong.  Micah is too smart to think that everything will just get better.  So he goes to get his dad’s medal out of his room, but it’s gone.  I don’t get it.

 

Maya is whooping it up with Sylar.  And he’s trying to convince her to get rid of that nagging brother of hers.  Now he’s trying to make her feel guilty about it.  And finally, Sylar starts to reveal some of his true colors.  He gets her all riled up to make her try to control the death stare.  No, no Mya, just  kill him.  But of course she doesn’t…..she reverses it.  Oh boy.  She’s getting strong too.

 

Hiro is explaining to Ando about the immortal Kensai.  So, Peter and Adam find the mystery woman amazingly easily….considering Parkman has been looking for her.  They’re off in the woods somewhere.  Peter tells her that her virus is about to released and kill the whole world.  He needs her help…I’m not totally sure she’s buying this story.  I’m mean, you’re from the future.  Come on.  I’ve seen that movie already.

 

Hiro says that Ando is like a hamster making a nest….meaning…..for those of you who don’t know….he’s clumsy.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, they have the So they find pictures of Kensai and find out he’s calling himself Adam Monroe.  So Hiro thinks he needs to go back in time to the day Adam was locked up by the Company, in 1977.  Adam thinks releasing the virus is for the greater good, I don’t get it.  So Hiro finds out where the virus is being hidden.  He also finds out that Mystery Woman warned everyone and then left.  So back with Peter, and he’s trying to convince Mystery Woman to help him.  He says, tell me where the virus is…..oh boy…..he and Hiro and going to cross paths.  She tells him what to look for.  And now Adam knows.  But Mystery Woman recognizes Adam and is about to take him out, when Peter steps in…..oh for crying out loud.  PETER!!! Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

Maya tries to tell Alejandro about her new powers.  Alejandro googles Sylar and finds out that he’s a killer….hmm…..just like you and your sister?  He says we need to go now.  Sylar is now trying to explain why he killed mommy dearest.  Try to be empathetic, Maya….you sap.  Ahhhh, there’s the manipulative devil we know and love.  So Alejandro is leaving….I hope.

 

The Pumpkin is currently doing her “nesting hamster” impersonation. 

 

So Mystery Woman is being tied up by Adam and Peter, and she tries to explain to Peter what is going on….come ON Peter.  So Peter can read minds too…..nice.  He finds out the virus is in Texas.  Then Adam loosens Mystery Woman’s ropes and we all saw this one from a mile away….she grabs the shotgun and goes to shoot Peter and of course Adam shoots her first.  Peter is like, why’d you do that?  BECAUSE HE’S A KILLER YOU MORON.  Cute sexy moron.  And Adam says, she was about to take your head off.  There’s no coming back from that.  Huh.  Really?  That’s good information to have….if it’s true.  But I think it is, because remember when Claire had that piece of shrapnel stuck in her head, she stayed dead….do you remember that?  That was a while ago….but it still makes me think he’s telling the truth.  He’s like a zombie.  Shoot him in the brain….and you can kill him.  But zombies only want to eat your brains….not destroy the world.  Be a good minion and go get the car.

 

So Micah’s little thieving cousin lost the backpack.  He lost the medal.  Micah is inconsolable.  He wants to “be a hero” and Niki says no, being a hero got your father killed.  You’re up St. Joan. 

 

So Sylar and Maya and trying to leave, but Alejandro  shows up and tries to stop Sylar, so Sylar kills him.  So Maya is at the door, and she’s thanking him.  Oh dear Jesus.  HE KILLED YOUR BROTHER!!!  Now she’s kissing him.  AAAAAAAAiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!  But I am secretly glad that stupid character is gone.  Now if we can just make Maya more interesting, we’ll be on to something.

 

We’re back with the Cheerleader and Annoying.  Time to say goodbye.  She’s trying to explain that loses her dad hurts more than anything else she’s been through, and that’s a lot.  She’s says, I’m not getting better….I usually get better.  And so now she wants to signal the Haitian to forget her dad.  She wants to tell him how sorry she is…..oh Claire Bear….you can!!!  St. Joan gets dressed up in her superhero outfit and tells Micah she’s going after the medal. 

 

Back at the Company, Mohinder finds out that Claire’s blood can cure the mutated virus.  Now Mohinder knows how long the viral research has been going on….and now he knows about Strain 138.  Mohinder wants to destroy it all…..but who knows if Bing is going to go along with the plan.  Mohinder calls Niki and says, we found a cure.  But Niki sees that Micah is out of his bed.  St. Joan and Micah are in the street robbing the robbers who robbed them.  So, I have a question.  Can she mimic heroes too?  Or would that just make her Peter?  She finds that backpack, but nothing is in it.  And then the robbers show up.  They grab Monica and throw her in their van and off runs Micah to get his mommy.

 

Claire is at the ocean, dumping Papa and saying she’s sorry.  Oh, this is so sad.  And now it’s really time to say goodbye.  Something tells me we’re gonna see Annoying again.  And then Claire sees Elle watching her.  And Elle can’t get the car started because her arm is broken.  Come on Claire, kick her ass!!!  No….now she wants to tell the world what she can do.  This is ridiculous.  What a stupid plan, cheerleader.  Kicking her ass was a much better idea…..

 

Mohinder is in the back of cab….just like the beginning of the show.  The phone rings….and it’s Sylar.  He says he’s with Molly, and he’s brought Maya.  Clueless Maya.  Now he has to go save Molly…where the hell is Parkman!!!  Hiro is back and tells Ando about the virus and then blips himself away to Texas.  So everyone is converging in Odessa at Primatech Paper.  Time freezes and we all know what that means.  Hiro is here.  Hiro wants to kill Adam and it’s a standoff.  Hiro charges Peter with the Kensai sword raised and Peter is ready with the blue gob of light in hand and then – to be continued.

 

Next week, the season finale.  Ay yay yay....I can't believe the season is almost over.  No questions this week from me, just a few thoughts.  There are good guys and bad guys in this show.  Plenty of both.  But which is which.  Sometimes we know for sure.....right?  Like....Parkman.  Wait, he might be getting power hungry.  Like Mohinder.  Wait, he shot Papa Bennett in the eye.  Like Peter.  Wait, he's Adam's minion.  Like Hiro.  Wait, he's out for vengeance.  Niki isn't the only one on this show with split personalities.  Each of our characters is teetering in the balance.....

 

<smile>

Later gators,

Heather

I hope you all don’t seriously think I was watching Survivor on Thanksgiving night….I mean….there was football on.  Right?  Oh wait, the game was on the NFL Network….which you have to pay extra for….so no, we were not watching football.  But we were with the Number 2’s who do like to talk.  A lot, God love them.  Which makes it difficult to pay attention to things like TV.  So I watched this one On Demand, just so I could report back to all of you.  <shaking my head>  So pathetic….

 

So anyway, the “new” episode was really just a re-cap episode of the season so far, with a few never-before-seen scenes.  We start of with the seven remaining Survivors telling us why they will win…and here’s the first quote of the night.  Cruella says “My strength is that I’m not a strong player.”  What?  What the hell are you talking about crazy lady!?!?  <giggle>  Unbelievable.  Ok, if the whole show is like this….it might be worth it.

 

So, we start back at the beginning.  The very beginning.  When they arrived on the island (I know it’s not an island!!) and they had their normal clothes on and their suitcases.  In order to get to the Chinese temple, they had to walk up like 900 stairs.  The never-ending stairs.  The first challenge.  Didn’t you guys work out a little before you came on this show?  Nope.  And Chicken Man is already yelling at the young whipper snappers.  So they finally get to the top and the monks are like, WOAH CLEAVAGE!!  So they make the girls wrap themselves up in drapes.  No boobs for the Buddhists.

 

And here’s Sister Christian freaking out about the ceremony, remember that?  And then the tribes get spilt up.  Pixie Todd nominates Aaron (who never got a nickname because he sucked) to be the leader.  Chicken Man, in that endearing West VA accent, was chastising his team.  And the Tigers are eating worms because they have nothing else to eat.  Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!  That was actually kind of gross.  We had to watch them eat like a million bugs.  Pay Per View was totally disgusted.  Topless Amanda caught a frog which went right on the fire.  And they ate leaves.  Yum…..moldy rice and clams.  The People Reader was like Mikey, he’ll try anything.  The Dragons won the first challenge and the Tigers voted off Chicken Man.

 

Topless Amanda and Pixie Todd formed an alliance.  The People Reader reveals his amazing lazy plan.  Cutey Pie got fed up with his team very early and started yelling at Aaron to act like a leader.  Hahahahaha…..yer killin’ me!  You’re supposed to be the damn leader!  Wow, they made him look a lot nicer at the beginning of the show….didn’t they?  Second quote of the night – They’re gonna pull that rope with me or else they’re gonna die.  I’m gonna go live in that cave.  HAHAHAHAHAHA…..way to put your foot down Cutey Pie.  Of course, if you decided to live in the cave, that would have been priceless.

 

The Dragons win the reward challenge and kidnap the Princess, who gets the first immunity idol clue.  The Tigers camp was flooded, so they had to de-flood it.  This was a good five minutes of completely boring nonsense.  And the Princess gives her clue to Sister Christian, who immediately tells Pixie Todd, hoping that she was making an alliance with him.  Big dummy.  Aaron decided to give his team a powwow and relinquishes his leadership role and then immediately tells everyone what to do.  Nice.  It’s some kind of jedi mind trick.

 

Dave is annoyed with everyone about not letting him sleep and explains his no-food energy plan.  At the immunity challenge, Dave ate his words.  HAHAHAHA, that was Jeffy’s comment.  Nice.  He’s now fighting with Pay Per View, who ended up going home at tribal council.  Sister Christian was trying to “clean” camp….huh?....and ended up throwing away all the bait for the fishing.  She apologizes to Cutey Pie, who just kept his mouth shut.  He thinks it would be hilarious to see his team survive without him.  He thinks they would die and float off down the river.  Nice.  Nice image there, Cutey Pie.

 

So the Tigers win their first immunity challenge and the Dragons have to go to tribal council.  The People Reader tries to blame Todd for everything.  Cruella is not buying it and decides to tell Pixie Todd about it.  So the little Pixie confronts People Reader.  And so PR tells him to “fix his tone.”  And so PR turns a 180 and says, oh nooooooooooo, I wasn’t saying that.  I’m going to knock you down if I have to, says Pixie.  That’s so cute.  Sister Christian got voted out anyway, so it didn’t matter.

 

So now Cruella is complaining about PR yelling at her, remember that.  Sherea tried hard at the challenge, but they lost and the Dragons win again.  Sherea is arguing with Dave now and he finally goes home.  On Day 13, the two people switch was pulled.  Sherea and Snowman went to the Dragons and Cutey Pie and Aaron went to the Tigers.  The Dragons started doing impressions of everyone.  Pixie Todd did some good impressions.  And then Cruella did an impression of the Princess which was kind of funny.  The visible thought process.  Can I order you online?  Hahahahahahahahaha.

 

The Movie Rating and the Princess hatch their plan to throw the challenge and Aaron goes home.  The Dragons won the next reward challenge, and kidnapped Cutey Pie.  Cutey Pie gets the immunity idol and they decide to tell him about the second idol.  So Pixie Todd tells Snowman that he has to win, or else the team has decided that he is going home.  And after all the planning, it was the eating challenge, but the Lunch Lady couldn’t get the chicken fetuses down and so the Dragons lose and the plan is ruined.

 

At tribal council, Sherea is voted out of the Dragons.  Cutey Pie finds the second idol and he’s all smiles.  The Princess and Erik the Virgin found the non-idol, and Cutey Pie can’t stop laughing about it.  So the Princess snoops through Cutey Pie’s stuff and instead of stealing his idols, she thinks she has the right one.  The tribes merged.  Everyone gets drunk and they start performing Survivor – the Musical.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  The Princess thinks she’s not as dumb as she looks.  And Cutey Pie does all he can to not laugh.  Jeffy throws her “idol” right on the fire, remember?  So now the Princess is the first member of the jury.

 

Cutey Pie thinks everyone is lazy.  He’s been working since he’s 11 and so he doesn’t understand people who don’t work.  And even without the idols, he thinks he would be in a good position.  Hmmmmm…maybe.  Cruella wins the next immunity challenge.  Erik the Virgin tells the PR that Cutey Pie has two immunity idols and Cutey Pie denies it when the PR confronts him.  So now the PR wants to blindside Cutey Pie, but mistakenly tells Pixie Todd whose ego gets to him and decides to vote out PR instead.  Cutey didn’t use the idols and PR got voted out.

 

Cruella and Snowman bond on the reward win – cruise.  The Movie Rating is blaming Cutey Pie for the loss and Cutey Pie calls her stupid.  So then she tries to say she’s sorry.  And Cutey Pie says, please stop messing with you.  Stop politicking.  “I’m not a fluff person.”  But then the Movie Rating wins immunity.  And so Snowman goes home.

 

We’re all caught up.  Jeffy says, we have more business to attend to here.  So, we’ll have to wait until Thursday to find out what is going on.  I saw a lot of people in the preview…..so I think I know who is going home if they vote again.  But I won’t tell you….I’ll leave you in suspense.

 

Ok, so you’re welcome for watching that and telling you all about it.

Later gators,

Heather

I hope you had a chance to watch this last night kids, because this episode was absolutely fantastic.  I do realize I say the same thing every week....but every week it's great.  One of my favorite shows, by far and away.  So back in the world of superheroes, the Bennett family is preparing to flee when Claire announces that she is not going anywhere.  What are you going to do, dad?  Abduct me?  Now her annoying brother and Oblivious Mom want to know what this is all about and Claire tells her annoying brother that dad is one of the bad guys, don't trust a word he says.  After he threatens to tie her up in duct tape <chuckle>, Oblivious Mom finally steps in and says, enough.  Claire go to school.  Mr. Bennet put down the tape.  We're leaving tonight.  Way to go, mom.  Way to take control of the situation.  Then Claire blurts out those words that every parent has heard at least 2 million times during their child's adolescence - "I hate you."  Ouch....I think that one may have hurt a little bit though...

 

Hiro is in Japan for his dad's funeral.  And he is supposed to say the eulogy, but he won't do it.  He says to eulogize him is to admit he's gone and then he decides to go back in time to fix everything.  Finally!!  I've been wondering why he didn't do this from the beginning...the Hubby has been muttering about space/time contiuums for the last 12 minutes....Back to the Future....and that wouldn't work.....stuff that only true sci-fi geeks would understand.  I think I'll just ignore him...

 

So Parkman is back to being a normal parent.  Molly didn't have any nightmares, and now she wants to help Parkman find more people....oh boy....he says no, I can't do that to you again.  And then he puts a thought into her brain.  Makes her eat her cereal.  Makes her be normal.  Parkman is getting stronger, just like his dad.  Bing is explaining to Mohinder that they need Claire whatever the consequences and yes, they may have to kill Papa Bennett to get her...and then Bing introduces Mohinder to his new partner...the lovely and insane Elle, 'whose moral compass points north northwest'.  I like that line.  <evil grin>  My moral compass has gone off-kilter from time to time too....I can empathize.  Not with the whole blue gobs of light and creepy stroking....but the moral compass part....

 

Claire tries to apologize to Annoying West, who doesn't want to believe that she wasn't in on some sort of scam to nab him again.  She tells him, I'm not a spy, I'm just a cheerleader.  Awwwwwwwww....we know that's not really the case.....but awwwwwwwwww....she just wants to be a cheerleader.  Annoying West says he needs to think about her words of devotion before he decides what to do.  Go ahead, lover boy.  We've got all the time in the world...back at police headquarters, Parkman is working on the Elder Hero Murders when the chief says, leave it alone.  But then Parkman mind warps him into thinking Parkman should get some more time to work on the case....hmmm....it seems awfully easy for him to influence people without any qualms....that's probably not a good thing.

 

So Papa Bennet is trying to explain to Oblivious Mom why he needs to stop Annoying West.  He shows her a picture of West when he was a kid and he abducted him.  Oh yeah, and he can fly.  Oblivious Mom sees the paintings and now knows why Papa thinks he needs to stop West.  But she's having none of it...she says, gotta take your son to school, in that cold "you're in the doghouse" tone.  Papa, undeterred, calls Mohinder and says let's use Molly to find this Annoying West.  Mohinder says, yeah ok.  And then after he hangs up, he tries to convince Bing and Elle that he may not need to kill Papa Bennett.  Bing and Elle are very skeptical.  But Bing finally agrees. 

 

Hiro has teleported back to his Papa on the day he dies, and he tries to convince Sulu to run away with him to Japan.  But Sulu says, his fate is set.  They are not gods...they cannot change what is supposed to be.  But poor Hiro, our tragic hero, will not accept this.  So he teleports Papa and himself back to some other time.  Meanwhile, Papa Bennett says he can't wait around and heads off to Claire's school, except when he walks out the door someone pops him right in the face....it's Annoying West!! And he's flying Papa B into the sky and asking him if Claire really ever cared about him...blah blah blah....oh whatever.  So Papa says, yeah of course.  And then they crash land and Papa B grabs the little punk and says look, Claire's in danger, so pay attention.  Mohinder calls and says Molly found West at some other place, so Papa B knows its a trap.  But he needs Annoying's help.

 

Over at school and the cheerleader who is just a cheerleader gets questioned by Bing...who mistakenly or not calls her Miss Bennett....which is not her fake name that everybody else knows....and so she runs off.  She's in trouble!!!  I guess daddy was right, huh Claire.  Mohinder and Elle are on their stakeout for Papa B.  And Mohinder asks her if he can talk to Papa alone...so when Papa pulls up, Mohinder jumps into the car.  He tells Papa B they need Claire and Papa goes, have you gone native?  Heehee....now they argue about the Company and Papa B is like, you're totally crazy, you're never getting Claire.  So Suresh has no choice, he pulls a gun on Papa B (just like the painting) and tells him to drive.

 

Back at home and Claire is panicking...telling Oblivious Mom that they need to go, some creepy guy showed up at school and then the creepy guy shows up in the house.  Ahhh, Bing.  Suresh brings Papa B to some back alley and then he sees Mohinder's new partner.  They apparently know each other.  But before she can fry him with her blue gobs of electricity, West clobbers her out of thin air.  Papa B blindsides Mohinder and then puts the gun in his face...it looks like the end of Mohinder!!!  But Annoying stops him, so Papa B just knocks Mohinder over and off they go.  Papa B is back at home, unties Oblivious Mom who tells him that Bing took off with their daughter.  And Papa says, don't worry, we'll get her back, we have collateral.  Which would be Elle.  They tie her up with her feet in a bucket of water....so when she tries to fry him, she ends up frying herself.  Oh my.

 

So Papa B is trying to get Elle to contact her father and then we find out that she used to be normal, until Bing started electrocuting her as a young girl.  She says, you're crazy, I don't remember any of that.  And Papa is like, you mean it feels like your memories have been erased.  So they ring up Bing and Papa B says meet us in this place or else I'll kill your daughter.  Oh boy....Claire says, I'll do whatever you want, just don't hurt my dad.  Bing says, it's too bad Papa turned out wrong...you could have been a great addition to the Team.  Your blood could have cured a lot of people.  But he's taking her blood anyway....so I'm not sure what he's talking about....

 

back in Japan and Hiro has brought Sulu to his wife's funeral.  Hiro was just a boy but he remembers Sulu being heartbroken.  Sulu says, yes I was heartbroken, but this doesn't change anything.  Then Hiro gets annoyed and storms off and ends up running right into himself, as a boy.  This was really cool.  They moved the same way, almost a mirror image.  And the boy is pretending to be Kensai, he goes "I am Takezo Kensai."  Hmmmm....yes, yes you are.  And then the boy says, my father will never die.  I'll stop it.  And Hiro realizes, his idea of protecting his father from Fate is very childish.  So bringing his father to the past has not taught his father anything, it has only taught him that he needs to let go.  So sad. 

 

Annoying insists on helping Papa B rescue Claire, saying he can fly her out of danger in a second.  Oblivious Mom says, they say girls are attracted to boys who are like their fathers...and Papa B goes, why because he can fly (remember Nathan is her real papa) and Mom goes, nooooooooooo.  Her "real" dad, meaning not her real dad, all he cares about is protecting her.  Nice.  That's really sweet, in an ironic kind of way.  Now Mom is being nice and supportive, go get our daughter.

 

Hiro transports Sulu back to the present, and Sulu says he is so proud of his son.  Oh my.  This is really sad.  Hiro crunches up his face in such a sweet and pathetic way when he cries.  So he teleports away and here is the bad guy, which I kind of already know is Adam, but Hiro doesn't know that.  "Of all of them, I never expected it would be you."  Ando shows up and the bad guy pushes Sulu over the edge of the building.  And everything freezes.  Hiro is there...not to stop it....just to see who it is.  And then, to see Adam's face....

 

We're back with Parkman and he's interviewing Evil Mom.  She says don't even try to read my mind, silly boy.  Then Parkman says, oh you have no idea what I can do....and she is suddenly nervous.  Don't do this....he mind melds her into speaking the truth and you can see her trying not speak.  She says, it was Adam.  If your cells continually regenerate, you stop growing old.  He's 400 years old.  And he won't stop until he's taken revenge on us for locking him up, until we're all dead.  Parkman says, you all are dead, except for you and this woman in the group photo.  Hmmmm...a mystery woman.  Evil Mom becomes quite evil and says, our generation mortgaged our souls for your generation, so show a little respect.  Oh my.  Evil Mom won't tell him who the mystery woman is, she just wants to be left alone.  Evil Mom made her a promise.  And she says, if you take this secret from me, you're not just like your father, you are him....come on Parkman!!  You're a good guy!!!

 

We're at the beach, ready to make the trade between Claire and Elle.  Bing says, it doesn't have to be this way.  Oh yes it does.  This is good TV right here....so the two blondes walk across each other's paths.  Claire hugs Papa B and then West swoops her up into the sky and then Elle zaps them out of the air and Papa B shoots her right in the shoulder and then Bing runs over to her and then Papa B points his gun at Bing and says, if you die, the Company dies with you and Mohinder says, please don't do this.  But Papa keeps pointing the gun at Bing, Claire yells Dad! and then Mohinder shoots Papa right in the eye.  And that was totally unexpected....well....I mean, not totally unexpected...because you know, we saw the paintings, but you know what I mean.  I hardly breathed at all during that scene...holy cow.  Save the cheerleader, save the world.  Save the cheerleader...who isn't just a cheerleader....she's the only one of you who is hardwired to save herself...

 

West brings Claire home, and she realizes the last thing she said to Papa B was, I hate you.  Oh dear.  The guilt.  She'll never get a chance to take it back.  And now she has to tell Oblivious Mom what happened.  We're with West, watching from outside of the house...and it's heartbreaking.  Hiro is back at Sulu's funeral and he says, he refuses to admit his father is dead.  Because everything he does is because of his father, and so his father lives on through him.  That's very cool.  A nice speech.  He taught me right from wrong, what it means to be a hero.  He taught me to understand certain things are in God's hands but for everything else, God has given us the gift of choice.  I like that.  The "gift of choice".  That's a very cool idea.  He says, as long as I continue to act as my father taught me, he will never truly die....and as he's saying this, we're seeing the IV dripping blood...which I assume is Claire's blood and I assume it's dripping into Niki except the camera pans down to the patient's arm, and it is most definitely not Niki's arm....pan up.....and it's Papa B.  And his eye that was shot out, comes back to life and then he does....he gasps, sits up straight in bed, in an empty hospital room, looks at the camera, and then "Ohhhh..."  Oh my.  That was really really unexpected.

 

So, as usual, I have a million questions after last night's episode.  Who is this mystery woman that Evil Mom refuses to talk about?  Will Elle still be evil after learning what Bing did to her?  Will Parkman still be good after discovering his mind melding ability?  Will Niki be cured with Claire's blood?  What are Peter and Adam up to?  What about Sylar and the Dynamic Duo?  Does Evil Mom really have any ability and what is she going to think of Peter working with the guy who tried to kill her?  Did Papa Bennett know that Claire's blood could save him....was this part of the original plan to take down the company?  What's Hiro going to do, especially when he finds out Claire's blood could have brought back Sulu too?  What about Micah and Monica (was that his cousin's name?)? 

 

Oh, what a father would do.......he would kill without remorse.  He would die without regret.  And he would come back to life......without.........remembrance?

 

 

<smile>

Later gators,

Heather

 

 

 

 

So, it’s day 25 and the Purple People Reader Poker Player is no longer in the game.  Cutey Pie is singing at the campfire – hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work we go….and the Lunch Lady is finally starting to realize that she is not a integral part of any alliance, since she had no idea that everyone else changed their vote at the last minute and nobody found it necessary to let her in on the plan.  I’d be worried too Lunch Lady, you need to make yourself necessary.  And you really need a makeover...

 

So the Movie Rating is the nag of the week.  She is being really annoying and backseat cooking with Cutey Pie.  I mean, come on!!  Your head is on the chopping block, you’ve got one foot out the door, pull yourself together and start kissing some major booty.  And to make me even more anxious, Cruella and Snowman are playing smoochy face….um……<yack, gag>……ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!  Snowman has clearly been blinded by malnutrition and the Incredible Disappearing Woman's evil sorceress ways…..because you cannot seriously tell me that this 80-pound ugly step sister of Gwen Stefani is actually attractive.  I mean.  Come ON!! 

 

So it’s reward challenge time and you have to bounce a ball on a drum into a bucket after going through an obstacle course.  I’m sure I’m not explaining this well….but whatever, if you really want to know what happened, you should have watched the show yourself and stop being so lazy.  Anyway, so bouncing the ball on the drum in teams of four and they have to pick their teammates again, just like last week.  So the Movie Rating picks Cutey Pie, because she thinks he’ll win it for her…..even though he hasn’t won any individual immunity challenges yet….and Pixie Todd and the Lunch Lady are also on her team.  There goes your “fat kid” theory Lunch Lady.  The other team has Erik the Virgin, Cruella, Snowman and Topless Amanda.  Well…if you drop the ball you have to go back to the start….and Cutey Pie, while being incredibly built and easy on the eyes, apparently has absolutely no hand-eye coordination because he keeps messing it up.  The Virgin and the Snowman find a rhythm and are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead.  As a matter of fact, I don’t even know if Movie Rating’s team even got one ball in the bucket (you had to get three to win).  So the Virgin’s team gets to go on a cruise down some Chinese river and eat more food.  And the Movie Rating loses again…..

 

Back at camp Mighty Wind and the Movie Rating starts yelling at Cutey Pie, saying he totally dropped the ball.  Get it?!?!?  Get it?  Dropped the ball…..AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.  Um, ok.  Anyway, so Cutey Pie denies that he was entirely to blame for the loss, even though he was….and the Movie Rating storms off in a huff.  This is an excellent strategy, by the way, to win friends and influence people.  Must be something the Poker Player taught her before he was kicked off.  The Lunch Lady thinks she needs to be chummy with Cutey Pie, since he has two immunity idols.  She has absolutely no idea that she is basically the swing vote at this point and could really change things up.  Pixie Todd is just annoyed at being with these people, but manages to keep his mouth shut even if his little beady eyes are boring holes in the ground. 

 

On the cruise, Cruella and Snowman are trying really hard to make me vomit.  The Virgin tries desperately to flirt with the girls by doing his impression of a goat….nice going, Virgin.  But he is totally adorable (see the Heroes blog to find out what I think of his doppelganger – Peter Petrelli) and he is sweet, which girls are always suckers for….so he may have a shot.  And what’s this?  The winners get fried chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner…instead of more Chinese food.  That’s totally awesome!!  When they get back to camp, they decide to lie about the food so the Others don’t hate them….which was probably a good idea.  The Puppet Master Pixie decides that the Movie Rating must go because of all her psycho drama.

 

Now it’s time for the immunity challenge.  It’s a memory game.  I’m good at these….I can say it in my head and repeat it back at least once.  Of course, I haven’t been trapped on an island (Chinese outback) for the last 20 days starving myself and under pressure to win a million dollars…..so I do appreciate that I may not be as distracted as our players…..but I am good at this.  Here’s the twist.  If the kids don’t think they are going to be voted off….they don’t have to play.  Instead, they can just eat during the challenge – burgers and French fries.  And poor Pixie Tood’s eyes grew two sizes too big when Jeffy pulled the lid off those burgers.  So, Pixie, Cruella, Cutey Pie and the Lunch Lady (?) decide to eat instead of play.  I never understand that…..never…..but anyway, that leaves Snowman, the Movie Rating, Topless Amanda and the Virgin playing for immunity. 

 

The Virgin gets knocked out in the first round, because he can’t concentrate standing next to topless Amanda.  She lasts a little longer, but then it’s down to the Snowman and the Movie Rating.  The Movie Rating must win this, otherwise she’s going home.  If she wins, the Snowman has a serious chance of going home….so it’s a battle to the end….but the Movie Rating finally wins something at the exact right time.  Good for you!!  I’m not really happy for her though.  I was really hoping she would go home.  You can’t whine that much and think I’m going to root for you….unless you look like Cutey Pie…..

 

Back at camp Mighty Wind, and the Snowman and the Virgin are pretty convinced it could be either one of them.  Which is pretty much right.  The Snowman tries to get Pixie Todd to vote for the Virgin by telling him that the Virgin is too much of a flirt.  Now…..who’s gonna believe that?  Pixie Todd has other plans…..he wants to vote for Snowman, but first he talks to Cruella.  Can you vote off your boy toy?  The Incredible Disappearing Woman kind of shrugs her shoulders and says….eh…..I guess.  Which does not fill Pixie Todd with confidence….but what else can he do.

 

We’re at Tribal Council and was it me or did Jeffy interrogate the crew for like an hour and half….where were all these questions coming from?  Jeffy questions all the eaters on why they thought eating burgers was more important than trying to win immunity.  Which is really just a ploy to point out to the jury who was playing for immunity and who wasn’t.  Nice going, Jeffy.  The Virgin says he knows it could be him.  Topless Amanda says it’s hard to separate friendship from strategy.  So….finally…..it’s time to vote.  Once the votes are read, the decision is final.  The person being voted out will have to leave the tribal council area immediately.  The votes go like this – Virgin, Snowman, Snowman, Snowman, Snowman, Snowman, etc etc etc.  So Snowman is going home….I am fairly convinced he didn’t see this coming.  So Jeffy tells the survivors remaining that with 12 days left they are going to have to adapt every minute of the game, including now……because Tribal Council is not over………….what?!?!?!?!  And that’s it.  CSI is on now and I’m not even really sure what just happened.  Is someone else getting voted out…..what is this?  Somebody tell me what’s going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

So my money is on Pixie Todd to win the whole thing.  No one seems to realize he is the mastermind behind this whole game…..if he makes it to the end……everyone will vote for him. 

 

Later gators,

Heather

So it’s the flashback episode.  Very exciting.  Finally we’re going to get some answers….finally finally finally.  So we start off with Peter facing off with Adam and Adam is trying to explain that Peter has forgotten everything, but he can remember if he focuses on whatever he cares about the most….which is apparently this picture of a brother he doesn’t even know exists…..because now we jump back to the day four months ago when Peter exploded.  So Nathan is flying Peter into the sky, remember...to keep him from exploding on the ground….and Peter says let me go.  Peter explodes, Nathan is apparently falling to his death….when Peter (without a scratch on him) swoops in and saves him.  Now this, of course, makes total sense.  I mean, Peter can heal because of Claire.  He can fly because of Nathan…so he probably could have done it by himself.  But now Nathan is burnt up…charred into a little crispy thanks to the nuclear reacting Peter.  So, Peter takes him to a hospital and then disappears before a suspicious cop can stop him.

 

Niki and Micah are in the hospital, waiting to hear about DL who was shot in the chest.  The bullet just missed his aorta.  The surgery was a success.  And everyone lives happily ever after.  Clearly not, since he is now dead.  Bing stops in and tells Niki that he paid for everything and she’s only going to end up hurting her family again unless she gets help.  Help that only the Company can provide.  Apparently, when some people get their Great Ability, the mind can’t handle it and so they develop split personalities….hence Jessica.  Niki, says no I’m not leaving them and Bing says, well then take these pills to keep yourself from becoming a sociopathic killer.

 

And now we have to hear about the SuperTwins….even though I could care less about these two.  So, we’re at Alejandro’s wedding back in Venezuela.  And Maya says, don’t trust these people.  Alejandro is totally oblivious.  <shaking my head>  I so don’t care….Maya catches Alejandro’s new wife fooling around with her ex-boyfriend in this little telenovela.  And so Maya kills them with her death tears.  This is apparently the first time she commits mass murder.  It shakes her up just a bit. 

 

So Peter is leaving the hospital invisible when he gets zapped by Elle and her blue gobs of light.  And we get confirmation that Elle is Bing’s daughter….already knew that.  She is acting all flirty and gross with Peter while Bing tries to con him into believing that the Company can help him.  She is all handsy with him….that’s kind of weird.  Bing and daughter dearest tell Peter that they turned off his abilities thanks to the Voodoo Haitian.  Hmmm…I didn’t know he could suppress abilities…..did you?  Bing says they’re close to finding a cure for the Super Freaks and Peter believes him…..Sucker!!!  Evil Mom is back at the hospital with Kentucky Fried Nathan and we hear that they think Peter is “missing”….so Evil Mom has nothing to do with Bing apparently….

 

Elle is feeding Peter his pills, telling him they take away his abilities and keep him safe.  Then she zaps him, in a really creepy way.  Then we find out that Adam is in the cell next door.  Back to Niki and DL and Micah, it’s Micah birthday and Niki is zoned out on her pills.  Micah wants to be the Fantastic Four minus one (that was cute) and DL puts the ixne on that.  He got a job that will make everyone proud.  Niki tells DL that the pills are too tough to take, and DL says hang in there.  You’re my favorite sociopath!  And with that great pep talk, Niki flushes those pills right down the drain.

 

Adam is trying to get Peter to talk.  He tells Peter that he can sense he’s been through something awful….but here at the Company they will just leave him there to rot.  Nice bonding moment.  Peter tells him his name and Adam introduces himself.  Elle is back and she's got this weird S&M thing with the zapping….bizarre.  Peter asks her what her story is…and Elle says she likes him better when he’s quiet.  So Peter guilts her into talking and she tells him, she set her grandmother on fire when she was six, caused a four-county blackout when she was eight and spent the next birthday pumped full of lithium.  People call her crazy, only because she threatened to kill them.  She’s been in the building for a very very long time.  Oh my. 

 

Adam says, beware of the she-devil.  Apparently, he caved in to her wily ways once and he’s still paying for it (whatever that means)…..and then he tells Peter that he’s in a prison.  Go ahead, try to leave.  We’re back with Nathan….and holy cow look who it is – his wife!!!  Remember she was in a wheelchair in the beginning?  We haven’t seen her in forever.  Evil Mom tells her not to believe any of Nathan’s ramblings (about the truth to save the world), she tells Wifey that Nathan is insane.  So keep it in the family, chica.  Oh boy.

 

Niki is starting her job as a car salesperson.  Except, look who it is…..Jessica?  No, not Jessica…..it’s Gina!!  Oh my.  She’s the playful one.  And she traps Niki in the mirror and she’s off to LA.  Peter tries to get out of the Company for a family visit and Bing says…oh….oh nothing doing.  Sorry.  Adam says, I told you so!!  Peter says why are they keeping us prisoner…and Adam says, because we’re trying to save the world.  (Obviously a lie).  He tells Peter he could be saving lots of people, including his brother, with his magic healing blood.  So, Peter says, tell me what to do.  Man, you are gullible Peter!!

 

So DL is a firefighter….huh…..good job for him.  And he saves some kid from a burning building and now he’s a real hero.  He goes home to find out that his sociopathic wife is no where to be found.  There's a note on the mirror that she’s off to LA.  Peter is faking taking his pills from Elle through his little seduction techniques….hmmm…oh.....oh my...........hmmmmmm.............. sorry.  Back to the show.  Peter is trying to melt his way through the wall………um………did he meet DL?  I can’t remember this stuff.  Anyway, so he melts himself into Adam’s room.  And then they both escape to save Nathan.

 

Maya is a nun now….Alejandro shows up with the police and tries to arrest her, but she kills the cop and now Alejandro believes her.  Have I mentioned I can’t stand them?  Cause I can’t stand them…..tweedledum and tweedledummer.  So Niki is in LA snorting big piles of coke and DL finds her in some random bar.  She snaps out of Gina mode and DL is taking her home….when some thug she was dancing with shoots him in the chest…..apparently killing him.  How many times does the poor guy have to get shot?  Sheesh!! 

 

So we’re at DL’s funeral.  Bing shows up and we see that Niki is resigned to getting help from the Company.  Peter and Adam show up at the hospital and pump Nathan full of the magic healing blood and he instantly starts getting better.  Adam says we’ve got to go.  Elle shows up with the Haitian and they split up to run.  The Haitian goes after Peter, after Elle almost sets him on fire with the blue gobs.  Why doesn’t he just go invisible?!?!?  Hmmm….but he did end up shirtless.  The Haitian…instead of taking him back in to the Company, wipes his memory clean and locks him up in the container.  Because Evil Mom did something for him once, so he’s returning the favor…..hmmmmm…..

 

Now it’s the end and we’ve got Mohinder narrating us out.  Nathan is looking at Evil Mom in that ‘I blame you for everything’ way that he has about him, Niki is checking herself into (or out of) the Company, Maya is making goo goo eyes at Sylar, Nathan shows up at Wandering Rocks…..and flash forward again to Peter in the warehouse in Montreal and he remembers.  He remembers everything!!!

 

Adam says, finally.  Shall we save the world?

 

 

Ok, so lots of questions answered…..but….not really.  What is Adam’s endgame, save the world, from the virus?  Is the Company evil or not?  If Adam is evil, then the Company might not be…..or is the Company evil and just lying about Adam?  Everybody else got a flashback, except for Sylar….why in the world did they keep him?  No Hiro, no Ando, no Claire or Papa Bennet, and no Parkman, Mohinder or Molly…..Peter is definitely the centerpiece of this season.  The Petrelli’s all had the Great Ability, what about Papa Petrelli?  When will Nathan catch up to Peter?  The first episode this season was “Four Months Later”  This one was “Four Months Ago”. This show has the potential to be completely brilliant.  I truly hope they don’t let me down on this one…..

 

Later gators,

Heather

Ohhhhhhhhhhh…so sorry.  Life has been rather hectic lately….what with the long weekend and the birthday nonsense to put up with (smile).  So, I apologize for not getting this on sooner.  Anyway, last week on Survivor, the show starts off with a mini recap of the Princess and the Fake Idol.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  Seriously classic episode.  So back at Mighty Wind camp and the People Reader is telling the Anonymous Camera that he was really nervous about the Fake Idol move….reminding me that he knows nothing about the immunity idols…..huh…..Erik the Virgin doesn’t want to ask the People Reader to move his enormous butt over so that Erik can sleep on the “bed” so Cutey Pie starts yelling at the People Reader to stop being such an ass.

Later Cutey Pie is explaining to the Anonymous Camera that the Dragons need to stick together even though they have a bunch of different personalities – a Lunch Lady, a waitress from New York, a stewardess, a professional gambler and a grave digger.  The stewardess….in case you were confused….is Pixie Todd.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  Topless Amanda is now telling the Anonymous Camera that Cutey Pie is in a very good position.  Ya think?!?!?!  Sheesh……two idols and by far and away the sexiest….I mean strongest guy on the island.  [Yes, I know it’s not an island.]

 

So first off, we have the Reward Challenge.  This week Mighty Wind is divided into two teams of four.  One member of each team sits in a teeny tiny boat and the other three members try to sink the other team’s boater.  It’s more complicated than it sounds.  Anyway, since there are nine people left, they have to pick teams playground-style and the poor Lunch Lady gets left out…no chance to compete or win.  That kind of sucks.  The winners win a trip to a one thousand year old village (I thought all Chinese villages were one thousand years old…) and a Chinese meal.  And they get another clue for the immunity idols that Cutey Pie already has….so we’re just going for the meal really.  I’ll skip the competition part, except to point out once again that Cruella is completely useless.  The winners were naturally everyone on Cutey Pie’s team – the People Reader, Pixie Todd and Topless Amanda. 

 

So the really old village…..is really old….and full of really old people…..but it’s still kind of cool.  Here’s the best part of the Reward Challenge – the People Reader reading the clues for the hidden immunity idol not knowing that everyone else at the table already knows that Cutey Pie has both idols.  Nice people-reading skills Poker Player….you moron.  And then he calls it the American Immunity Idol.  Which I appreciated.  But didn’t think it was nearly as funny as the People Reader gave himself credit for…..

 

So the Lunch Lady is feeling down because she’s never picked for anything because she’s fat….or something equally depressing…..and then she tells the Anonymous Camera that she needs to start looking out for herself.  Oh boy.  You mean, you don’t think the Others will keep you around until the bitter end?  Why does it take some people so long to catch up in this game?  Perhaps it’s the malnutrition.  The Movie Rating says, if everyone who didn’t win the reward votes for the People Reader, he’ll be out.  Nice play, Movie Rating. 

 

And now the comic relief for this episode was the People Reader, back from the challenge, wandering around in the dark while everyone else is sleeping looking for the hidden immunity idols….which aren’t really hidden……moron.  Then he finds the same blank boards that the Princess found and thinks they might be the idols.  Oh…..oh I’m just tingling with the possibility of a repeat performance.  Wasn’t he paying attention before????   I guess not.  Oh….paleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease paleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease make this as embarrassing as possible. 

 

So Pixie Todd the Stewardess is going insane.  Everyone in camp is making him crazy.  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.  So, just to shake things up a bit, he proposes to Topless Amanda that they blindside James and take the immunity idols out of the picture.  Which I think is an excellent idea….(strategy-wise, not eye candy-wise) but of course the extremely short-sighted Topless Amanda thinks Pixie Todd has gone over the deep end. 

 

So now it’s Immunity Challenge time and they have to ride these barrels full of water while the water is leaking out making the barrels increasingly less stable.  Ok.  Kind of a cool idea, except it looks like the barrels are peeing the whole time….which is kind of annoying.  Everyone has trouble with this except for Cruella, who now weighs negative three pounds which actually ends up stabilizing her barrel…illustrated perfectly by the fact the she never moved a millimeter during the entire challenge.  So………..she’s good for one thing.  Being a living statue.  Good for you Cruella.  But unfortunately, now she has the immunity necklace…..and now she doesn’t care who goes home, because she has no friends here.

 

So back from the Challenge and the People Reader is telling the Virgin he thinks everyone will vote for him, but he found the idol <snicker snicker> and the Virgin, because he’s a virgin and can’t lie to people apparently, tells the People Reader he thinks Cutey Pie has both idols and since it was a virgin who told him, the People Reader automatically believes it and now hates Cutey Pie and wants to blindside him, which was Pixie Todd’s plan if you remember back two paragraphs ago.  Then the People Reader decides to confront Cutey Pie about it, who admits nothing….and the People Reader just makes himself look stupid with all the pointless accusations.  So much for loyalty, the People Reader is gunning for Cutey Pie now.

 

But then he makes his fatal mistake.  He suggests to Pixie Todd that they blindside Cutey Pie….which was Pixie Todd’s plan remember? And so now Pixie Todd, who apparently doesn’t want anyone to know he’s running this game, but does want credit for all the brilliant strategic moves they’re making, decides the People Reader must go.  <shaking my head>  Silly pixie!  Tricks are for kids!  So Pixie Todd tells everyone the plan, well almost everyone.  Topless Amanda, who cannot see past her nose in this game, is still complaining that Pixie Todd is not sticking with the original plan…..but unfortunately my dear, things change in this game on a daily basis….and they don’t tell the Movie Rating or the Lunch Lady…..they just say they are going to vote off the People Reader.  But Cutey Pie should still have his doubts…he might have to play one of those idols anyway, confirming People Reader’s suspicions and possibly getting rid of one when he really didn’t need to….we’ll see.  We’re off to Tribal Council!

 

Jeffy asks Cruella if she can still breath with that necklace around her throat and she says, hell no!  <smile>  Yeah, so she’s a little surprised to win anything.  Good attitude sweetheart.  Jeffy then asks Cutey Pie if he’s worried because he’s such a threat (even though he hasn’t won any of the individual immunities yet) and he says the bigger threats are the talkers.  Jeffy asks the Movie Rating if she’s totally screwed and she says yes, we’re totally screwed.  Then Jeffy says, with his usual spooky foreshadowing, so People Reader, if you were in their position what would you do?  And the People Reader is like, wow, I have no idea.  They are totally screwed.  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…could it really be him tonight?  He makes some completely ridiculous poker analogy and now Erik the Virgin is saying that the people left need to realize that they may be at the bottom of the pecking order and they need to realign their alliances while they still can to change their fate.  Pretty smart for a virgin.  And Cutey Pie thinks it’s cute that the virgin swears he’s not trying to change people’s minds, because he obviously is….but that’s ok.  Everybody already knows who they are voting for, right?  So it’s time to vote.  Once the votes are read, the decision is final.  The person voted out will have to leave the tribal council area immediately.  The votes go like this, with the magic of Survivor editing – People Reader, People Reader, Movie Rating, Cutey Pie, Cutey Pie, Cutey Pie (aaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!), People Reader, People Reader, People Reader.  <sigh>  Good grief, that was really close!!  So, the People Reader is shooting fire out of his eyes while Jeffy puts out his torch and I can just smell the finale speech already playing out in his head….

 

Poor People Reader, it's like losing when you've got pocket Cowboys to the Hammer.  What a bad beat!  <chuckle chuckle>  By the way, I actually did see this week's biggest loser on TV playing poker....you know, because the Hubby will watch anything that has a hint of competition in it....he still looked like a jerk, even without the whole starvation, bandana thing going for him....

 

I'll try to be on time this week, kids. 

Later,

Heather

Oh hell yeah!  I hope you all saw last night’s episode!!  It was the best.  EVER!!  I love this show….I really do…..holy cow.  Now, how I managed to tear myself away from Monday Night Football for an hour is a whole different blog topic <smile> so we won’t even go there….Sorry Baltimore.  So anyway, let’s get right down to it.  <evil wringing of my hands>  heehee…..

We start off with Hiro being tortured by the fake Kensai.  I am more convinced than ever that Hiro is really his own Hero and that he will end up being the real Kensai.  So the fake Kensai is saying that he will get half of Japan and the swordmaker’s daughter out of his treacherous betrayal….oh my.  And Hiro is seeing pink elephants through all the opium haze.  So, Mr. Bennett takes pictures of all the pictures that we finally get to see, and then he calls Suresh.  Apparently, the picture of the guy holding the gun is actually Suresh (not Peter, yeah I kind of assume they’re all of Peter, don’t I) and he asks Suresh if the Company has given him a gun.  And Suresh is like, what are you talking about you crazy man?  So, Papa is trying to explain that he found the paintings, blah blah blah and he wants to forward the images to Suresh and Suresh is like, no don’t.  Jessica, I mean Niki, will see.  And Papa is like, oh well dude.  My family is priority number one.  Papa burns the pictures.  And then Niki walks in.

 

Parkman and Nathan have arrived to save Bing from Papa Parkman.  Everyone is evacuating.  Peter and the little Lassie are in Future NY.  Lassie wants to know how he did it, and of course he doesn’t know and then the Hazmat team arrives and tackles them. 

 

So Annoying West shows up at Claire’s house with breakfast and Forgetful Mom meets him.  Man, is he annoying….she told you not to show up buddy!!  And now they’re in the newspaper and now she’s in trouuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUble!!! 

 

Nathan wants to know why Papa Parkman is coming to kill Bing.  Bing says, I’ll explain later….yeah right.  He tells Niki and Mohinder to inject Papa Parkman with the virus…and Nathan is like, um…..what virus?  Oh….the lethal one.  But Bing is like, Mohinder can cure Papa with his blood after his abilities are taken away.  Bing says, Parkman, you’re our man.  You’re the only one who can stop your father….and Parkman is complaining that he doesn’t have any of his father’s abilities and Bing says, oh yes you do.  Come on Parkman, get it together.

 

So back in Japan, the swordmaker’s daughter gets herself free and is trying to get Hiro out of his opium fog by slapping him silly.  Come on Hiro, blink everyone away to safety!!!  And now we’re in Future NY, and here is Peter (Lord have mercy) getting hosed down in decontamination.  <long pause>  Ok, moving on.  So, some guy shows up and tells Peter that he’s supposed to be dead.  He shows Peter his death certificate.  And, oh by the way, why aren’t you infected?  Peter is very confused.  So, on March 20, 2007, the virus started to spread.  93% of the world’s population is dead.  Everyone else lives in quarantine.  Oh my.  The virus.  The lethal one.  This can’t be good.

 

So Parkman is apologizing to Molly, who is apparently still in a coma.  And as he’s talking to her…she starts responding.  Oh boy, I feel a Hallmark moment coming on…..Mohinder is explaining to Niki that Bing is not really a good guy and the virus is going to kill people.  And Niki says look, they could have given me the virus but they didn’t (yeah, because they want to use you…) and then looky here.  It’s dead DL.  How about that?  She’s seeing things.  Aha….because Parkman is in the building.

 

So Nathan is still interrogating Bing.  Who is Adam Monroe?  Yeah!!!  Who is Adam?  Bing explains that Adam convinced everyone that they could work together.  But now he is trying to kill them.  He thinks he’s a God.  He was talking about punishing humanity to save the world.  So the Company locked him up and threw away the key….but then he escaped.  And then Bing tells Nathan he should care because Peter is still alive.  Oh boy…..we’re starting to come full circle.  This is very exciiiiiiiting!!!  So, back in Future NY and Evil Mom comes to see Peter….but how is she still alive?  I thought Adam was killing all of them in the Present NY?  But anyone, Evil Mom is trying to make Peter remember who he is….she tells him he has a brother (but he died) and then she confirms that he can travel through time because he met Hiro…and he’s the strongest of all of them….and then she gets in his head, I think, and now he knows who she is….

 

Back in the Bennett household and Claire is smooching with Annoying.  Yuck!  Come on Claire, he’s soooooooooo annoying!!!  She asks him if the marks on his neck hurt….and she starts to tell him who her daddy is….and then changes her mind.  And then Papa shows up, Annoying freaks out, Claire tells him Papa is her papa….and Annoying flies away.  Oh boy.  This is getting gooooOOOOoooood!!!!

 

Hiro has escaped, but knows he still needs to destroy the guns to save Japan.  And the daughter says, you cannot go back because Kensai (the fake one) will kill you.  And Hiro (in true Star Wars fashion) says, there is good in him still, I know it.  I can turn him away from the Dark Side of the force.  And then he blinks himself back to White Beard’s camp.  So Papa Parkman is playing with Niki’s head.  Dead DL shows up again and now Niki is talking right to him, and DL says the Company is evil, they’re using you.  I’m not dead, and then Dream Bing shows up and shoots Dead DL.  And DL says you need to kill Bing, that’s the only way to save Micah.  And Mohinder says, you’re losing it girl.  And then she punches him in the face (breaking his nose, no doubt, just like the picture).

 

Hiro is back in camp, setting an explosion to destroy the guns.  And Kensai shows up and says, oh no.  Here’s the sword fight.  The one in the picture?  I thought Hiro was wearing his glasses in the picture, he’s not wearing them here….so maybe not.  Kensai says he’s going to kill the daughter and Hiro says, oh no.  The fire is set, the explosion is seconds away.  Hiro says, take my hand, I can save you.  And Kensai says, as long as I have breath in me I will destroy everything you love (or something like that) and then he says….you will suffer.  Hiro blinks away just in time….but is the fake Kensai really dead?  Or is he still alive in Present time?  And does he go by Adam now?  Hehehehehe…..I still think he’s the assassin. 

 

So apparently Peter was in the Company medical facility.  Bing is explaining that they lost track of him in Ireland.  And then Niki starts breaking down the door.  Parkman ends up in Molly’s nightmare room somehow….and then while he’s trying to escape the nightmare he actually ends up bringing Papa Parkman into the nightmare room too.  Nathan and Bing are trying to stop Niki…..and for a second it looks like she stuck Nathan with the virus….but no, she stuck herself with the virus.  Oh boy.  Apparently, the nightmare room is Parkman’s old house on the night his father walked out on them.  Parkman says I can trap you in here and Papa says oh no you can’t….and it’s a big showdown between Papa and son.  And then he does it.  He opens the door and leaves Papa in trapped in the nightmare.  YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Parkman!!! Molly wakes up out of her coma.  And everyone lives happily ever after…oh wait….nevermind. 

 

Back in Future NY, Peter is heading home with Evil Mom, and the little Lassie is being shipped back to Ireland and Peter is freaking out trying to get to her, when all of the sudden he blinks himself back to Present.  Understand?  Yeah, this one kind of jumped all over the place…Back in Japan and Hiro finds the fake Kensai’s helmet.  But I don’t think he’s really dead.  And then he meets the daughter under the cherry blossoms.  And they live happily ever after….oh wait…..nevermind.  The daughter says what I have been suspecting, she swears Hiro is the real Takezo Kensai.  She wants to live happily ever after and Hiro says, that’s not how the story ends.  Oh….I knew this was gonna be sad.  He tells her about the final trial – Kensai and the Dragon.  The Dragon teaches Kensai how to use a sword or something, but in return Kensai must give up his own love.  And to save this woman, he cuts out his own heart.  And then they say goodbye, kiss, so sad!!! 

 

So Mohinder is fixing Niki with his blood….and she apologizes for breaking his nose….but wait, the antibodies aren’t working.  It’s another strain of the virus, immune to his blood….and now Niki is going to die!  Oh my.  And here is Ando, and here is the helmet and here is Hiro back in the Present.  And the two buddies are reunited!!  Awesome.  Ando says, we saved the world!!  Which, if you remember, Hiro didn’t know about.  And then Hiro asks about his father….and Ando has to tell him that Sulu is dead.

 

Mohinder is explaining that this strain has no cure.  Bing “promises” to Mohinder that they will destroy all the vials of the virus.  And then he says, we can still cure Niki with the unbreakable Cheerleader.  And then Bing gives Mohinder a gun.  Mohinder says, you want to kill him?  Bing says he’s dangerous…and then Mohinder…..for apparently no reason at all tells Bing he was working with Papa Bennett to take down the Company….oh boy.  Bing says, there is a storm coming.  The Cheerleader is the key to stopping the virus.  The key to saving Niki.  The key to saving everyone.  Save the cheerleader.  Save the world.

 

Papa Bennett is back home and forgetful Mom asks if he met the Boyfriend….surprise surprise Papa…..Claire’s got a boyfriend.  So he goes to confront her with the newspaper article….and she says, whatever…..Papa says, we’re leaving, it’s not safe here anymore.  And Claire is like, oh no I’m not.  So Peter is back in the antique room in the Present and he’s trying to get back to the Future and someone sneaks up on him so he throws blue gobs of light at him…..and look who it is…..Adam, I mean the fake Kensai.  So Adam is still out to burn Hiro, basically….which is probably why Sulu was offed first…..

 

So this was the best episode…EVER.  Did I already say that?  Oh well.  Not in the least bit because the Super Twins were absent from this one….so next week we get answers to all our burning questions – how did DL die?  Who is Elle?  What happened to Peter and Nathan before the explosion?  I still have tons of questions too – is Claire really Adam’s daughter?  And not Nathan’s?  I forget what Claire’s real mom could do….And who is this Dragon in the last trial of Kensai?  Why in the world is Papa Bennett in the picture if he has no abilities?  Who was keeping Sylar alive and why?  What did Bing mean when he said that “Snow in Miami” headline could have read “Tsunami wipes out half of eastern seaboard”?  Can Adam do that now too?  Or are there more Great Abilities out there we have yet to meet….

 

And finally, they aren’t answering so many questions because of the writer’s strike….are they?  I hope not.  Till next week gators,

 

-Heather

 

 

Halloween was Wednesday.  As usual, I had waaaaaaaaaaaaay more candy than I needed for the number of kids who stopped by...but we did get a lot of kids.  A lot of kids who liked the decorations....which made me very happy.  Not very many creative costumes this year...but that's ok.  There is, unfortunately, lots of candy left in the house...but the way the Hubby is sucking it up like a vacuum (thanks to his nic-fits) I don't imagine it will last very long.  And now it's November and time to focus on the next holiday of the season - Thanksgiving.  Well....actually it's time to start focusing on Christmas, because let's be honest...there's really nothing to do for Thanksgiving except cook...

 

And before I get into why I love this time of year, and why I love Christmas shopping, and why the chaos and mayhem are welcome....I should probably talk about the show.  <smile>  So back to our survivors.  The Dragons are warning the People Reader and Cruella to kiss and make up before the merge, otherwise they will be vulnerable.  This made complete and total sense to me...but Cruella, who is apparently delirious from malnutrition, thinks everyone is siding with the People Reader.  What?  What is wrong with you?  I can't stand it when people are so short-sighted in this game....I really can't. 

 

Over at Tiger camp, the Movie Rating is trying to be nice to Cutey Pie so that she can get him on their side.  Wow....it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too late for that one sweetheart...I mean seriously, does anyone think this could ever work?  It's just ridiculous.  Like, three days ago you were throwing challenges just so you could get him off....and now you want him to vote with you?!?!  Reality is completely checking out of this game, ladies and gentlemen...it's gonna start getting good....I can feel it.  So Cutey Pie, the strongest competitor in the game now has the immunity idol from Dragon camp and the immunity idol from Tiger camp (which he pried down when no one was there, what a concept!)....how did you get in this superior position, Cutey?  I hope this means you're going to win!!

 

So Cruella won't give up her crusade against the People Reader and now she's really starting to piss me off.  First of all, let it go...lemmings have always lasted longer in this game than revolutionaries...second of all, everyone hates him.  So you need him in the end.  You need someone everyone hates.  He's perfect to go up against.  But no, Cruella is campaigning for Prom Queen and if you don't agree with her "logic" then she and her friends (who are apparently invisible, because I don't think she has any allies left in this game) are taking their toys and going home.  <sigh>  Man, I hope she gets voted off...Over at Tiger camp, the Princess notices one of the wooden symbols on the ground.  It's the same wooden symbol as the idol, but it's not the idol, but the Princess thinks it might be, which isn't so dumb....until she goes through Cutey's bag and finds two more wooden symbols....and instead of replacing hers with one of his or I don't know, maybe noticing that his have writing on the back which clearly state that they are immunity idols (which I just assumed she would do)....she now thinks she has an immunity idol.  Now me?  I would have taken everything out of Cutey's bag...I don't want him to have any idols, let alone two!  And where did she learn math?  When has there ever been three immunity idols?  That's just crazy.  When Cutey realizes someone picked up the blank wooden symbol, he guesses that the Princess has it and she thinks its an idol and he starts laughing like a jolly little elf....what a cute smile!  The Hubby is squirming at this point because stupid people make him uncomfortable...but I wallow in it.  You moron!!  If she doesn't figure this out, this could turn out to be the best episode ever.

 

So now it's Reward Challenge time...no...no wait....no reward, now it's MERGE time!!  Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!  Everyone gets new buffs, which are black.  They are going to some kind of feast and Chinese cultural demonstration thingy.  Jeffy says, pick a new name and remember, the game never ends.  Now, as soon as he said this, the Hubby and I looked at each other and said they have to memorize everything they see at the demonstration.  It was obvious.  Of course the competitors have been distracted with the thought of food and can no longer concentrate on anything except feeding themselves...which I guess is understandable....but it's a million dollars people.  Try to get it together.  So anyway, off to the Chinese cultural thing, they get all kinds of Chinese food and they get to see acrobatic demos, and dancing and fireworks and stuff, which I thought was kind of cool.  So after the reward, the new merged tribe has to come up with a name...and they decide on Black Fighting Wind...which reminds me of a Mighty Wind...which is a funny movie in case you haven't seen it.  Anyway, now Jeffy shows up at camp.  What's this?  He has a satchel with him and few just a fleeting moments I actually did think to myself, oh, is he going to actually live out here with them now?  As a survivor?  Because how cool would that be for Jeffy to actually compete in this game?  And how totally ridiculous...of course he would get voted off immediately...and obviously that was not what he was doing there.  No, this time the Immunity Challenge is being held right at camp and right now.

 

And we were right, like we always are, the challenge is a trivia game about the reward challenge.  One wrong answer and you're out.  He asks things about the fireworks, what color was the pole in the middle of the demo, and what were the dancers wearing on their feet.  I can't remember who got what right, but Snowman won the first individual immunity.  Good for you, youngster!!  So back at camp and everyone is in a frenzy.  The Movie Rating is trying to find out how many people she has on her side...not nearly enough my dear.  Pixie Todd and Topless Amanda are telling Cutey Pie that Cruella cannot be trusted.  And Cutey Pie is getting annoyed again.  You know what I'm starting to realize about our sexy grave digger?  He doesn't like people so much.  They really seem to get on his nerves.  So Topless Amanda wants to vote out the Princess and Cutey Pie tells them he thinks the Princess has a fake idol.  This is gonna be priceless.  The People Reader confirms his position with Pixie and then basically threatens him by saying, if anything happens to me, if I get blind-sided, I'll know it was you and I will make sure you do not win this game.  Nice.  Threats always work so well.  So the Princess and the Movie Rating start trying to convince people to vote against the People Reader by telling them they have an immunity idol.  And of course everyone knows they don't.  And the Hubby just wants to fast forward to the end now.  But me?  I'm in heaven.  This is going to be classic. 

 

So back at Tribal Council and after everyone says how happy they are about the merge, the People Reader says, oh Cruella will probably make it to the end now because no one considers her a threat.  Which is a very under-handed way of saying someone is a threat.  Which of course Cruella jumps all over.  Cutey says the People Reader should learn to keep his mouth shut.  The Princess says, we know their team has a weak spot, you just need to find one person who wants someone to go that isn't you....making it pretty obvious that they are voting for the People Reader.  But now it's time to vote.  Once the votes are read, the decision is final.  The person being voted out will have to leave the tribal council area immediately.  Jeffy comes back with the votes and here it is - the Princess stops him and says, um, I found this thing and I think it might be the idol.  So Jeffy explains how the immunity idol would work, none of the votes against the Princess would count, if this were the idol, which it's not...and then he tosses it right onto the fire!!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  Brilliant!!!  Poor Princess.  You should have known better.  And so, naturally it's the Princess who is voted off.  The Hubby says I only enjoyed it so much because I was being catty and hateful toward this girl because she's blonde and pretty.  Thanks for pointing out the obvious, hon.  <evil grin>  Of course that's all it was....I could have just as easily made that ridiculously stupid assumption....but I didn't.  She did.  [insert dumb blonde joke of your choice]  And now she's the first member of the Jury.

 

This show is still good...after all these years....it's still good.

Aloha,

Heather