What a fantastic title for an episode. The Dylan Thomas poem says "Rage against the dying of the light," and I am full of RAGE!
Show, I think I hate you. And not even in the nice, hurt-me-some-more way that I sometimes hate Supernatural. Mostly, I am just disgusted by the way stupidity is rewarded and intelligence punished...every fucking week. We can never have a plot driven by clever people doing things that actually make sense. Instead, we have stupid people living out what would be a comedy of errors if only it was slightly funny.
Killing Adam was just a ridiculous thing to do. Why even bother bringing him back for two episodes. He didn't do anything, or serve any plot point. He just popped up and died. Why not leave him in his box? you want to demonstrate Arthur's power, fine. Toss him some throw away character. What's that? You say, "But we needed to heal him?" Guess what? You could have fed him some other healer. You could have created an entirely different power. You could have introduced him WITHOUT EVEN BEING SICK! Yes! You actually have complete control over his back story. Who knew?
Instead, you just throw away a well-developed, intelligent, fan-favorite character. Way to go.
One of my favorite icons from Supernatural fandom says, "If you're angsty enough, you're probably telekinetic." I need one that says "If your IQ is low enough, you're probably a Hero."
Last week, we had some discussion of this season's atrocious retconning in my comments. I said that at this point I practically expect next season to start with a character waking up and finding out that the entire previous season had been a dream. Dallas style. Now, I *hope* that's what happens. This season has messed up so much, that I am starting to think it's beyond salvage.
Bright spot of the episode? I was totally right about what happened between Hiro and Ando last week. Retractable sword and fake blood FTW! I am so happy that they're back to being buddies. I still hope that someday Hiro can be more than just the comic relief, but for now I'm just glad that he's entertaining and relatively consistent.
Mohinder just gets creepier. It's funny, too, because he was ridiculously pretty this week, but it only *added* to the creepiness. It's like the prettiness is part of his new powers...it lures you in so he can strike!
I liked Tracy. She's not an idiot. She played sympathetic and then attacked. Better watch out. Intelligence is the leading cause of death on this show. Ali Larter will be moving on to Barbara in no time. I bet Barbara's an airhead. And a slut.
Matt, on the other hand, is as much a loveable loser as ever. He'll never die. Can you just pick up animals in Africa and take them home with you? Does that seriously get through customs? If so, I think I'm going to head over there and pick myself up a couple of meerkats. Or maybe a little monkey. If anyone gives me a hard time, i'll just tell them I'm on a vision quest.
They probably just felt sorry for him. Poor Matt's so desperate for someone to love him. He sees a future in which he marries some girl who dies horribly soon afterward, and all he can think is, "Let's get started!" Honey, if you care about that girl, you might want to see what you can do about *changing* the future in that vision rather than fulfilling it.
Daphne's good, though. I like Daphne. But I kind of think she'd be a better romantic interest for Hiro. She doesn't really want to be a bad guy, but they're holding something over her. And whatever it is they do for her, it's something they have to keep doing, so it doesn't sound like blackmail. Eh. Whatever. I'm not really invested in her mysterious background, but I like her anyway. At least she had the sense to run away when she saw Mohinder's evil lair.
Fluffy bunny Sylar continues to be the consumate mama's boy. He doesn't want to escape. He wants to be a nice guy. Peter's story of the future gives him such *hope*. Ugh. I think just watching his scenes is raising my blood sugar to a dangerous degree.
And what the hell is going on with Peter? Last time we saw him he tried to slice open his mom's head, and now he wants to rush off and kill the people who are hurting her?
Do you think he stuck that tube up Sylar's nose by himself, or are there Company employees who wait around to help with that kind of thing? Eternally ready to hook people up to their special machines, even when it's another inmate calling the shots. Think it was the very same tube that had been stuck up Peter's nose? Ewww.
I am not a fan of Arthur Petrelli. First of all, he killed Adam. Grrrrrr. Second of all, he acts like this power-absorbing thing has only just occurred to him. Dude, you have a formula that can give anyone powers. You could create yourself a veritable buffet! Instead of injecting babies and then releasing them into the wild with powers they can't control, just inject a bunch of people, let them mutate, then steal their powers! Everyone wins! Well, mostly *you* win, but no one really loses.
At least Peter won't be such a tool now that his powers have been stolen. Of course, we wasted quite a bit of time on the "How Will Peter Control The Hunger?!?!" story line, which is now entirely moot. But at least his character has been fixed. You can't make a character that powerful and expect him to still function.
I almost forgot about Claire. Ah, if only I could. She's still an idiot. Here are some rules, if you insist on being a superhero:
1. Have a plan. Running blindly into dangerous situations is a BAD IDEA.
2. Learn to sneak! Very few clandestine rescues involve toppling boxes to alert the bad guy.
3. The taser? Not a great choice. It only shoots once, and range is very limited. If you can't manage to sneak up on someone (see rule 2) you're not likely to disable them with one.
4. Monologueing is for Villains! Don't announce to the target why you're there and explain what you're going to do to them! That just gives them time to escape! Haven't you seen The Incredibles?
The Idiot Award this week goes to...
...Me! For continuing to care about this stupid show. For expecting it to make any kind of sense.