Heroes Recap: "Godsend"

Not much time for the recap, especially since this one deserves a viewing, not a summary…

The show gets going this week, with exposition galore.

Peter’s fever coma continues, Sylar is still in custody, and Claire is the worst lying cheerleader I’ve ever seen. Jessiniki’s been kicking ass and taking names in jail.

Hiro finds his suit of armor, and becomes convinced he must go back in time to the samurai age to get his sword from Kensai the savage. Or something. At least his friend puts together the tattoo/symbol, which is translated as “Godsend.” INteresting.

Mohinder is trying to get someone to believe his story, when he learns Eden’s real name: Sara Ellis. She dead, fo sho. Alas, when will she get a bona fide role!!

Meanwhile Matt the Cop can’t find Sylar, not with MuteHaitian blocking the signal. Nobody believes him that PrimaPaper’s a front, and people ream him up and down. HRG mocks poor Matt. Sucks to be Matt.

Hey, Gay Zach is still a character! Good……except now that his mind’s been erased, he’s a prick. At least he agrees that memories are gone.

Jessiniki’s up for the death penalty! Well, a fitting end to the weakest character on the show. You’d figure at least that she’d get an insanity plea… sigh. The flip-flopping of the character is fun, at least, and it works for her to ask for a shrink. And just when we had hope that she’d leave us.

Hiro’s powers aren’t working! How will he get teh sword? No one knows. His powers are malfunctioning — he sees everything in slo-mo, then runs away like the Flash with his Wundersword, threatening a dinosaur on the way and totally leaving his friend in the lurch. Kind of a jerky think to do, but with his new sword….. oops. There’s no sword! Linderman has the real sword!! That cunning Linderman, it’s almost like he’s some sort of villain.

Isaac the swarmy sweaty painter is back in town. Pseudo-Vanessa Williams is happy to see him (PLEASE don’t make there be a love triangle between her, Isaac and Peter!). He can paint without the drugs. Drugs are bad, m’kay? Isaac is really happy to have painted Peter blowing up, and stupidhead Nathan can’t see how things are coming together. Until Hiro shows up asking about Linderman, then he starts to put things together.

Commercial. 300 is the coolest-looking movie I HAVE EVER SEEN. HOLY COW.

Claire is feeling nostalgic for the good old days when she could make her own snuff films with Zach. Now she just hangs out with MuteHaitian, who forbids her from seeing Peter, for whom she swooneth. Claire, full of teenagey angst, pleads with MuteHaitian that she’s tired of being alone. Tip– he’s only an eraser. He can’t restore memories. At least he tells her that her gift is a (sigh) god-send.

Hiro: “I meet a waitress in Texas…she teach me many things.” Hee. He explains to Nathan that he has a role to play in the coming battle against the “billain.” We must stop Bad Blowing-Up Man! Fade to the Nevada desert, where in some random shack Radioactive Man is practicing making microfusion explosions in his hands. He’s not BAD Blowing-Up Man, he’s just Sadly Misunderstood Blowing-Up Man (SMBUM).

Claire decides to remake the snuff videos with Zach. I have never seen a girl so desperate to make friends! Sheesh, Claire. Some people master the art of conversation, not suicide attempts. She jumps off the bridge, again, Zach runs to her, again, grossness ensues, again, but (sniff!) friendship blossoms again!

Jessiniki tells Slippery Man that she’s going over to the Psych Ward. He reaches through the glass to give sympathy. Soooooo sad, if we really cared about her character. Super Phone Repair Kid tugs at our heartstrings, talking to his jailbird psycho mom. “I need you to be strong.” NO TOUCHING! So, she breaks a billy club in half. Way to be a good example. freakshow.

Mohinder goes into Eden’s apartment to feed Mohinder, and meets HRG. They have a nice ethical discussion about how to effectively use mutants. HRG proposes an alliance — “Are you on the list?” Ugh, enough with the taglines. Mohinder refuses all alliances, stupidly. HRG leaves him alone, stupidly. What was the point of that whole scene? The world flocks to primatechpaper.com to find out.

Loser Matt comes home to his cheating wife. He wants to be completely honest with her. Stupid-head. He proves it her. Stupid-head. Stop it.

Thankfully, we switch over to Peter’s Fantasy Coma, where he keeps reliving the Big Bang to Be. He sees all the members of the Dream Team, including some laughing bearded guy who kind of looks like Pete Townsend. Then he blows everyone up real good, and wakes up!

Peter’s mom is mad that Peter woke up and took off. Meanwhile, Vanessa Williams is meeting Hiro (and his subtle product placement, the Nissan Versa). She agrees to get him the sword, and she’ll follow him back to Vegas. Ironically, that’s where Peter is going, in order to get away from it all into the desert….when he sees Pete Townsend, picking pockets! Turns out, he’s the only one who can see Pete Townsend, who says “Nobody sees me — I’m invisible!”

Jessiniki’s in a padded cell; Sylar still watches his cockroach friend in his cell, under HRG’s watchful gaze; Zach is friends with Claire, Hiro’s off to Vegas. Jessiniki gets the last word: “Who needs God, when you’ve got me?”

Next week: invisible man teams up with Peter, and maybe Claire talks to her real mom.

Speculate away, folks!