Top 5 "Saving Private Ryan" Characters

5. Private James Ryan


Portrayed by: Matt Damon
Favorite moment: Private Ryan tells Captain Miller about the last night he and his three brothers were together. It's so touching and Matt Damon's acting is brilliant.



4. Private Daniel Jackson


Portrayed by: Barry Pepper
Favorite moment: Jackson snipes another sniper through the scope. AMAZING.



3. Medic Irwin Wade


Portrayed by: Giovanni Ribisi
Favorite moment: Wade's story, told in the church, about how he was only able to talk to his mother at night when she got off work. Another touching scene acted brilliantly.



2. Captain John Miller


Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
Favorite moment: Captain Miller, in order to stop a fight between two of his men, finally reveals details about his life before the war.



1. Corporal Timothy Upham


Portrayed by: Jeremy Davies
Favorite moment: Without being too spoilery, my favorite Upham moment is ... Upham's heroic and brave act at the end of the film. If you've seen the movie, you should know what I'm talking about.

Where have I been?!?!?!

I haven't posted here in ..... FIVE MONTHS.

Wow.

Why, yes, of course I have obsessions. In decreasing order, here they are.

1. James Dean
2. WWII and other military knowledge

And there they are. So I will discuss them, in increasing order. See what I did there? I switched orders. I'm a trickster.

So, where did this WWII and other military knowledge thing come from? Three words: Saving Private Ryan. That film is included in this obsession. But yes, I am obsessed with obtaining knowledge about military history, specifically WWII because, so far, it is my favorite war to learn about. I do not encourage war, I do not even like that it exists. I just think some of the things involved are fascinating. My favorite thing right now is ranks. I also like medals. I also like ... WEAPONS. Aaaaahhhhh! I don't want to use them, I just enjoy learning about them. And, in sort of a WWII-related note, I am learning German. This is in addition to the Japanese class I took last semester and the one I am taking next semester. So I'm WWII-ing it up, yo. I have a woodlands camo jacket I got at an army surplus store. I also have a marksman badge and a sharpshooter badge with grenade, pistol, and M-203 bars. I have corporal stripes (double chevron, what what) that I need my mommy to sew on ... hey, she's better at it than I am. I also have what I thought was a corporal badge, but it's really a sergeant badge. Sigh. Those military badges and their confusing use of negative space. So, until my corporal stripes are sewn on, I'm a sergeant. Yes, I'm waiting to be demoted a rank ... corporals are the best! Especially this one: http://www.sproe.com/u/upham.html


Now, James Dean - my number one these days. This one came from a series of lists I am doing on my other Blogspot blog. I am compiling top 5 lists of "hotties" of each decade from the '50s to the '00s in different categories. The first category was film actors, and - before I'd even seen any of his films - James Dean won for the 1950s. It was a landslide victory, too. James was one of the best looking people ever to walk the planet. Not only that, he was one of the most talented people ever. I don't want to be sad now, so I am going to continue talking about happy things. I have now seen all three of his big films and they are all amazing. Rebel Without a Cause is my favorite, but I love East of Eden and Giant too. Libraries have been very helpful with this obsession. I borrowed two of his films from them (Giant came on TV) and I also borrowed a great big book that has helped me learn all about him. It features TONS of amazing photos, including several from his childhood (he was a very cute kid). I have spent money on this obsession, but not too much (so far). I bought a James Dean poster for about $12. It is amazing. Today I bought an $8 jigsaw puzzle that, when completed, will be a picture of him. So that's exciting. My dad bought me a tin sign that has a painting of him on it. It cost $7. So I have some nice James Dean pics in my room now. I think this is more than an obsession. That is all I have to say about that.

So there we go. Obsessions!

Dual

I haven't posted about the latest episode of Heroes yet because my best friend forgot to watch it on Monday night and I didn't want to spoil him. I waited too long to write about it here and so much has happened since then, so I don't think I could write a great recap/review of it ... not that my recaps/reviews are ever anything close to great. But it would just be a bit difficult to do that now, almost a week later. So I'll just mention a few things.

- I am sad that it was the last episode of the year becaue I love Heroes.
- Sylar might be dead and I am very worried and upset, I don't care what anyone says.
- I don't feel bad about being worried and upset about Sylar's maybe-death, even if he was being super evil when it happened. I can't help that I love him and I can't help that my love makes me think in crazy ways sometimes.
- I am so so SO glad Peter got his power back. Now I don't have to worry as much about him. I hope.
- I don't love Nathan as much now as I used to. In fact, I'm pretty angry at him right now.
- I understand that Sylar was being super evil to her and her loved ones, but I'm still a little mad at Claire for maybe-killing Sylar. And it's not just because of my incredible love for Sylar. It's also because Sylar is one of the main reasons season three has been awesome (yes it has been awesome, I don't care what anyone says).
- I like Ando's power. I am glad he and Daphne were able to save Hiro.

Buffy survey

I found a non-spoilery Buffy survey! It was a big risk to look for it, but I couldn't help it. Sorry. But it's a good one and it's non-spoilery, so it's okay!! I decided to put it in my obsessions journal because I am obsessed with this show.
Here it is:


Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Who's your favorite Buffy character?: It's a tie between Spike and Xander! I really can't pick between them.
What's your favorite Buffy season?: I don't want to decide until I've finished six and seven ...
What's your least favorite Buffy season?: I don't want to decide until I've finished six and seven ...
Who was your favorite Buffy Big Bad?: Spike! He is still calling himself Big Bad sometimes, you know ...
Who is your favorite Buffy beau?: Hmmmm. Angel. Spike doesn't count (at least, not yet ...) because she was just using him.
Oz or Tara?: Ooooo. I don't know! I like them both so much!
Angel or Spike?: I love them both, but I know my answer is Spike.
Cordelia or Anya?: Hmmm. I actually really like Anya now, so I am picking her. But I do like Cordelia too.
What's your favorite song from Once more with feeling?: Rest In Peace. I love them all, though! That was a fun episode! I am listening to the soundtrack right now ...
Before Dawn or after Dawn?: Hmmm. Dawn really bothered me when she first came around but she's not so bad anymore so ... I don't want to say until I finish six and seven, though.
Angel or Angelus?: Angel! Angelus is scary! Angel is wonderful!! Duh. That was easy.
If you could be any Buffy character, who would it be?: I would be Buffy! For so many reasons (aside from the multiple deaths thing).
If you could date any Buffy character, who would it be?: Well. Xander or Spike, of course. Either one would be fine.
Faith or Buffy?: Buffy, definitely!!

Our Father

Tonight's episode of Heroes was all kinds of crazy. I took notes on it again, so I will do this blog the same way I did last week ... I like doing it that way. So here goes.


- At the beginning of the episode, we saw Hiro and Claire back in time watching Hiro's daddy give baby Claire to her daddy. Hiro only knew a couple of funny phrases in English and it made me laugh, haha. He heard past-Hiro and Hiro's daddy talking about Hiro's mommy, and he wanted to see her. He went into the building to see her. Hiro's mommy was about to die and it seemed as if she knew all about the catalyst. She wanted it to be Hiro, but Hiro's daddy wanted it to be Claire. Then we found out Hiro's mommy had healing powers ... she saved a dove from dying. Interesting!

- Sylar was still on that beach in Costa Verde with Elle's body. He was talking to Arthur on the phone and said he wouldn't help Arthur or anyone anymore. He also had a new list of people he wants to kill and take powers from, Sue Landers being one of them. Sylar is scary again. I kind of like it, haha. I mean, I was hoping he would start to be a good guy and help Peter out ... but scary Sylar is still awesome Sylar. It's kinda like going back to 1st season Sylar ... and it's exciting, okay? Anyway, he burned Elle's body. It was crazy.

- Peter was already out of Haiti. I knew I was making that out to be more than it was, haha. I was glad he was home, though, and not the sex slave of a scary Haitian. Ahem. Peter was with his mommy and the non-scary Haitian. Peter's mommy told him to kill his daddy, Arthur. Uh oh!

- Nathan was back at Pinehearst with Arthur and Tracy. He wanted to take over Pinehearst. At first Arthur didn't agree to it, but after Tracy expressed that she thought it was a good idea, Arthur allowed it. What is going to happen to Nathan now?! I liked him better when he was in the scary Haitian jungle. Sigh. Anyway, Pinehearst is gonna give the Marines superpowers. Aaaahhhh! This could be good ... or scary.

- Sixteen years in the past, Claire was trying to help ... herself. She even changed her own diaper, which I thought was really crazy. Almost as crazy as when Marty McFly went back to 1885 and his great-grandfather, who was a baby at the time, peed on him. Anyway, I knew that when Claire decided to help her mommy out, something crazy would happen. You aren't supposed to meet your own family when you go back in time! Claire obviously hasn't seen what happened to Marty McFly when he interfered with his parents in 1955. Sigh.

- Sylar was being all creepy in Sue Landers's office, and on her birthday! Poor Sue. This might be the worst birthday ever. It's up there with Buffy Summers's 17th birthday for sure. Anyway. Sylar killed Sue and took her lie detecting powers. It was an awesome scene. I loved when Sue's coworkers came in and found Sylar over Sue's dead body, covered in her blood. Sylar is awesome. Even if he did kill 4 people at once. Did he really kill those other 3? Is he crazy enough to kill people who might not have powers?! Maybe. He sure did have a LOT of blood on him ... but that's for later.

- The Marines are gonna get superpowers! That's the only note I had for that part. That one Marine really wanted to be something more than human. It's making me think it could be a good thing, but Marines have a lot of power ... with the added superpowers, what if they decide to go crazy?!

- Matt, Daphne, and Ando are in Manhattan. Well, Daphne ran them there, and Ando didn't really like it, haha. They went to the messenger service to get Isaac's sketchbook ... so I guess the comic book store guys are done for the season? Sigh. I really liked them. Anyway, the messenger dude took off with the sketchbook, but Daphne ran after him and got him. Yay!

- Uh oh ... 10-year-old Hiro wasn't good at cooking. Haha. He overheard his parents talking about him ... his daddy wasn't being very nice. Hiro's mommy was being nice to him, though. I liked Hiro's mommy.

- Back at Claire's past apartment, Noah showed up while big Claire was talking to baby Claire. Noah was acting strangely. He knew Claire wasn't really Bonnie, but he didn't know she was Claire, either. He was scaring me! After the commercial break, big Claire managed to convince Noah not to take the call that would end up making baby Claire the catalyst. It was a nice scene!

- Hiro made waffles! He loves him some waffles, haha. Hiro's mommy thought she recognized him, so he told her who he was and what had happened to her. She healed his memories! Yay! This scene made me happy, but then it made me sad. Hiro convinced his mommy to make him the catalyst. After she did that, she died. I had only known her less than an hour and I was so sad! I guess it's because I already liked her, combined with how much I like Hiro and how sad he was. Poor Hiro ...

- Peter was on his way to kill his daddy! Aaaaaahhhhhh! Could he muster up enough courage?!

- Sylar was covered in blood on the elevator. That scene was amazing. I love Sylar. It reminded me of that scene from Spider-Man 2 when Spidey was on the elevator with Hal Sparks ... only creepier.

- Matt, Daphne, and Ando got to see the 9th Wonders sketches. Hiro was lost in time! That's what it was all about! Uh oh!

- Arthur showed up 16 years ago on the roof with Hiro and Claire. I was scared! And I was right to be scared, because Arthur took the catalyst from Hiro and then took his powers. Then he threw him off the building! Then Arthur sent Claire back to the future, I guess. I thought Hiro was dead (which would be so bad!) but he was clinging for his life to a flagpole! Aaaaahhhhh!!!

- By looking at Isaac's sketches, Matt, Daphne, and Ando knew that Hiro was in trouble and that Arthur had the catalyst. Ando wanted to go get time traveling abilities from the formula in order to go back in time and save Hiro! Aaaahhhh!!! I am screaming a lot in this recap. That last one was a scream of excitement, by the way.

- Arthur put the catalyst into the serum! Uh oh! "Ready to change the world?" he asked. This episode was so crazy!

- This is when they showed a commercial of Milo talking about how you can go to the Heroes page on nbc.com to find all sorts of cool stuff. I made a note on my paper that says, "Milo is a hottie! Hahaha. I (heart) him." This is true. I really liked Peter's hair in this episode, by the way ... hehe.

- Peter was going to kill his daddy for real!! I was excited and scared!! Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!

- They were getting ready to test the serum on a marine ...

- Arthur found Peter outside the lab. Peter was ready to shoot!! Aaaaahhhh!!!

- Scaly Mohinder injected the formula into that Marine! The Marine started shaking and going crazy. What was going on?!

- The Haitian had been holding Arthur's powers off, but he was having trouble because of Arthur's strength. Peter shot at Arthur! The bullet stopped! Things went crazy and Peter's face was cut! Sylar caused the craziness!!! He stopped the bullet so he could ask if Arthur was really his father. Arthur said yes, but since Sylar is now a lie detector, he knew it was a lie. Sigh. Sylar is not a Petrelli. So he said to Peter something like, "Peter, you're not a killer. But I am." And he telekinetically shot the bullet right through Arthur's head. Game over! Then Sylar did NOT kill Peter because he no longer had anything he needed. Whew.

- The Marine had super strength and went crazy. Uh oh!!



And that's the end. I loved that episode! Next Monday is the last episode of 2008. Uh oh! It is going to be crazy stuff, I am sure. If it's crazier than this episode, I might go really crazy. Anyway ...

Bye!

The Eclipse: Part 2

I took my own notes on last night's episode of Heroes, so I don't have to rely on EW's reviewer to spark my memory. I did read that review, though, and it angered me ... not because they didn't like the episode (again), but because they spent a whole page getting my hopes up, making me think they liked the episode and then it turned out it was a trick. Sigh. Mean people make me mad.

Now, on to my recap and review.

I think I'll just do bullet points today. And I will just go in sequence of the episode instead of trying to order things a different way. I'm just lazy today. Actually, I'm tired. I tried to take a nap, but it was too cold to get comfortable. So I ended up here. Now. My recap and review.


- Peter and the Haitian were still in the jungle. Peter was worried about Nathan, who was still with the scary Haitian people. I was worried about Nathan too! I was also worried about Peter, but my worry for him would only escalate throughout the episode.

- Claire's mommy rushed her to the hospital where we all discovered that Claire's entire system was infected from her gunshot wound because she had never been sick ... only the doctors and nurses didn't know that Claire had never been sick so they suspected foul play. Or something.

- Gabriel and Elle didn't seem to be in HRG's gun's sights anymore. They were still in the house, gettin' it on on the floor. And that was a poem. Anyway, why did HRG wait to shoot at them? Did he enjoy watching them do it? Maybe HRG is a perv. Haha. At least the tender scene between Gabriel and Elle kind of made me understand their sudden "love." They both wanted to just be normal since their powers were gone, I guess. Anyway, HRG shot Elle in the leg. Ouchies.

- Nathan was chained up in a shack-y place with some Haitian girls. Nathan speaks French beautifully, but I was so scared for him in that place! Scary Haitians are scary! My note for this scene says, "Peter must save him!!" Hmmm ...

- Mohinder was researching the cause of the mysterious disappearance of everyone's powers (and his own scaly-ness). He couldn't figure it out, despite Flint's ... scary presence. And then Arthur came in and suggested Mohinder needed "proper motivation" ... hmmm ...

- HRG was hunting the half-clad Sylar and Elle while, meanwhile, Claire was dying. I didn't think HRG was concerned enough about Claire. He cared more about revenge than actually being with Claire, who was in bad condition. Tsk tsk.

- Matt was confused about Daphne's leg braces, but she kindly explained to him (and us) that before she developed her speedy powers, she had debilitating cerebral palsy. As a side note during this scene, I realized I'm liking Daphne more than I did when she first showed up. That's good!

- Mohinder had a bogus serum for Flint, who wasn't falling for that crap ... until Mohinder knocked him silly and made a break for it. Haha! Now it's off to see Nikki - I mean Maya. Gosh, for a second I lapsed into season three of Lost. When does Maya get buried alive? Sorry, sorry, I'm just kidding ......

- Hiro was buying up all the comics! "Best. Day. Ever." Haha, little Hiro is funny. I still want him to grow up. Sigh.

- Gabriel, who had (sadly) managed to find a t-shirt, was administering emergency supermarket first aid on Elle's leg injury. They left a trail of blood that HRG would undoubtedly follow (instead of tending to his dying Claire Bear). Gabriel wanted to split up, but Elle didn't want to. Uh oh.

- Back to Haiti! Peter and the Haitian (am I supposed to know his name yet?) saved the Haitian girl that was going to be sold by the scary scary Haitian (yes, two 'scary's). Yay! Peter wants to be heroic even without his powers and he is doing such a good job.

- I don't know the comic book dudes' names ... so I will call them Breckin Meyer and Seth Green. Sound good? Anyway, Breckin Meyer was trying to help Hiro and Ando out, suggesting that all the powers would come back when the eclipse ended, but Seth Green was not having it. He didn't believe in any of that stuff; he thought he was being Punk'd! And then poor little Hiro hid in the back room because he didn't want to grow up. Sigh.

- Nathan was still chained up in Haiti! I was so scared! But Peter came to save him and I was so happy! I love Peter. He was so heroic in last night's episode. I was so proud of him. Hehe.

- Back to the hospital, where Claire was still dying and looking really bad. The makeup department did well to make Hayden look so bad. The police came in to talk to Claire's mommy, but Claire went all shaky and scary, so the doctors came running. Uh oh!

- Back to the Gabriel and Elle saga. HRG was still following them, even though Claire was dying. Gabriel threw Elle in the elevator and sent her away, screaming, so he could be so brave and fight HRG. The dramatic cut-ins of Claire's surgery were perfect because I was already thinking, "Geez, Noah, your Claire Bear is dying." That just made it all the more obvious that this dude had his priorities all askew. Even so, he slit Gabriel's throat and ran away. I was scared for a little while because Gabriel looked pretty dang dead, what with the blood and everything ... but then I just put my faith in the whole powers-return-when-the-eclipse-ends theory.

- Claire died. But then the eclipse ended and her powers came back so she came gasping back to life. I kinda figured that would happen, but I was still waiting with bated breath. It was intense!

- Daphne's powers came back as well and she ran away into the corn field to talk to Ray the Scarecrow. There was a sweet moment in which Matt, whose powers had also returned, told Daphne she was a hero and could set things right with her daddy. So she did. Awwwww.

- Now comes a scary part. Peter versus the scary Haitians. He went crazy, shooting at them so much! I was so scared, but I still managed to notice how insanely hot Peter looked during this scene. I mean, he always looks insanely hot (duh), but I've never seen him going that crazy, shooting an automatic rifle with such gusto. Haha. Peter is a hottie!! Sorry. I got shallow for a second. Anyway, Peter surrendered to the scary Haitians, but the good Haitian and Nathan (that sort of rhymes) helped him out. Nathan was being so awesome, flying at that scary scary Haitian and slamming him into that car. Then the good Haitian killed his brother, the scary scary Haitian. How did he do that?

- Mohinder headed to Maya's place. He knocked on the door, but then realized he was scaly again ... so he ran away. Poor Mohinder. He just can't catch a break. At least he didn't wrap Maya up in a sticky web.

- Hiro was still so upset about growing up. Seth Green was still acting like he didn't believe that Hiro really had powers and all, but I knew that he so did believe. He was helping out Hiro by giving him a motivational speech. It was great. Then Hiro came out and said his thanks. Breckin Meyer discovered that Hiro needed to take Claire back to the moment when Kaito Nakamura gave baby Claire to HRG in order to get his memories back, so Hiro teleported away. Seth Green said, "Best. Day. Ever." and I was laughing and smiling.

- HRG finally showed up to see Claire ... at home ... after she had died and all. She was so mad at him. I would be too. Mean daddy. HRG got mad too and ran downstairs. Claire followed. Sylar, who was most definitely alive, and Elle busted up the joint. Elle was electrocuting Claire's mommy, Sylar telekinetically threw HRG against the wall and was choking him and such. It was craziness. HRG told Sylar he wasn't really a Petrelli (my notes say, "Gabriel isn't a Petrelli????!?!?"), but Elle says that's a lie. HRG was being so mean. I guess his mean-ness was justified, but I was still annoyed by it. I can't help it. Then Hiro appeared, then disappeared with Sylar. Then Hiro appeared again and disappeared with Elle. Then Hiro appeared once again and disappeared with Claire. The whole scene was pretty crazy, haha.

- Back in the comic shop, everyone was wondering, "Where is Hiro?" The only note I took about this part was that I LOVED Seth Green's speech about the bike messenger who supposedly possesses one last posthumous issue of 9th Wonders. It was a great speech. I hope those comic book dudes are around for at least one more episode. Or more. Haha.

- Back in Haiti, there was a heartwarming brothers moment. I seem to remember hoping those Petrelli brothers would hug it out, but I also seem to remember being disappointed that they didn't. Am I remembering correctly? Anyway, Nathan was talking about going back to Pinehearst in an attempt to save the world from genocide and other scary things. But then he said he was leaving Peter in Haiti. My note about that says, and I quote, "He is leaving Peter in Haiti?!?!?!!!!???" I was upset. He made it seem easy for Peter to get home, talking to the embassy and such ... but Haiti is still a scary place and I love Peter so I am scared.

- Mohinder was back at Pinehearst and Arthur called him "desperate, angry, and weak." And while it's kinda true, I still feel sorry for poor Mohinder. I want old, normal Mohinder back!

- Sylar and Elle ended up on a beach somewhere (at least Hiro left them somewhere pretty). Sylar wanted to know if HRG was really lying about his parents, and Elle assured him that HRG was, in fact, a big fat liar. So they started making out. Sigh. But! Then Sylar went all crazy and sliced open Elle's head. I assume she is dead, and I am afraid to share my thoughts about this occasion. I mean, it's not like I was jumping for joy, but ... well, maybe I hopped. However, I was more excited about another interesting character turn for Sylar, so don't get too upset, Elle-fans.

- Finally, Hiro took Claire to see what happened when HRG first got her. She was very confused, and that's where it left off. I am ready to see why she needed to see that and how it will help get Hiro back to his own age.


I believe week after next brings the last episode of volume three. I got the new Heroes magazine today, and it said there will be a seven week hiatus before the beginning of volume four. Sigh. I guess that will give me more time to catch up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer! I have to find a bright side ...

Until next week ... or whenever I have some obsession to blog about ... Bye!

The Eclipse: Part 1

I'm not even gonna talk about the Heroes-hating reviewers this time.

I thought last night's episode was very exciting and intense and it left me scared for my favorite characters.

- Peter is stuck in Haiti with one moderately scary Haitian.
- Sylar is in the sights of Noah's gun.
- Claire is in the hospital dying.
- Hiro is still ten years old, but he and Ando are in a comic book store in Kansas with Seth Green! So that's not as scary.
- Nathan is stuck in Haiti with a bunch of really scary Haitians.

Lots of crazy stuff was going on. There was also a solar eclipse, just like waaaaaay back at the beginning of the series when everybody realized their powers. Now this new eclipse comes and everyone loses their powers. It is just crazy stuff.

I was seriously hoping that the eclipse would take powers from the people who had powers, but give them back to the people whose powers had been taken away ... because I wanted Peter to get his powers back. But then I thought that that wouldn't be nearly as much fun as it sounds because (I assume) he would only get his original power back, which is to absorb the powers of others, and there would be no other powers to absorb. Sigh.

Let's see, who do I want to talk about? ... let's talk about ... well, I was just talking about Peter, so let's talk about him. I usually save him for last or second-to-last, but I've just been talking about him, so why not? He and Nathan flew off to Haiti to get that crazy Haitian to help them with crazy Arthur Petrelli and his scary powers. On the way there, however, the eclipse came and they fell in the water. Lucky thing that they were over water in Haiti, because landing in the sea wouldn't have been as fortunate. So there they were in the jungle, and it was really dark, and they were both soaking wet, and so I say that it could have been worse. Haha.
They started arguing about family issues, which was a scene that I liked. I thought Milo's acting was amazing in that scene. Of course, I think it's always amazing, but I think that scene in particular should have made some haters reconsider. Anyway, the Haitian showed up, and then his brother and a bunch of scary Haitians with guns showed up, chased them all around, and got Nathan. I am scared for him! Peter is still stuck in the jungle. I am scared for him too!

Hmmm. Let's talk about Hiro and Matt and Daphne now. Matt needed to find Hiro to help him out. Hiro needed to find Matt to help him out. So Hiro showed up at Matt's apartment right when it was needed the most. And Hiro really had to go to the bathroom. And I laughed, hahahaha. Anyway, Daphne was freaked out because Hiro was supposed to be her and Matt's only hope, but he was so childish, so she ran swiftly away to her house in Kansas. Hiro teleported himself and Matt and Ando there. Matt tried to get inside, he wasn't allowed, Hiro threw some corn at him (haha), Matt went back to the house, Hiro and Ando walked away. Here's where the story splits. I'll take Matt's path first.
Matt got into Daphne's house by professing his love for her again. Then he discovered that her legs were useless without her powers! That was very shocking for me. I didn't expect that. I liked how they revealed it, too. It was very suspenseful.
Hiro took Ando to the nearest comic book store because it was new comic day! Yay! And Seth Green worked at the store (actually, a character he was playing worked there, yes I know the difference between TV and real life), which was exciting! Yay! So they got the new 9th Wonders, which will tell them what to do. I wonder what it will say?

Next I will talk about Mohinder. That won't take long. He was very scaly ... or flaky ... or whatever. And it was scary. So he wrapped himself up in his spidery webbing stuff and was stuck to the wall. Then the eclipse came and he woke up, slipped out of the cocoony thing, and was no longer scaly! But he couldn't celebrate for long because Flint and Arthur wanted him to find out how to give the powers back. Uh oh. Poor Mohinder. At least there's the possibility he will be nice, normal Mohinder for a little while.

Now I will talk about Claire. Angela was telling her that she needed to lay low, since she's the catalyst and all. Claire didn't want to! She wants to fight. But then Noah showed up and he took her to that empty house to train. He made her hit him with a stick, but she wasn't very good at it. So she had to practice on the column. I thought she would get a splinter or something so she would realize that her powers were gone sooner. But she did not. I guess they weren't gone as soon as I thought or something. You'd think she'd notice pain from swinging those sticks around! I guess that proves that her powers were still there!
Anyway. She started swinging the stick at Noah again and she yelled at him for being gone all the time. Then Sylar and Elle bust in to shoot up the joint! Uh oh! Noah dislocated Sylar's shoulder, but I didn't catch that at first. I knew something had popped, but I was going, "What? Huh? What broke?? Arm? Back? What? No!!!!" It was very scary. I am so used to Sylar and Peter being invincible so now things are so scary for me! Anyway, there was fighting and a lot of excitement. Elle took a shot at Noah, but Claire - thinking she was still invincible - dove in front of the bullet. She blocked her daddy, but got shot and it hurt like a motha'!
After disabling both Sylar and Elle, Noah grabbed Claire and ran home with her. He didn't want Claire's mommy to call 911, which I thought was crazy at first, but then I understood his reasoning. Claire was in a lot of pain, but she kind of liked it. I guess I understand that, too. After Claire was all bandaged up, Noah left (I will talk about him more in a second). Claire's mommy went to check on her and found her bleeding and unresponsive. Uh oh! She called 911. Good choice. Next week looks like it will be so scary for Claire. Probably very intense. I do not believe she will die. It would be crazy if she did. But I think they're gonna make me think she is gonna die.

Next I will talk about ... Sylar and Elle. Elle was still teaching Sylar how to shoot electricity at the beginning of the episode. Then Arthur came in to send him to get Claire. Elle ended up going too. I think Arthur only let her go because he had drawn a picture of her and Sylar making out. Anyway, they left. They went to rent a car. While Sylar was outside being a hottie and talking to Arthur on the phone, Elle told the rental car dude that Sylar is a serial killer. Which is kinda true, but she didn't have to do that. I think the point of that was to help Sylar embrace his inner bad guy. But she really didn't have to do that. It didn't seem to cause too much trouble in the end. I mean, either they talked rental car guy out of shooting Sylar or Sylar killed him, because they got a car. Then they busted up Noah and Claire's training joint, which I've already talked about.
After Noah and Claire left, Elle was trying to pop Sylar's shoulder back into the socket. I thought Zachary's screaming during that scene was awesome. He's such a wonderful actor. I love him. Anyway. The shoulder was fixed. Sylar could not move the gun telekinetically! But he was happy not to have that crazy hunger anymore. Elle felt bad for making Sylar a monster, so he kissed her. That hurt me, but I knew it was gonna happen because of Arthur's drawing, so it could have been worse.
Anyway, while those two were making out in front of the window, Noah was aiming a really big gun with a really big scope right at them, and I don't know which one he is trying to shoot! Or, rather, which one he is trying to shoot first. So I am scared.

I am ready for next week's episode. The preview focused on Claire, and even though that will be a really tense story line, I really hope there's a lot of Peter in the episode (he needs to get out of the jungle!) and a lot of Sylar (he needs to not get shot!). And I want to find out what is going on with Nathan. And I want to see about Hiro in that comic book shop because Seth Green needs more than just one little line. So I am ready!

Bye!