Heroes Eclipse Part 2 Recap

Heroes Episode 3.11 “The Eclipse, Part 2″

Air Date: December 1, 2008

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Our Heroes and Villains are left powerless by the eclipse and nothing will ever be the same! No, this time we swear. Peter follows The Haitian,wanting to prove he’s a hero without his powers. The Haitian (Seriously, will someone start calling this guy by name? It’s been three years already.) is worried but Peter explains Baron Samedi is powerless too.

He’s still just as evil and arrogant, however, and is preparing to rape a young girl. Before doing so, he taunts Nathan. Samedi proclaims himself a god and says as a man, Nathan can’t hope to defeat him. Whatever, Baron. Let a guy like Gaius Baltar show you how to run a love cult. Although I will give Baron this much: As far as powers go, flying’s lame in comparison to stone skin. Sorry, Nate Dogg. While Samedi is torturing the young girl, the Haitian sneak attacks his brother. Samedi warns that the only way to stop him is killing him. Nate and The Haitian flee while Peter picks up a machine and goes all Rambo to hold off the pursuers.

Of course they come back, just in time for the end of the eclipse. Nate flies Samedi into a car but with powers returned, it does nothing to hurt Samedi. I told you stone skin trumps flying. The Haitian stops his brother by ruining his mind. Nate and Peter talk, with Nate explaining he’s going to work for Pinehearst. Such a company could prevent people like Samedi from coming to power, Nate says. Score another one for Petrelli brother dumbness. Nate then flies off and leaves Peter but does leave a cellphone for Peter to call for help. Thanks bro! Really appreciate it.

At the hospital, Claire is infected because her powers have prevented her from being sick a day in her life. The nurse questions Sandra Bennet and calls for the police. HRG is of course not there because he’s hunting Sylar and Elle. Claire apologizes for putting them all in this situation and then dies -  until the eclipse returns. They get out of the hospital before any questions can be asked.

Sylar and Elle are still macking on each other when HRG begins shooting up the place. They get away but Elle gets shot in the leg, leaving a blood trail for Noah to follow. While they bandage up her wound, Elle suggests trapping HRG. Problem being without their superpowers, they really can’t fight a lick. To compound matters,Sylar locks Elle up in a dumbwaiter so she can’t participate in the fight. The numbers game was really the only shot they had. HRG easily handles Sylar and slits his throat with a boxcutter. Don’t worry, he’s not dead. The eclipse is over.

Now with that being done or so he thinks, HRG can finally go check on his dying daughter. She’s upset he wasn’t there when she died, then HRG realizes what must have happened to Sylar. Sylar and Elle burst in with their powers blasting and are ready to take Claire. But Hiro shows up and teleports Sylar, Elle and Claire out of the house. Sylar and Elle talk with Sylar deciding that he is a killer. He begins ripping Elle’s head open but hey, I didn’t see a body so I’m not declaring her dead yet.

Hiro and Ando buy all the back issues of 9th Wonders while Seth Green freaks out majorly. After much reading backwards, 10-year-old (at least in his mind) Hiro finds out about all the horrible stuff that’s going to happen. He locks himself in the bathroom and only the wisdom of Seth Green can talk him out. He explains that Hiro needs to come out and save the world to give people hope. Reading the last comic, Hiro sees himself and Claire watching Kaito Nakamura give baby Claire to Noah Bennet. He theorizes that if he takes Claire there, he’ll get his memory back. I have no idea why that works, but OK.

Matt and Ando want to find out what happens next but there are no more 9th Wonders comics. Seth Green tells them that there was one final issue supposedly given to a bike messenger. This is epic, folks. Seriously, Green and Hiro in a comic shop made this episode.

Speaking of Matt, he and Daphne continue pledging their love to one another but she doesn’t believe she’s worth his trust. Daphne feels she should be punished for working for Arthur but Matt still believes in her. Once her powers return she’s going to run again but Matt talks her into reconciling with her dad. Nice work, Matt. Want to take a crack at resolving the Petrelli family issues now?

Mohinder beats Flint into a coma and goes to find Maya. But by the time he gets there, the eclipse is over and his scales are returning. Maya answers the door and he’s gone – back to Pinehearst. Arthur gives voice to what Mohinder was already thinking. Maybe the aggressiveness isn’t a side effect of transformation. Maybe it was there all along.

Pictured: (top) Zachary Quinto as Sylar, (bottom) Kristen Bell as Elle — NBC Photo: Adam Taylor