I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away

3.12 "Our Father"

Damn show! You really hit it out of the park this week. Even more awesome than your normal level of awesome. So first of all, Ed Westwick is a freakin' force of nature. Chuck had me in tears. And Lily was gorgeous and wonderful. And Blair and Chuck...for a moment. And The National's "Slow Show"!

...crap, that's the wrong show. I heard Kristen Bell's voice and I just thought...nevermind. So Heroes was a piece of crap as usual. The recaps, things like TWoP and io9, seemed to think it was better than the previous few episodes, but honestly, without "Gabriel" and any Syelle possibilities, I was bored. I am, of course, still angry that Elle is dead. I am holding onto a glimmer of hope based on this semi-spoiler from Watch With Kristin:

* This statement is still true: A cutie-pie blonde in a new romance is going to die, and at first she'll seem to be done for, but then we will learn that it's all a cover-up—she's still breathing. Elle just got roasted by Sylar. Is she the blonde in question—or is there someone else who qualifies?

But Ausiello (scroll down for a while) says Kristen Bell is really gone, and he always seems to know, so I don't know what to think.

Anyway, as far as this episode in particular goes, I had two thoughts:

1) In the previous four episodes Elle has electrocuted the bejeesus out of herself and everyone around her, worn yoga clothes, then worn nothing but her underwear and Sylar's shirt and she was shot and dragged from a house to a grocery store, thrown around, took some hostages, then was at the beach. Through all of that, how did she manage to carry around a cell phone still in working condition for Sylar to pillage? And why did she keep her list of old Primatech missions as contacts in her cell phone?

2) Is Mohinder really the only "scientist" available to Pinehearst, or to any of the Heroes for that matter? I realize that he has one of those magic TV degrees that give him a doctorate in medicine, genetics, biology, chemistry, and physics all at the same time, but the guy is an idiot. He doesn't seem to have even a basic grasp on anything. Is there really not a single other person out there who's aware of this "abilities" issue and has a science background that Primatech or Pinehearst could hire? And did Mohinder even speak during his scenes in this last episode? Why is he still even around (other than to fill an ethnic minority quota)? It could have been any random character doing the stuff he did in the last episode.

Why am I still watching this!?! I'd like to say I'm going to quit but, to be honest, the next chapter title, Fugitives, kind of intrigues me. Also, I obviously have no interest in blogging about shows that I think are really, truly good. There's nothing to complain about. So apparently my watching of Heroes will continue until I go insane...from watching Heroes, most likely.