Episode 17 - "Company Man" - Discussion Thread

[He-Man]

Tentative Air Date: Late Feb./Early Mar. 2007
NBC's Official Description:

Spoiler

TAKEN HOSTAGE BY RADIOACTIVE TED SPRAGUE AND MATT, H.R.G.'S HIDDEN PAST IS REVEALED -- AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME FOR CLAIRE; ERIC ROBERTS GUEST-STARS -- H.R.G.'s (Jack Coleman) past catches up to him as Matt (Greg Grunberg) and Ted Sprague (guest star Matthew John Armstrong) come to Texas looking for answers, and take him, his wife, son and Claire (Hayden Panettiere) hostage -- leading to a tragic, explosive showdown. Secrets are revealed and new threats to the "heroes" are introduced. Tawny Cypress, Santiago Cabrera, Noah Gray-Cabey, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Leonard Roberts and Milo Ventimiglia also star. Ashley Crow and Eric Roberts ("Less Than Perfect") guest-star.
More Spoilers:
- This episode delves into Mr. Bennet's past, from 10-15 years ago to the present. Consider it his "secret origin" episode.

 

[Lurk]

Spoiler

Interesting, taken hostage first by Sylar, then by Ted and Matt - rough week! What if Isaac's painting isn't of the same explosion Hiro witnessed - could that be the "tragic, explosive showdown"? Isaac's paintings are often misleading. I'm thinking Eric Roberts is the goon pictured in the latest graphic novel with Ted. He would help explain HRG's history and he'd be special if he survived Ted's blast, which Ted thinks he did.

 

[Caliber]

Interesting I was wondering what happened to Ted.

 

[GL1]

Matt and Ted teamed up? From Wireless we know Ted and Hana are allied, that puts a three man team together capable of, imho, just about anything. You can't do anything with Ted taking care of threats and Matt listening to thoughts... of course, if the Haitian gets a hold of them their entire plan could unfold pretty quickly...

 

[LadyVader]

What is Matt thinking! He has a baby on the way! He can't be around radiation.

I sure hope he gets a power upgrade this episode around so that he can actually 'see' Bennet's past not just hear his thoughts. I think that's a pretty big limitation to his power.

 

[Caliber]

Matt should be pissed since he was mind wiped. HRG needs to be reminded that he can't "save" people by mind wiping them.