They had plenty of time, also, to make provisions tailored to their new prisoners—which brings me to my biggest issues about the escape. Why the hell was Ted not sedated? Hadn’t they been keeping him that way so he wouldn’t go nuclear and blow up the factory? Was that no longer an issue? Were they giving him an inhibitor? If so, why was he able to use his abilities? If not, again, why the hell was he not sedated?
He’s given them absolutely no reason to think that he won’t blow them all to hell; he’s got nothing to lose but his life. And even if he doesn’t really want to die, he most certainly has enough power to escape if he’s awake. The Company always seemed to be made up of the types who err on the side of caution. Apparently this isn’t true, because not only was Ted wide awake and ready to split atoms, the angry and imprisoned mind reader that they’d been exploiting was right next to one of the Company’s former best, middle-man though he may be. And even if they weren’t right next to each other, they should have been keeping Matt isolated, testing his range, and then keeping him unconscious in the interim, so he couldn’t pick up on Company secrets. If not sedation, then at least supervision. Good God, it’s like the Company paved the way for HRG and his compatriots in silver and gold. And we know that they didn’t want to let them escape, because those people passing by said that they’d been given the order to eliminate.
The only relatively good part of their escape was the fact that they’re still on the company radar. That said, since they are on the radar anyway, wouldn’t they take a plane instead of the bus? It’s not like they can hide. Logically, they should take speed over caution at this point. They sit on the bus for days, heading in the direction of New York City, and any Company member with half a brain will figure out where they’re going, why they’re going, and put up precautions against them, if not head them off completely.
And last but not least, The Family Petrelli:
Claire already had her "real family" moment when she met her mom...
I dunno, Nathan crying over his dead brother struck me as pretty intense. I mean, Nathan is a very stoic character. Seeing a normal guy cry over a lost loved one is expected. Seeing Nathan cry over anything is big and shows how much his brother means to him, which considering where the plot is going, is a very important thing to get across.
I’m not talking about Claire. I think you’re right about Claire. Claire, in fact, was the most in-character of all of them. I’m talking about Nathan. As far as him bursting into tears... I’m sorry, no. Didn’t do anything for me emotionally at all. Because, as you say, Nathan is an emotionally withdrawn person. He would cry over his brother, but that wouldn’t be his immediate reaction. That’s why a gradual build of tension in his emotional state would have been soooo much more effective.
Tears are a Generally Accepted Response to loss—tears = shorthand for grief. It may have been dramatic but in terms of effectiveness it failed, miserably. I’ve taken classes and gone to con panels about character interaction and emotion, and one of the most common mistakes that new writers make (according to most authors) is inserting kicking and screaming where there should be quiet trauma. Weeping and gnashing of teeth from a normally taciturn character only serves to make the viewers say, “Bwuh?”
Nathan’s not an outright emotional man. You’re right. Even when it comes to his own wife—when he’s in the hospital, he has a brief outburst over the doctor’s news and then checks himself almost immediately. He gets the news that Peter is dead, and denial would hammer down hard and fast. Especially because he loves Peter so much. Especially because they’re so close.
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He’s given them absolutely no reason to think that he won’t blow them all to hell; he’s got nothing to lose but his life. And even if he doesn’t really want to die, he most certainly has enough power to escape if he’s awake. The Company always seemed to be made up of the types who err on the side of caution. Apparently this isn’t true, because not only was Ted wide awake and ready to split atoms, the angry and imprisoned mind reader that they’d been exploiting was right next to one of the Company’s former best, middle-man though he may be. And even if they weren’t right next to each other, they should have been keeping Matt isolated, testing his range, and then keeping him unconscious in the interim, so he couldn’t pick up on Company secrets. If not sedation, then at least supervision. Good God, it’s like the Company paved the way for HRG and his compatriots in silver and gold. And we know that they didn’t want to let them escape, because those people passing by said that they’d been given the order to eliminate.
The only relatively good part of their escape was the fact that they’re still on the company radar. That said, since they are on the radar anyway, wouldn’t they take a plane instead of the bus? It’s not like they can hide. Logically, they should take speed over caution at this point. They sit on the bus for days, heading in the direction of New York City, and any Company member with half a brain will figure out where they’re going, why they’re going, and put up precautions against them, if not head them off completely.
And last but not least, The Family Petrelli:
Claire already had her "real family" moment when she met her mom...
I dunno, Nathan crying over his dead brother struck me as pretty intense. I mean, Nathan is a very stoic character. Seeing a normal guy cry over a lost loved one is expected. Seeing Nathan cry over anything is big and shows how much his brother means to him, which considering where the plot is going, is a very important thing to get across.
I’m not talking about Claire. I think you’re right about Claire. Claire, in fact, was the most in-character of all of them. I’m talking about Nathan. As far as him bursting into tears... I’m sorry, no. Didn’t do anything for me emotionally at all. Because, as you say, Nathan is an emotionally withdrawn person. He would cry over his brother, but that wouldn’t be his immediate reaction. That’s why a gradual build of tension in his emotional state would have been soooo much more effective.
Tears are a Generally Accepted Response to loss—tears = shorthand for grief. It may have been dramatic but in terms of effectiveness it failed, miserably. I’ve taken classes and gone to con panels about character interaction and emotion, and one of the most common mistakes that new writers make (according to most authors) is inserting kicking and screaming where there should be quiet trauma. Weeping and gnashing of teeth from a normally taciturn character only serves to make the viewers say, “Bwuh?”
Nathan’s not an outright emotional man. You’re right. Even when it comes to his own wife—when he’s in the hospital, he has a brief outburst over the doctor’s news and then checks himself almost immediately. He gets the news that Peter is dead, and denial would hammer down hard and fast. Especially because he loves Peter so much. Especially because they’re so close.