Running away would work since he knocked Sylar back. Whether or not he was conscious, he was on his back and at least in some amount of pain. That bought him time, but there was no way of knowing how much time he could have bought. And because Mohinder is a good guy, he'd rather take the guy who just saved his life out of the room with him instead of potentially wasting everything to attempt to kill Sylar again. And as for no one calling the cops, it's New York/
As for the pipe, maybe that was on HRG's list of things to take care of, or perhaps since the subjects were almost always unconscious (thanks to the Haitian), they didn't see the point in fixing it, especially since it was incredibly unlikely that anyone would notice. And would you call Matt potentially dangerous? He's a fat cop who can read minds. He's pretty much harmless especially since he seemed to be cooperating. And his escape wouldn't have worked without HRG's guidance.
And it's not a matter of having a non-electric backup power source, it's a matter of everything they use being electrical. An EMP would make them not work. Even if you could control electricity, you probably couldn't generate an EMP, or at least not one big enough to fry the power grid. And as far as the Company knew, Ted hadn't developed his power enough to generate an EMP. And he probably wouldn't have without HRG's guidance.
The Company was as prepared as they needed to be. Their one mistake was going easy on HRG ("because of friendship"). They underestimated him and so he was able to orchestrate this plan that couldn't have possibly worked without him.
There really was nothing the Company could have done. If they had removed the bar, Matt still could've just punched the guard out. And there's no way to EMP-proof a building.
And Linderman probably is the High Priest of Backup Plans, but do you think his main concern right now is Matt, Ted, and HRG? Or at least that it was at the time before they escaped? Linderman is occupied with rigging the election, especially now that Hana ruined his Plan A.
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Date: 2007-04-25 07:59 pm (UTC)As for the pipe, maybe that was on HRG's list of things to take care of, or perhaps since the subjects were almost always unconscious (thanks to the Haitian), they didn't see the point in fixing it, especially since it was incredibly unlikely that anyone would notice. And would you call Matt potentially dangerous? He's a fat cop who can read minds. He's pretty much harmless especially since he seemed to be cooperating. And his escape wouldn't have worked without HRG's guidance.
And it's not a matter of having a non-electric backup power source, it's a matter of everything they use being electrical. An EMP would make them not work. Even if you could control electricity, you probably couldn't generate an EMP, or at least not one big enough to fry the power grid. And as far as the Company knew, Ted hadn't developed his power enough to generate an EMP. And he probably wouldn't have without HRG's guidance.
The Company was as prepared as they needed to be. Their one mistake was going easy on HRG ("because of friendship"). They underestimated him and so he was able to orchestrate this plan that couldn't have possibly worked without him.
There really was nothing the Company could have done. If they had removed the bar, Matt still could've just punched the guard out. And there's no way to EMP-proof a building.
And Linderman probably is the High Priest of Backup Plans, but do you think his main concern right now is Matt, Ted, and HRG? Or at least that it was at the time before they escaped? Linderman is occupied with rigging the election, especially now that Hana ruined his Plan A.