Ted was in a special room. His room was entirely encased in lead shielding and his powers were probably inhibited. By the room. But once he was out of the room, he could use his powers again without a problem. And once again, Ted was behaving and cooperating. When Matt came to rescue him, he didn't want to go at first, probably thinking that the smart thing to do would be cooperate.
And Matt wasn't right next to HRG. Otherwise, HRG would have had him rescue him first. Matt could hear HRG all throughout the complex. He didn't have to be near him. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe he's read HRG's mind so much that he's just become attuned to his brainwaves or something. In any case, Matt probably could have heard HRG anywhere and there was no way to suppress his power without the Haitian. And Matt was under supervision. Not constant supervision, but remember that guy he knocked out? Supervision. And Matt was sedated too. He was awakened by HRG. If HRG hadn't thought out loud so hard, Matt probably would have still been sleeping when the guy he knocked out showed up.
Have you seen airport security? The last thing they want is more attention. Especially if Linderman runs the airports. And maybe the Company will head them off. Who knows? They might be more on top of it than we think.
I guess a gradual build might have been a bit better, but he's been worrying about Peter getting himself killed since Episode 1. It's not like he didn't see this coming, so maybe a gradual develpment of his realization wouldn't have made that much sense. And there's also the fact that he does an instant 180 after seeing his brother's corpse that lets the audience know just how much he cares about Peter. It's his weakness. The chink in his ego-armor. If his brother's death would have THIS much effect on him, instantly, that says a lot about his character. And maybe he did have a gradual buildup from the moment he heard and during the ride over. We didn't see it, but it probably happened, and seeing him dead probably pushed him to the breaking point.
And that's the funny thing about this "death" scene. Angela is handling her grief silently where Nathan is bawling his eyes out. This is the exact opposite of what you would think for both characters and shows both of them in a different light.
And you're right about the denial. But the moment he sees a corpse, the denial which was containing his emotions shattered and he just lost it. It makes sense.
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Date: 2007-04-25 08:20 pm (UTC)And Matt wasn't right next to HRG. Otherwise, HRG would have had him rescue him first. Matt could hear HRG all throughout the complex. He didn't have to be near him. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe he's read HRG's mind so much that he's just become attuned to his brainwaves or something. In any case, Matt probably could have heard HRG anywhere and there was no way to suppress his power without the Haitian. And Matt was under supervision. Not constant supervision, but remember that guy he knocked out? Supervision. And Matt was sedated too. He was awakened by HRG. If HRG hadn't thought out loud so hard, Matt probably would have still been sleeping when the guy he knocked out showed up.
Have you seen airport security? The last thing they want is more attention. Especially if Linderman runs the airports. And maybe the Company will head them off. Who knows? They might be more on top of it than we think.
I guess a gradual build might have been a bit better, but he's been worrying about Peter getting himself killed since Episode 1. It's not like he didn't see this coming, so maybe a gradual develpment of his realization wouldn't have made that much sense. And there's also the fact that he does an instant 180 after seeing his brother's corpse that lets the audience know just how much he cares about Peter. It's his weakness. The chink in his ego-armor. If his brother's death would have THIS much effect on him, instantly, that says a lot about his character. And maybe he did have a gradual buildup from the moment he heard and during the ride over. We didn't see it, but it probably happened, and seeing him dead probably pushed him to the breaking point.
And that's the funny thing about this "death" scene. Angela is handling her grief silently where Nathan is bawling his eyes out. This is the exact opposite of what you would think for both characters and shows both of them in a different light.
And you're right about the denial. But the moment he sees a corpse, the denial which was containing his emotions shattered and he just lost it. It makes sense.