No, he doesn't have any doubt in his mind. He sees a corpse. And he doesn't know that Peter fell from the balcony and regenerated like in the painting. He didn't know Peter could regenerate at all. And he saw a painting of Peter being dead and Peter didn't die. That probably causes him to cast some doubt over the paintings. Corpses are usually big denial killers when it comes to death. And he's a realist. He believes what he sees right in front of his face.
Nathan wouldn't blame Claire. He might have if Peter died trying to save her, but he didn't. He died trying to save Mohinder. Nathan holds no resentment towards Claire, nor should he. If anything, he feels guilty about Claire. Nathan is an alpha dog. When something goes wrong, he blames himself. Peter's death is his fault. Claire being alone is his fault. He felt guilt and the only rage he probably had was toward himself. So of course he wouldn't mind Claire to have a moment with Peter. He's in no position to order Claire around.
I don't think this episode was crap. The only parts that dissatisfied me was some of Mohinder's actions (why take Peter to his home instead of an emergency room?) and Angela acting rather strangely (which might be explained later). I feel like you're too quick to assume characters were just being stupid. The characters aren't omniscient like the viewers are. Even the smart ones can slip up or do something stupid. And the fact is that you can look at just about any episode and point out something stupid someone did. Mohinder not shooting Sylar directly after getting his spinal fluid? Stupid. Linderman's group hiring a random guy (Ando) on security and letting him roam around on his own? Stupid. Linderman hiring Jessica to kill someone he needs? Pretty fucking stupid. Characters do stupid things. It doesn't make an episode bad. What makes an episode bad is when a character acts in a way that cannot be rationalized, when a plot is incredibly obvious and formulaic, when the acting is god-awful-horrible, or when there is blatant fan-service probably because the studio executives said that there needed to be.
This episode wasn't executed poorly. It wasn't executed spectacularly, but it wasn't executed poorly. The emotions of each character may have felt strange to you, but I thought they generally worked well and made sense if I thought about it. And keep in mind that this is a group of writers. Each writer might see something different in each character. So it makes sense that the characters might behave slightly differently, just as long as they are still within their character's emotional spectrum.
And things have to be wrapped up or else this show will become "Lost". I don't want them dragging everything out to an unnecessary length. And also, just because something seems settled doesn't mean it'll stay that way.
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Date: 2007-04-25 08:47 pm (UTC)Nathan wouldn't blame Claire. He might have if Peter died trying to save her, but he didn't. He died trying to save Mohinder. Nathan holds no resentment towards Claire, nor should he. If anything, he feels guilty about Claire. Nathan is an alpha dog. When something goes wrong, he blames himself. Peter's death is his fault. Claire being alone is his fault. He felt guilt and the only rage he probably had was toward himself. So of course he wouldn't mind Claire to have a moment with Peter. He's in no position to order Claire around.
I don't think this episode was crap. The only parts that dissatisfied me was some of Mohinder's actions (why take Peter to his home instead of an emergency room?) and Angela acting rather strangely (which might be explained later). I feel like you're too quick to assume characters were just being stupid. The characters aren't omniscient like the viewers are. Even the smart ones can slip up or do something stupid. And the fact is that you can look at just about any episode and point out something stupid someone did. Mohinder not shooting Sylar directly after getting his spinal fluid? Stupid. Linderman's group hiring a random guy (Ando) on security and letting him roam around on his own? Stupid. Linderman hiring Jessica to kill someone he needs? Pretty fucking stupid. Characters do stupid things. It doesn't make an episode bad. What makes an episode bad is when a character acts in a way that cannot be rationalized, when a plot is incredibly obvious and formulaic, when the acting is god-awful-horrible, or when there is blatant fan-service probably because the studio executives said that there needed to be.
This episode wasn't executed poorly. It wasn't executed spectacularly, but it wasn't executed poorly. The emotions of each character may have felt strange to you, but I thought they generally worked well and made sense if I thought about it. And keep in mind that this is a group of writers. Each writer might see something different in each character. So it makes sense that the characters might behave slightly differently, just as long as they are still within their character's emotional spectrum.
And things have to be wrapped up or else this show will become "Lost". I don't want them dragging everything out to an unnecessary length. And also, just because something seems settled doesn't mean it'll stay that way.