Desmond and the Meh-ness of It All.

My lecturer thinks exams are stupid because they're supposed to test your methods of study and your knowledge over the course of the semester. Unfortunately, the exams take place in an environment that is nothing like the one you're in during the term.

Throughout the term, you do your assignments in micros.o.ftwo.rd, you send it through the email, you basically have 2 weeks and more to prepare (which even then, seems strangely short), you do it in the library, in the canteen, on your bed, and in the bus. There's food, and there's bubbletea, your friends, and in my case, my imaginary friends.

My lecturer's question is: HOW THEN IS THE EXAM TESTING ANYTHING ABOUT STUDYING THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER?!

I'm with you Sir.

Anyhow, it's 3 down, 1 to go. So... YAY... you know.

In line with the academic-feel of the entry, look what found it's way into the dictionary this year!

"The dictionary entry for "meh" will say it can be used as an interjection to indicate indifference or boredom, as an adjective to describe something as boring or mediocre, or to show an individual is apathetic or unimpressed." --Yahoo!UK

Whadduyaknow, it's the perfect word to describe exams!!

Now on to Heroes!
*Major Heroes Season 3 Spoilers*

So this week's episode takes place after the event of the last two weeks. i.e Peter and Claire are at his apartment after he gets flung 7 stories, and survives it with only scratches. Nathan and Tracy have just left for Pinehearst, after lying to Peter that they wouldn't. Elle has gone into the Pinehearst in the hopes of getting her powers removed like Peter. Syler is in there already, after having flung Peter the 7 stories, and cushioned his fall with his power. Angela is still in her totally-awake-comatose. And as per last week, Arthur has his hands full with Hiro. No, seriously, he has his hands full with Hiro's face.
That's how we start off the episode proper. In the midst of Arthur's mind mojo-ing, Ando, bless his heart, tries to go up against the biggest baddie of the entire show. That's the second multi-super-powered baddie Ando has tried to fight with his own human strength now. Seriously, Ando is one heck of a good friend. Anyways, Arthur throws him a few feet into the air, and continues mindswapping Hiro. Personally I think there's nothing in there to swap, but I'm not Arthur, so I'll shut up now.

Half way through the memory wipe, he is distracted by a picture of an eclipse. And that gives Ando enough time to crawl back to Hiro, who now thinks he is 10 years old. Ando manages to blink Hiro's eyes for him, and they teleport out of Somewhere in Africa. They find themselves in a bowling alley in Tokyo, Japan, where the waffles Hiro is thinking about are sold. Man, I so need to get myself Hiro's power. Hurry up with the formula already Mohinder! After some convincing from Ando that he has power over the Space Time Continuum, the pair teleport to Sam's Comics, in Tokyo which happens to sell 9th Wonders!, which is a prophetic comic book about Hiro and Ando. What I don't understand is, who is drawing them? Issac Mendez used to draw it until he was killed.

Back in Primatech, Texas, Matt and Daphne pay a visit to Angela Petrelli. Okay, granted, he was just there to seek help, but Primatech was having it's family day in Florida or something -- there's not a soul in sight. Or maybe there is. Matt sees Usutu, (DesertIssac here at repeated.blogspot.com) who's supposed to have already been beheaded, standing in the corridor, and Matt follows him. DesertIssac disappears around the turn, but Matt finds Angela Petrelli, in her comatose state. Now, methinks the turtle isn't Matt's spirit guide anymore....

Matt telepath-ically enters the Angela's dream with Daphne, trying to help her.Unfortunately, Arthur Petrelli visits the dream, and traps them all in there. He spills the Daphne betrayal beans, but Daphne professes that she really loves Matt, and they are all set free... because as Charles Deveaux puts it, "In the end, all that matters is love." WHOKAY.

Nathan and Tracy visit Arthur at Pinehearst. There's some confrontation and meh, and Nathan and Tracy leave. Tracy however, walks back in after Nathan flies off, and makes a deal with Arthur, to turn Nathan dark side. Guess Tracy is the new Daphne. B e t r a y e r.

Mohinder tells us he has combined his findings with Pinehearst's but the new formula still lacks a catalyst, which is SomeOne, not something.

At Peter's apartment, Peter and Claire are whining about something. MEH. Peter needs to run off, because "they're" gonna come after him. Claire offers to help but because Peter tells her to go home. He's seen the future version of Claire, and she's evil, and that she killed him in that future, and he doesn't want her to turn into that, so she has to go home and put crime fighting behind her. MEH. They keep whining, and Flint and Knox arrive. However, they aren't here for Peter. They're really there for Claire... cos she's the SomeOne. Anyhow, the both of them manage to escape Flint and Knox, and they whine some more. Like I said, MEH.

Elsewhere, Arthur reveals he knows that Sylar was the one who saved his brother. Arthur says that Sylar has empathy, and by accessing his empathy, he can take powers without having to slice off heads. He offers someone up as bait -- Elle, who is chained to a huge empty cell. It's also dark. Nice to see Pinehearst loses to Primatech in the facilities and decor department. I think this is the scene that really saved the entire episode, which was quite MEH.

Elle shocks Sylar in revenge for her father's murder. In fact she blasts him so hard she basically fries his shirt, and him totally. But because he can heal, he doesn't die. Elle and Sylar basically have a sob-rant-fest, and they both talk about betrayal, and sad childhoods. Elle is still all angsty, and Sylar is really doing well on the Being Good test. He doesn't kill her, and in fact he's really helping her through the tough time, by allowing her to vent on him. Literally.

The strange thing for me here is, Elle and Sylar are whining about their sad lives. That's what they're basically doing. But they don't sound like they're doing so, unlike Peter and Claire, who have no right to whine, which they basically do for the entire episode. Seriously, ELLE AND SYLAR ARE AWESOME. Told you so, only messed up people understand messed up people.

Elle fries Sylar so much that she's all exhausted. She begs him to kill her and take her power, and as he's fried on the floor, he gestures like he's ready to pop her head. But he frees her from her chains, and goes over to her, and asks her to forgive herself. Very nice parallel to last week, when she freed him from his noose and told him he deserved a second chance. When Elle finally does, she is freed from her out-of-control shocks and the pain. And lo and behold, Sylar demonstrates her power, while she retains hers. Without cutting off her head. Good on you man, knew you could do it. Then sparks fly, literally, between the both of them and they have some bonding time...

The episode ends with what is meant to be a separation of the both teams, good and evil. But with the line up, I'd say it's grey against gray. Angela, Matt, Daphne, Nathan and WHINER uncle and niece Peter and Claire in Primatech; Arthur, Tracy Betrayer, Flint, Knox, AWESOME Sylar and Elle in Pinehearst. Arthur prophetically draws a picture of an eclipse, and let's us know that "it's coming". (Dude, like we haven't already seen the SAME picture at DesertIssac's house. In university, what you're doing would be called plagerism.)

This episode was pretty MEH. But Elle and Sylar really saved the episode, with great acting. Great miniplot for them. Other than that, nothing much.

I love the new word 'MEH'.

Now back to studying.