I for one actually called that Sandra was going to shoot Claire, she was going to heal, and then wang Doyle in the noggin.

It would have been better if Meredith, Sandra and Claire beat him up Deathproof style but that scene really milked it for all it was worth.

Now let's be perfectly honest here from an objective standpoint: what else could possibly have happened?

The only alternatives are A) Meredith dies, Sandra dies, C) One of them manages to shake off Eric's control and shoot him instead. Would you rather have had one of those?

It was predictable, but still exciting to watch

Knock that creeper dead!

It was predictable, but I did like the touch where Sandra kept on pulling the trigger until she got the right chamber.

it was a great scene. the puppet man is awesomely sadistic

Couldn't see it playing out better any other way. Looks like Claire is starting to act a bit smarter towards these sort of things.

Yeah, it was. But I didn't care at all, because I think it was the best way to do that scene.

Agree
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Agree (finally she gets smarter... )

I think the entire thing was a giant waste of time. It didn't do anything to further the plot in any significant way whatsoever.

Yeah a little predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless. Expecting anything more out of that would have been unrealistic. Though it may have been cool to see HRG do his trademark bust-in and blow Doyle away.

Exactly. Predictable? Of course, but even thought I knew what would happen, I couldn't wait to actually see it.

And anyway, I thought it heightened the scene knowing that Doyle was going to fall right into the trap. It almost felt like it was my OWN trap cause I was on the inside as well, knowing what Claire was planning.

The writers ripped that scene off from the X-Files episode "Pusher". And in the X-Files, I didn't figure out what was going to happen right away. But hopefully, they added this scene to help Claire out of her whiny stage and into her hero stage.

I have to agree with everyone that this scene was highly predictable.

I also find it odd that Doyle didn't know that something was up when Claire was like, "Go ahead, Mom. Pull the trigger." I'd find it even more weird if the girl's mother agreed.

Of course, I couldn't see this scene going any other way. I'm glad that Claire did something right for a change. I'm glad that HRG was impressed. Claire brought down a bad guy.

I do wonder why Merideth allowed herself to be viewed as the "cool aunt".

i get wat your saying, but there was no other way, unless they wanted to kill one of the mothers

It was predictable but so what. That whole Russian Roulette scene was amazing!

I agree with everyone else here, predictable, but still great.


This was my favorite part. Sandra's just as BA as her husband. She knew what she had to do.

Also, I think Meredith felt bad about being called the "cool aunt." It was like Doyle was saying "you're not really a mother" because she doesn't come off as nurturing, devoted, and protective. I didn't think she shut her mouth because she was afraid of getting shot, just that Doyle kind of put her in her place.

Predictable or not, this scene was very intense. I was practically jumping out of my seat. I'm such a freak, lol.

Doyle's lines were completely insane!
I loved it!

i was personally waiting for mr muggles to jump through some random window and onto doyle's face and save the day. now THAT would have been a twist.

or maybe lyle could pop out from behind a corner and try to hit him with something, ultimately worsening the scenario.. he seems to be pretty good at fulfilling that role in the bennett family conflicts.

I was just thinking about posting that too

Good catch there!

But at the same time, everything's ripping something or another off.

And to be perfectly honest, you can't have a russian roulette scene without it turning out to the benefit of the person or people who are the victims in the scene. It would have been a surprise if the gun had gone all the way around and sandra got shot. Surprise and no loss of a cool, yet to be developed character. But oh well. I won't complain too much seeing as they didn't actually kill doyle.

Yes, the scene was predictable, but the whole story arc for Sandra was incredible!

She's been so worried about Claire, as her adoptive mother, she forgets sometimes that she can withstand a bullet! That's why she followed Claire to fight Doyle, despite knowing she'd be practically useless against him. Her pulling the trigger was her accepting the fact that Claire is more of an adult and can handle things on her own. She doesn't always need her mother anymore.

Totally touching scene, I thought!

It was extremely predictable but I still liked Doyle's reaction when he found out that Meredith was Claire's mother.

I didn't catch onto what was happening until Claire told Sandra to shoot her.
Maybe I'm just slow.

Predictable yes, but I thought they acting was great. All 3 actresses did a really good job with the varying emotions in the scene.

Predictable or not, I thought that was by far one of the best scenes in the season. It was so full of suspense, the fact that Claire could regenerate escaped my mind until the gun was pointed at her. Doyle is pure evil!

maybe you are right.

i do, however, think x-files is a little dated to think that heroes is actively "ripping" storylines from it. wasn't that show on, like..15 years ago? c'mon.

even if that were true, there's plenty of people who never watch these "reference" shows and movies people think heroes is ripping from.

so, for us, it's new. and, even if it weren't 'new,' it's still highly appropriate to the storyline.

i guess what i'm saying is..if you see parallels to other stories, then consider it a nod.

i don't think the x-files crew was watching heroes last night and getting angry because they ripped a storyline they told similarly over a decade ago. i just don't see that as logical behavior.

I knew what was going to happen as soon as the gun ended up pointing Claire. Great scene altogether.

That's how it was for me. Yes, I figured what would have to happen, but the drama was good, especially the Puppeteers digs at Claire's relationships with his mothers.