"Have you never seen Dawson's Creek?"

[adeline]

House was kind of weird this week.

I'll get it out of the way first and not come back to it: the writing was less than stellar and much of the dialog felt extremely forced. Bleh.

That said; House and Cuddy = excellent. :D

I really liked Cameron's storyline. Nice change, that. It seems odd that Wilson wouldn't even make an appearance, given the guy's CANCER and all, but, whatever. This is Cameron, after all. I'm glad she eventually acceded the guy's request, and I also appreciated that her husband was brought up again, I thought it fit nicely with the general theme of the episode.

Chase cracked me up when he advised House to keep the rape victim asleep.

The clinic = mad fun times! I hope we get to see a lot more of that. ♥

I thought it cute that Wilson would seek House out in the jogging park, in the middle of the day, and not even on a House-finding-and-dragging-back-to-work mission. Hee. Was there lecturing? I forget. I was distracted by RSL's cuteness. SO SUE ME.

The big reveal of House's abuse by his father? I'd figured as much. That's what reading spoilers will do for you. Nice bit of trivia with his Dutch grandmother, though. And hoping people will break legs, LMAO. "I'm evil." Heh. Yeah, you are.

Foosball game! :D

I'll watch it all again tonight, because for now, the main storyline and how much it sucked makes this a crappy episode with bright highlights here and there. :\


Now, I have some Heroes speculation! Nothing huge, just a screencap-supported assumption about Claire's biological father, that may or may not all be chalked up to sloppy continuity.

The promo for Distractions shows a man's forearm and hand, while the voice-over teases on Claire's father's identity. It may thus be safely assumed that the body parts shown belong to him. See them below:





Because of the pricey-looking watch and ring, it might be easily inferred the hand belongs to Nathan. So, of course, obsessive fan that I am, I had to go and have a look at Nathan's watch. Turns out, it's not the same as above! Lookit:


(n'aaaaawww, shouldn't he smile all the time?)

Of course, he could have several watches. So let's have a look at the ring! I have no screen cap here, but take my word for it, Nathan's wedding band is nowhere near as wide as Claire's alleged bio dad's is. He does have a bigger piece of jewelry, but he wears it on the other hand. (I wasn't kidding about the obsession.)

Temporary conclusion: Nathan Petrelli is not the man shown to be Claire's biological father in the preview for Distractions. The mystery stays whole.

Hee. Fandom is so fun.


- HRG:
(no match)
(no match)

- Matt Parkman:
(MATCH! O_O)
(Eeeeh...)

- Chandra Suresh:
(wtf, rite?)

- Ted the radioactive guy: wears neither ring nor watch.

- Sylar: ditto

Comments

[quiet-rebel.livejournal.com]

I say Claire's dad is Lindeman, or a totally new character the show will throw our way.

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my best guess is Linderman again. It's supposed to be a shocking revelation, so I don't think it'll be a new character.

[barilace.livejournal.com]

NOOOO!

I thought about that too! I saw the watch and screamed out: OH NO! It's Nathan!

*cries* No! My Peter/Claire shippage dreams must come true sometime in the next..however many years.

I bet they did it to trick us, or maybe Lindeman is Claire's dad. Or..maybe Nathan. Psssh.

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Aw, yeah, Peter/Claire shippers would be pretty miffed if Nathan was her dad, wouldn't they? *hugs in support*

My money's still on Linderman or (very long shot) Matt Parkman. (Because who would see that coming?)

[canadian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Someone (was it you?) speculated in my journal Ted might be the father of Claire, any chance you have caps of that too?

It's the subject title to this entry that caught my interest btw, where's it from ? ^_^

House's grandmother is Dutch? Woohoo (so am I). Too bad we're so behind with the show over here :(

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was me. :) I've since skimmed through episodes 1-10, and never saw him with a ring OR a watch. So, by my expectations, he's out. I have a new suspect, though! :D LOL.

"Have you never seen Dawson's Creek?" is a quote from the latest House episode. It's what he asks clinic patients who confessed to have unprotected sex. LMAO.

Hee, yes, or at least that's what he says. What season are you up to? France is in the middle of season 2. :)

[canadian-turtle.livejournal.com]

"Have you never seen Dawson's Creek?" is a quote from the latest House episode. It's what he asks clinic patients who confessed to have unprotected sex. LMAO.
LMFAO Indeed!

Hee, yes, or at least that's what he says. What season are you up to? France is in the middle of season 2. :)
I watched the newest episodes until about November last year when I was in Canada. I am not sure what season we're at in NL but I know I tried to watch it a few times and recognised the story lines...

[canadian-turtle.livejournal.com]

I have a new suspect, though! :D LOL.

OMGWTF, just saw :| :| :| :|

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah, I know. That would be an unexpected twist.

[never-evil.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOO It's kinda sad but very logical. And I can't argue with screencaps now can I?

But yeah, thing is we're not even sure if The Hand is relavant.

But we do know that Claire's mother had her dad's number right?

If it ain't Nathan I'd rather it be HRG himself.

*awaits Ted & HRG screencaps*

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're not gonna like the screencaps I'm editing in... But hey, maybe Jack or Adrian were in a hurry on the day they shot that scene and inadvertantly grabbed Greg's watch from the prop department?

[never-evil.livejournal.com]

*looks at new screencaps* WTF MATT!? He's already having a baby ?(well his wife is but you know what I mean) BUT OMG that would be some great confrontation too! Because Matt dislikes HRG just like Nathan!!

Also just noticed you were talking about House - what ep/season are you talking about?

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

I know, right? It'd be totally shocking for it to be Matt, of all people.

These were my comments on episode 3x12, One day, one room. Where are you up to? :)

[never-evil.livejournal.com]

Yes! Apparently daddy will be revealed in ep15 so 2 more weeks to go >.<"

Ah I'm like 11 eps behind you but better late than never.

I just got confused because I saw you telling Zar about S2 House and I was thinking hmmm I thought you knew about the skateboard scene.

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

:O Episode fifteen? Oh, how they tease!

Right! This just goes to show what an airhead I am, doesn't it? LOL! You'd just said the season had started in NZ this week. Jeez, you'd think I'd be able to retain information a bit longer than about 12 seconds. *headdesk*

I keep up with the US broadcast, downloading episodes hours after they air on FOX, so I'm not really representative of the French audience at large, though I do tune in now and again to check out the (very 'meh') voice dubbing/translation.

[asha-dreamweave.livejournal.com]

I vote for Linderman. There's something suspicious that Claire's mother is recorded as dead and yet is still alive, and Claire herself is supposed to be dead and instead is alive with HRG for a dad.

Not to mention WHO exactly is HRG working for?

I seriously don't want her dad to be Nathan tho. That just screws up the Paire. Not to mention Nathan would have been about 22-ish? Wouldn't he either be in the army or in college somewhere other than Texas at the time Claire was born?

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Yeah, for all of my theorizing, I still expect it to be Linderman.

I haven't really tried to figure out Nathan's canon age, but yes, he'd have to have been pretty young abd besides, so many people are thinking it's gonna be him, it wouldn't be so much of a 'shocking revelation'.

[asha-dreamweave.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that Hayden said in an article that they'd shot up to ep 17 and that she hadn't worked with Adrian. Which means no scenes with Nathan.

Add that to the fact that 80% of viewers expect it to be Nathan and it makes me think that they're def being deliberately misleading and that it's not going to be him.

At least, that's what I'm hoping!

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Ooh, excellent point, that! Though I guess, it might be possible for us to learn of Claire's father's identity long before she actually meets him.

I wouldn't really mind for him to be Nathan as much as I would the fact that it was OMG SO OBVIOUS! And much of fandom is going to be so smug and post "I told you so"s all over the place. Annoying, much?

Either way, I subscribe to your logic wholeheartedly. It wouldn't make much sense by now.

[decadentdream.livejournal.com]

Obviously we can't really take the Haitian's word for it cause he's just reciting what HRG told him. So, in which case, I would not be surprised if it was HRG himself. That would be a nice circle and give us a perfect loop. From what we know the father hasn't been on the scene at all, and the only mentions of a male in that period of time was HRG's very presence at the mother's supposed death. It never occured to me to be him, but looking at your screencap with the business shirt, it's likely.

Again, I've still got my money on Linderman. But you've made an awesome point with Matt, and as I said to Parul that'd be an interesting situation for him to find out about 2 kids at the same time. Is it likely for him to be wearing a business shirt though? :\ And you know either Claire's daddy has a MASSIVE ring, or a bunch of them piled onto that finger. Being that everybody is only wearing one I'm still wondering what's going on. But, u know, I also wonder if they are trying to mislead us because maybe it's possible that footage has nothing to do with that phone call (and they just wanted to sit back and laugh at us speculating).

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

I would absolutely LOVE for it to be HRG. Think of the family angst! Ooh, the Claire-drama! Of course, every possible option leads to tons of it, but the new dimensions of betrayal this would entail? Take the big damn cake, no contest. I've more or less ruled him out because of the wrong watch color, but there might as well be nothing to it.

they just wanted to sit back and laugh at us speculating
LOL, that's another definite possibility! And misleading previews aren't a new publicity device by any means, so we must expect it to a certain extent. It's funny because they make it sound like it's going to be this big shocking revelation, but after all of our theorizing and speculating, there's no way any of us are going to be utterly stunned. Unless it does turn out to be Matt, LOL!

[decadentdream.livejournal.com]

Yeah we have so many people going "It's Nathan!" "It's Sylar!" "It's Linderman!" it would be just like them to pull the rug out from under our feet and go "HAHA guess WHAT? It really WAS HRG! NER NER!" LOL And you're right. She would fully let loose on him because he really did hurt his own daughter, and all that heartbreak he suffered would have been much more meaningful. And can u think, HRG backstory, maybe the fact he discovered this special woman and her child led him to delve into the supernatural-peopled business in the first place! So he could help his baby! *grins* Besides *whispers* I've just read 2 summaries that were exactly the same word for word except the last part - instead of saying that Claire takes her anger out on her "real father" the 2nd one said "HRG". Can I hope someone slipped up? (A)

Oh I do hope they are being incredibly misleading. What if it WAS Claude and that scene was flashing back to 17 years ago when they first lost her? He could have been all business-like before becoming a hobo... haha. You never know what's around the bend. But on one hand I do think they like us to speculate because we probably end up giving them story ideas and push them to keep ahead of the rest of us ideas wise. Honestly, I don't think I could be surprised by anything now, we've exhausted every possible option. It'd have to be absolutely HUGE to be something we haven't thought about.

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Ah, bygones... ;)

And I've read the exact same summary with "adoptive father" at the end, LOL. Methinks NBC is knowingly screwing with our minds. One does wonder, though, what on Earth she'd have to be mad at Nathan about - he thought her dead all this time.

I really like the idea of HRG getting involved in this whole business of hunting down/studying the super-abled out of worry/fascination for Claire.

[decadentdream.livejournal.com]

Probably cause he ignored her. I'm sure he'll see her only as a smear to his perfect campaign (like Peter). And not just the fact she's an "illegitimate daughter" but he'll probably hold the power thing against them too.

Yeah I'm thinking you're right on the money with that one. I can't remember what his exact words were to Isaac now LOL all I remmeber is him saying mommy was dead hence why I went.. "Er... WHAT? HOW?" at the spoiler. But anyways... it's kind of sad really, because I would have liked it to be HRG to show there really was a reason why he was so passionate about her safety.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I was gonna do exactly what you did, so I'm glad you did it for me :). I agree with the ring that it doesn't match Nathan's. But in this promo pic (http://pics.livejournal.com/limmenel/pic/000da43c), the watches do look very similar!

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Oh my! Well, see, if they go switching around props on us like that, how are we supposed to speculate accurately? And of COURSE the picture would cut off the fingers. Sheesh. LOL. Though, judging by the angle of lighting, I guess this could be another trick of the light effect. But now I'm just grasping at straws, aren't I? >_<

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I've been going through all of the Nathan pics that I can find, and there are so few that show his watch/ring, which makes this very difficult!

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

So it appears he just owns several watches that he wears indifferently, and, that he wears that big ring on whichever hand, regardless of his left already sporting his wedding band. LOL, okay. I can live with that. Adds to the greater psychological chaos, and all that. ;)

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

The ring thing bothers me, because yeah, the watch could be the same, I'll give him that, but do guys actually do that? Wear a ring and move it from finger to finger depending on their mood, sometimes wearing it along with their wedding ring? Seems fishy. Maybe it's a ring from Peter (ahhh, the incest, it's taking over!)