March Football 2021

The new part of the blog continues as I rank the football matches I watched in March from least favourite to favourite. Based on nothing more than my opinion and enjoyment from watching each match.

Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea, English Premier League, I don't like Chelsea :(

Liverpool 0-1 Fulham, English Premier League, I still don't like Chelsea :(

Aston Villa 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers, English Premier League, this game happened.

Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd, English Premier League, dull, boring and lifeless. Summed up by Utds wayward passing as they struggled to pick each other out in the mist with their white away kit.

Roma 1-0 Genoa, Serie A, quiet game that never got going.

Verona 0-2 AC Milan, Serie A, comfortable win for Milan again rather quiet game. 

Dundee Utd 0-0 Celtic, Scottish Premier League, all Celtic and Dundee fought hard to keep them to 0-0.

Bosnia-Herzegovnia 0-1 France, World Cup Qualifier, a battling Bosnia disrupted France and kept it to one goal.

Real Madrid 3-1 Atalanta, Champions League, Atlanta played against their usual style tried to play cute and Madrid weren't having any of it.

Liverpool 2-0 RB Leipzig, Champions League, Liverpool completely killed the game then put Leipzig to the sword. Fabinho played in midfield where he blonged.

Manchester City 0-2 Manchester Utd, English Premier League, really good counter attacking win by Utd. 

Burnley 1-1 Arsenal, English Premier League, Arsenal went ahead early looked to dominate and then Granit Xhaka set up a Burnley equaliser just before half time and the second half turned into a hell of a match.

Paris St-Germain 1-1 Barcelona, Champions League, all Barcelona with Paris managing to keep them out. Barcelona could have won by four goals, Paris were never able to kill the game and until the final five minutes were always hanging on. 

Frosinone 2-2 Monza, Serie B, good fun game. 

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Liverpool, English Premier League, nasty injury for the keeper at the end.

Everton 1-0 Southampton, English Premier League, a game where both teams were on top at different stages and few chances as defences snuffed out attackers who were reduced to wayward shots.

Wales 1-0 Mexico, International Friendly, a second string Wales pulled off a hard fought win against Mexico who had most of the play.

Brighton 1-2 Leicester City, English Premier League, Brighton play well but even when they get an early goal can't build on it. Very good win for Leicester who were the second best team throughout.

Fulham 1-2 Leeds, English Premier League, fun attacking game with lots of chances.

Napoli 3-1 Bologna, Serie A, a more even game than the score line suggests, if Bologna had made more of their half chances this could have been a draw. 

Ajax 3-1 FC Gronigen, Eredivisie, quiet first half and eventful second half.

Borussia Monchengladbach 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen, Bundesliga, lovely technical game with the home team spending the first half breaking up chances with last second interventions. Leverkusen are the most easy on the eye team at the moment.

Juventus 3-0 Spezia, Serie A, really good play by Spezia who just turn to jelly in the oppositions penalty box, good late against the play goal.

Bielefeld 0- 1 RB Leipzig, Bundesliga, brilliant display from the home team who'd been tonked a few times. Put in a fantastic defensive counter attacking performance and were unlucky the Leipzig sneaked one in just after half time. Leipzig were also very good with the most one sided one goal win I've seen this season.

Man City 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers, English Premier League, very good game with Wolves looking like they weathered the storm going in only a goal down at the break and then pulling level. City poured on the pressure and pulled away, good last second goal.

Russia 2-1 Slovenia, World Cup Qualifier, unexpectedly enjoyable match, very even with all the goals coming in a ten minute spell and a good "big man" performance by the Russian striker.

Belgium 3-1 Wales, World Cup Qualifier, Wales without vital players, without their coach and an injury in the opening minutes had some moments going ahead early but were dominated by the World number ones. 

Huesca 3-4 Celta Vigo, La Liga, utter insane back and forth game with both sides ahead at one point.

Turkey 4-2 Holland, World Cup Qualifier, a fantastic qualifying match with chances, cards, penalties, goals and very nearly an awesome comeback, Turkey with a "one for the notebook" underdog performance as Holland were on top for most of the match.

Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Sevilla, Champions League, all Sevilla with Dortmund limited to attacks on the break. Dortmund went two goals up and Sevilla clawed it back on the night but gave themselves to much to do overall.

Armenia 3-2 Romania, World Cup Qualifier, an amazing game where both teams took the lead in a goal filled second half with Armenia weathering the storm and going ahead early only to look like they would be overwhelmed but fighting back with two goals after the 80th minute. Armenia now sit top of their qualifying group ahead of North Macedonia leaving Germany and Romania feeling nervous. 

Norwich City 1-0 Brentford, Championship, a big game match with a big game feel as Norwich went for it like their lives and promotional chances depended on it. Brentford did well to stay in touch.

Juventus 3-2 Porto, Champions League, a huge epic night with Porto going through on away goals after extra time. Exactly what you want from a second leg Champions League match.

Bayern Munich 4-2 Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, a glorious game that was all Bayern despite Dortmund getting an early two goal lead. Equaliser just before half time and the fourth goal came at good points for trading.

Wales 1-0 Czech Republic, World Cup Qualifier, utter hell to sit through as 2nd place seeds Wales hosted 3rd seed Czechs fighting it out for second place behind Belgium. The main story being Wales were missing key figures through injury and covid suspensions resulted in a game full of clearances, saves, wasted chances, boots through the TV, two red cards and redemption for Neco Williams and Dan James who have had disappointing seasons.

Lost - Further Instructions

Houston we have a problem, season 3 continues to stall before it can get started. For those of you unaware while this is the third episode but before broadcast it was planned as the second. This episode focuses on the camp and the aftermath of the explosion at the end of season 2. Before I go into the episode itself I don't believe that rearranging the episode does anything to help or hinder them as they are largely character based moody episodes that don't have much of an opening night feel to them it pains me to say it but despite the episodes being individually decent they do not flow together well which results in a tough sit.

The episode itself is a case study in John Locke in that he wakes up after an explosion and decides to go on a vision quest so the island can tell him what to do. Anyone else would have checked they were in one piece, checked everyone else was ok and then regrouped back at the camp. Needless to say via a memorable vision quest scene and an excellent cameo from Ian Somerhalder as the deceased Boone to go off and find Eko who is missing. The rest of the episode is Locke and Charlie mounting a rescue of Eko from a feral polar bear. The flashback is based around an episode of Lockes life when he's living in a hippy commune growing drugs and is duped by an undercover cop. Its good stuff as the more we find out about Locke the more we find that theres nothing to him as he goes through life being dictated too by other people and events feeling more and more sorry for himself with each of lifes defeats. Lockes strength as a character is his shallowness and the extreme lengths he goes to on the island to make himself look the opposite. 

We also see Desmond and Hurley for the first time this season, Desmond appearing to be in shock and naked as he was at the epicentre of the explosion. We don't find out a lot about the explosion but we do find out it likes thirsty Scots. He hooks up with Hurley whose on his way back from the pier where The Others kidnapped Jack and co. The main thing of interest happens at this point as Desmond tells Hurley to relax as Locke has made a speech about making a rescue attempt - a speech he doesn't make until later in the episode! Something has happened to Desmond but we don't know what yet!

Watching this episode back there are a few surprising nods to Live and Let Die, ie the drugs and the hairspray moment. We don't find out anything about the explosion although there is the prospect of finding something out in the future with Desmond. This is a good episode enough to get a 6/10 from me but its frustrating as the season continues to open at a snails pace. Desmond steals the show despite having limited screen time and its nice to see Charlie doing something. Hurley though has gone through the ringer in the last few episodes he's had his girlfriend killed, been forced to go on an expedition, tasered, tied up, blindfolded, then told to bugger off by The Others and made to walk back across the island - poor sod! To sum up its a good episode but frustrating and it feels like the producers and the show have lost their way.

Lost - The Glass Ballerina

This is an episode that I'd forgotten about and wasn't expecting to come in this position. After last weeks episode I rolled into this episode looking forward to seeing what was going on at the camp after the explosion and that isn't touched upon this episode. In all honesty I'd forgot that Sayid, Sun and Jin were on the boat looking to link up with Jacks party in an ambush attempt. As enjoyable as this episode is there is an element of "hurry up and get back to the hatch" about this episode.

I enjoyed this episode and in particular the flashback, we get some meat on the bone of Sun and Jins story. Despite being a shared flashback between the couple a lot is packed in such as the state of their marriage, Sun not being a pure as we're led to believe, Jin willing to do so much to keep Sun in his life and the effect Mr Paik has on their lives. I don't need the flashback to always be pivotal to the episode and this one works as a rather nice character piece.

Its a busy episode away from the flashback as Kate and Sawyer are put to work clearing rocks and we see and meet more of The Others including someone who looks to be the girlfriend of Karl from last week. The Others mount an attack on the boat as Sayid sets up a trap, this all feels like its writing by numbers to get the boat away from the Losties but it makes Sayid look stupid as he tries to set up an ambush with three people while trying to keep it a secret from one of them. Sun being the one to actually shoot someone is a good touch and helps the episode in its mission statement to "muddy" her.

The final scene with Jack and Ben is a good one, it asks questions such as what is their interest in Jack and why isn't he being put to work with Kate & Sawyer. I could have done without the TV and "current events" moment which ties The Others and the show to America in a way that takes the shine off. The Red Sox joke could have been done any other way any other time and it doesn't land at this moment but nice try. 

To sum up a very good episode 8/10 but not the episode this viewer was looking for.

February Football 2021

A new thing for the blog as I rank the football matches I watched in February from least favourite to favourite. Based on nothing more than my opinion and enjoyment from watching each match.

Sporting Lisbon 1-0 Benfica, Primeria Liga, a turgid game with both teams trying to out troll each other.

Cagliari 0-1 Atalanta, Serie A, awful vicious and nasty game. For some reason it looked like both teams wanted a fight.   

West Bromich Albion 1-0 Brighton, English Premier League, Brighton played like they'd lost their souls to Crystal Palace. West Brom were Sam Allardyce 101. 

Sheffield Utd 2-1 West Bromich Albion, English Premier League, a relegation six pointer which was disappointingly low grade game with a leaden foot Sheffield playing a West Brom team who didn't look bothered. 

Fulham 0-0 West Ham, English Premier League, some nifty play in midfield in the first half hour by Fulham but bar that nothing for the notebook.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester City, English Premier League, Wolves took an hour to realise they could win if they have a go. 

Manchester Utd 0-0 West Ham Utd, FA Cup, the game never got out of second gear. West Ham could have done a lot more.

Atalanta 0-1 Real Madrid, Champions League, a game spoilt by a harsh red card. Atalanta played decent when down to 10 but Madrid were a shadow of themselves. 

Liverpool 0-2 Everton, English Premier League, Everton got ahead quickly and Liverpool proceeded to run down dead ends and into Everton players for 85 minutes.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Leeds Utd, English Premier League, a convoluted game where both sides overcomplicated their attacks. Livened up by a classic own goal and good final few minutes.

West Bromich Albion 1-1 Manchester Utd, English Premier League, Baggies went ahead in the first minute and it could have been a nightmare Sam Allardyce scenario, Mancs didn't fire and the game petered out. 

Lazio 1-4 Bayern Munich, Champions League, a game of two halves - high scoring with all the goals coming before the 50th minute before the game turned into a foul fest. 

AC Milan 0-3 Inter Milan, Serie A, Inter completely contained Milan and never looked in any danger. 

Leicester City 1-0 Brighton, FA Cup, good build up play from both sides but poor up front. 

Liverpool 0-1 Brighton, English Premier League, a poor Liverpool couldn't find there way through against Brighton who exercised their game plan perfectly.

Burnley 0-2 Man City, English Premier League, a comfortable win for Man City who never got out of third gear.  

Fulham 1-0 Sheffield Utd, English Premier League, good play from Fulham who were able to get a steady stream of flowing attacks against a scrappy away side.

Manchester Utd 9-0 Southampton, English Premier League, Southampton got a man sent off early and it killed the game. Most Southampton players gave up at various stages of the game and the goals came at decent times for trading. 

Genclerbirgili 0-3 Besiktas, Super Lig, good attacking away performance in very poor snowy conditions.

Derby 1-1 Nottingham Forest, Championship, nice fun East Midlands derby. 

Juventus 3-0 Crotone, Serie A, dominating performance by Juve against the bottom team.

Everton 0-2 Fulham, English Premier League, fun win for Fulham with Everton unable to keep the ball and Fulham misfiring in the final third for the first half. Quality wise things improved in the second half when Fulham scored and Everton remembered what to do with a football.  

Roma 3-0 Udinese, Serie A, comfortable win for Roma who got ahead quick and closed out the match.

Burnley 0-2 Bournemouth, FA Cup, fun lively game with the underdogs giving a fair go creating good live market positions.

Fiorentina 3-0 Spezia, Serie A, decent game but Spezias lack of touch up front showed.

Leicester City 1-3 Arsenal, English Premier League, a game livened up by both teams playing in the Europa League three days earlier. Both teams ran out of gas and a hectic start turned into an enjoyable game of cat and mouse. 

Arminia Bielefeld 0-3 Wolfsburg, Bundesliga, good game and the wolfs really went for it.

Brighton 1-2 Crystal Palace, English Premier League, a proper Billy Big Bollards game from Brighton who aren't as good as they think they are and Palace felt like they had two attacks and scored from both. 

Juventus 0-0 Inter Milan, Coppa Italia, a fun attacking game with the away team overcomplicating attacks and rueing missed chances. 

Leeds Utd 0-1 Aston Villa, English Premier League, good attacking game with Villa going one up early and able to hold Leeds at bay.

Adelaide Utd 1-2 Perth Glory, A League, a lively Australian league game with wave after wave of Perth attacks after Adelaide took the lead. 

Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City, English Premier League, good game with Leicester on top early with Villa making a game of it in the second half.

Man City 2-1 West Ham Utd, English Premier League, good game management by West Ham who deservedly nearly got something.

RB Leibzig 2-1 Ausburg, Bundesliga, good game with lots of chances, tackles, crosses and chances. Ausberg made a decent game of a potentially one sided gubbing.

Spezia 2-0 AC Milan, Serie A, Spezia god bless them were useless upfront and brilliant everywhere else. They outfought Milan and it was fun to watch.

AC Milan 4-0 Crotone, Serie A, top vs bottom of the league and a fun little game.

Marseille 0-2 Paris Saint Germain, Ligue 1, a more even match than the score suggests with Marseille unable to break through and a fantastic counter attack goal from Mbappe.   

Swansea City 1-3 Man City, FA Cup, dominant display from city with Swansea limited to attacking on the the break. 

Ross County 1-0 Celtic, Scottish Premier League, wave after wave of Celtic attack but a rare foray forward on the 70th minute put County ahead and pulled them out of the relegation zone. 

Leeds 2-0 Crystal Palace, English Premier League, a good attacking performances by Leeds who tore a rigid Palace to bits. Palace fought back and were still looking competitive until the final ten minutes. 

Leicester 3-1 Liverpool, English Premier League, Liverpool fluffed endless chances, finally went ahead, conceded an equaliser and imploded. 

Bologna 1-1 Benevento, Serie A, a first minute home goal brought the away side out and created an attacking and exciting game. 

Freiburg 2-1 Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, Dortmund are insane this season. 

Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal, English Premier League, a top smash and grab by Villa who went ahead in the opening minutes and made Arsenal combust.

Watford 1-2 QPR, Championship, a nice game with QPR showing flair and Watford being very workmanlike. QPR looked like they'd rue not scoring from a nifty first 30 minutes, Watford were very rigid. Good game.

Sevilla 0-2 Barcelona, La Liga, good fun game.

Leeds 3-0 Southampton, English Premier League, an eventful game which turned on Saints not waiting for the refs whistle and having a goal disallowed, Leeds powered ahead after the break.  

Verona 1-1 Juventus, Serie A, Verona went for it and tried to take the game to Juventus, the away side went ahead at a good point for neutrals giving the home side no choice but to go for it second half.

Sevilla 2-3 Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, a game that started and finished well but for the middle 60 minutes when Sevilla played like they were a few goals up and were trying to see out the game.

Sheffield Utd 0-2 Liverpool, English Premier League, an enjoyable game with plenty of chances for Liverpool. After our recent league form is was a comfortable "nervy" win. 

Juventus 2-0 Roma, Serie A, an even game full of incident that saw Juventus overtake Roma in the league table. 

Newcastle Utd 3-2 Southampton, English Premier League, an all action first half saw Newcastle got 3-1 up the second half was all Southampton attack as Newcastle had a man sent off.

Macarthur FC 2-2 Western Sydney Wanderers, A League, a fun lively derby. 

Hertha Berlin 0-1 Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, a game made fun by Hertha putting up a fight and making the game even.

Inter Milan 3-1 Lazio, Serie A, fun attacking game with goals at the right moments and an attacking away team.

Arsenal 4-2 Leeds Utd, English Premier League, a full on attacking  high scoring affair with a late first half goal and two mid second half Leeds goals causing a potential 1.01 wobble on the match result market.  

Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Hoffenheim, Bundesliga, an all action game where Dortmund continue to be insane - watching them defend a corner is like watching a cat disable a time bomb.

Atalanta 3-1 Napoli, Coppa Italia, one of the most attacking games so far this month with lots of trading opportunity. 

Liverpool 1-4 Man City, English Premier League, a possible title decider settled by Alisson hitting his head and thinking he was Bambi.

RB Leipzig 0-2 Liverpool, Champions League, a game of chances, saves, tough tackling and settled on the night with a few goals after the break.

Napoli 1-0 Juventus, Serie A, an all attacking game where the only goal was a penalty yet its one of the best games I've seen so far this month.  

Wolverhampton 2-1 Arsenal, English Premier League, a good game with a good solo goal by Pepe. The game was turned on its head by David Luiz being David Luiz - giving away a foul and getting sent off. Wolves got a good winner and Arsenal imploded.

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Eintracht took advantage of a slow starting Bayern who eventually got going got a goal and entered a game of cat and mouse as Eintracht fought to keep ahead.

Erzgebirge Aue 3-3 Hamburger SV. Bundeliga 2, a fantastic attacking game with a second half comeback from two goals down by the home team.

Barcelona 1-4 Paris Saint Germain, Champions League, a special night for Mbappe with a display that will be talked about for years.

Bayern Munich 3-3 Arminia Bielefeld, Bundesliga, the home side had just arrived home after winning the world and had yet to acclimatise. Bielefeld took advantage, Bayern found their feet and fought back and the match ended with the away side clinging on for dear life. 

Everton 4-4 Spurs, FA Cup, full of excitement, incident and tactical changes. Trading wise the only way it could have been better was if the final goal of the first half had been an equaliser.

Lost - A Tale of Two Cities

Finally my rewatch of Lost has reached season 3 which I'm slow burn watching with my sister whose never watched it before. Its been a gap of nearly two years since I finished season 2 and the wait has been due to watching a number of shows with my sister and getting some variety in our viewing. Like with previous seasons I want to say something about my memory of this season and thoughts going in. 

Season 3 is one of my favourite episodes, its one where as viewers our status quo is shaken as we get to see more of the others and the island. We start to do some deep dives into characters that were introduced and as a series we reach what I call the "lock in" phase where the show decides viewers are either in deep enough to go Full Lost or their out. Also a little bit of trivia, long term viewers who watched the show on initial broadcast may remember that during this season Virgin got into a spat with Sky and Sky 1 got taken off the Virgin subscription and replaced with Virgin 1 which didn't carry Lost. As a result I'm watching the series on the same box set that I watched the show on originally after the episode about Jacks tats.

Anyway onwards with the episode, we start with a fantastic cold open where we're introduced to Juliet whose preparing to host a book club meeting in a suburban setting. During the meeting there is an explosion and after some impact shocks the club members go outside and see the Oceanic 815 breaking up in mid air just as its about to crash - OMG we're in a flashback to the opening events of the first ever episode! We get a few cameos of Others who we've already met come running out of their houses Henry Gale, Ethan and Goodwin. Henry sends the other two off to infiltrate the survivors and we get a camera pan showing the suburban area is a small village of the island that we haven't seen and Juliet is an Other!

I'm going to cover the flashback briefly as quite frankly its uninteresting, we're seeing Jack after the break up of his marriage and how his obsession with Sarahs new partner impacts on his life. The most important impact is that Jack drives his father back to drink creating the events that will result with him being on the Oceanic 815 crash. We get a moment later in the episode where Jack is offered the chance to find anything about Sarah and refuses. We know Jacks obsessive nature and the damage it can do and this moment is about as cheap as a Mick Foley pop.

The action taking place in the present revolves around the Losties who were abducted in the finale of last season. Of note the pre episode recap mostly features characters from this episode so we only see three of the main regulars with the fates of the rest unseen for now. Jack, Kate and Sawyer are kept separated from each other for most of the episode. We learn that they are being kept in another Dharma station called The Hydra which seems to be at first glance an animal research station that is partly under water. Three seasons in and we finally get an explanation for the polar bears! We see glimpses of the station, some fun stuff with Sawyer as he completes some obstacles in his cage and wins a fish biscuit, Kate sees the showers and gets treated to breakfast before being caged. The highlight of the opening episode is the scenes between Jack and Juliet in the shark cage. Elizabeth Mitchell gives an incredible low key performance and debut as Juliet and she is the hook of the episode. She's playing Juliet as someone whose had her soul ripped out and is dead behind the eyes, as an acting decision this works.

Of note in this episode is the brief (so brief the meme of no polar bear explanation exists) explanation of the polar bears and the breakfast scene that a number of fans became so obsessed about that Damon Lindelof had to issue a press release saying that it contained no hidden meanings. Its a 7/10 for me, a slow but intriguing start with hopefully some more meaty episodes around the corner.

Remembrance of the Daleks

 My random Doctor Who viewing has taken me to Remembrance of the Daleks and I'm in the mood to put down some thoughts on the story. First of all this is my era as a fan, I'd watched Doctor Who from early childhood but the McCoy era is where my memory kicks in and was actively watching the show. I'd enjoyed the previous series and was looking forward to when it would return.

At the time this story felt special, this was a big deal - naturally it was the Daleks were coming back. That feeling holds up today, every time I slip the DVD in there is an inner squeel which I hope never goes away. Its an odd start as The Doctor is where he wants to be, not only that he's conducting some business and he has a plan. This is McCoy and Cartmels 7th Doctor after they've had a chance to sit down and decide what they want to do after the last second casting of the previous season. We're seeing mystery being added to The Doctor and even in the early scenes something is different from the previous season. 

I like the easter eggs of the location and casting in the story, in my younger days I had no idea they existed and over the years they've become a fun treat. Speaking of the cast Pamela Salem and Simon Williams are excellent and should have been used more often in the industry. Rachel Jensen in particular is one of my favourite one off characters and I will no doubt dip into the Counter Measures stuff in the future. The first episode is perhaps my favourite one off episode of the original run, its dynamic, pacey, screaming to fit in all it wants to the run time and has THAT cliffhanger.

Episode two is also fun, it feels like those episodes in season 7 where the story goes off on a tangent be it a virus spreading through the UK or the hunt for one Silurian. The difference here is that The Doctor is pressing pause on proceedings and going off to do some business. This Doctor is always in control - theres always a mistake or something he didn't plan for (in this case two sets of Daleks) but this Doctor is more in control than any previous Doctor.

The story goes on and finishes with some big events that later producers for the show as well as spinoffs have been able to have fun with. Sylvester McCoy is coming into his own in this story, Ace looks to be fun and we have a strong dynamic. In terms of niggles theres a little bit of wobbly Daleks on location and one of the guests is a bit ropey but nothing enough for me to tarnish the story. 

Two of my favourite character moments occur in this story, first Aces reaction to the "No Coloured" sign, she grabs her ghetto blaster and storms off. She's not mature enough to deal with this and the show isn't afraid to say it. Secondly The Doctors conversation with Joseph Marcell about consequences, this isn't a Doctor who waits until the last moment before having a crisis of conscience he's having it all the way through this story and only shows it briefly including this scene.

Another happy viewing and time to put the DVD away until next time...

Heroes - The Hard Part

We're back to the present this week as we continue to build up for the finale. Its very much a logistics episode as most of the characters are moved or given motivation to get to New York. On the other side of things we get a look into Sylars psyche has he panics about his fate and visits his mother with alarming consequences. Hiro and Ando spend the episode observing Sylar and have to deal with the fact that a confrontation is building. 

Molly Walkers reintroduction into events is interesting (as is the potential confrontation with Parkman) and Mohinders trip to India mid season becomes useful as he is aware of Mollies illness from her own past. Micah gets a good scene where he tries to escape but is stopped by some intriguing aspects of Candices powers.

The weak point of the episode is the Petrellis spinning there wheels and watching Micahs parents trying to act in the same scene without throttling each other. Its a 6/10 episode and mostly logistical proceedings along with some good character stuff for Sylar.