Heroes Into Asylum Recap: Claire Rules At Drinking Games

After a couple of fantastic episodes, Heroes falls a little flat with “Into Asylum.”As always, there are a few stories woven throughout the episode, so let’s get to it.Claire and Nathan have escaped to Mexico, which is outside the long arms of Agent Danko.They have just enough money for a cheap, sleazy motel and a meal or two. After checking in, Claire goes for a walk.Later, Nathan is sitting at a cantina when Claire comes up and plunks down a wad of cash.She pawned a necklace from HRG.Nathan grabs the money and says he’s going to turn it into more.He walks over to a group of college kids and starts shooting tequilla.After a while, he bets them who can drink more.At $100 a shot.Nathan holds his own, outdrinking a couple of the guys.But he comes up short and passes out.Claire offers a rematch, but she has to catch up with the remaining contestants.She’s 22 shots behind.Claire shoots every shot, and she’s drunk.One more shot each, and the last remaining college kid falls.Claire scoops up the money and Nathan and gets the heck out of there.Back at the hotel, Claire explains that she can’t get drunk because her liver tissue regenerates like the rest of her body.A drunk Nathan tells Claire that when he found out about Claire that he denied she existed.He tells her that he gave her a free pass from the Feds because he thought that with one move, he could win her over.He says he’s going to fix everything. He’ll make everything right again.The next morning, a sober Nathan thanks Claire for bailing him out.He explains that he doesn’t know what to do–that he isn’t able to fix everything.That some things are bigger than one man.Claire tells Nathan to be a man and get things rolling.She leaves.Later, Claire is standing at a bus stop.She’s headed to San Diego.She asks Nathan for the time, but he doesn’t have his watch.He pawned it for Claire’s necklace.He tells her he’s headed to the U.S. too and wants to know if she would like a ride.She does.