It also seemed weird that Hiro would forget Ando is there and that ando would just take off on his own.
See, I think that everyone is forgetting is that as far as Ando knows, his own death --not to mention the deaths of *millions* of others -- is going to occur in the next 24-36 hours if someone does not stop Sylar.
We have no idea how long Hiro was in that backroom with his father, but if it was more than an hour, I don't blame Ando for not only getting antsy, but for deciding to take matters into his own hands. Hiro's already spent the better part of their time together in the episode dithering about whether he could make a difference; his encounter with Nathan seemed to completely deflate him. Again, as far as Ando knows, Mr. Nakamura actually isn't down with Hiro's whole "I must save the world," schtick, so from Ando's perspective, it's perfectly reasonable that Mr. N. might convince Hiro to come back to Japan -- that's exactly what the man tried to do the last time they ran into him, and Ando doesn't know that Hiro's father has really just been letting Hiro take a hero's journey with which Mr. N. actually agrees; we didn't know that until 25 minutes into the episode.
If New York's impending explosion was one week away, I'd agree that Ando should've waited. But it's occuring the next day if someone doesn't try to stop it. Remember, Ando doesn't know that Peter & Claire are also trying to avert disaster; he doesn't know that Hiro isn't the only person with a chance of stopping Sylar. As far as he knows, Hiro's the only one who can do it and Hiro's not only insisting that he can't, but he's very possibly in the process of being convinced to stop trying.
In Landslide, Ando's options are stand around wasting precious time they might not have when it's very possible Hiro's going to give up the quest, or, alternatively, do something that might make a difference. Do I think it's unfortunate that Ando lost faith in Hiro at the 11th hour? Absolutely. But I don't think it was unreasonable given what's at stake, the fact that it is the 11th hour, for all intents and purposes, and that Hiro's not communicating with him what's going on.
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Date: 2007-05-16 12:11 pm (UTC)See, I think that everyone is forgetting is that as far as Ando knows, his own death --not to mention the deaths of *millions* of others -- is going to occur in the next 24-36 hours if someone does not stop Sylar.
We have no idea how long Hiro was in that backroom with his father, but if it was more than an hour, I don't blame Ando for not only getting antsy, but for deciding to take matters into his own hands. Hiro's already spent the better part of their time together in the episode dithering about whether he could make a difference; his encounter with Nathan seemed to completely deflate him. Again, as far as Ando knows, Mr. Nakamura actually isn't down with Hiro's whole "I must save the world," schtick, so from Ando's perspective, it's perfectly reasonable that Mr. N. might convince Hiro to come back to Japan -- that's exactly what the man tried to do the last time they ran into him, and Ando doesn't know that Hiro's father has really just been letting Hiro take a hero's journey with which Mr. N. actually agrees; we didn't know that until 25 minutes into the episode.
If New York's impending explosion was one week away, I'd agree that Ando should've waited. But it's occuring the next day if someone doesn't try to stop it. Remember, Ando doesn't know that Peter & Claire are also trying to avert disaster; he doesn't know that Hiro isn't the only person with a chance of stopping Sylar. As far as he knows, Hiro's the only one who can do it and Hiro's not only insisting that he can't, but he's very possibly in the process of being convinced to stop trying.
In Landslide, Ando's options are stand around wasting precious time they might not have when it's very possible Hiro's going to give up the quest, or, alternatively, do something that might make a difference. Do I think it's unfortunate that Ando lost faith in Hiro at the 11th hour? Absolutely. But I don't think it was unreasonable given what's at stake, the fact that it is the 11th hour, for all intents and purposes, and that Hiro's not communicating with him what's going on.