>Flying around, how is that going to help anybody? What is that gonna -- What am I gonna do when I get there? I don't have a gun. I don't have a badge. I don't know karate. I guess I could put on a costume and fly around and pull cats out of trees. How's that gonna make a difference?<
God, this reminds me why I love this whole rant from Nathan, for two reasons. One, like you say, it's foreshadowing of the finale. He doesn't have to do anything once he gets there, it's the actual doing it that makes the difference, that saves Peter and the world. Peter totally nails it with his "You're not gonna know until you try."
And two - because he is so full of shit in that rant and knows it. By this time his flying has saved Peter when he jumped, has saved himself from HRG and the Haitian, and (if you include comics canon) has saved a woman from a burning building. He knows that he *can* do something with his powers, but he's in the same possition Claire is at this point and it's an echo of her "I can climb through a woodchipper and live to tell about it" rant. They both are more focused on the huge potential for their powers to ruin their lives and their families (potential made actual in Nathan's case with the accident), that they can't focus on the benefits or world-saving-ness of it at this point like Peter and Hiro can.
I'm not entirely sure if that had anything to do with what you were saying, but the quote stuck out at me. :)
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God, this reminds me why I love this whole rant from Nathan, for two reasons. One, like you say, it's foreshadowing of the finale. He doesn't have to do anything once he gets there, it's the actual doing it that makes the difference, that saves Peter and the world. Peter totally nails it with his "You're not gonna know until you try."
And two - because he is so full of shit in that rant and knows it. By this time his flying has saved Peter when he jumped, has saved himself from HRG and the Haitian, and (if you include comics canon) has saved a woman from a burning building. He knows that he *can* do something with his powers, but he's in the same possition Claire is at this point and it's an echo of her "I can climb through a woodchipper and live to tell about it" rant. They both are more focused on the huge potential for their powers to ruin their lives and their families (potential made actual in Nathan's case with the accident), that they can't focus on the benefits or world-saving-ness of it at this point like Peter and Hiro can.
I'm not entirely sure if that had anything to do with what you were saying, but the quote stuck out at me. :)