Fan Forum - View Single Post - Hayden in Heroes - 3x03 "One Of Us, One Of Them"

**the echo fades** · 09-30-2008, 03:34 AM

It was awesome, I loved the Claire/Meredith stuff

the fire scene was intense and Hayden and Jessalyn were both really great in it. I liked what Meredith was trying to show her, although it obviously didn't work, heh.

I think it's interesting the way they've had her react to what Sylar did to her. The way I see them trying to portray it is that, in a way (obviously not sexually), she was raped by Sylar. It wasn't the fact that he physically hurt her, because being hurt is not something that bothers her, but the emotional trauma of being afraid and violated in that way is what seems to have affected her. And obviously the fact that he took a little piece of her away from her when he did it, which has left her feeling less human. It's weird, because I really enjoyed Sylar in this episode but at the same time I hate him for what he's done to Claire.

Usually what he does doesn't affect people because.. well, they die. Claire's going to have to live with the trauma of what he did to her forever, and while I think it's a really great storyline for her, I hate seeing her go through it

Hayden just plays it so well.