| ^I don't think Max was off-balance power wise. He was emotionally off-balance, which is why he wanted/needed to save the kids. There is no evidence that his powers weren't working completely normally at that time. And, for the record, ITA with the discussion above. Cancer is an illness that causes tumors that can be removed by surgery, or the cancer cells can be killed by chemo, therefore it is buyable that Max's healing power could do what advanced medicine is capable of. He could kill or remove the cancer cells without injuring the healthy cells. Makes sense to me.
And continuing on with your discussion, it was wise to have Max unable to heal Grandma Claudia, so we could see a limit to his power. However, if I had to play devil's advocate, I would say that he probably, technically could have healed her to some degree. Sure, he could not stop/heal/reverse old age. That much is true. But, if she had a stroke, which is caused by a clot in the arteries that stops oxygen to the brain- then I am positive that Max could have unblocked the clot. Additionally, he could have probably healed the damage to her brain (b/c he healed the damage to Brody's brain at the end of S2). So, he could have saved her in that instance--unless as someone pointed out-- the brain tissue was already dead. But, he probably couldn't have healed the underlying conditions that caused the stroke, since those were related to old-age. So, even if he had been able to heal her at that moment, she most likely would have had another stroke, anyway. It's a can of worms, better left unopened, I think.
Plus, in Max's defense, he hadn't really used his powers much prior to S1. Liz was the first and only human he had ever even attempted to heal. He knew that there was a bullet in her and that she was bleeding. He assumed he could dissolve/alter the bullet and heal the tissue. I don't think he understood the ins and outs of Grandma Claudia's condition, therefore, he assumed it was a "natural death" and one that he could not reverse in any way. __________________ You, Liz... You're my family.
~~Rachel |