The recent picture of Sendhil Ramamurthy (playing Mohinder Surresh in Heroes) got some discussion (especially on the beard) on the web, so here’s another one…

So, Matt Parkman is truly a wise man!  He definitely gets the kudos of the week! But I have to tell you that I would be majorly upset if they killed off Detective Matt Parkman!  He is far to valuable of a character, and much beloved to us fans!

This week we got to see our characters in the current element, which seems far superior to last week’s dull HRG story.  Noah is back to his old self, on a mission to destroy heroes (excluding Claire Bear, of course),  and taking names!  He does so with a surprise visit (well, surprise to us anyways!) with the Haitian, Renee.  But explaining to Gretchen that our mysterious Haitian’s ability isn’t enough, and she leaves Claire to go home.  This led to some very akward moments between our cheerleader and her ro0mate/best friend/partner? 

It didn’t seem very clear to me their relationship, and it seemed like Claire was expecting a whole lot more out of it than we initially suspected.  Could Claire have been ready to experiment that way?  Would it have been beneficial to the story?  Absolutely not!  It’s trite, the writers seemed to have just added for shock and awe, and honestly Sylar and Parkman’s story is way more awe and shock inspiring.

Speaking of which, I have really got mad props to send to both Parkman and Sylar for this week’s episode!  That chess match or poker game that they were playing was definitely hardcore!  Yikes!  I see your tire iron, and I raise you a dead waitress!  One has to admit that the funniest moment was Sylar trying to tell the security guard at the airport “you don’t see a gun in my bag!”  And the security guard saying “yes I do!”  Parkman hiding his ability was fantastic!  But honestly how long can they keep that up? 

But as always, the snooze fest story line continued about Emma and Peter…  So, if you are following either of my Twitter feeds (@C_Go or @TVDuchess), you would know this complaint already…  What is up with Peter’s ability?  This section of the story has more holes than a sponge!  He can only have one power at a time, and if he touches you he gains your ability, I get it.  It’s a lame ability, I miss his old one, it made him a far better nemesis to Sylar.  But the problem I have is that he was touching Emma, she was touching him, and there was no transfer of her weak ability to the Petrelli.  What the heck??  Don’t try to give the excuse that he can pick and choose when he wants to take the abilities, because that is definitely not the case!  He accidently got Emma’s ability in the first place.

Someone needs to explain this!  Or give back his original ability!

THEORY:  Nathan runs into Peter right?  Nathan transfers Sylar’s abilities to Peter and he gains back his old power. *fingers crossed*

What did YOU think of this week’s episode?  What are YOU hoping to see what happens next??  Do you think Sylar will take control of Matt again?

Comment below!

Sendhil Ramamurthy playing Mohinder Suresh in the TV-series “Heroes”

I would like to say a big thank you to the writers, thank you for finally giving Hiro a big story this season, and thank you so much for the big reveal at the end of the episode!  Matt Parkman (and I) have been wondering where Mohinder was hiding all season!  Thank you for making a truly valiant effort in saving this beloved series, because honestly, you’ve finally started picking up the slack!  KEEP IT UP!

I was resistant at first to see Hiro attempting to save Charlie again.  I seem to remember Mr. Nakamura trying that years ago, and consistantly failing.  But this time, he really did cover all of his bases, crossed all his “T’’s, and dotted all of his “I”’s!  He saved her, even going so far as to get Sylar to help her.  Very impressive!  Now if only he could get Sylar to help him.  All of the fans would be sorely ticked off if we lost our lovable Japanese hero!

But I think the most pointless storyline of the episode was that of Noah’s love interest.  Did it matter that he didn’t actually have an affair?  He never would have slept with that woman anyway, she honestly looked too much like Claire.  I think he would’ve thought that creepy, because I sure did!

And speaking of Claire, world’s worst faux ponytail ever?   Save the cheerleader, lose the wig!  Are they ever going to explain how she cuts her hair though?

But we have Samuel (the most interesting character by far this year) trying to enlist Hiro into his collective.  Is Samuel good?  Is he bad?  I have no idea yet, but I am actually guessing that he isn’t.  He is feeling far too much guilt over the loss of Mohinder Suresh and the kidnapping of Charlie Andrews. 

This episode brought it’s A-game and really knocked it out of the park!  I am loving this season!  Except for all of this nonsense with the deaf doctor, she can see colors, wow…  Unless they can show me how this is beneficial to the show, kill her off, or lose her like Micah.  I’m bored with her.

What did YOU think of last night’s episode?  What are YOUR thoughts on the season?

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Heroes conta a história de um grupo de pessoas comuns de diferentes partes do mundo que começam a descobrir habilidades extraordinárias. A série foi criada por Tim Kring, mesmo criador de Crossing Jordan, e estreou em setembro nos EUA, quando foi assistida por cerca de 15 milhões de telespectadores no canal NBC.Enquanto um eclipse total acontece, um professor de genética é guiado pelo desaparecimento do pai a descobrir uma teoria secreta de que existem pessoas com poderes extraordinários vivendo entre nós.

No Japão, um simples funcionário de escritório é capaz de parar o tempo. Em Los Angeles, um policial decepcionado com a vida começa a escutar o pensamento das outras pessoas. Um jovem sonhador tenta convencer seu irmão de que ele pode voar. Uma líder de torcida descobre ser indestrutível. Uma stripper de Las Vegas percebe que sua imagem no espelho tem um segredo. Um talentoso artista pode pintar o futuro.

O que eles não sabem é que estão um passo à frente na evolução da humanidade e que seus destinos já foram traçados. Os mistérios e segredos destes verdadeiros heróis são desvendados a cada episódio.

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If there’s one problem I’ve had with my beloved NBC hit, Heroes, it’s not that it’s lacking a stellar premise, nor is it at a loss for good actors or strong ideas. Rather, it’s that the folks behind Heroes don’t seem to have it together when it comes to keeping their plot arcs together and not crowding the show with new characters season after season. They tend to forget about their core cast and fail to flesh out the characters we know and love, instead spreading themselves thin and making it more and more difficult to care about what’s happening. Not to mention that their favourite stunt seems to be killing off (or UN-killing off) anyone giving them trouble plot-wise. There’s no doubt they’ve fallen from grace since their incredible first season, but maybe there’s hope. Or…maybe there isn’t: At MTV.com, Hayden Pannetiere indicates that we might just get more of the same:

Though season four of NBC’s “Heroes” won’t start for a few more months, Hayden Panettiere told MTV News that there’s a new mysterious group that fans can look forward to in September: The Carnival.

Panettierre, who plays the title role in July 10th’s “I Love You, Beth Cooper”, is already preparing for more adventures as super-powered cheerleader Claire Bennet.

“The next season of ‘Heroes’ has a lot of characters that are coming in,” says Panettierre, “There’s something called The Carnival… which is kind of the opposite of what The Company was. There’s a lot of new, cool characters.”

The Carnival, judging from leaked casting sheets that appeared on “Heroes” fansites will be represented literally. That means barkers, freaks and –- mostly likely -– more than a fair share of cotton candy. (spoiler warning there)

In the meantime, “Heroes” fans should be getting a healthy dose of their favorites actors on the big screen. Between Zachary Quinto in “Star Trek”, Ali Larter in “Obsessed”, Milo Ventimiglia in “Gamer” and Panettierre in “Beth Cooper,” there’s no shortage of the core cast in Hollywood’s overlapping circle. It does, however, lead one to ask when we’re going to get a decent Masi Oka vehicle blockbuster. Oh wait, we are.

What do you make of this mysterious Carnival? What direction do you want “Heroes” to go in its fourth year? Share your ideas below!

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3.23 1961

Angela’s past is unburied.

Remember this will be a SPOILER review.

NOTE: I’m sorry this is late but I was in hospital last week and have took time off to recover.  Sorry if it’s short but only have one hand.

We start from where we left last episode with Angela and family at Coyote Sands which was a camp which held people with abilities.  Through black and white flashbacks we see what went on at Coyote Sands during 1961.  Angela Petrelli and her sister Alice are taken to the camp in which they meet Mohinder’s father who runs tests on people with abilities.  We also find out that Charles Deveaux, Linderman and Bobby Bishop are also at the camp.  The four of them hatch a plan to escape from the camp and we get to see the origin of how The Company was first started.

That’s about all we learn from this episode.  Coyote Sands was just a camp in which experiments happened and a lot of people died.  Not very interesting at all or important to the overall story.  I believe we only have two episodes left until the end of the season and this mysterious set up from last week was just the origin story of four characters, three of which are dead.  The only tool this episode was used for was getting the Petrelli family back together.

It really bugs me when there is no build up to a season finale.  Season finale time is a favourite time of mine, we’re always guranteed brilliant television.  Heroes has never made a great season finale episode, two episodes left and I just don’t care.  If these next two episodes don’t deliver then these could be my final two episodes I watch.  I hope I’m proven wrong.

Quote of the episode: Angela “It’s a necessary evil.”

Favourite Scene: Angela meeting up with Alice again.

Teaser

Summary: An above-par episode that focuses on character above plot and circumstance.
Rating: 7/10

The quick skinny on the episode.

As Heroes has done for Noah Bennet, aka HRG, we get an above-average look into the past of Angela Petrelli. In 1961, Angela and her younger sister Alice, along with their parents, arrive at Coyote Sands, Arizona, a camp for those with abilities. The camp tries to present itself as a safe haven for these gifted people but is more like an internment camp where scientists experiment on their “guests”. We are introduced to the beginnings of The Company that would front as Primatech Paper. Angela must come to grips with her past and the horrible event that happened at this camp with her sister. The episode wisely focuses on character more than significant plot or an overreliance on abilities.

Feature-Length Review after the jump.

Heroes and Me
Background on my relationship with the show for this first review only.

Why on earth have I stuck with this show?

I have watched Heroes from the beginning. I was intrigued by this take on the current trend to set superheroes in a real world setting. I have to admit I was hooked on it that first season. It wasn’t the most original writing – most of the characters, abilities and plot twists are ripped from the pages of comics, most specifically Marvel’s X-Men – but it was compelling and the characters were consistent and relatable. The thing I enjoyed most about the show was that it paid off. Things weren’t stretched out to long without getting answers, which was refreshing in the face of shows like Lost that seemed to be stumbling into finding ways to prolong themselves.

I’d say the moment I got turned off to Heroes was part way through the second volume: “Generations”, which was the first half of the second season. Unlike most, I found the first season finale enjoyable. Yes, there were gaps in logic and it was a slight bit of an anticlimactic showdown, but I felt that it tied up the season nicely. And I welcomed the promise of sending Hiro back in time to Feudal Japan. I was even on board for most of Hiro’s stay in the past during the first part of this second volume. It was an entertaining idea that Hiro was actually behind the actions of his lifelong hero myth, though I wasn’t particularly fond of Adam Monroe.

However, the cracks in the writing began to show themselves as they tried to create some type of interesting connective history with the “families” of The Company. As I mentioned in my earlier Smallville review, I can’t stand when writers try to make a world too insular. It becomes far less involving and stretches credulity. This is exactly what happened with Heroes in that second volume and I found myself actually caring less about the characters and the story. The impending writers’ strike during the second season didn’t help matters.

The strike effectively ended Season 2. Plans were to have three volumes in Season 2. The second of those volumes, “Exodus”, which dealt with the effects of the virus from the second volume getting lose, was disposed of. The third of those volumes become the first part of Season 3, “Villains”. The premise of this volume was exciting. We were promised a collection of adversaries for the heroes we’d come to know and champed at the bit for a grand showdown between the two groups. Alas, both never came to be. We were given a ragtag group of unengaging pseudo-villains – aside from Kristen Bell’s Elle, whose potential was big but was eventually wasted – and no showdown. The only alluring bit of the “Villains” arc was Robert Forster’s Arthur Petrelli, though the character grew old rather quickly. We were also introduced to Brea Grant’s Daphne, who was quite refreshing on a show that had gotten so decidedly morose.

And now we are here in volume 4, “Fugitives”. Characters pingpong between motivations and plot devices. Nathan Petrelli, in particular, makes a thoroughly implausible choice at the tail-end of the “Villains” arc to turn those with abilities in to the government, setting up this 4th volume. I’d like to say it’s been a compelling season but it really hasn’t been. There are a few bright moments – I actually did like Micah’s return as “Rebel” – but the writing and the characters have been so inconsistent you can’t invest yourself in any of them. And yet, I keep watching the damn thing. I honestly don’t even know why.

The in-depth review.

** Note: Review contains spoilers if you have not seen the episode.**

The quality of this fourth volume of Heroes has been so all over the place that the show’s runners were fired. With the charming show Pushing Daisies getting canceled, Bryan Fuller, who had a hand in craft the first season of Heroes, returns to offer considerable creative input on the direction of the show. He’s influence is starting to be scene now and I’m thankful for it.

For the first time in a long time, we get a decent episode of the show. While there is an aspect of the show dealing with characters’ powers that appeals to the kid in all of us, the show has moved too far from being about character and more about plot and those powers. “1961″ refocuses the show on character and one can only hope that it will continue to build on this.

I was noting to myself as I watched the episode how somewhat odd it is that Angela Petrelli had become such an integral character. Yes, she’s always had significance and a hand in all of the various plots that have occurred. Up until the third volume, she wasn’t truly dealt with as a sympathetic character. This volume, now, they’ve brought her down to earth and made her such a vital part of this core group comprised of the Petrelli family with Bennett hanging on. To make her more sympathetic, we are treated to a glimpse into her past. Though it feels in many ways like a story that has just been tacked on to the narrative, it’s actually an effective method to humanize Angela.

It’s always very riveting, for me anyhow, to see the work of casting directors to find actors to play younger versions of characters we are familiar with. I took particular joy in the young cast assembled to play the younger versions of the Company members we know so well. Each felt very true to their adult counterparts, even if the young man playing Linderman laid on the imitation of Malcolm McDowell’s unique accent and intonation just a little thick. I must admit it took me a while to place who everyone was, even given the names. It wasn’t until half-way through the episode that the name “Charles Deveaux” hit me as Richard Roundtree’s character from the first season. It was after that I made the connection between Bobby Bishop and Steven Tobolowsky’s character from the “Villains” arc. Once the names had meaning, the characters worked for me.

The problem with an episode like this is that it does that pesky retconning of previous events. We’re told during the “Generations” volume that the 12 members who formed the Company – Arthur and Angela Petrelli, Charles Deveaux, Kaito Nakamura, Maury Parkman, Bob Bishop, Daniel Linderman, Harry Fletcher, Paula Gramble, Suzanne Amman, Carlos Mendez and Victoria Pratt – got together 30 years ago to do so. Now, we’re presented with but four of this group meeting in 1961 and establishing the Company. Admittedly, this one is a bit more palatable. It could be argued that the four made their plans at this point but didn’t see them come to fruition until sometime in the 1970s when the group of 12 got together.

I found Angela’s arc with her sister nice if a bit ho-hum. It was interesting to see how the events unfolded in 1961 that led to Alice wrecking the camp. Though I’m a bit bothered as to why Chandra Suresh was involved. In the first season, it seemed as if Papa Suresh was a kook who believed there were people with special abilities and was trying desperately to prove it. Setting him up at Coyote Sands establishes that he’s known people with powers for decades, so it undercuts who they established previously. It shouldn’t surprise me as they’ve been tearing down that aspect of the character since the second volume with the past involving Mohinder’s sister Shanti.

The events in 1961 lacked a little bit of the punch simply because everything was so contained to this episode. We’d never heard of Alice before, so it was hard to get truly invested in her character and how those events really affected Angela. As we see older Alice, who has been surviving Mad Max style in the desert for nearly 50 years, it felt just a smidge hollow to see the state of mental health she was in. Perhaps if the story had been spread over a couple of episodes it would’ve had greater impact. Still, it allowed Cristine Rose some nice moments and gave us a touchstone for Angela. I’m thinking – and hoping now – that that won’t be the last of Alice we see. Not that she was that memorable or vital to the overall story but to establish such a plot point and never touch on it again would be a big mistake. Heroes is known, sadly, for starting something and then completely dropping it without explanation. (We still pray for your safety, Caitlin, whichever timestream you’re in.)

In any case, I liked having an episode that focused on what makes these people tick and not what they can do. Yes, we got to see the use of powers but the episode wasn’t overly reliant on them. The one thing I will ask of creative types, though, is to stop using “Sleepwalk” as the song to set us back in the 1950s and or 60s. It’s really become cliche. Great song. Really evocative of the period. But we’ve seen it far too often in movies or television shows and it draws us out of the scene with its lack of freshness.

Where Does This Leave Us

• Peter’s mimicking ability seems to be selective, seeing as how many times he and Claire touched on another this episode. Not to mention Peter touching his mother.
• Ororo Munroe, er, Alice Shaw is checked out into Wonderland, presumably to return when the heroes most need someone to control the weather.
• Mohinder is going to walk the Earth like Kaine, to find himself and redemption.
• The Petrellis and Bennets have became a nice little nuclear family.
• Sylar is parading around like Nathan, setting us some kind of big backlash that will come back to bite all – particularly Danko – in the ass.
• The others of Team Bentrelli are forming a new Company of sorts. It’s not clear if they’re going to help those with abilities, take down those with abilities so the world isn’t aware of them, or try to compete in the cutthroat paper market with Dunder Mifflin.
• Focus on character can only be a good thing.

Tune in next issue, heroic fans…

I have no idea what the title of this episode refers to… could be some hero with some kind of cold power? Or the power to give colds? Seriously though, would it be that hard to have a creative title instead of one that blatantly refers to a specific character… I’m just saying… someone gets paid to do these.

As far I can tell they don’t plan to show who Rebel is anytime soon. They might do it in the season finale in the middle of whatever big brawl they plan to do to end the chapter. I know Heroes doesn’t like to bring back old characters or continue story arcs , but it would make a ton of sense if it was Hana Gitelman (aka Wireless, the lady who contacted Ted Sprague, radioactive man, in Chapter 1) but somehow I think it’s unlikely.

Also, the opening scene is of Danko shaving. It’s really weird and kind of creepy…

Is it just me or did Danko look pretty much clean-shaven before he even started, and he stops with a big patch on he cheek left over. I know I can’t get away with that.

Well anyway, he here’s his front door telling him that it’s open (seriously) and so he goes and checks it out. In his living room (or the living area of a bachelor pad that looks more like a very large, furnished prison cell) he finds the Eric Doyle, the puppet man, all wrapped up in a bow (literally). He is also wrapped up in other ropes and is somewhat unconscious. There is also a note: “My Gift to You”

Streets of New York

Bennet gets into a town car (he also shaved this morning, you can tell because he has tissue stuck to he face where he was bleeding… seriously…). And Angela Petrelli just happens to already be in the cab. She doesn’t want to meet with Noah anymore because it will be too dangerous. But she does tell him to get on Danko’s better side and to do this he should give Danko Rebel! Noah then tells Angela not to go home. Looks like she’s on the run now too.

A little while later Angela has a vision of her capture while stuck in traffic, but she narrowly escapes. She then meets her friend Millie (played by Swoosie Kurtz (Lily Charles on Pushing Daisies)) at a restaurant. She asks Millie to help her disappear, but all she does is give her a couple hundred dollars.

Next, the bad guys manage to corner Angela in the lobby of a building, but she gets in an elevator. The bad guys get the elevator to go back down to the lobby, but by that point Peter is with her and flies her up the elevator shaft (this scene gets the award for least sense and lamest scene of the episode, possibly volume…)

At the end of the show Angela and Peter are at the top of Statue of Liberty and he asks her, “So what do you want to do now?” (this is by far the least exciting storyline of the episode, but kind of necessary to show that Peter is on her side now)

Building 26

Danko brings Mohinder to see all the sedated/unconscious people with abilities. Daphne is there, but Mohinder says she is dying. Danko doesn’t care and then somebody sedates Mohinder.

Noah then comes along and tells Danko that he has a plan to catch Rebel. Rebel has contacted Tracy Strauss twice and is probably going to try and save her. So if they let Tracy go she can lead them to “him.”

Later on the power going out at Building 26 and the doors unlock. Tracy doesn’t wait to escape and she makes her way to the sedation room. She only wakes up Mohinder and Parkman (… really…) and with Parkman’s mind tricks, they make their escape. Oh and Matt is carry Daphne, of course.

Hiro, Ando and Baby Matt

Hiro and Ando are still babysitting baby Matt Parkman who think that Matt Parkman has changed back to a baby… then Ando figures out that it’s actually Matt Parkman’s baby who is also named Matt Parkman (remember he had a pregnant wife, who he found out cheated on him with his old partner and the baby is his partner’s, although a vision from Volume 2 kind of contradicts that). Since Rebel told them to save Matt Parkman at this address, they’re going to protect the baby. And it looks like the baby has the power to turn electronics on even when they aren’t plugged in (or maybe it’ll be something better when he grows up).

The baby keeps turning things on and then Hiro tells Ando that his Mom died in his arms when he travelled back in time (near the end of volume 3). And that’s when Matt’s Mom shows up. Hiro and Ando try to explain that they’re trying to help and the Parkman isn’t a terrorist and Matt Jr. is in trouble. That’s when some agents show up with a warrant for Janice Parkman and her son. She tries to distract them, but they search the house anyway. Ando uses his powers to shoot some blast at a bad guy, but it’s not enough and they almost get caught when… Hiro stops time! Hiro thinks it’s because the baby knows how to turn things on, so he turned Hiro’s powers back on. Unfortunately Hiro can’t teleport out of there and has to carry a frozen Ando out in a wheelbarrow.

Time stays frozen as Hiro runs around town with baby Matt Parkman. He then manages to unfreeze time and explain the situation to Ando. He plans to save big Matt Parkman now (although Matt is doing pretty okay on his own now…)

Matt, Mohinder and Daphne

After the escape, Matt and Mohinder go to a hospital. Matt messes with the doctors heads to make sure that they help Daphne and not report the gun shot wound to the police. Originally he gave he the fake name Janice (like his ex-wife), but later convinces everyone that Daphne is Gwen Stefani… Him and Daphne later talk about the ex-wife part. Daphne then decides to leave and she runs off. Will Parkman see her again? Or more importantly will we?

Daphne then has a scene in Paris and Parkman shows up. Turns out he can also fly and he starts carrying her around Paris. It doesn’t take long for Daphne to figure out he’s in her head and it’s all a dream. She then asks him to let her go, but first to fly her to the moon.

Back in reality we see that they weren’t pretending she was Gwen Stefani and that her heart isn’t beating anymore…

It was a nicer ending than the last time she died… but I don’t understand why they would bring her back just to kill again… it kind of makes it worse than the random killing…

Tracy and Rebel

After the escape, Noah finds Tracy and he convinces her to help him find Rebel. Then as she’s walking the streets alone, a bank machine talks to her and gives her some money… and a receipt with a note to go to a locker at union station.

Right after she calls a cab and heads off. Another person calls a cab:

Micah Sanders!

He’s Rebel! I thought it’d be someone a bit older, but at least it makes sense (or well mostly makes sense). And his voice dropped a octave since the last time we saw him and he’s grown a foot (although not nearly as bad as when Walt hit puberty on Lost, they still haven’t explained how it happened in like 3 days…)

At the Train Station, Tracy finds the right locker and a ticket. Micah then comes along and tells Tracy he’s Rebel. Tracy then tells Micah that she sold him out. Micah’s disappointed, but he had a plan to escape anyway.

Micah and Tracy get cornered in a parking garage, but Tracy has a plan.

Line of the show
Tracy: Can you tell the sprinklers what to do?
Micah: I can tell the fire alarm to tell the sprinklers what to do.

So Micah turns the sprinklers on and Tracy tells him to run away. She then gets everyone’s attention else’s attention in one blast of her power she freezes the room and herself. Danko then comes along and shatters her with a bullet to the chest.

(Aftewards you can see part of her frozen head wink, I’m not sure if this was donw to say that she can now live through water/ice or if it was just to be creepy, but it was pretty damn creepy)

This was definitely one of the best episodes of Heroes that I’ve seen in a long time. Heroes might just make a comeback from the disasters of Volume 2 and 3. I’m always a little sad when they kill off more blondes, but I had already accepted Daphne as being gone and we still have Barbara left over from the Niki triplets. With Micah being Rebel we might also see some other long lost heroes like his cousin, Monica Dawson, the copycat/St. Joan. Well, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Although the released images look like Peter and Angela are mourning, the church seems to merely be where they seek refuge, as detailed in the official description.

NBC’s Official Description (Added 3/13/09): AS THE GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE ESCALATES, DANKO FINDS HIMSELF A SURPRISING NEW ALLY – EMMY AWARD-WINNER ZELJKO IVANEK GUEST STARS – Now that Nathan’s (Adrian Pasdar) ability has been revealed and he has lost control of his operation, he and Claire (Hayden Panettiere) go into hiding in Mexico. With Emile Danko (guest star Zeljko Ivanek) now in control of the government operation, his plan to destroy everyone with abilities is set into motion as he teams up with an unlikely partner. Meanwhile, Angela (Cristine Rose) and Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) seek refuge in a church and begin to mend their broken relationship. Kevin Alejandro also guest stars. Jack Coleman also stars.

So when we last left Heroes. Claire broke up her family and then Noah Bennet was kidnapped by the three amigos (Peter, Matt and Mohinder). Turns out Parkman thinks that he can’t read Noah’s mind because Noah is too well trained. Does anybody remember when Parkman forced an answer out of Angela Petrelli? Oh I love cross-seasonal plot holes. And I’m sure more will be coming. Also there was no voice-over at the beginning of the episode. That’s odd…

Bennet is Kidnapped

Quote of the show: Parkman – “I was a cop, you’re a scientist, a nurse, we did done nothing wrong and they turned us into fugitives.”

Wow “nothing wrong.” I’m sure they’ve done a few things wrong… okay they’ve all done a lot wrong. Anyways… they drug Bennet before Parkman reads his mind (which actually seems reasonable). Parkman sees a scene with Angela Petrelli and Bennet from 5 weeks ago. Angela is telling Noah that the Primatech is dead and he should retire. Noah doesn’t think so.

Building 26

The bad guys found Peter in Bennets storage facility (getting guns presumably) and Nathan wants Peter brought in alive. Peter can still fly though and manages to escape pretty easily.

Back to the Kidnapping

Three weeks ago. Bennet is in Building “2-6″. Bennet suggests the “one of us and one of them” system to Danko. Danko’s response: “12 of us and none of them.” (good system) Afterwards, Bennet then finds Mohinder and tries to get him to work with him. Matt then confronts Mohinder about it and they kind of fight over it. They break some glass and Noah manages to break free without them seeing (way to go heroes…). Noah breaks into a car and is about to start it when Peter lands on the car and says “Hi.” So they tie up Bennet again.

One Week Ago. Noah meets up with Danko to try and get to know him better. So Matt now knows who is in charge and Peter goes after Danko.

Danko’s Apartment

Danko returns to his place and Peter is already there with a gun pointed at his head. Building 26 has surveilance and knows about it. Nathan then flies over and talks to Peter (Danko is confused how Nathan could get there so fast). Nathan tells Peter that Parkman and Mohinder are about to get captured so Peter goes and flies back.

At the Kidnapping

Mohinder and Matt realize the bad guys are coming to get them and Matt is about to kill Bennet, but Bennet tells him that Daphne is still alive and he could prove it to Matt if he thinks about it. Turns out Daphne wasn’t fataly wounded and they saved/captured her. In the meantime Mohinder holds the bad guys off for a little while (it takes like 5 tasers to stop him). So as they’re walking him out Peter throws a flash grenade and takes Parkman (super fast flying seems like it’s been very useful).

Back at Building 26

Turns out Peter did not also save Mohinder and he’s chained up like Tracy Strauss was except more chains and less heat lamps. Nathan starts interrogating (more like talking with) Mohinder. Nathan starts explaining his evil plans to Mohinder. First he plans to contain all the special people. Then control the powers and put everything back to normal. He tells Suresh that he must try and study Daphne to control her powers or the government is just going to kill all the people with powers. Well at least Suresh gets to go back to the lab.

Bennet and Danko

Danko seems very short in this scene, like a whole head shorter than Bennet. Danko wants the bad guys to start being harder on the heroes and Bennet now agrees (maybe it means faster tasers? or real guns?). Danko leaves and Bennet sits with Angela Petrelli (seriously she was in the same park just sitting on a bench). Turns out Noah’s been working with Angela all along to infiltrate the government plan.

Matt and Peter

Matt is painting the future to try and find Daphne. He paints the future alright. It looks like he’s got dynamite strapped to his chest and Washington DC is going to get hit with a nuclear bomb (the bomb scene is painted on the floor like how Isaac Mendez painted New York getting blown up, so dramatic…).

So it looks like Matt has almost completed his journey to crazy town and will start blowing things up. The sight of the bombing could actually be Building 26 and Parkman’s dynamite might be hot dogs (okay maybe not with the hotdogs). At the very least we better see some better pyrotechnics than what happened at the plane crash. And did anyone realize Claire and Hiro weren’t in the episode? Too bad Peter was still in it. Does anybody know of an episode that none of them were in? Actually I’m not sure if this is the first show Claire wasn’t it. And it looks like in the next show Peter might die (as if that will ever happen…)

.. and it is that of Kal Penn!

http://www.buddytv.com

Many of you will recognize Kal from National Lampoon’s Van Wilder AND, OF COURSE, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.  I am normally not one for comedy, but Kal has made both movies worth my while.  Aside from these past comedic roles, he now plays Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House M.D.  Just a few weeks ago, he guest starred on an episode of Law and Order SVU as a deranged serial rapist/killer.  I have seen him act funny, smart, and sadistic – and I’ve gotta say: I LOVE HIM!  According to IMDB, he has also been on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (ONLY MY FAVE SHOW of all time).  I wish I could remember the episode.

and.. *shifty eyes*.. while we’re at it, how about some Mohinder (of Heroes) for everyone:

http://www.heroestheseries.com

:|*** <– drool

Don’t worry, Krishna.  You’ll always be my favourite brown man.

3.17 Cold Wars

Noah, I’m in your head.

Remember this will be a SPOILER review.

For a rare occurrence in Heroes, the story was singly focused.  We’ve seen many instances when too many stories going on at once really spoils the show.  This new volume we’ve had one on going story which is a great change.  This episode featured only a small amount of the main cast which normally I wouldn’t complain about.  The problem here is that most of the main characters featured in this episode were annoying and the main plot was filler.

We’ve got Matt, Suresh and Peter who are held up in a motel room with the captured Noah.  Matt works his magic and gets inside the head of Bennett to learn more about how the Government rounding up of Heroes started.  In turn we get to see flashbacks, all in black and white to see how everything started from Noah’s perspective.  To discover that this was going to be a Noah centric episode was a good thing, he’s easily one of the most interesting characters of the show and one of the best actors as well.  If it wasn’t for the episode being focused on him, I would have probably gone off on another rant again which I’d hoped I didn’t have to do.  Though besides him, everything else in the episode was dull.

We’ve got Matt and Suresh arguing for most of the episode which got very tiresome.  We have Peter who just seems to have the same monotone experssion throughout the whole episode.  When you don’t have the finest actors on TV, shouting at each other, it’s not good TV.

Though really with all the flashbacks, what did we learn?  Absolutely nothing.  We found out that Nathan was the one to set the whole thing up, we knew that already.  It was a giant filler episode and it just didn’t need to be.  The only true thing we learned is that Daphne is alive.  I’m so happy about this and I take back what I said about the writers earlier.  This episode was not needed and the whole pace they had set up in the first episode of the volume has gone away.  I’d expected a massive roller coaster of a volume of Heroes coming up with ingenious ways of trying to escape from the government agents.  Sadly we’re not getting this, which is a damn shame.

While for the most of the episode I was actually enjoying it, we get the classic storytelling device of Heroes.  Yes Matt paints the future and what does it show, Matt with a bomb strapped to him and an image of a bomb going off in New York I mean Washington D.C.  You know I want to laugh but it’s just not funny anymore.

Quote of the episode: Noah “You know me.  I’ve always been comfortable with morally grey.”

Favourite Scene: Probably the end scene with Noah and Angela.  There really wasn’t a standout scene but it’s nice to find out where Noah’s loyalties are.

So scenes from the last episode. The heroes are on the run, Hiro is going to India, Claire is being stupid, and Sylar has a new friend.

The Bennets
Costa Verde

Noah told his wife and son that he’s a consultant now… and the lies begin… And Claire is texting (sry txting) her new Rebel friend. Rebel tells her to warn Alex and to go to Sam’s Comics on Buford (The new Costa Verde location…). So she meets Alex (who’s running the store) and tells him to leave. She also shows him her power (sorry I mean “ability”) and just then her dad walks in the store. Claire and Alex manage to get away. Alex then tells her that he can breath under water (he’s Aquaman! Claire sure knows how to pick the lame ones…). Noah figures out it was Claire helping Alex and she’s in trouble as usual. Claire then goes and tells her Mom what her Dad’s been up to and summarizes the plot of this volume. Her parents start fighting about it and she tells Noah to move out for a while (you know when the parents tell kids it’s not their fault… I’m just saying Claire could feel a little guilty about it…). WHAT! Alex (AKA aquaman) was in her closest when Noah came to talk to her (she’s either very stupid or very easy).

Building 26
Washington D.C.

The bad guys are going after the heroes using the Patriot Act… Nough said. A new lady comes and starts bossing Nathan Petrelli around. She wants to see their one prisoner. Abby goes and see Tracy Strauss, she’s appalled at how she is being treated and wants to shut the operation down. She then says there is no justification to throw away anyone’s rights like that. Just then Tracy Strauss starts breaking out and freezes a man before they taser her. Abby is now convinced and Nathan gets his funding (stupid Tracy she should know better). Apparently the whole thing was staged so that Tracy would break out, so I guess it wasn’t just bad timing on her part. I still like how American’s can flip-flop on their morals so quickly as in Abby thinking Tracy Strauss was a good person, but now kills after she has been tortured (maybe it was the torture). Nathan is angry at Danko for setting the escape up and tells him he should apologize to the blood stain on the floor while it’s still warm (when we all know the man was frozen to death… way to go writers).

Sylar and Luke
On the Road

Luke’s all giddy about going on a road trip. Sylar is focused and evil. It’s all kinds of annoying. Did I mention a they’re listening to a horrible cover of Born to be Wild on the radio.
Quote of the Show – Sylar: “Fine, technically I’m a serial killer.”
I like how the kid is purposely taunting Sylar to make sure Sylar will definitely kill him once they get to where ever. Sylar asks Luke to stop trying to be friends with him. Then Luke shares a story of Sylar’s father with him and then Sylar shared a story and then Luke tells him that Sylar’s father sold him. Sylar begins training Luke to be a villain. He tells him not to let emotion get in the way of your goals and then tells him that lately he’s been wanting to see his Daddy real bad (I see no concentration). Agents then enter the restaurant they’re in and Luke saves Sylar again. Sylar then leaves Luke to be taken. BUT! Sylar breaks Luke out (how he manages to be in the black van wearing agent gear or even why he does it doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense, but I guess that’s not the point right now). Sylar continues to pretend that he doesn’t like Luke, but Luke doesn’t buy it.

Hiro and Ando
India

Hiro wants to save the bride and stop the wedding. Ando thinks he’s crazy as usual. Of course they split up and Ando goes and finds the bride that was in Matt Parkman’s drawing. Ando convinces her to stop the wedding by showing her some red sparks and Hiro is upset because he wanted to do that. The bride shows them a nice time at her restaurant (apparently after cancelling the wedding?). She tells them that she is marrying a bad and angry man. The groom shows up and starts yelling, Ando tries to stop him but gets hit with a pot and dragged off. The groom will let Ando go if the bride marries him. As the wedding is happening, Hiro crashes it and tells the whole story. They then have scene from the drawing. Ando apologizes to Hiro for getting in the way of destiny (when everyone knows accurate painting predictions don’t work that way). Hiro tells him he learnt that he doesn’t need powers to be a Hiro (I mean hero… this is just like Peter who was trying to be a hero until he got his powers back). Turns out Rebel faxed a message to India prior to Hiro and Ando arriving telling them to save Matt Parkman (Hiro thinks Rebel is destiny…).

The Twist Ending
Hotel Bar in Costa Verde

To Noah is having a drink when everything goes fuzzy and he collapses. Of course he was drugged and then Parkman, Peter and Mohinder make a cameo in the episode to carry him “home.”

I guess Matt still has his original powers so torture wouldn’t be necessary anyways. I doubt the Heroes will get anything useful out of him since he isn’t exactly leading the charge anymore. And just a side note, but I was very surprised that none of the story arcs crossed over or collided into each other, they usually do.

So they cheap out and don’t show us what happens at the plane crash from the end of last episode, but instead skip to 43 hours later… Just tell us who died! And don’t say it was the pilot!

43 hours later

Nathan Petrelli is in Washington. All he manages to tell us is that some of the passengers broke out… Hopefully they won’t be as easy to catch this time. Nathan from 43 hours later sometimes pops in with a narrative explanation of what went on.

The Crash Site (43 hours ago)

As all the “passengers” are escaping, Hiro meets up with Parkman and Mohinder. He finds out that Peter and Claire are together and thinks that he still has to save the cheerleader (even though she the one person who needs the least saving right now). Luckily for them they have Matt who can read minds to figure out how to escape. Oh wait no he’s psychic now, so he just sees how to escape from the future. Matt draws a few pictures showing Daphne getting shot at the crash site and Hiro in India. So the three Musketeers decide to go back to the crash site…

Noah Bennet finds Peter and Claire. He decides not to shoot Peter and lets him get away, but he keeps Claire. Just as he tells Claire that no ones going to find out about the plane crash a few missiles hit the crash sight blowing it all up. I have no idea why it took 43 hours to happen.

Ando and Daphne

Ando is trying to find Hiro who apparently was in Russellville, Arkansas. Daphne shows up (she ran there…) and Ando still calls her Nemesis. She’s also worried about her significant other (Maybe if they work together they can go back in time like before… or would that be too easy). Daphne uses infallible logic to reason that Ando kills Hiro in the future so Hiro can’t be dead (because you know the future can’t change… and Ando was shooting RED lightning at him which we all know increases powers…).

Mary and Luke Campbell

Who are these people and why would Heroes add more people?! Oh they’re Sylar’s next victims or his family members. Nope they’re his next victims that Sylar’s going to use to get to the Soldier. Turns out the boy has weird microwave powers. Sylar messes with the kid’s already messed up head and Luke actually saves Sylar and kills the soldier. And Sylar walks away and Luke chances after him with promises to help him find his father. It’s all so very creepy and a weird Sith kind of way.

Peter and Stracy

They find each other and work together. Peter reveals he can only have one power at a time now (way to cap him off at one for no reason… now who’s going to beat Sylar?). Peter wants to go back, but Tracy has another idea. Uh oh. Tracy calls Nathan and makes a deal with him to give him Peter. When the deal goes down, it looks like Tracy is actually on Peter’s side, but when Nathan shows up he knew it would be a trick and captures Tracy. Peter manages to get Nathan’s power and fly away.

Claire and Noah Bennet

Quote of the Show
Claire: “Dad number two tried to send me home, but I don’t walk out on my friends.”

She is upset with Noah for trying to stop the people with powers as usual (Hehe she called Nathan “Senator Skyboy”). Daphne then comes and takes Claire away (Daphne’s such a good deus ex machina). By this time Daphne has managed to bring everyone together. Of course she then gets shot! And Claire gets shot. And everyone else runs away. Poor Daphne.

Claire ends up getting sent back as if nothing really happened.

Conclusion

All the escapees and Ando get together (using they’re cell phones?) and decide their next moves. Hiro decides to go to New Dehli is some stupid plan to get his powers back. Parkman and Peter decide to go after the new bad guys. Parkman wants revenge for Daphne and Peter is just as annoyingly Heroic as usual.

Costa Verde

Claire is trying to be normal again and her Mom likes that. But then Claire gets a secret text message from “Rebel” telling her that she can still fight back. “Rebel” tells her that she is a friend.

Nathan and Angela Petrelli

Nathan wants Angela to give him Peter, but she’s hurt that Nathan is went to the President instead of her to do the dirty work, so she’s not going to help him anymore. Nathan then goes and sees Tracy who gets drugged after they have a little chat.

I’m still stuck on how Daphne got killed so quickly and easily. Why must Heroes kill all the cute blondes and not even give them a proper goodbye. I hope Parkman goes crazy and attacks everybody’s minds to stop this whole thing and break Sylar’s mind to stop him too. Clearly Peter isn’t up to the challenge anymore with his new one touch power.

Chapter 1: A Clear and Present Danger

Heroes is back with Chapter 14. We find out that it’s two months after the end of Volume 3: Villains and we know that Nathan Petrelli is still going after the other super people, apparently with help from the President. So how long can our heroes run from the government and which ones are going to fight back? And do the titles remind anyone else of Harrison Ford movies?

Tracy Strauss

She has the honour of being the first one caught.

Hiro and Ando

Now that Hiro has control over lots of money, he bought a lair and got a costume for Ango. It was all kind of lame as usual. Eventually Hiro gets captured while Ando is trying to pick up ckicks with the Ando-cycle. Ando hears it happen over his communications link and goes to save Hiro. The bad guys don’t know Ando has powers yet, so he might end up being the last hope…

Ando goes back to the liar and tries to figure out Hiro’s password (It’s someone who is very important to him). The password turns out to be Ando, even though it should have been Charlie… But anyways, after Ando figures it out he sees where Hiro went (they both have tracking devices in them).

Peter Petrelli

He’s a paramedic now? (I thought he was a nurse…) I guess it fits his new trying to be a hero without powers persona.

Claire Bennet and Angela Petrelli

Grandma is putting Claire through college. It’s oddly mediocre. But Claire thinks Sylar is still alive (maybe because the producers refuse to kill him). As usual Claire tries to go after him herself.

Later on Claire hears Nathan telling Angela that he’s going after everyone. Claire then runs off to cause trouble. She tells Peter at the first chance she gets and she knows they’re going after Parkman.

Mohinder Suresh

Peter gets a cab and Mohinder is the driver. Mohinder seems okay with Nathan’s plan, but their whole conversation seems a little weird and then after Peter leaves, Mohinder gets taken (you’d think New York cab drivers would have security against a gun nowawadays). Luckily for Mohinder he still has super strength (without the ugly side effects). Unluckily for Mohinder, Noah Bennet saves him from the new bad guy and then turns him over to the new bad guy…

Nathan and Peter Petrelli

Nathan pays Peter a visit. He wants to have dinner with him. Then asks him about his abilities. It’s pretty clear to everyone that Nathan will try to capture him. Nathan later tries to get Peter to agree with his plan, so that he doesn’t have to capture Peter. Peter of course disagrees. Nathan then asks for a hug and Peter hugs him and then gets tased in the back by Noah Bennet (remind anyone of when Arthur took his powers, Peter never learns…)

Sylar

Yeah he’s still alive. And he found his father, Martin Gray (Sylar’s name is Gabriel Gray). Turns out he walked out on them. Sylar gets him to tell him where he came from. Sylar’s uncle sold him to his father. Martin then gives Sylar his address. Sylar decides not to kill Martin Gray.

Sylar goes to the place and tries to find his real father. He even sees a picture of himself when he was young. The bad guys then come to take him, but Sylar makes short work  of them and tries to find out who sent them by torturing a guy (or possibly looking at his brain, they don’t show the rest).

Daphne and Matt Parkman

Daphne wants them to use their powers, but Matt doesn’t (they’re a perfect couple…). Matt is still seeing Usutu though.

Quote of the show
Usutu: “I’m not really here Parkman. It’s an illusion like life.”

Parkman has apparently been chosen as the next prophet and got the futuristic profit powers automatically and new drawing abilities (I feel bad for Isaac Mendez, who had to get high to see the future and spent his life painting, seems like everyone else does it pretty easy, although I think Isaac’s paintings always come true)

Claire shows up to warn Parkman about the new plot. He shows Claire the drawings he made (it’s of them like 2 seconds into the future). Then the bad guys come and take them (Claire could totally run away if she wanted…).

Claire (and all the other taken people) are in some facility and are then moved onto a plane (since we already have no idea where they are…). Nathan lets Claire leave with a driver, but on the way she totally knocks him out and then gets onto one of the prisoner planes (there might be hope for her yet!)! Claire finds Peter and Mohinder and tries to get them to break free. Peter says he doesn’t have strength and Mohinder is still out of it. Peter then touches Mohinder to get his powers (Wait a second! Peter always get powers without touching… this doesn’t make sense! Now he’s on the same level as Arthur Petrelli and Nice Sylar… way to contradict yourself Tim Kring). Peter, with his new strength, beats up all the guys at the back of the plane and tells Claire to go to the cockpit. And who does she find there!?! Her Dad (Noah)! In the back Peter accidentally takes Tracy’s power and freezes the side of plane, which cracks apart making a hole. Planes aren’t supposed to have big holes in them and it starts crashing down. Cue ending with the classic “to be continued…”

Do you think any of the main characters are actually going to die (well obviously Claire can’t). And why didn’t Peter just allow himself to fall out of the plane since he can fly again. Maybe Ali Carter will be playing a new character soon (I think we still have Barbara (aka Bobba)). Hopefully we’ll find out next time on Heroes!