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!

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?

Comment below!

Noah and Claire talk about new career paths in "Heroes"

Last night’s episode of “Heroes” looks at another side of careers common in today’s job market- being forced out of your job and career and forced to find another calling. So how does one find their calling?

In “Acceptance” Noah Bennet (played by Jack Coleman) has left his job with the government hunting mutants and has turned down any opportunities to do so for anyone else. Noah’s daughter Claire (played by Hayden Panetierre) visits him in his spartan apartment where he lives also facing divorce. As Claire spends the day trying to get her father to look for normal work, Noah’s at a loss on what to do next in his career in light of his dark and secretive past. Claire imparts a sage idea:

“Life changes. We all change. Sometimes you, have to remember who you were, to figure out who you want to be.”

By the end of the episode, Noah realizes there’s no turning away from his life investigating and uncovering conspiracies regarding mutants.

Searching Your Soul for Your Career Path

There’s no easy way to look at yourself and finding your calling. It takes the slow working tools of life experience, pleasure, pain, triumph and tragedy to shape the passions that define your calling. An honest self examination of those passions and who you are as a whole can help you in your search. Alaina Love suggests identifying what kind of worker you are and evaluating opportunities as outlets for your passions in “Discover Your Passions to Find the Right Job“. Love has identified 10 archetypes to categorize what type of worker you are to figure out what kind of work you’d be happy doing.

Hard Looks (and Feedback) at Yourself and From Others

Emotion and stressful circumstances can make it difficult to get an honest look at who you are and who you want to be, which is why it’s important to do as much of it outside your head as possible:

1. Keep a Journal- get it on paper and look at it after you’ve gotten some distance from it. See if you gain any insight from what you’ve put down.

2. Ask “Trusted” Associates for Feedback- Notice I didn’t say friends or loved ones. While you need them for moral support, you need someone who’s going to be impartial about their impressions of you and your past work.

3. Revisit Things (and Find Things) That Inspire You- see if they’re still meaningful. See where they take you.

4. Make a Plan- once you’ve found a calling, make a plan to pursue it to include timelines and exit strategies. Point is not to get stuck or flounder if it doesn’t work out.

There’s no shame in finding yourself with out a path. Trick is not to beat yourself up, and to listen closely to yourself for the new path to who you want to be.

How did you find you calling? Share it here.

Há 3 anos, quando estreou, Heroes foi tão badalada quanto Lost. Prometia mesmo, tinha uma bela premissa para ser épica, batendo de frente ou até mesmo sendo melhor que Lost. Pessoas “comuns” que estão descobrindo ter poderes extra-humanos e não saber o que fazer com eles… uma nova descoberta, uma Tábula Rasa de suas vidas.

Porém, não foi o que vimos. Até mais ou menos metade da primeira temporada foi bem, depois acabou se perdendo, tendo um final pífio para uma história que prometia. A segunda temporada foi tão ruim que nem me lembro muito bem do que se tratou, e a terceira temporada começou mal e acabou razoavelmente bem, não fosse a besteira quase gigantesca de fazer Sylar se transformar em Nathan, graças ao poder de Matt Parkman.

Essa besteira que me referi só não foi maior porque conseguiram dar uma saída de mestre: Sylar (ou parte dele) ficou aprisionado na mente de Parkman, e como sabemos, inteligência não é o forte do gordinho que lê mentes. Zachary Quinto – aka Sylar – está brilhante no papel mais uma vez. Arrisco até a fazer uma fórmula matemática para Heroes:

Heroes = Sylar

Se derem um fim no personagem, a série morre junto.

O começo dessa nova temporada foi bem promissor, tão bom quanto o piloto. Parece que conseguiram acertar a mão, não sei se tem a mão (ou o dedo) de Bryan Fuller, produtor que iniciou Heroes, abandonou o barco, voltou, e abandonou novamente. Coincidência ou não, com BF por perto foi quando a série teve seus melhores momentos, até metade/fim da 1ª temporada e a partir da metade/fim da 3ª temporada. O 3º ep foi muito bom, talvez o melhor dos 3, apesar de terem inchado novamente a série com novos personagens, nesse ep especificamente ficou claro que se houvessem menos personagens importantes, Heroes seria muito mais fácil de ser conduzido.

Eu ainda tenho medo de Heroes. Sylar não tem mais um rival a altura (nunca teve, Peter sempre foi um belo bunda mole), vão apostar mais uma vez no carisma de Hiro e sua jornada paralela à trama, tem novos personagens aparecendo, enfim, o começo promissor pode ir por água abaixo novamente. E o xarope do Mohinder nem apareceu ainda…

Vamos ver no que vai dar.

Dear Heroes -

I know I said it last year, but I’m serious this time. You and me, we’re done if you let me down this season. I keep holding on to hope, but if I have to sit through another implausible storyline where all the characters I love act like crazy people I don’t even recognize, I will go mad myself. So you’ve had your 100 millionth chance, and I’m not going to just sit around forever.

Love, Nisi

Phew! Now, I don’t mean to be mean but that just had to be said. However with the season premiere behind us now, I can vouch that things are definitely on the ups in Heroes-verse. As Peter said, “There’s a lot of change going on with me.” Volume Five is title “Redemption,” and could they have picked something more fitting? The tone of this season is very similar to the first season that made it a breakout hit. It’s dark and mysterious, as if each week we’ll be ripping off layer after layer until we’re finally illuminated.

The focus has returned to the show’s characters and how they balance being normal and extraordinary at the same time. It’s about their thoughts and emotions, and not so much about throwing as many battles as humanly possible into an hour or two in this instance. It’s a thin line to tread, being too character driven or acting like you’re making a live action comic book. The truth is we want both, but not if one is a detriment to the other.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
“Redemption” will focus on a band of circus folks who actually have REAL powers. Robert Knepper (aka T-Bag from Prison Break) joins the cast as the carnies’ leader Sam, a man with a power I still don’t get but has to do with a compass. Not much has been revealed yet about their motives, but it’s clear they’re about sticking with their own. The things we have learned are that Sam wants to travel back, possibly to change his brother’s death, who’s buried during the show’s opening. I’m sure you can guess who he turns to, but how finding our other Heroes will help his plan is still to be determined.

Sam has the ability to control earth, but he can also create powerful tattoos. He uses another carnival worker Lydia’s ability to discern information from these tattoos when they’re put on her body, and he also uses a tattoo to choke Edgar when he gets a little mouthy for his liking. Edgar is another carnie with lightning fast speed and some sweet knife-wielding abilities. When Sam sent him out to find a compass, that’s important for some reason I’m sure they’ll clue us into later, he’s a little doubtful about following Sam’s lead. Maybe another hero with a conscience?

IT’S 9 O’CLOCK. DO YOU KNOW WHERE OUR HEROES ARE?
Peter is still Mr. I Need to Save the World, but he’s doing it on a much smaller scale nowadays. He’s working as a paramedic using his powers to help people who would most likely be goners if the man attempting to save them didn’t have super strength and super powers. Sadly, he’s regressed socially, ignoring calls from both his mother and Nathan.

Claire starts college but quickly becomes the odd frosh out when her roommate seemingly leaps to her death from their dorm room window. She also meets a new friend who finds out Claire’s abilities when she sees her bloodied and broken after jumping from the aforementioned window in a forensic experiment. Her friend Gretchen is played by Madeline Zima (Californication), and she was such a naughty girl on that show, I can’t really trust her just yet.

Tracy has been murdering people left and right, seeking revenge on those who tried to hunt her down and kill her last season. Danko’s still holding a grudge, but can you really blame her. It’s a kill or be killed world. A perfect example of how the show’s direction is changing, and hopefully will continue to do so, is the fact that the focus isn’t about the chase in this case. It’s about how Tracy reconciles what she’s done with what she knows is right. And the fact that Noah offers her a helping hand (even after she tried to kill him), and erased Danko’s mind to forget her and give up his hunt, gives her a second chance. Unfortunately, it’s the last chance for Danko since Edgar takes him out.

Noah, on the other hand, is getting the second chance that I think he deserves. As the poster boy for everything the Company did wrong, he’s gotten the short end of the stick. His wife still isn’t speaking to him, so he’s living a sad and lonely life. He gets a smack in the face when he calls her and a man picks up. Ouchie! All Angela wants to do is pull him back in though all he wants is his family back. And when he does get involved by finding the compass, Peter acts as his bodyguard but only for a short time, rescuing him from Edgar but leaving him with the compass. Since Edgar won’t give up, in the end Noah ends up without the goods and in the hospital. Poor HRG.

But there are two in an even worse state. Nathan, who we know is really Sylar without Sylar’s consciousness and with all of Nathan’s memories, has begun to realize that something is off. Powers he never had are starting to emerge. And when he turns to Peter, who went through a similar abilities transition, he gets no love back. Good thing he doesn’t notice how warily Angela regards him since she sees Nathan acting as Nathan but looking like Sylar in her visions.

It’s actually so burdensome that she turns to Matt, the one who locked Sylar away, to help straighten Nathan out once more. But like so many other Heroes, Matt just wants to spend time with the family he neglected and almost lost. What he did last season, though, haunts him quite figuratively. Sylar taunts at him saying what he did left a piece of him in Matt, and he wants his body back.

And across the world, Hiro is still not doing so hot since he still has the nosebleeds.  Taking it easy, he’s not doing the grand version of saving the world anymore without his time traveling powers, so he starts a cute little business with Ando called Dial-A-Hero. During  his first and only assignment so far, he freezes time but then ends up freezing himself. While he and Ando try to figure out what’s going on, he ends up going back in time and meeting Sam. He pushes Hiro to use his powers to help other people by rewriting the past. But having always thought you shouldn’t change time because of the butterfly effect, he’s hard to convince. But when he does something so small as to prevent Ando from spilling a slushy on his sister Kimiko’s favorite dress when they were kids and when he returns to the present, Ando and Kimiko are in love. Is he a fairy godfather or playing with fire?

WRAP IT UP
Just know that things are looking more and more like the Heroes so many of us loved before they went off the deep end and stated writing like they were writing fan fiction. This season is off to a promising start, but it’s happened before, and I will not get my hopes up this early on. So far so good though. Heroes, you can still take me out on that date next Monday if I didn’t hurt you too bad earlier. I can’t promise you any more than that.

Season 4, Episodes 1 & 2: Orientation & Jump, Push, Fall (originally aired September 21, 2009)

Mondays at 9/8C on NBC

Photographs courtesy of NBC Universal, Justin Lubin, Chris Haston

Originally published on Poptimal.com: Pop-Culture Reviews from People Like You

A finales de Septiembre (el 21 para ser más exactos), se empezará a emitir en la televisión americana el quinto volumen de Héroes, Redención (es decir, la cuarta temporada), y visto lo visto, no pinta nada mal. Nuevas incorporaciones en el reparto tal y como viene siendo habitual, en este quinto volumen serán Madeline Zima (Mia en Californication) y Robert Knepper (Prison Break o Transporter 3).

Pero ¿se resolveran finalmente todas las dudas que se plantearon durante la tercera temporada? ¿Retomaran ciertos hilos que al principio del volumen 3 parecían muy importantes y a lo largo del 4º volumen se diluyeron para dejar paso a otras subtramas?

Nosotros aún tendremos que esperar hasta 2010 seguramente para ver que ocurre con todos estos héroes y villanos, que si bien siempre tienen un buen arranque, a mitad de los volumenes pierden fuelle para acabar con un buen final pero que deja un sabor agridulce por la rapidez de los desenlaces que muestran.

Para ir abriendo boca os dejo un avance que mostraron en la Comic Con sobre este quinto volumen:

Y para los que no controlan demasiado bien el ingles, el trailer con subtítulos en español, que aunque es más cortito, aclara muchas cosas de lo que se ve en dicho avance:

Karelia

Si creíamos que no íbamos a saber cosas de “Héroes” hasta el estreno de la nueva temporada, estábamos bien equivocados. Tim Kring, creador de la serie, ha dado a grandes rasgos las que serán las líneas argumentales aunque sin avanzar demasiado para no romper el encanto. Y es que pensar que a la semana que viene ya se empieza a rodar por lo que deben tener bastante clara como será parte de la trama. (Posibles spoilers)

Temas a destacar de la nueva temporada: la trama girará en torno a cómo las personas con habilidades viven su vida ajenos a todo ¿ocultarán sus habilidades a los demás? No se ha dejado claro.

Los hermanos Petrelli intentarán llevar sus vidas a la normalidad. Peter tratará de recobrar el sentido de héroes, salvando vidas ¿volverá otra vez a ser el enfermero perpetuo? Tendrá relación con una poderosa mujer que tiene muchas cosas que ofrecerle, mientras que Nathan comenzará a descubrir cosas sobre sí mismo, que mira que es complicado ya que en realidad no es Nathan sino Sylar. Matt por su parte se sentirá culpable de lo ocurrido con Nathan ya que él es el artífice de todo, e intentará recobrar a su familia (se ha confirmado la presencia de Matt Jr.).

Se intentará crear otra nueva compañía en parte gracias a Angela Petrelli, Tracy Strauss y Noah, aunque reflejara otra nueva línea centrándose en las personas. Y se rumorea ya la posible muerte de uno de los personajes, en especial el personaje que se baraja es Hiro, que seguirá con sus dolores de cabeza y sangrando a causa de usar sus poderes.

En cuanto a las nuevas incorporaciones tenemos en primer lugar a Madelina Zima (de “Californication”) que interpretará a Gretchen, la compañera de habitación en la universidad donde estudiara Claire. La eterna animadora tendrá que aprender a llevar una vida normal, aunque el tortuoso divorcio de sus padres y un suicidio en el campus universitario compliquen las cosas. Además también llegará Robert Knepper (de “Prison Break”) que dará vida a Samuel, un personaje bastante retorcido aunque estará en el bando contrario, papel que le pega a las mil maravillas.

También se pueden añadir a estos dos fichajes (que vemos en la fotografía) el de Ray Park, un especialista del cine que ha sido conocido por interpretar a Darth Maul en “Star Wars: Episodio I: La Amenaza Fantasma”. Seguramente será uno de los personajes viviendo en el circo que dará mucho juego en la nueva temporada. Y también entra a formar parte del cast de la nueva temporada Deanne Bray que supuestamente vendría a interpretar el nuevo interés amoroso de Peter Petrelli.

¿Qué os parece lo que está por llegar? Tiene buena pinta… aunque es mejor no aventurar nada ya que eso parecía la 3ª temporada y después fue una gran decepción.

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…

3.22 Turn and Face The Strange

The title is weird.

Remember this will be a SPOILER review.

By the end of the episode, it promised us that soon we would know answers.  Answers to what?  I have no idea.  I don’t care for answers when questions are not posed.  There seems to be a lot of bodies buried under what looks like an old Government base.  Angela forces her family to dig to uncover the truth but just stands there and doesn’t help.  Honestly I don’t care who those people were or what she’s been hiding for all these years.  Though it seems that all of our characters are going to be heading there.

Hiro and Ando manage to reunite father and son.  This is after Matt has tried his form of revenge against Danko.  Which was also not very interesting.  It was nice for them to try and develop Danko’s character but it’s stuff like that which bores me and just slows down the overall main story.

What I really loved about the episode was Sylar having fun, imitating different people and trying to hurt Noah.  I loved Noah trying to get Danko to believe he was Sylar.  Perfectly acted by Jack Coleman, he pulled of some great Sylar mannerisms.

Whatever Angela knows better keep me interested because it needs to be a good reveal to keep me entertained.  Right now my regular PC isn’t working so I’m using a laptop from the dark ages, plus time is short so this review has to be a short one.  Sorry.

Quote of the episode: Hiro “Ando! Make the face!”

Favourite Scene: Any scene with Hiro and Ando.

So a little recap, Someone is giving people with abilities to Danko (probably Sylar, who else…) Peter is working with Angela Petrelli, Nathan saved Claire and Micah is Rebel! Looks like the Petrelli’s are going to have to clean up another mess they’ve started and we see the full extent of Micah’s powers sometime soon. I doubt this episode will be as good as the last, but maybe we’ll get some cool action going on.

Nathan and Claire
Patzcuaro, Mexico

Nathan and Claire have left the country, which makes me think why haven’t other heroes left the country and aren’t there other people with abilities in other countries besides the U.S.A. Claire then decides to go for a walk alone (that always works out well…). They meet up at some Cantina and Claire managed to get some money, pawning off a necklace she had (sure…). She tries to find out why she got a free pass earlier on, but Nathan won’t tell her. Nathan then takes the money and makes a bet with some college boys on vacation that her can drink them under the table… they accept… Nathan eventually passes out and loses after like 22 shots of Tequila. That’s when Claire bets Nathan’s nice watch for him and starts drinking to win the money (I don’t know if her power covers the affects of alcohol, although I would assuming it would at least prevent alcohol poisoning). Turns out she is immune to alcohol and takes the money (I wonder who paid for all that tequila). When they go back to the hotel room, Nathan explains that he wanted to be a good father to her when the time was right (I’m not sure how that makes sense with what he’s been going). He then says that he’s going to try and make everything right (remember that he was the one who started the whole thing… and thought it was good for the country). In the morning Nathan explains to Claire that he can’t really do anything to help the situation he started and only said he could because he was drunk. Claire is naturally disappointed and leaves him. Nathan then pawns his watch to get Claire’s necklace back and tells her he’s heading back to try and change things, he then asks her to come with him.

Peter and Angela
New York City

Peter saved Angela to try and get some answer about what’s going on, but Angela got Peter to bring her to some large cathedral type church to try to get some answers of her own. Inside the church they are having a relatively tiny mass inside a huge church… but also Angela is complaining that she can’t sleep (she needs to sleep to dream about the future). So she came to the church to get some peace. Peter says an agree prayer, when some agents pop up looking for the Petrelli’s. Angela then tries to apologize for everything she has done and said that is was necessary to save the world. Luckily the agent that finds them is Noah Bennet, who decides not to turn them in.

Later Angela falls asleep and has a dream that she needs to visit her sister (that we never heard about until now…).

Bennet, Danko and Sylar
Arlington, Virginia (Not Texas)

They’re checking out a case where some geometry teacher, James Martin, killed three of the government agents sent to capture him (his DNA set off a red flag in the national database). I don’t know why the show is adding more people with abilities (as if they don’t have enough), but at least he’s killing the bad guys.

Danko then walks away from the scene and goes to his car. Sylar is already in the car waiting for him. Sylar offers to help Danko kill people like him. I’m not sure if Danko could really refuse and then when Danko tries to turn around and shoot Sylar, but Sylar was already out of the car (I don’t remember Sylar having any power that allows him to do this, but he could have picked it up in a lot of places).

Building 26

Noah and Danko talk about using the “one of them, one of us” tactic which clearly foreshadows Danko working with Sylar. Then Danko tells Bennet to go after Angela Petrelli (which is awkward because Noah is also kind of working with her to bring down the evil government agenda).

Later Agent Jenkins talks with Danko, when Danko gets a call from Sylar. Sylar also sent Danko a box with Agent Jenkins’ head in it and tells Danko that James Martin is a shape shifter (I thought it was previously tasteful for Heroes to not include shapeshifters, since they would be hard to explain using any science, but instead had Candice who would only “shapeshift” by changing the appearance reality around her, but now Heroes went and threw one in anyway). And now that James Martin touched Danko, he can probably change into him. James managed to get away when Danko goes after him.

Danko’s Apartment

Sylar pays Danko a visit and Danko has a gun pointed at him. Danko knows Sylar wants James Martin’s power. Sylar again tells Danko that he wants to help him catch everyone and this time Danko agrees.

Then go check out James Martin’s house to analyze he personality. They figure which bar he likes to go to. When they arrive they see that he’s Danko. James Martin sees them and starts playing a cat and mouse game with them. Danko and Sylar meet up again. They figure that James Martin escaped again. Then just as they leave, Danko shoots Sylar. Then Sylar comes along and asks if Danko killed him (turns out the first Sylar was just the shapeshifter). Danko says he didn’t kill him and then asks Sylar if he could not leave a mark when he does his thing…

Later Bennet comes along and sees that Sylar has been killed (properly with a knife in the back of his head). He’s understandably skeptical, but seems to accept it for now, which means Danko can use Sylar all he wants now and Sylar doesn’t even have to look like himself anymore. To be continued…

I have to say this all seems to be leading up to the Heroes cliché of the heroes versus the company and/or Sylar (or Sylar type guy). Maybe this time they kill Sylar he won’t come back, also Peter’s new mortality is promising (for him to not come either). I know the characters are popular, but Heroes has so much potential, I don’t see why they keep coming back to the same characters.

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.

Oh the title is Shades of Gray. Maybe like Gabriel Gray and his dad? Oh they’re so witty…

Looks like Hiro and Ando are also back in action for this episode. So is Tracy. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll find out who Rebel is… But first what about the Puppet Man?!?!

Bennet House

Puppet man, Eric Doyle, went to ask for Claire’s help. Rebel has sent him. He is all upset about being hunted by the bad guys, but seriously if anybody he deserves to be locked up in some facility. If I was Claire I’d hand him over. Claire and her Mom talk about trying to help people with powers (she’s a regular Harriet Tubman) and her plan is to work at a comic book store as a cover. So all the people can meet her there instead of at her house (she doesn’t see the flaw of a pretty girl working at a comic store…). The Sam’s Comic manager seems to question her rather hard when she applies to work there. He almost makes her cry when he asks her what kind of hero she is. He then seems to realize she’s pretty and gives her the job. Claire then starts to realize a flaw in the plan.

After Claire’s first day on the job, Rebel contacts Claire that Doyle has been found and then Claire goes and saves him. Another blonde moment for the cheerleader. Claire then manages to get him a new identity to start over (with Rebel’s, help of course). Claire then asks Doyle if he really changed, he doesn’t really answer and Claire starts thinking maybe it was a bad idea after all (but Rebel told her to do it!)

Building 26

Danko is wondering about how Peter was saved from the roof top (obviously he thinks Nathan can fly) and then Nathan gets a call that Parkman is going to blow up Washington. So now Nathan doesn’t trust Danko. Nathan goes to confront Parkman and then Danko sets off the bomb! Except someone stopped the activation code. Parkman then reads a bomb specialists mind to figure out which wire to pull to stop the bomb and kind of saves the day. Danko is upset. So is Nathan and he’s going to try get rid of Danko, but Danko threatens Nathan with exposing him as someone with an ability.

A drugged up Tracy Strauss is lead back to Building 26 and Nathan talks with her telling her that he is her only hope. Danko then comes along to have a little talk of his own with her. She denies that Nathan has “an ability.”

Bennet then leads Danko to think Angela Petrelli is the one who saved Peter. When he calls Angela she seems ready for the challenge.

Random Town, USA

Sylar is going back to his messed up roots. Looks like he’s found his father (played by John Glover). But his Dad has cancer and doesn’t really care if Sylar kills him. I don’t see why Sylar would wait to kill him after finding out about the cancer, but he does. They talk about life and being evil and such. Turns out Mr. Gray has the same ability as Sylar (to take abilities, although we don’t know how he prefers to do it). At the end of the scene it looks like Sylar now wants his father to be his teacher. So he teaches him about living alone and taxidermy (that’s his hobby…). Sylar manages to cut himself and then shows his Dad he can heal. So naturally Mr. Gray wants the power and begins attacking Sylar (with arrows…). Unfortunately for Sylar his father has a power to whistle people into submission. Turns out Sylar was just faking and then leaves his father to suffer through life until he dies.

Manhattan

Danko meets with Angela Petrelli. She basically tells him she knows much more about him than he knows about her and that he’s expendable. He doesn’t like that so he leaves.

Building 26

Nathan manages to get Danko fired. And he gets Bennet promoted. Just as Nathan and Noah are going to meet the President, Danko comes along and shoves Nathan out a window. Of course Nathan flies off and Danko now knows for sure that Nathan has an ability.

63 Varna Avenue
Los Angeles

Hiro and Ando go to this address to look for Matt Parkman. A girl in the house is upset about a baby and gives him to Hiro thinking he’s a replacement sent by “the agency.” Turns out the baby is Matt Parkman (which doesn’t make any sense…). I’m sure they’ll have fun with this story arch.

Conclusion

At the conclusion of the episode, Mohinder’s voice-over is about generations and parents and all this crazy stuff is going on in mini end show scenes:
- Claire finds out her free pass is up
- Samson Gray thinks about his life and powers
- Sylar visits Danko! (he’s actually joining the main story arch to mess everything up!)
- Agents come to take Claire away, but… Nathan came to save her!

So we can assume that Nathan is no longer in charge now that Danko knows and Bennet has to pretend he didn’t know. And that’s why Claire lost her free pass. Also I’m not sure if Sylar is going to kill Danko or help him. I’m guessing help him because that would be the more evil thing to do. He’s probably going to use the excuse that if all the heroes are dead he won’t have the urge for more abilities anymore… well I can only hope he somehow manages to die this season…

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.

This episode is called Exposed. I can see how that relates to being Fugitives, but c’mon, Exposed really makes everyone think of something else: camera film! Oh wait that’s exposures. Now what was I think of? Oh right, so in the last episode we found out that Daphne is still alive. Way to pull a Tony Almeida. And this show has more of Claire being an idiot… but maybe we’ll get to find out who Rebel is.

Claire and Alex Woolsly

Remember the lamest hero we’ve seen yet: Aquaboy? He’s back and he can still only breath underwater (also he prefers wholewheat… seriously, we get it, he’s lame). Claire is sending him to Albequerque, but he doesn’t want to go, he figures he’s screwed anyways so why bother. Then her Mom comes and asks where the house money went (they keep $300 in a baby shoe?).  Sandra Bennet then finds out about Alex and Claire says that she’s having sex with him… Alex denies it and Mrs. Bennet believes (seriously? I wouldn’t). Claire tells her Mom that he has a power, so the Mom says she’s disappointed and walks away. Claire tries to explain that she lied to her Mom to protect her. Sandra tells Claire that there’s a van outside watching her. So of course Claire cracks opens the front door and checks… Then Mrs. Bennet then starts helping them (this seems like a lot of trouble for a kid who basically has no power). She takes her sons Driver’s Licence and makes a fake ID for Alex (there are so many technical things wrong with this story I won’t even start). Once Alex and Claire are alone he starts hitting on her (how old is he? I hope he isn’t another uncle…). Sandra then comes along and says that the agents are coming in the house, so they hide Alex in a whole in the wall and it works. Claire and Alex run out the backyard and her Mom makes a diversion. Alex and Claire flirt a little more as they make their lame getaway. Of course they land in a pool and have to hide there. Alex breaths air into Claire as they make-out, I mean hide, I mean both… Claire ends up back home and she and her Mom and friendly and trust each other again. Then the Puppet Man, Eric Doyle, shows up! He got a message from Rebel telling him Claire would help him! This is actually the shows cliffhanger, but it’s so random I don’t care to put at the end.

Bennet, Danko and Nathan

Apparently Peter and Matt are the number one enemies at this point. I guess since they’ve been bugging the bad guys it makes sense. Danko has authorizedlethal force, but Nathan still doesn’t like it.

Peter and Matt

Matt keeps painting the same picture (I think it’s him being crazy or something). Then the computer in the room turns on by it’s self and Rebel starts messaging them (there was a computer in the room?). Rebel gives them an address, 283 E Street S.W. Washington D.C., and says Daphne is there. Rebel then tells them they’re coming and to get out (I bet Noah is Rebel, that would be funny, or maybe Angela). Danko then gets the bright idea that Matt and Peter are going to Washington because of the giant picture of Washington blowing up, he’s a genius…

So Peter and Matt get to the building and Peter wants Matt to mess with everyone’s mind so they can get to Daphne. Matt says he can’t control all the minds, so Peter takes his power (through his jacket… even though he touched him earlier and nothing happened…). So they’re going to mess with everone’s minds (apparently they can work together and nothing goes wrong and apparently Peter can automatically master abilities… and knows how to hack…). Peter finds out that Daphne has been moved. The bad guys then pull the fire alarm to mess with Parkman’s head. Peter copies some computer files and gets out, while Parkman gets caught (again…). Also Rebel showed up on the computer to help out a little bit, but it was more random than useful (and since Noah was preoccupied at the time maybe Rebel is Angela Petrelli).

Sylar and Luke

They’re being creepy as usual. Sylar stops at some abandoned highway stop called Big Jim’s, seems like Sylar remembers the place. The two of them go inside the creepy building and Sylar has creepy memories of the place.

1980 Flashback

Gabriel Gray’s Dad brings him into the Diner and Gabriel kind of looks like Simon Birch as a kid (maybe that hair and those glasses where the style at the time…).  Turns out the Diner is the place where Sylar’s dad sold Sylar to his uncle (I think that’s right…). Then kid Gabriel goes out and chases his father to the parking lot where he sees him agruing with Sylar’s real Mom. Sylar’s Dad then kills her by slicing her head! And shoves her out of the car. Gabriel is understandably upset and keeps saying Mommy…

Back in the present Sylar takes out his anger on Luke, but again decides not to kill him. He does abandon him this time and goes after his father alone.

The Petrellis

Nathan also thinks Rebel is Angela! But she denies it and says she wouldn’t do it. Peter then calls Nathan and blackmails him. He wants Parkman and Daphne for the information he took.

Danko refuses to make a deal with Peter. Nathan says Daphne’s last name, Millbrook! It’s probably been said before but definitely not often. Of course they go and make the exchange without Matt and Daphne. Bennet warns Peter than he’s being set up (he uses his thoughts), but Peter gets shot (in the arm/shoulder) anyways, he then falls off the roof and gets flown away by Nathan (Danko mad). Nathan takes him to Angela and Peter is confused and pissed. Nathan offers to take care of Peter and they hug. As with all hugs in this family there are alterior motives and Peter takes Nathan’s power and flies away. Angela stops Nathan from chasing Peter and tells him the game has changed and he needs to be ready (she still pulling the strings…).

Turns out Peter did leak footage to the press but it was just of people in orange jumpsuits with hoods on… and so the press mentions the Patriot Act.

Parkman and Danko

Danko is setting Parkman up so that the government will see that the heroes are bad people. He rigs Parkman up with a suit of explosives (just like in those pictures Parkman painted of himself! yeah I know) and leaves him drugged in the middle of Washington D.C. close to the Capitol Building. Not good.

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…)

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.

O terceiro episódio do Volume 4 de Heroes foi muito fraco. Fica difícil até de comentar um episódio tão ruim, nada evoluiu, ficou tudo na mesma lenga-lenga.

Vamos analisar então os acontecimentos mais relevantes do episódio. Começando por Claire, a imorta, que quer ser a heroína o tempo todo, está ferrando com o trabalho do pai e ajudando os alvos dele. Essa cena eu já vi. O cara que ela ajudou vai virar o namoradinho dela, parece que eu tô assistindo malhação. Sinceramente, vamos ter idéias novas.

As aventuras de Hiro e Ando estão cada vez mais patéticas. Sem falar que mais um episódio que Hiro é um completo imprestável sem poderes. Não vem com essa de dizer que um herói não precisa de poderes. Se for assim ninguém precisa ter poderes e vamos terminar com a série. Os dois japas salvaram uma mulher indiana de um casamento forçado. Grande merda. O que que eu tenho a ver com isso? Não acrescentou em nada pra história.

Nem a história de Sylar se desenrolou. Ele e o garoto continuam na estrada seguindo o seu caminho. A única ação do episódio foi quando eles foram atacados pelos “Caçadores”, mas Sylar conseguiu escapar abandonando o guri, porém depois ele foi buscar o garoto de volta. Resumo, continua na mesma.

Nathan Petrelli teve um pequeno problema com uma nova chefe dele, mas já foi tudo resolvido, significa que tudo continua na mesma. Por isso o episódio foi muito ruim, nada evoluiu, a situação ficou completamente estagnada. O melhor do episódio foi o finzinho, quando Peter, Parkmann e Mohinder capturaram Noah Bennet. Este foi o gancho para o próximo episódio. Espero que o próximo seja melhor que o último, torço mesmo porque é uma pena um seriado que começou tão bem estar tão desgastada e perdida em sua própria história.

Marcel Klein

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.

Heroes recomeçou e no segundo episódio do Volume 4, começa a engrenar a batalha entre o bem e o mal, que parece ser a essência de toda a série.

O nome do episódio que significa: “Confiança e Sangue”, na primeira impressão não significa nada, mas depois de assistir o episódio, passa a fazer todo o sentido. A confiança foi tratada muito intensamente e é discutida entre os personagens. Saber em quem confiar é muito importante nessa altura do campeonato. E o sangue foi derramado com a morte de Daphne, e ilustra como a situação está fora de controle e o tal “Hunter” (Caçador) que persegue os “Heroes” vai fazer de tudo para exterminar as pessoas com habilidades.

Vamos aos destaques do episódio. Começando pela interessante forma de narrativa, na qual Nathan falava ao telefone com todo mundo já sabia quem, sobre a falha de seu plano.

Depois dessa boa sacada de início, Heroes já força a nossa mente e nos chama de completos idiotas e retardados. Peraí, eu não sou nenhum idiota e quem assitiu também não é! Como assim? Um avião cai e todo mundo sai ileso, sem nenhum arranhão, é muita insanidade do criador. Das duas uma, ou todo mundo tem o poder da Claire, ou todos pegaram pára-quedas e pularam do avião todos de mãos dadas, cantando. Ninguém que assistiu é criança. Quero saber como que todo mundo saiu bem de um acidente de avião, será que caíram na ilha de Lost? Óbvio que não. O mais legal é que nem mostraram a queda, pularam logo para a cena em que todo mundo estava correndo pelo deserto como se tivessem saído de uma festa.

Vamos esquecer essa besteira e falar sobre outras coisas. Hiro sem poderes é infantilidade. Ou matam ele, ou devolvam os poderes. É desaminador ver como um dos personagens principais da história perdeu importância dentro da trama. Será que esse fato se deve aos erros de Heroes ficar indo e voltando ao passado e futuro? Pode até ser, mas um erro não justifica o outro.

Matt Parkmann desenhista é muito sem noção. Como se diz na gíria, Heroes tá viajando na maionese. De uma hora pra outra Matt passa a ver o futuro e desenhá-lo, sendo que ele nem sabia desenhar. Provavelmente ele deve ficar possuído pelo espírito de Issac Mendes. E outra, é totalmente sem necessidade, essa história de pintar o futuro. E ainda por cima, deixa os “Heroes” fracos porque que heróis que precisam saber o que vai acontecer para agir. Com esse artifício, os “Heroes” ficam dependentes e previsíveis, pior do que Power Rangers.

Mesmo assim, o ar de batalha bem contra o mal está começando e a ação está esquentando em Heroes, e esse é um ponto muito importante na trama, a ação que prende o telespectador em frente a TV. Torço para que a maionese não desande desta vez.

Outro destaque deste início de Volume 4 é Sylar. Sem dúvida ele é o principal e melhor personagem de Heroes. O modo como Zachary Quinto conduz o personagem é genial e sensacional. E apesar do Volume 3 ficar aquém do esperado, o poder que Sylar pegou de saber distinguir verdades e mentiras é muito útil no Volume 4 e ele tem usado e abusado dessa habilidade em sua jornada de auto-conhecimento. Sylar está em uma trama só dele nesse volume, não tem nada a ver com a trama central de Nathan Petrelli. Mas, convenhamos, Sylar não pode sair de Heroes. Só a participação dele já vale o episódio. Fazendo o papel de terapeuta familiar foi muito boa. Agora é esperar como será desenvolvida a sua trama particular.

Para finalizar, vamos pensar sobre a confiança. No episódio foi muito bem desenvolvida esta discussão. O joguinho entre Nathan e Tracy foi ótimo. Era uma batalha para ver quem seria o patinho que iria cair na armadilha do outro, com a participação coadjuvante do ingênuo Peter. O vencedor desse jogo já era previsto. O infinitamente mais esperto Nathan Petrelli manipulou bem e recapturou Tracy, enquanto Peter fugia diante da compaixão de Noah Bennet.

Agora é aguardar uma semana, para acompanhar Heroes e aguardar a batalha entre o bem e o mal, que promete, e ver se a história engrena de vez ou desaponta todos os fãs mais uma vez.

Marcel Klein

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!