Heroes, Heroes, Heroes... II

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HEWHOKICKSALOT

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 2:25 AM

Ssssoooo... Mom, my hands are glowing! Is that bad?

We finally get to meet the dysfunctional mom of Sylar. No wonder he's a little off. Speaking of moms, how could we leave out Mrs. Pitrelli? Grooming her son to be the new leader of the free world at such a horrible expense...

So, think Claire will cap Peter? So many plot twists, so little time...

"My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."

Rob O.

DEEPGIRL187

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 2:34 AM

Things are really coming together. It looks like Hiro's dad is definitely falling on the side of bad, based on the previews for next week. And for that matter, Peter and Nathan's mom as well. The parents of the heroes seem to be apart of some kind of secret society or something. I wonder if they'll reveal the backstory behind this now, or in the next season.

It seems they're setting up Peter to die. It's a damn shame too; he's one of my favorite characters.

And is it just me, or can Claire be kind of whiny at times? Yeah, your life sucks and all, but get a move on it already. The world's a-endin'.

Am I the only one who noticed that Sylar's mom was the woman who played Audrey in the remake of Little Shop Of Horrors? Just had to point that one out.

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"If you want to win a war, you must serve no master but your ambition."

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 2:56 AM

Claire’s always been a little bit whiny.

I was thinking that Peter was growing too powerful. At this point, Peter’s abilities are more then a match for Sylar, and unlike Sylar, Peter’s power can expand automatically with little effort of his own. I’ve been thinking that they will eventually have to kill Peter, or in some way remove him from the scene.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

SINGATE

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 7:55 AM

Evidently Linderman, Ma Petrelli, and Pa Nakamura have some kind of unified vision of the future which requires the explosion to occur. In their future Nathan somehow unites the country and later the world, moving towards some sort of global enlightenment. The wrench in their plan seems to be Sylar. Obviously Linderman is the one who stopped Bennet from killing him while he was in captivity. He must have viewed Sylar as a necessary evil helping to move the plan forward. The problem being that Sylar has something of a conscious what with his not wanting to cause the deaths of untold millions. With the death of his mother he seems to have lost the rest of his humanity. Now it looks as though he wants the explosion to take place in order to facilitate his rise to power, becoming president to make his deceased mother proud.

The whole 180 by Sylar seemed quite abrubt. Granted he was shocked to find out he may be responsible for a nuclear explosion but I just can't see him being that concerned. If he really believes in survival of the fittest then killing the weak should not be a problem. Having him visit mommy ended up being more important than I would have believed. We finally see what has been driving him all this time. The idea that he would go back to repairing watches if she told him it was alright is fascinating.

Once again Hiro demonstates what it is to be a hero. He has all the evidence in the world as to why Sylar needs to be stopped but will not kill someone because it goes against his code. He reminded me so much of comic book Spiderman with his refusal to kill in this episode. Did his concentraion falter while during the time stop or did Sylar somehow break free?

All those folks at Linderman's complex are looking like fish in a barrel. If last week's episode is any indication then Candice, Ted, and DL may be receiving brain surgery sometime during the next two episodes.

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BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 11:09 AM

Another excellent episode!

Yes, it would appear that Mrs Petrelli is part of the Linderman group and their view of the explosion being a catalyst for some sort of shift in power & a new world dawning scenario. I honestly don't think it is as simple as the whole world comes together to put the pieces back together. I think that Linderman and his allies are looking to make some sort of power play by setting Nathan up to be a puppet president. No doubt they have some sort of New World Order mindset with themselves set up as a new shadow government.

Sylar's turn around when he discovers he may be the person responsible seemed a bit off. He has shown no compunction about killing before, but his little speech to Mohinder about it being taking powers from "those that don't deserve them" might explain his change of heart. I liked seeing him revert to his original look to go visit his mother. Of course that didn't turn out so good as mommie dearest winds up with a pair of shears to the heart.

I sure wish Hiro would have killed him, Sylar definitely needs killing, but I suppose that is not in the plot at least until the beginning of next season. I understand Hiro's hesitation to a point, but with millions of lives on the line? Suck it up dude and skewer the guy already. And what happened to the sword? I guess they are saying the extreme cold made it fragile enough to break? Poor Hiro just can't seem to keep that sword very long. I do think from next weeks sneak peek that he is going to have his father fix it for him.

I kind of like the Peter/Claire dynamic, but I agree that Claire is coming off a bit whiny. Need to keep in mind she is a teenager whose whole life is out of her control and she is being thrust into the adult world and world shattering events without the benefit of experience or wisdom. I guess any teen would be whiny about it.

I don't think they are going to kill Peter off. He seems pivotal to the story. I think that at least one or two will die in NYC during the finale for this season and into the opener next season, but I don't think Peter will be one of them due to his having absorbed Claire's healing ability. I think Peter will get his new power aquired from Ted under control with the help of Bennett and the others before Claire having to kill him becomes a real option.

Can't wait for next week!

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REGINAROADIE

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 1:48 PM

Hey

Loved last night's episode. Agree with everything else everyone's saying.

Three things I loved.

I loved how Sylar tried to make his Mom happy with his freezing power, but only ended up making thing's worse.

I love how Micah tries to escape but keeps coming back into the same room and the reveal of Candice. And extra points go to the Woody Woodpecker cartoon as subtext.

And Hiro at the beginning of the episode. "DON'T WORRY, NEW YORK...WEEE WILL SAAAVE YOOOUUUUU!!!" Hiro overexcited about his powers always brings a smile to me.

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DEEPGIRL187

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 3:02 PM

Actually, I think Sylar's reaction makes sense. If you think about it, Sylar is bascially a serial killer. Serial killers have a certain kind of victim they prey after, and more importantly, a specific reason for preying on those victims. Without those reasons, their whole mental schema for killing starts to break up. At least, that's how I see things.

And on a basic level, if they didn't give Sylar's character more dimensions, he'd be no better than a two-bit, power-hungry madman. Heroes is a bit above such shallow characters (yes, I know that sounds really snobbish ).

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HEWHOKICKSALOT

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 3:19 PM

I must say, Hiro is my favorite. His undying idealism is a truly bright spot in the show. I hope he doesn't lose that entirely as events unfold.

I also like how Peter's resolve is so resolute. He is unwavering in his devotion to saving the world, a wonderful counterpoint to Sylar's unwavering need for greater power.

As for poor Claire, well, it is a lot to ask of a 15/16 year old to shoot her newest friend and savior. What started out as a secret fun experiment has turned into something not so fun.

What exactly is the agenda of Hiro's dad/Linderman/Ma Pitrelli? That will hopefully come to light soon.

I was especially touched by Mohinder's new relationship with Molly was her name, I think? Glad to see Mohinder back to his good doctor ways. Hope they're not corrupted by the Paper Factory fellas. His blood was the cure? Nice twist. Didn't see that coming with the "cure was found a few months after my sister died," comment.

Absolutely love this show. Can't miss it.

Rob O.

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 3:38 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by deepgirl187:
And on a basic level, if they didn't give Sylar's character more dimensions, he'd be no better than a two-bit, power-hungry madman. Heroes is a bit above such shallow characters (yes, I know that sounds really snobbish ).

I don’t think its snobbish, we should expect that the main characters are well rounded. And Sylar’s social Darwinist psycho bit will only go so far without perspective. I also don’t think Sylar’s concern after discovering that he might kill millions of people was misplaced. I would have been disappointed if he was depicted as being so flat. As you stated even serial killers have “reasons” for why they do things, even if those reasons are meaningful only to them. I think it was an interesting contrast between, Sylar, a man who murders people in cold blood, yet finds the idea of killing millions of people without concern for his reasons distasteful, and those people who seem perfectly okay with the concept of killing millions yet would never think of killing a single innocent life. There is a distinction drawn, however thin it may be, between homicide and democide.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

STEGASAURUS

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 7:06 PM

Am I the only one who caught the fact that our "wonderful" Mr. Bennet was bringing Ted to kill Molly?

Bennet knew there was a different system in place than the tags. Molly was brought in when Bennet was still a frim member of the "team".

I'm beginning to not like HRG again. Molly was incredibly adoreable, and he's bringing the caveman to bash her.

I don't think Molly could be any sweeter if you dumped a pund of sugar on her. lol

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