Powerless

Posted by: Vanessa On: December 4, 2007 Comments: 0

Well, if you remember, last week they promised us that two heroes would fall tonight, and a villain would rise. I was not at all surprised to see Sylar rise, after all, what would Heroes be without Sylar.

What really got me was the second hero that fell, but I’ll cover that in a minute. First things first.

The episode began in Mohinder’s apartment, as he rushes in to find Sylar and Maya with Molly. During words being exchanged, Maya finally learns the truth about Sylar, but not before she reveals to Mohinder that Sylar has lost his powers. But, he has a gun, so he forces them all into the lab, which incidentally just happens to be Isaac Mendez’s loft, to have Mohinder help him to restore his powers. Molly, while trying to “locate” Alejandro for Maya, reveals to her that her brother “isn’t anywhere”. Maya becomes upset and screams at Sylar, who shoots her. However, Mohinder still has some Claire blood, so to show Sylar what it can do, he injects Maya, and we see the bullet pop itself out of her chest. So, we now know that Maya is NOT one of the fallen heroes, but who is? Keep reading, it gets much better.

Incidentally, after her run-in with Claire, Elle’s father, Bob, is none too happy with her. We learn from HRG that Bob was testing Elle to the point of her fainting, to see how tough his little girl was, when she was only 7! Talk about a daddy dearest. Anyway, Elle is trying to get back into dad’s graces, so when she spots Sylar with his captives in the lab, she goes in to stop him, thinking that her dad will be so proud when she does. She does get to zap him, but he gets away. Oh well, she has successfully saved three lives in the process, and thinks that maybe that’ll satisfy daddy.

At the Bennett home, Claire is proceeding with her plan to expose the company, and Bob brings HRG to talk her out of it. Of course, everyone is surprised to see him alive, and he explains that part of the deal was that he can’t be with them, but he wants Claire to stop with her plan. If she agrees, then the company will never bother them again. Then they bid him a tearful farewell and he’s off with Bob again.

Now, on to New Orleans. This was probably the most boring part of the show. Monica is tied up in an abandoned buiding, and the thug that took her pours gasoline around and sets fire to the building. Micah and Nikki are using Nikki’s cell phone to track Monica’s and they find her, but not after Nikki beats the immortal out of the thug. That was a great part, considering that she was using her womanly charms, and not her super powers. She goes in to get Monica and the building falls around them, however, Monica gets out. So we now know that Nikki is one of the fallen heroes, especially after the building blows up.

Now, back to where we left off last week. Hiro is trying to convince Peter that Adam is bad, however, Peter just won’t listen. Adam and Hiro go into the vault where the Shanti virus is kept, and Parkman shows up trying to mind control Peter into stopping Adam. Peter’s abilities are just as keen as Parkman’s, however, and he has no luck. Until Nathan shows up, that is. Nathan does convince Peter that Adam is not one of the good guys, and just as we see Hiro teleport Adam away, who incidentally was holding the vial with the virus behind his back, Peter rushes in and catches the vial before it hits the floor. Then he uses his Nuclear powers to destroy it. Hiro and Adam, in the meantime, are gone.

Peter, Nathan, and Parkman then decide to undo all the bad things that their parents did, starting with a press conference exposing the existence of heroes. There’s a security camera that they didn’t see, however, and someone is listening as they talk.

Back in Japan, Hiro shows up, much to Ando’s surprise, and tells him that Adam/Kensai will never hurt anyone again. This is the best part…..He teleported him into a casket buried in the cemetery. Although he may never die, he certainly can’t get out, and that was the most twisted and brilliant part of the night.

Ok, on to the press conference. You remember there was a security camera while Peter, Parkman, and Nathan were talking about exposing their abilities. During the press conference, someone steps out and shoots Nathan! He is our second hero. That was a big shocker. Nathan wasn’t even on my list of maybe’s. So, to sum it up, we lost Nathan and Nikki, and gained a new and improved Sylar. After the shooting, we see Angela Petrelli telling someone on the phone that she knew it was inevitable, and that they have just opened Pandora’s Box.

Truth & Consequences

Posted by: Vanessa On: November 27, 2007 Comments: 0

So, we are heading into the big finale next week. The December 3^rd episode is supposed to be the big finale, and we learn who the two heroes are that will be gone after next week. There is a lot riding on the next show, so let’s get on with the lead-in to it.

Of course, you remember that HRG woke up at the end of last week. He was shot, then given Claire’s blood to help him to recover. He woke up to find Suresh tending to him, they argued, Suresh told him that the Company is all about saving people’s lives, and then he left. And, he locked HRG in the room that he is in, so no homecoming for Mr. Bennett…yet. He does know now that Claire and the rest of the Bennett family believe that he is dead, so we’ll just see where he goes with that information.   

Peter and Adam, in the meantime, have paired up to find Victoria, who apparently was the biological engineer who harvested the Shanti virus. Peter, of course, thinks that he is saving Kaitlin by stopping strain 138 of the virus, and Adam is planning to use it to destroy the human population. Or is he? It gets a little tricky at times. They find Victoria in Maine, and she recognizes that Peter is Angela Petrelli’s son. After she has explained to him the danger of the virus, she tells him that it is in Odessa, Texas. Peter and Adam plan to leave, but Victoria comes up with a shotgun and shoots Adam, and then Peter for being with Adam. Of course, we know that they can regenerate, and she knows that Adam can, so as she goes to shoot him in the head(there is no coming back from that one), Peter stops her. Back inside the house(they had her tied up while Peter read her mind to find out where the virus is), Adam unties Victoria, and then claims to Peter that she was planning to shoot him in the head, to cover up killing her. Peter is a little upset at the turn of events, but decides there are more important issues at hand. Peter and Adam set off for Odessa to find strain 138. Hiro, who has gone back to determine when all this trouble started in 1977, shows up and freezes time (or did Peter freeze time?). He plans to kill Adam/Kensei. Peter, however, won’t have any of that so Hiro informs him that he is working with the wrong side, so to speak. As the show ends, Peter is ready to zap Hiro with a lightning bolt, and Hiro is charging Peter with his sword. Can’t wait to see how that works out.

Other happenings included Claire, along with West, Mrs. Bennett and little brother, giving HRG a touching memorial as they scattered his ashes into the ocean. The ashes were brought to them by Bob, who claimed that HRG brought all this on himself and tried in his petty little way to forgo any blame. He then asked daughter Elle to keep an eye on Claire, but not before he promised to let the cheerleader lead a normal life, as a tribute to her father. There was a great moment when Claire caught Elle at the beach during their little memorial, and threatened to expose the Company. She shoved her hand through Elle’s car window, and proved her point by regenerating. It was great to see her get tough to protect her family.

Now, to Sylar and the wonder twins. Sylar convinces Maya that she can learn to control her own powers, by upsetting her and telling her that she killed her brother’s wife on purpose and that Alejandro now hates her for it. She blackened up, but did control herself, saving Sylar from the death of the virus. Sylar then convinced her to send Alejandro away, however, twin brother had a completely different thought about it. He confronted Sylar, who killed him(great to see the old, evil Sylar back). Immediately after, Maya came knocking on Sylar’s door, and they shared a very creepy kiss, with her dead brother lying only inches away hidden from her view.

Many happenings going on, and as the show ended, we saw Sylar call Suresh and explain to him that he convinced the babysitter to take the night off, and he is with Molly. So, what will happen next? Next week, remember, we will find out who won’t carry on with the heroes saga. I, for one, can’t wait. I’m afraid to even begin to ponder on which two heroes will be lost. Oh well, I guess we’ll just have to wait til Monday.

Cautionary Tales

Posted by: Vanessa On: November 19, 2007 Comments: 0

Okay, you remember that HRG wanted to move the Bennets again. Well, they start out by packing things up, but down the stairs comes Claire in her cheerleader suit telling her dad that she isn’t moving, she is going to school. She yells at dear daddy telling him that she knows he abducts heroes, and then she tells him that she hates him. Off she goes to find West and apologize, adorably by spelling out “Sorry” in rocks, only West doesn’t believe that she had nothing to do with the abductions. Back at the house, HRG tells his wife that he did take West when he was 12 years old, and then shows her the painting that depicts his death. He then calls Mohinder to have him get Molly to track and find West. He leaves to go to the school to get Claire, when West swoops in (literally) and abducts him.

Mohinder calls to give him West’s whereabouts once West and HRG have touched ground again. They decide, after dad tells West that Claire had nothing to do with what happened to West, to form an alliance to save Claire. In the meantime, Bob is at Claire’s school, and when he calls her Miss Bennett, she sees a red flag and runs off. Claire runs home and sees the painting of HRG, just about the time that Bob shows up with a gun. He ties up Mrs. Bennett and takes off with Claire.

Oh, just about forgot to tell you that when Bob and Mohinder arrive in California, they run into Elle, who is lounging around out by the pool in a bikini. Bob introduces her to Mohinder as his daughter! Really didn’t see that one coming. After Bob takes off with Claire, HRG and Mohinder, who have met up, with Mohinder telling HRG that the company needs Claire, or more specifically her blood, to save people from the virus. They then meet up with Elle. As she starts to zap HRG, West swoops in and saves him, knocking her out. Mohinder and HRG then get into a struggle, after Mohinder points a gun at him (remember the picture?). HRG overcomes Mohinder and West stops him just as he is about to put a bullet in his head. He kicks him instead and they take Elle and leave. They take her to the Bennet home, where they find Mrs. Bennet, and the fact that Bob has Claire. They put Elle in a chair, all tied up with her feet in Mr. Muggles doggy bath. When she wakes up(after he sprays her with water), and tries to zap him, she shocks herself. That was literally the best part of tonight’s show. Oh, that and when HRG asks her “stings like a b*tch don’t it?” Then he calls Bob on Elle’s cell and they make a plan to meet and swap daughters. Before they leave, Bob takes some of Claire’s blood. They meet up at the beach, swap daughters, and West takes Claire into the blue to keep her safe. Elle turns around and zaps them, causing them to hit the ground. HRG shoots Elle, and decides that if he kills Bob, then the company’s reign of terror is over, but before he has a chance, Mohinder shoots him! In the eye, just like the painting. But, don’t get too upset, just wait until I hit the end of the show.

Now, while all this drama is unfolding, Hiro has gone back in time, from his father’s funeral, to save his dad. Kaito, however, thinks that it is his fate to die, and does not want Hiro to help him. Hiro then takes him to his mother’s funeral, to show his father how he feels. Kaito agrees that when his wife died, it was the saddest day of his life, however, after talking to young Hiro, who by the way was a very adorable child, Hiro decides that his father is right and takes him back to the rooftop to accept his fate. While there, however, he freezes time. He tells Ando (who can’t hear him because he is frozen) that if he can’t save his father, then at least he can find out who killed him. And, drum roll please, it’s Adam, or Kensai, whichever you prefer. Like we didn’t all see that one coming.

Parkman has convinced his boss, in the meantime, to let him see Angela Patrelli once again. He has finally gotten control over his mind control powers, and can just about get anyone to do whatever he wants. That would be the coolest power! Anyway, he forces her, through the mind control, to tell him about Adam, and she informs him that he is 400 years old, and has the ability to regenerate. This is when he learns about the new woman, Joanna Cassidy. Angela swears that she promised never to reveal Joanna’s location, and warns Parkman that if he forces her to tell, then he will ultimately turn into his father.

Not much happened anywhere except for with HRG. So, back to that. At the end of the episode, with Mrs. Bennet clearly distressed, and Claire kicking herself for having said “I hate you” to HRG, we see a body lying on a table, receiving blood. You guessed it, it’s HRG himself back from the dead! Now isn’t he lucky that Bob stole Claire’s blood?

The Rest of the Heroes Four Months Ago

Posted by: Vanessa On: November 13, 2007 Comments: 0

Believe it or not DL survived the gunshot wound from Linderman. He, Nikki, and Micah were all set to live happily ever after. After he returned home from the hospital, Micah was intrigued with the idea that they could be a family of superheroes. Nikki, however, was in a funk. She let Bob from the company put her on the medication to suppress her abilities, so that Micah and DL would be safe.

When she got so blah that she couldn’t function, she flushed the meds down the sink, apparently thinking she would be fine without them. In the meantime, DL has gotten a job as a fireman (a true Hero) and Micah is thrilled when he pulls a little girl from a burning house, and they spread it all over the news. Nikki, on her way to a new job selling cars, is surprised when Jessica speaks to her. Only it’s not Jessica, it’s Gina. Gina is a name that Nikki used years ago when she was in L.A. Gina wants to go back to L.A., and try as she may, Nikki just can’t stop her. So here we are trapped in the mirror again. When DL returns home he sees a note in lipstick on the mirror that she has gone to L.A. He’s thinking it’s Jessica of course, and goes after her.

He finds her on a club dance floor, and shows her a picture of the three of them to jog her back. Nikki returns, and they head to leave. The guy that she is dancing with, however, has other plans. The absolute best part of tonight’s episode is when the guy tried to clock DL over the head and his hand went completely through. That was priceless.

On the way out, Nikki and DL are coming down a flight of stairs when the guy from the dance floor returns, puts a gun up against DL’s chest, and shoots him. So, he did survive the first gunshot wound, it was the second one that got him.

At the funeral is where Nikki talks to DL’s family from Louisiana about helping her, and makes her decision to let Bob and the company take away her abilities.

On the other side of the world, Maya and Alejandro are celebrating the his wedding. His new wife, however, doesn’t sit very well with Maya. She walks off with another guy, and Maya goes to look for them. What she finds is them making out. You really had to see that one coming. She freaks out, the guy threatens her to keep her mouth shut, and on comes the virus. Everyone in the wedding celebration is dead except our twin Heroes. Later, while she is praying in church, he comes and tries to convince her to come home. He tells her that he only wants to help. He is, at this point, thinking that she poisoned everyone, because she insisted that she had killed them all. So, her dear brother brought the policia to take her away. She freaks out and kills everyone there, except of course for Alejandro. This is where he learns that he can calm her down and take away the virus. This is also where they decide that it’s best to get out of Dodge while the gettin is good.

Four Months Ago

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Okay, so we already knew from last week that the famous Kensei is actually Adam, who was a member of the original heroes. He and Peter hooked up while being held at the company. This week’s episode was to fill us in on what happened from the time that Peter and Nathan flew off, to avoid Peter blowing up NYC, to the present.

So here we go. Peter talked Nathan into dropping him, when it appeared Nathan was being seriously burned. Peter did his blowing up, and then returned to catch Nathan as he was falling to the ground. He then took him to the hospital. This is where Elle comes in. She and Bob captured Peter (Elle gave him a jolt) and took him to the company, promising to help him so that you wouldn’t hurt anyone else. They then used the Haitian to suppress his abilities, and convinced him to take the medication that would eventually leave him powerless. When they put him in his room, guess who was next door…Kensei/Adam. Then, fast forward to two months ago, and Peter and Adam finally start talking. Adam tells him to try to leave, and Bob tells him that he can’t see Nathan right now, because he will only hurt him. So Adam convinces Peter that the company is bad and only trying to keep him from Nathan because they know that Adam’s blood could cure him. Now forward to one month ago, Peter is talking to Elle, and kisses her (which really gives him a jolt - talk about electricity between actors). He then fakes taking his meds, which he has done for the past 5 days, thus regaining his abilities. Then he slips through the wall into Adam’s room, and the two of them slip out of the company. They head to the hospital where Nathan is still badly burned and barely alive. Adam injects a portion of his blood into Nathan, and they watch as he starts to heal. Then they take off so the company can’t find them. Adam tells Peter to meet him at the shop in Montreal and gives him the address. Elle and the Haitian find Peter, and the Haitian chases him onto a loading dock. This is where we learned that the Haitian actually does want to help Peter. Apparently Angela was good to him at some point, and he wants to return the favor. So he gives Peter his necklace (the one he has in Ireland. By the way, he lost his shirt in the chase, which is why he shows up shirtless in Ireland). He then tells Peter that “this is the only way” and takes his memory, then handcuffs him to the box so that he can’t get out and be caught by the company.

And this is how a shirtless and memory-less Peter came to be in Ireland 4 months later.

‘Heroes’ Creator Apologizes to Fans

Posted by: Hero On: November 7, 2007 Comments: 1

 Tim Kring admits mistakes were made at the beginning of season 2, but promises to get back on track

On the chilly Monday morning that Hollywood’s writers went on strike, Heroes creator Tim Kring called from the streets outside the Hollywood studio where his NBC series is shot. ”Yes, I’m picketing my own show,” says the 50-year-old writer-producer. ”So surreal.”

But Kring wasn’t calling to discuss labor woes — he was calling to explain why Heroes, suffering a creative decline and a 15 percent ratings drop from the same period last year, went from Human Torch hot to Iceman cold. The good news? A turnaround appears to be under way. After weeks of sluggish storytelling, the Nov. 5 episode recaptured some of last season’s fanciful energy. We’ve also seen the next two episodes — and we like them, too. The cliff-hangers are back. Narrative purpose has been discovered. Old favorites like Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) and Horn-Rimmed Glasses (Jack Coleman) take center stage. Even more encouraging: Kring himself is keenly aware that Heroes is broken. Here’s his candid critique:

THE PACE IS TOO SLOW ”We assumed the audience wanted season 1 — a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.”

THE WORLD-SAVING STAKES SHOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED SOONER The premonition of nuclear apocalypse created a larger context that unified every story line last season. Kring now sees that Volume 2 (the first 11 episodes of season 2) would have been better served if Peter’s vision of viral Armageddon had appeared in the season premiere rather than episode 7. ”We took too long to get to the big-picture story,” he says.

THE ROOKIES DIDN’T GREET THEMSELVES PROPERLY New Heroes Monica (Dana Davis), Maya (Dania Ramirez), and Alejandro (Shalim Ortiz) ‘’shouldn’t have been introduced in separate story lines that felt unattached to the show. The way we introduced Elle (Kristen Bell) — by weaving her in via Peter’s story line — is a more logical way to bring new characters into the show.” (That said, Kring says a few newbies won’t make it beyond this second volume, which wraps Dec. 3.)

HIRO WAS IN JAPAN WAY TOO LONG Hiro’s (Masi Oka) time-bending adventure in 17th-century Japan — where he mentored samurai hero Takezo Kensei (David Anders) — finally came to an end on Nov. 5. But Kring says it ‘’should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn’t give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.”

YOUNG LOVE STINKS Kring regrets sticking Claire (Hayden Panettiere) with a super-dud boyfriend and forcing Hiro to moon over a cutesy princess. ”I’ve seen more convincing romances on TV,” he admits. ”In retrospect, I don’t think romance is a natural fit for us.”

Yet while Heroes has finally found some dramatic traction, this second volume is pretty much a wash. The Dec. 3 episode has been retooled to function as a potential season finale — a move inspired by the writers’ strike and a desire to give the show ”a clean slate” when it goes back into production for Volume 3. At that point, Kring wants to craft a rebooted Heroes that can attract new fans and win back those who’ve tuned out: ”The message is that we’ve heard the complaints — and we’re doing something about it.”

 Source:  EW

Out Of Time

Posted by: Vanessa On: November 5, 2007 Comments: 0

Tonight’s Heroes was appropriately titled “Out of Time”, and it seems that everyone is running out of time. First of all, Peter and Caitlan were, after last week, transported to the future, where they found out that 93% of the world’s population was killed by a virus. Now, we know what virus they are talking about, but they don’t. Caitlan was taken away to be deported by to Ireland, and Peter was brought in to see Angela. Apparently she did not get killed in the present after all. After she spoke “motherly” to him, he did finally remember who he was, and what he can do, only to leave the future and end up back in the present, without Caitlan.

Oh, and Kensei will be a long term player in the role of Adam, who knows Peter. Very confusing, I know. Hiro is now back in the present, also, and found out last night that his father was killed. The good-bye between him and Yaeko is very heart wrenching, as she tells him that as far as she is concerned, he will always be the real Kensei. Kensei, himself, is actually dead, or so they think, after he is blown up with White Beard’s army. Hiro then teleports back to the present, finally, and meets up with Ando, who gives him the grave news of his father.

Back at the company, Bob is forced to evacuate, because Maury, Matt’s father, is on his way in to kill Bob. In this setting is where we learn that Adam was the mastermind behind the killings, and won’t stop until he wreaks revenge on the older generation heroes. Matt, while trying to stop his father, gets trapped in Molly’s nightmare, but he does pull his father in with him, who is a little surprised that Matt could do that. Matt is actually surprised as well. He does finally tell his father off (best part of the night) and he and Molly leave the little apartment that they are trapped in, leaving Matt’s dear old dad behind. When Matt comes to, his father is lying motionless on the floor, apparently forever trapped in his own nightmare, and Molly finally wakes up.

Before Matt could trap Maury, however, he got to Nikki, who was ready to kill Bob with the virus by injecting him. She was seeing her own nightmare of DL telling her that she was no good, and the only way to save Micah was to kill Bob. While Nathan and Bob try to stop her, she injects herself to stop the nightmare. Not a problem, Mohinder can just give her his blood as an antedote, right? Wrong. This virus is apparently a new strain, and his blood is no longer effective. Now Nikki is thinking that she will be joining the lost heroes soon.

Let’s skip ahead to Claire and Wes. He comes by to make her waffles, her mother just loves him, and when H.R.G. comes in, Wes tries to get Claire to go with him, to save her from the “man in the horn rimmed glasses”. When she tells him that that man is her father, he thinks that she is working with the company, and leaves. When dear old daddy finds out that Claire has let someone in on their secret, he vows that they must pack up and leave. Claire, however, has a mind of her own and tells him that they can leave, but she is staying put.

Now, back to Adam. Adam is the man who is behind the killings, apparently. He wanted to rule the world with his powers, and the older generation heroes, minus a few puppets that he had control over, stopped him and locked him away. He got out. At the end of the episode, we saw Peter back in Montreal, and someone behind him. Turned out the someone was Kensei/Adam.

Now, next week we get to learn everything that happened right after Peter and Nathan took off to avoid Peter’s exploding and blowing up NYC. There will also be stories about what happened to DL, and a few other things that we need to know.

Until next week………

The Line

Posted by: Vanessa On: October 29, 2007 Comments: 0

Well, I wanted to see Hiro, and see him I did. I watched every second right up until Kensei hit him over the head, when he turned bad guy and went to play with the other team. That’s getting a little ahead, let me back up. After they freed her father, Yaeko and Hiro, about to be shot by White Beard’s men, were teleported (via Hiro) to safety. She then figured out that it was Hiro all along who had saved the day, and they share a sweet, and rather comical kiss. Kensei saw them, and this is where the scroll, which Ando is reading in present day, ended. Kensei confronted Hiro about the kiss, and Hiro explained that he and Yaeko “accidentally” fell in love. They decided to go ahead and destroy the guns that White Beard has made, and the next thing you know, Yaeko and her father are being taken by White Beard’s men, and Hiro is hit in the back of the head by Kensei. White Beard’s men then offer Kensei anything he wants, and that’s where we are left for next week.

On the other side of the globe (or of the time continium), Sylar and his riders, Maya and Alejandro have finally reached the border, only to be thwarted by border patrol. Sylar, very enthused with Maya’s “talent” convinces her to use her special gift and kill the patrollers.

She does and Alejandro is very upset, so upset, in fact, that he and Sylar later engage in a fight. Maya stands up for him, and they again decide to stay together, all three of them. Slyer then, when Maya walks away, tells Alejandro, who doesn’t speak English, that he plans to kill them both and take their abilities, and if he does let them live, he will use Maya as his “shiny new toy”.

My favorite story line in this episode was Claire’s. She tried out for cheerleading, but the sassy and *itchy Debbie refused to let her on the team, because she’s not special enough. I loved that one! Anyway, West suggested to Claire that she bring Debbie down a notch, so she found her drunk with the other cheerleaders later that night, and Claire and West staged a “horror” for her to witness. West flew down and grabbed Claire, only to let her drop to the cement steps below. Then he started chasing Debbie. The next thing it showed was a tearful and terrified Debbie relating the story to the police, and telling them that Claire was dead. Of course, she looked like a fool when Claire walked up and asked what was going on. The police found her liquor bottle, and apparently toted her off to jail, and the very next day Claire is named a new cheerleader. Don’t you love it when a plan comes together?

A few other sidelines of the night included Suresh and Bob arguing over giving Monica an injection with the virus in it to see if it would stop her powers. Don’t worry, they kissed and made up and Nikki (or Jessica, who can tell?) was given to Mohinder as his partner. In the meantime, HRK and the Haitian were in Russia to see Ivan, who used to work for the company. They tied him up, took away a little of his memory for cohersion, and asked him where the pictures were. He did finally tell them, only to be blown forever out of the series by HRK himself. By blown away, I mean he shot him. They did find the paintings, and as the show went off, they were trying to figure out what the paintings by the late, great Isaac Mendez actually mean.

Fight or Flight

Posted by: Vanessa On: October 22, 2007 Comments: 1

Here it is Monday night after Heroes again.

 Tonight’s show was a real sit on the edge of your seater. First of all, Peter, even though he looked through the box with all his information, still has not a clue who he is. He did, however, realize his painting abilities, when he painted a mysterious picture of himself and Caitlin in Montreal, at least that’s what they think it was about. Anyway, I was a little disappointed that they used Elle to kill off Caitlin’s brother, he was one of my favorite new characters. And I assume, that Peter got his ability to generate electricity from Elle, since she used that power to kill Ricky.

As for Hiro, I was sorely disappointed that we didn’t get to see much of him. I really hope they invest a little more time in his story line next week. I’m starting to miss that little guy.

As far as Molly, Matt, and Suresh go, Molly is now with the company, you kind of had to see that one coming, and Matt has gone off to find his father, which he and Nathan did, only to find that Parkman senior has a power of his own, which is a great one, but not so much for Parkman and Petrelli. They are left inside a small room to confront their worst fears, and end up unknowingly beating each other half to death. Anyway, Matt finally pulls them both out of it, but by then Parkman senior is long gone, and Molly is still trapped inside her own nightmare.

Suresh, in the meantime, has a confrontation with Nikki/Jessica. While trying to help her escape from the company, she sends him away telling him that she is seeking help for her split personality. So, he heads of to gather the person the company wants brought in, who just happens to be Monica. After she realizes, with Micah’s help, that she is “special” they go out and see just what she can learn. When they return home, a knock at the door produces Suresh, who tells her that he is there to help her understand her new changes.

Probably the best moment of the night was when Matt learned to use mind communication, and realized that he could not only hear others minds, but speak to them as well.

As for the rest of the episode, again, I am disappointed in the lack of Hiro, and really hope that they plan to bring him some action next week.

Fight or Flight Preview

Posted by: Vanessa On: October 19, 2007 Comments: 0

Well, Kristen Bell finally shows up on our beloved Heroes on Monday, Oct. 22^nd. She debuts in Ireland, looking for Peter. Matt flies to Philly to find his dad, who, by the way is Molly’s “nightmare man”. Micah’s cousin Monica tries to come to grips with her newfound powers (and by the way, I love the new power. It’s great that the writers aren’t having trouble coming up with new powers for the new cast). H.R.G. goes out of his way to help keep his family safe, and Hiro, who we missed on Monday, they should always show Hiro, he is still in 1600’s Japan trying to fix the mess that he caused by tinkling with the past. In the meantime, Ando is trying to figure out what has happened to Hiro. It looks like another blockbuster night. I personally can’t wait.

Incidentally, it looks like Parkman’s father will be played by Alan Blumenfeld. You may remember Blumenfeld as Rabbi David Barans on Gilmore Girls.