So kids. What did we learn in this episode?
- Tracy kicks ass and Nathan can’t protect himself.
- Umm. The president is black?
- Daphne is the only one that can get shit done.
- Mohinder is still whiny and scaly. Then not scaly. Then scaly. Then not. I am convinced it’s really herpes.
- FireMommy dies.
- Claire is more like her daddy than she likes to believe.
- Sylar is a badass. And possibly dead. But we all know he’s not. Since spoilers for Volume 4 have been released and he’s still in the cast. Thank god for small mercies.
- Peter injects himself with the formula to save Nathan’s ass and flies them away to safety but Nathan being the ungrateful prick says, “I wouldn’t have done the same”, throws up the deuce and flies off.
- Ando injects himself with the formula to save Hiro and the injectino made him a super battery charger. Which super charged Daphne to go in the past to save Hiro. Which they completely tried to justify with Einstein’s time/space theory. Whatevs. As long as we get shit done around here.
So where are we with volume 4? Nathan is gathering up the specials, and using his powers as a US Senator [you know. Like REAL life? The lives they led before this clusterfuck of volumes?] to put them all in a special facility. I take it that the President does NOT know that Nathan is also ‘one of them’. But as Sylar/Nathan in the Oval Office [reference Volume 1] once said, “I fly. I’m hardly dangerous.” Creepy.
Spoilers for Volume 4 include Peter being a paramedic, Sylar meeting his father, and Claire looking for colleges. That’s a nice bit of normalcy for ya. Back to square one, ordinary people with extraordinary powers.
PS. I do like the references to season 1. Remember when Sylar and Peter were in the face off in the “Five Years Gone” episode? Sylar had said, “When I killed Nathan, he had already turned against his own kind.” Foreshadowing much? Nice touch writers. I’m sure it was a fluke.
Save the cheerleader. Save the world.
It’s definitely a cause and effect episode in Heroes last week due to the much talked about *yawn* eclipse.
Problem: Nathan and Peter fly to Haiti to find the Haitian. God. Please give him a name.
Result: Halfway through the flight, they fall in midair into a pond. Why couldn’t it have been a mountain. Boring. Peter has the nerve to call Nathan a pussy. A PUSSY. PETER of all people. You know, cuz he conveniently forgot that he’s a NURSE. Nurse. Meet your NY Senator. Whatevs.
They find the Haitian which is completely pointless because his powers are gone also. Nathan is captured by the US military because Tracy pulled real strings and used you know… Real life connections.
Problem: Hiro is still 10. Parkman and Ando travel to Kansas to find Daphne.
Result: Parkman totally eye fucks Daphne’s dad hoping that he could read his mind but no dice. The dad totally thinks he’s a complete psycho. The eclipse renders Daphne’s powers useless also but also makes her crippled?! Ouch.
Hiro and Ando go to a comic book store to find the next edition of 9th Wonders [how many effin’ books did Issac make?!] They run into Seth Green. Sexy.
Problem: Sylar and Elle pair up to take Claire down.
Result: Hmm. They realize they kinda suck without powers and HRG totally kicks ass the old fashion way. Surprisingly Sylar is ok with being ‘normal’ for once and through their angst he makes out with Elle. Well all right.
Problem: Claire is acting like a brat.
Result: HRG checks her. “Just because I’m not home doesn’t give you permission to act like a spoiled brat” You tell her, daddy! But she gets shot anyway. Sadface.
Problem: Mohinder is acting like a brat.
Result: The eclipse made him cocoon himself and when it was over it spit him back out COMPLETELY NUDE on the floor. Like a newborn child. Like nude with mucus and slime out of a vagina. Gross.
Tonight? Claire seems to die. But we all know the writer’s will not kill off their golden girl :-/
Forgive me for a lackluster recap. This was indeed the most filler episode of the whole season so far.
Hiro is being brainfucked by Arthur Petrelli but Arthur having ADD gets distracted by a huge eclipse rock painting which is entirely unrealistic because how would AfroIssac climb so high to paint that shit plus there’s endless supply of paint in Africa? I think not.
Anyway, instead of totally demolishing Hiro…he does enough damage to turn him into a 10 year old which is essentially Hiro’s everyday personality anyway. No loss there.
Back in the incestuous duo of Peter/Claire, Peter is whining like a bitch about how Claire turns “into a woman” in the future [nice choice of words perv] and how she’ll lose her soul and kill him. Blah blah blah. Peter would complain about winning the lottery. Anyway, Claire’s all like shut the fuck up cuz the more you talk the less attractive you are and let’s just get out of here.
Flint and Knox show up and Claire puts on her bad ass act and helps Peter escape. She really doesn’t get this whole ‘I’m invincible’ thing does she? Claire. Listen. Not dying? Overrated. These are the words from a true emo. There are things way worse than death. Like work, school, being stuck in traffic, hangovers, being buried alive, life in general. Oh you know or how about that time when your Firemommy locked you up in that fiery warehouse thingy AND ALMOST SUFFOCATED YOU?! [/end rant]
Of course, like all characters in this show, she just can’t help herself. After the first escape, she gets cocky and tries to get buck again when Flint/Knox show up for the 2nd time. This time to get HER. Of course, being immortal doesn’t mean you’re strong or can out fight two grown men. Burn. Surprisingly, Peter shows up to rescue her playing on Flint’s stupidity by releasing gas in the space they are in. Flint fire blasts the whole place and Peter/Claire run away. Btw. This happens later but it doesn’t warrant a paragraph. Mohinder is whining about powers [again], realizes it needs a catalyst – one with pure blood, Claire realizes it may be her.
The rabbit and the tortoise. Matt is still being dumb but manages to save Mama Petrelli by going into her mind. In her mind, he encounters EvilDaphne who really isn’t Daphne so RealDaphne asked to be pulled in. Arthur is in the dream too and tells Matt women can’t be trusted [you got that right.] Matt being a sucker for love escapes from the dream when Daphne announces that ummmm. SHE LOVES HIM?!?!? Alright. I’m done with this storyline.
The zapper and the killer. Elle is being locked in a room chained to the floor. Kinky. Sylar goes into help her upon his father’s orders. Arthur told him that he too can absorb power without killing and he needs to do it by learning how to feel for others. Eem.
Elle is pissed the fuck off cuz Sylar killed her father and starts zapping the hell out of him but since he can regenerate, all she really does is singe off his clothes. Twisted version of foreplay but sure. Sylar once had feelings for Elle you see. Granted he may not have loved her but he loved who he was with her. My name is Gabriel. He tells her to forgive herself. In that he’s asking her to forgive him and in turn is forgiving himself. I can take your pain. And he does.
Former badass and the beauty queen. Nathan is taking lessons from Peter and being a indecisive little biatch. He talks to his father and says fuck you, I’m going back to Mom. Tracy lets him go but returns to Arthur cuz she’s a fucking G. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Villain alert! Arthur thinks that she’s came to ‘get rid of her powers’ like all the other pussies that come there but she’s like ‘no actually. I’m kinda growing to like them.’ She promises to bring Nathan as long as Arthur watches her back IN REAL LIFE.. You know the life that is currently going on as all these people run around saving the world. Fuck school. Fuck work. Look at me and my ballin’ ass apartment when I haven’t worked in TWO FUCKING YEARS. But I digress.
The closing shot is pretty cool. The villians walk into Arthur’s office one by one as the ‘heroes/dumbfucks’ pan out in Mama Petrelli’s room.
Villians: Knox, Flint, Sylar, Elle, Arthur, Tracy
Heroes: Nathan, Matt, Mama, Peter, Claire, Daphne.
The war is on.
Gabriel Gray.
Gabriel. Messenger of God.
Gray. Well… Aren’t we all a bit morally gray?
The scene opens to Gabriel in his Buddy Holly get up freakin out in his shop. He has done something bad. Something evil. The hunger that cannot be controlled. He had wanted and taken. It’s an evolutionary imperative.
Gab cannot deal with the remorse so he goes to hang himself. Luckily Elle is on assignment and she’s on it. You can’t let your homework die now can you?
After selling him for a couple minutes about God and bullshit, Gab calms his nerves and makes friends with Elle. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy.
This will change the both of us.
It will turn you into a cold-blooded killer. It will turn me heartless, remorseless and worse. Maybe we have more in common than we think.
Elle is here on company’s orders. Partnered with HRG, they are not to bring Gabriel in but to provoke him. See what makes him tick. Letting an alcoholic take a whiff of liquor. He didn’t stand a chance.
Developing a genuine friendship, Elle and Gab eat pie in his ginormous apartment [you know cuz watchmaker’s are SO baller] and she wants to abort mission. He has a soul. He has remorse. Who are we to take that from him she questions.
Because it’s our job.
Elle and HRG plan a fun surveillanced date night filled with wine, ziti, and a special guest. Emoboy with the trigger happy finger. As Elle fawns over Emoboy who doesn’t hesitate to dazzle them with his glass breaking skills. Over and over. Bang. Bang. Click. Something snaps. Maybe it’s jealousy. Maybe it’s the hunger. But it’s here.
This will change the both of us.
“You think he’s so special?! Can he do this?!” and Wham. Emoboy slams into the wall. Out of panic, Elle zaps him. He is surprised. The one person he thought he could trust. Who is she?
He doesn’t kill her. Because deep down. He already loves her.
But Emoboy? You’re dead. You want a monster? I’ll give you a monster. You think this is a game? You think this is what I will become? You’re right. This is me. A soul-less monster. A killer. I’m special.
I’ve killed a lot of people Elle. You’re much to blame for that as anyone maybe even more so.
And so it is.
Assignment complete.
We start off in Africa where AfroIssac is feeding Hiro some crap that will enable him to see the future. This guy has some major tools yo. I mean, a future seeing walkman, future seeing mush, magically colorful berries that enable rock paintings? So baller. Either that or that caveman’s on acid.
But via Hiro, we zoom back to the good days when Peter was a nurse and had the best emo bang ever. This is 2 months prior to when we started Season 1. For all you Season 1-ers, this is a great tie in episode. I squealed everytime they ‘sequenced’ a scene that was the continuation [or ‘pre-continuation?!] of the pilot. Yes. At times it was corny but it really brought things together for me.
OK sorry. Fanwank over.
As we know Nathan was about to take Linderman and his papa down for countless cases of illegal doings. Papa tried to talk Nathan out of it but Nathan insists. Papa commends Nathan for his integrity decides that he must die. He orders that horrible accident that rendered Heidi handicapped and Mama Petrelli is on to him but being the good wife she accepts his lie that he had nothing to do with it.
Love triangle time. Linderman takes it upon himself to heal Mama’s brain and oh is it on. She’s clear now and the mission is clear. Daddy must die. Husband or son. It’s nature. The mother protects her cubs. By any means necessary.
Angela enlists the help of the Haitian and she poisons Papa. Before she can cremate him, Nathan fucking walks in and they have to hold a whole funeral. By this time, the doctor’s are in on it and are preserving Papa in a hidden hospital room. Oh Angela. You tried. You really did.
Back in the white trash part of the world, Flint and Meredith are robbing a liquor store. You know, because THAT’S not a stereotype. Flint is obviously pretty retarded and Meredith is the protector here. She gets caught by the Company and works …. You know what? This part of the episode was pretty slow so I don’t want to get into details.
- Meredith works for company
- Company catches Flint
- M lets Flint go and escapes on train
- Company intercepts
- Flint/M blow train up
- Train accident was the initial accident that Claire went through to ‘test’ her powers.
- Company lets M go and tells her Claire is alive
- M walks away from accident on bridge. Down below we see a young Claire.
I walked through fire and didn’t get burned.
TBC in next post. Sylar, Elle, and Daddy.
PS. Arthur kills AfroIssac and mid-killing Hiro
In the meantime, check out these pretty cool Heroes sites for spoilers, info, and all out nerd-dom.
The H.R.G Files
- Live set news and funny stories from Claire’s daddy himself.
9th Wonders
- Where the nerds congregate. No talks about Peter’s bangs. We talking about scientific quantum theories [whatever that means]
Beaming Beeman
- Director of Heroes. Cool set photos. Really funny pics of the cast. Possibly spoilers :)
(via Heroes France)
Looks like Papa Petrelli has it out for Claire sending his best weapon to hunt her down. Uh oh Claire. Hope you learned to defend yourself. By the way, who can you trust now?
And speaking of which, who can stop Arthur now? Looks like Peter and Nathan are in Haiti looking for the answer.
Forgive me. I missed the first 15 minutes but managed to catch a fuzzy version online.
So here we go….
Win! Mohinder does the best thing he’s ever done in his life. He saves Maya and carted her back to South America! As in permanently off our screens! Sorry boys. Nathan and Tracy are waiting in Mohinder’s lab. Mohinder’s spidey subjects are getting carted out and HRG and Meredith show to clean up the mess. Meredith snarks to Nathan, “Guess you still have a thing for blondes.” while Tracy deadpans, “Oh. We’re not together.” Heehee. For once, I love Ali Larter’s character. She’s smart, snarky, and she has great hair!
Elle is short circuiting and it’s really not a good look. I know what I’m talking about. My vibrator goes off randomly too and quite at the most inconvenient times. I can only imagine. Jesus. How did she get past airport security and why does everyone on the show have disposable income?! You know cuz last minute flights are SO affordable these days.
The Tortoise and the Hare. Daphne is ordered to kill Matt but Matt’s daddy says “oh hell no” but to no avail. Arthur says, “if you’re not with me then you must be against me.” and totally snaps his neck. LIKE A G. Meanwhile, Daphne goes to shoot Parkman anyway but can’t follow through with it. Knox knows that she can’t and busts in to finish the job killing both Daphne and Matt. But ohhhhh snaps! Matt is playing him! He mastered how to create illusions (go matt!) and thus creating a fake Matt and Daphne for Knox to kill. BUT ohhhhh snaps again! Turns out that Daphne is a two faced devil! She actually set this all up to gain Parkman’s trust. Cuz she knows he’s a sucker for love. But how does she think she’ll manage Parkman from reading her thoughts? Maybe she’s telling him the truth with her thoughts? And they’re playing Arthur? Risky business I tell ya.
Ahhhh. The house of Petrelli’s. Twisted family if I ever seen one. Daddy Petrelli enlisted Mohinder’s help to perfect the formula and the test subject is Peter. Speaking of which, he’s growing these little mini fringe bangs that are pissing me of. Anyway, Peter can’t save himself [with powers or without] and Sylar steps in to save the day. Mohinder starts kicking Sylar’s ass while Peter runs away but Daddy P stops him.
Playing on Sylar’s need to fit in and be a family, he tells him that Mommy is playing him and that she tried to murder him as a child seeing the monster that he becomes. Peter comes back [to SAVE Sylar. Hehe. Oh Peter] and tries to convince Sylar to go with him. Sylar says FUCK THAT brother. You tried to put me in a coma last episode. You didn’t want to help me. And now you want me to go with you cuz YOU finally see clear? And then he TKs him out the window much to Daddy P’s approval.
Unable to regenerate, Peter is goner! Or so it seems. In an episode filled with twists and turns, this one is good. Sylar slowed Peter’s fall with his TK power in order to save his life. I knew it! Sylar is a momma’s boy. Always have been. Always will be.
Claire and Elle fortunately came to Pinehearst just in time nad Claire leads Peter to safety while Elle can’t stand spasming every two minutes and runs to Pinehearst for a cure. Eek. EW.com says another blonde character is doomed to die. Could it be Elle?
Next Heroes. In 2 weeks. Are you ready?
Spoilers for you impatient ones.
SPOILER ALERT!
Who is lil’ Noah’s mommy?
Answer? All signs point to Elle, the lightening zapper, played by Kristin Bell. Remember when Sylar killed Bob her father and Elle overgenerated and zapped Sylar into a coma [all while powering down Level 5 and releasing all the prisoners]?
It really bothered me when Sylar told Elle that she was as much to blame for his killing spree as he is. I always assumed that it meant that if she caught him sooner, innocents would be saved. Turns out there’s a backstory to their sordid past.
As most of us know by now, episode 8 is a flashback episode to the past. [I LOVE FLASHBACK EPISODES! Season 1’s Company Man was done so well using on HRG, Claire and pivotal characters.] We will finally see how certain characters become who they are and what got them to finally tick.
EW gives us a glimpse into the past:
“The scene: a cozy New York apartment on the L.A. set ofHeroes in August, where an ordinary man trying very hard not to become an extraordinary monster pops the cork on a champagne bottle. ”The ziti smells terrific!” says Gabriel Gray (Zachary Quinto), calling out to the woman who’s minutes away from damning him to his predestined future as a brain-mutilating serial killer. Her name is Elle (Kristen Bell), and not only does she emerge from the kitchen sporting a Betty Crocker smile and holding the aforementioned Italian casserole, she also promises him a tasty side dish — in the form of a scruffy dinner guest who possesses a secret power. ”He’s special too,” she coos.”
AHHHH! Is Elle “feeding” Sylar with Specials? Did she trigger his hunger? Did Arthur Petrelli assign Elle to Sylar like the Company assigned Eden to Mohinder (Season 1). Is everyone and everything a pawn in the Elder Heroes plan?
More so, did Elle fall for her assignment and had a baby with him? or was THAT planned as well?
So many questions. See you all November 10th!
On a side note: since it’s a flashback episode, Peter’s emo bang will make an appearance! YATTA!!
I don’t see the show moving forward too long with a powerless Peter. I think they’ll find someway to get Peter back some of his powers since he’s supposedly uhh…the hero [i know i know. not MY idea]
Maybe he’ll go looking for “Dr. Suresh” since it seems like everyone believes Mohinder has all the answers. And mayyyybe he’ll run into Nathan and they’ll take down Daddy Petrelli!
What side do you think Nathan will side with?
Answers. We need answers.
Remember the good times. Awww.
Another story packed episode from Kring and Co. They are really pushing the pace this season. Perfect for the ADD viewers.
Matt’s back from Africa with a really insane tan and a pet turtle which seems to suit him well. He is not sure how he is going to find Daphne as he didn’t dream up any contact info so he does what any sane person will do. Google her. Consult his turtle. Well, luckily for him Daphne is looking for him too. Not to fall in love or get knocked up [way stalky Matt] but to recruit him into Pinehearst which she is totally having second thoughts about. But they seem to have something over her…possibly a family member being held hostage..so she stays.
Back in the cocoon of death, Tracy and Nathan drop in for some afternoon tea and hoping that Mohinder could remove their synthetic powers. You know because flying is SO dangerous not to mention that his flying saved Tracy from a suicide attempt. Silly kids. Mohinder nearly busts a webby nut when he hears that they have no side effects from the aforementioned formula. He sedates them cuz he’s a dick and plans to experiment on them. Fortunately, knowing how to shoot webs does not mean he didn’t go to the Peter Petrelli School of Stupid. He gets emo for a second and holds Tracy’s hand hoping for some compassion but she freezes the herpes off of him. Ha! Nice work.
Speaking of Peter and co., Mama Petrelli is in a waking coma and Sylar being the good son releases Peter hoping that they could team up and kick ass. But Peter being the whiny bitch complains the whole time. “She’s MY mommy, not YOURS.” “Why did you give me your powers? I hate you.” and more importantly, “Why did you cut off my bang in Season 1?”. They get in a brotherly altercation that did not end up with make up sex and Peter sets off to Pinehearst by himself because you know…he has such a great track record of saving the world.
Ohhhh. Pinehearst. Home of the Power Suckers. Hehe. Power Sucker. Daddy Petrelli is a G! He sucks the life out of Adam Munroe and totally took his power! Way badass. So he’s the one recruiting all the “villains” and in the midst of their little meet and greet, Peter busts in all flamed out. Daddy is not surprised nor intimidated because umm. It’s Peter we’re talking about. He suckers Peter into getting a hug and SURPRISE BITCHES sucks his power out. Now Peter is powerless. And can only rely on his god given smarts. Heh.
Whew. Is that enough? Two more short blurbs.
RealMommy and Claire save Firemommy from PuppetMaster. HRG wants FM to be his partner since Claire can’t seem to get over herself. Teenagers. What’s a little brainrape?
Oh yea, Hiro didn’t really stab Ando and now they are in Africa. Yawn.
Next week: Family Drama! The Petrelli’s SuperPowered household is choosing sides. Dude, with all the bad ass powers in that home, didn’t Nathan really get dicked with the whole flying thing? Eh.
P.S I’m excited to see Peter powerless. Are you? He’s been complaining about wanting the stupid “hunger” gone. You know what Peter? Wish granted.
To be truly happy a man must live absolutely in the present. No thought of what has gone before and no thought of what lies ahead… but a for a life of meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future.
— Linderman, Heroes
I firmly believe that if someone WANTS to change all you have to do is give them a reason to justify their previous actions and they can wrap up that chapter of their lives. [“Yes I was a whore but that was college.” See how easy that is?] A lot of viewers have expressed that they don’t want Sylar to turn good and justify his murderous rampage on the “hunger”.
Let’s break it down. Sylar was obviously a socially awkward child living under the pressure or lack of pressure to succeed in the world. His whole childhood he wanted to be “special.” But unfortunately, as if fullfilling a pattern, he becomes the watchmakers son and continues the cycle.
When given a chance to actually be special EXTRAORDINARY, he revels at the prospect. Young Gabriel Grey. With powers. Who would have thought? Mind you, he never killed an innocent. He killed people that did not embrace their powers, ones that did not know how to handle it. It’s like the stronger lion killing the weak. It’s an evolutionary imperative.
Remember that stint in NY? The bomb? Once he realized he was killing innocents, he stopped. He went home hoping for his mother’s acceptance but she was pretty much batshit crazy and didn’t know how to back off. Pity.
Am I crediting anything to the hunger? Of course. I believe it’s a drug. A extra push if you will for someone that has such strong desire to be “different”. He explained it perfectly – The hunger, it’s the thirst that makes you want more, to know more, and you just can’t stop. Do I believe that Sylar can become Gabriel again? Sure, treading back to my first point. Sure it seems like a cheap excuse, or “it’s not fair” but that’s how the world works. You have to give people a way out. Give them a proper reason for their past actions, so they can start over on a clean slate.
Gabriel doesn’t want to be a monster. He wants to be special. He has already proven that he can make rational decisions and with time control the hunger [as opposed to Peter who is just…dumb.]
And quite appropriately, Heroes doesn’t let you choose sides. Because well…everyone is operating for their own selfish reasons no? Because everyone is out to save their vision of the world. The world always needs saving.
At the end of the day, it’s all perspective isn’t it.
