| Heroes: Landslide Review |
| Tuesday, 15 May 2007 | |
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It sounded like this: "Did you see when he... and the thing... and just, whoa... Hiro's Dad... and with the... when he... right in his head! Dude!" Fanboyishness: 1. Eloquence: 0.  Margaret Thatcher on a cold day... Margaret Thatcher on a cold day... After their meeting with Bennet, Parkman, and Ted, Peter and Claire decide that their best chance to survive this is to get as far away from New York and Sylar as possible. Easier said than done, especially when you have a fully committed superpowered psycho following your every move. And, sure enough, Sylar gets the drop on them by alerting the Feds of Ted's location. They promptly move in and arrest him again, while Claire and Peter disappear into the crowd. Meanwhile, Nathan Petrelli, who is taking a beating in the election, gets a visit from Linderman, who again spits out the "You can't stop the bomb. No one can." routine. After revealing that Papa Petrelli had powers as well, Linderman calls him weak, something that you can tell Nathan takes great offense to. Which leads me to this question: If you can fly, your brother can absorb powers, and you've seen all manner of crazy abilities, wouldn't you automatically ask what powers your father had? I know I would. But nonetheless, Nathan just lets the whole revelation roll off his back, and we never find out what those powers were. Linderman, once again manipulating Nathan for his own purposes, makes a show of healing Nathan's wife, further indebting Nathan to Linderman's cause. Later, Nathan, still lagging in the race, gets a surprise visit from Nikki/Jessica and D.L. Thankfully, he manages not to blurt out anything about their little love connection in front of her hubby. How awkward would THAT be? In a surprising (or not so surprising) twist, Nathan helps Nikki track down Linderman in exchange for a guarantee that Linderman won't come after them. D.L. is more than happy to agree. This is why Nathan's character works. He's sleazy, he's arrogant, he's condescending. But at his very core he's still a good person. To continue the Star Wars reference, he's the Han Solo. He may be involved for the wrong reasons, but he always makes the right decision in the end. He knows that Linderman is dirty but joins him anyway to secure his place in office. He also helps take Linderman down, and from the sounds of it will actually try to use his position of power to accomplish great things.  Go ahead. Call me Sulu one more time. Quick aside here: George Takei FTW! Woot! Hiro's father reveals that he did not return home after their last meeting. Instead he stayed in America to watch Hiro's "progress". We all knew that Hiro's father was a part of the company way back when, and now he reveals that he helped them try to change the world until some of their members "lost their way". After seeing everything that Hiro has been through, his father now believes that Hiro has the strength to do what he must, and decides to help train Hiro for his task. Hiro trains with his father and recalls a tale that he loved as a boy: Takezo Kensei and the Dragon. I won't relay the entire tale here, but basically Takezo Kensei cuts out his own heart rather than let a dragon take his woman. The moral that Hiro takes away from that is that in order to do what he must, Hiro must not be afraid to "cut out" his own heart. With that, he is ready to face Sylar. Unfortunately, Ando (in an act of not only stupidity but sheer lunacy) has already bought a sword and headed out to face Sylar alone. For someone who was recently told that he was going to die, Ando sure seems ready to jump right off that cliff. Yeah, Ando. If several people with superpowers can't take Sylar out, I'm sure you and your little sword can do it. Enjoy your coffin, buddy. Meanwhile, Candace and Micah make nice. Candace gets a little heavy with the foreshadowing though, as she comments about how the world is an ugly place, blah blah, judges people by how they look, etc. If you didn't catch it, that whole conversation is probably one big setup for when it's eventually revealed that Candace is horribly deformed or morbidly obese or something. She only makes people think that she's cute. Linderman arrives and Micah agrees to help him (not like he has much choice). Candace takes Micah around to the voting booths where Micah works his magic and changes the votes to Nathan Petrelli, allowing him to win by a landslide. The twist is that instead of going to the different districts, Micah can access all of them from the one terminal. I'm not sure if that was a comment on the poor security of our voting system, or if it has something to do with Hana Gittleman and the Heroes Experience 360 program.  Who knew he had strawberry jam in there? A few floors below them, Parkman and Bennett are still on their quest to destroy the Walker tracking system, also known as little Molly Walker. We see that Mohinder's treatment is working and Molly can again track people, which she demonstrates by letting Mohinder know that her "other hero", Parkman, is in the building. Thompson and Bennett have a showdown that ends with Bennett brutally shooting Thompson in the head. Poor, poor Eric Roberts. Well, at least he'll have more time to make more bad movies now. When it's revealed that Molly Walker is the tracking system, we see that Bennett is obsessed with being able to live a normal life again, to the point that he may kill a little girl to get it. Mohinder, using his apparent superpower to pop up at dramatic points and knock somebody unconscious, takes out Parkman and forces Bennett into a standoff. Sylar attacks the transport van that is taking Nuclear Ted to Guantanamo Bay, and takes his power. This annoyed me a little. The van is toppled, and Ted does nothing. The doors fly open and Ted does nothing. Sylar starts cutting into his head, and Ted does nothing. Fry him already! You'd think the second that Sylar started playing Operation on his head that Ted would have instinctually blasted him, but no. So, heading into the season finale next week, Sylar and Peter both have nuclear capability, so it's anyones guess at this point as to who will blow up (if anyone does). Here's my thoughts:
Sorry, this part is for members only and may contain spoilers. If you'd like to read it, please LOG IN or REGISTER. So, are you ready for the season finale? I know I am. I'll be sad when this show isn't around anymore, but we still have things to look forward to. NBC has recently announced that in the offseason they will be premiering a show called Heroes: Origins" in which we will see six brand new characters as they discover their new powers. At the end of the miniseries, fans will be able to vote for their favorite, and that character will be a part of the second season. As I'm currently living in Grants Pass, OR I'm hoping that one of the six is Curtis Hovsepian, one of the people on Mohinders list, but we'll have to wait and see. See you next week for "How to Stop an Exploding Man", and this summer for "Heroes: Origins"! Peter Sorensen is a part time reviewer and could totally cut out his own heart.
Comments (3)
  Stevo wrote...
It'll be sad, but all good things must end. I wish I could watch this show with the zeal and passion you have for it. Unfortunately, what heroes has in iconic moments and badass action, it desperately lacks in character development. As such, while I'm definitely a fan of the show, I just can't seem to get into it nearly as much as lost.
I think that's one thing that's bumming me out about lost lately, actually. Whereas seasons one and two were absolutely loaded with character development, this season has been 90% plot, much like heroes... Anyhow, I'm excited to see how it ends too. Keep up the good work.
http://www.99pointspodcast.com || May 15, 2007
Peter Sorensen wrote...
True, Stevo, the show is kinda light on character development, but that's the price you pay for a single season story. What makes Heroes different from Lost is that it has just as many characters, but only a single season to get them all to their endpoints. What makes Heroes different from 24 is that they don't have one main story. They have 4 or 5 stories that overlap, and all of them are given "main character" status.
This is something that I hope they fix next season. For instance, I believe that this season would have been just as good, and actually had more time to develop it's characters if they had killed off Mohinder after his first run-in with Sylar, ditched the Nikki/Jessica storyline completely, and brought Parkman to the group much faster instead of having him run around dealing with his wife and marital problems. I'm kinda hoping that next season we see a definite main character (singular) while still maintaining the "all roads lead to Rome" feeling of the current season. Thanks for the comment!
http://www.bleepinggeek.com || May 16, 2007
manzy704 wrote...
then I would say the only people that could die who weren't in the future episode are ones who Hiro has directly come into contact with since coming back. Hiro has only had interaction with Nathan when he called him a villain.
Could Hiro calling Nathan a villain be enough to have caused ripples that led to Linderman's death? Was Linderman dead in the future episode due to D.L. killing him at the time and place we saw in Landslide? Also could Hiro telling Nathan his destiny as "a bad person" lead Nathan to fly Peter up into the sky to save everyone? I guess we shall find out Monday, I can't wait!
|| May 16, 2007
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