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Sunday, 18 November 2007 |
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 HEROES
Cautionary Tales
aka: "Bikini. Guh."
by Peter Sorensen
In the ninth episode of season 2, Heroes finally comes out swinging. Mohinder betrays Bennett in his season-long quest to become the most hated man on television; Hiro honors his father and finds the identity of his killer; and Parkman walks a fine line between good and evil as he comes to grips with his new abilities. Unfortunately, I didn't see any of that because the episode also had Kristen Bell in a bikini. Mmmmmm.
Finally an episode worthy of the Heroes name! Whether it was the dangerous and inevitable standoff between Bennett and Bob or Hiro jumping through time to save his father, this episode delivered in a way that has been greatly remiss from the previous episodes of the season.
God help me, I even didn't totally completely hate West in this episode, and that's saying a lot.
A whole lot.
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Monday, 12 November 2007 |
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HEROES
Four Months Ago
aka: "Maya's guide to peaceful conflict resolution"
by Peter Sorensen
In the eighth episode of season 2, the missing months between Season One and Season Two are finally filled in. Niki gets her Studio 54 action on, DL goes out like a punk, Peter Petrelli spends a lot of time in a little locked room of love and Nathan Petrelli masters his TwoFace impression.
It was amazing. It was stupendous. It was awe-inspiring. It was...
Ok, I'm sorry: it was a lot of people sitting around in a lot of rooms.
Not exactly the dangerous and exciting past shrouded in mystery that I hoped it would be, but then again, when is any show as good as I hope it will be?
Maybe I'm just being pessimistic.
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Sunday, 04 November 2007 |
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HEROES
Out of Time
aka: "Running out of time to explain this lame plot"
by Peter Sorensen
In the seventh episode of season 2, we finally get to see one measly little swordfight; Peter Petrelli goes back to the future, but forgets to bring Doc Brown; Nathan, Nikki, Bob, Parkman, Mohinder, Molly, Maury, and D.L. (yes, even D.L.) all join together in one giant clusterf**k of an episode, and the West/Claire romance takes one step closer to the Fatal Attraction moment we're all silently hoping for.
Newton's third law states that for every action there must exist an equal and opposite reaction.
For instance, when a bird flies, it's wings push down on the air around it. In return, the airpushes upwards against the bird's wings, keeping the bird in flight.
Or, for a better example, when a television show spends six whole episodes of it's second season taking the absolute longest time possible to develop any kind of action or story, the remaining episodes must compensate (or react) by cramming all the necessary action and story into a very short amount of time.
Welcome to Newton's Third Law of Television.
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