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| Heroes: Angels and Monsters |
| Monday, 13 October 2008 | |
 No, it's not the SciFi Channel's knockoff of Angels & Demons, it's Heroes: Season Three Episode Five! Where everyone starts picking out nametags and labels! Yay! Thank Science that we're finally starting to classify everyone on the show into nice little groups, otherwise I'd be totally confused as to who's good and who's bad. Thanks for doing my thinking for me NBC! Sarcasm aside, last night's episode was enjoyable to a fault, even making me finally give up on my lifelong jihad against David Anders (having Adam Monroe back is totally worth it for the witty banter alone). Don't you "seed of doubt" meThe episode begins with Nathan Petrelli, post-coitus, having yet another little chat with Linderman in his kitchen. Linderman tells Nathan to trust him and that he's there as guidance from God, but as messed up as Nathan may be from being shot, even he's starting to get suspicious. Nathan asks him how he knew that Tracy was going to try and kill herself, and "Linderman" ducks the question, which was the very first moment I knew for certain (even though I've had my suspicions for a while now) what and who Linderman really was.
"You had me at Angel Dust."
*ahem* What? I'm not saying anything... nope. Ok, one thing: this is exactly the kind of thing that got Eddie Murphy into trouble . Ok there, I said it. Ah, Heroes writers - you make my job so easy sometimes. Moving on! Back on Level 5, Peter attacks Sylar and snaps his neck in anger. Angela Petrelli runs in and Peter stops her in place. Furious at finding out Sylar is his brother (about damn time it sunk it, Pete), he screams at her to tell him all her secrets, then decides to cut open her head and find out for himself. He starts cutting into her head when Sylar stands up (silly putty looking neck and all), heals, and then psychically throws Peter across the room into the glass observation window, knocking him unconscious. Angela attends to Peter while Noah shows up and tells Sylar that he has a lead on another one of the escapees. At Casa Del Bennett, Claire's mother realizes that there was no "cheerleader camp" and that Claire must have gone after one of the people in Noah's files. She picks up the file of one man, Stephen Canfield, who can create vortexes (like mini controlled black holes) and make people and things disappear forever into them. Meredith looks through the files too and finds Eric Doyle. Meredith doesn't say exactly what his powers are, but you can tell that she hopes Claire didn't go after him. She decides to go after Doyle anyway, just to make sure. In his long abandoned home, Stephen Canfield tries to track down his wife and family, but runs into a dead end. He also runs into the wrong end of a tazer when Claire sneaks up behind him and zaps him. Appletini's for everyone!At the recently exhumed grave of his father, Hiro still has Adam Monroe clutching at his throat and then *blink* Adam is back in the coffin and the lid is shut again. Huhwha? It actually took me a moment to figure out what happened because I thought at first that maybe Hiro had just zipped back in time a few seconds (which would be weird since he's on the whole "I won't go back into the past" kick), or that maybe his control over his powers was increasing and he could now teleport things wherever he wanted, but then I finally pieced together what he was doing. I finally realized that Hiro is just stopping time, moving things where he wants them, and then starting time again. It was just jarring to see it from someone else's point-of-view for a change, instead of the typical freeze-frame shot they always use. I've heard rumors that their budget is out of control for this season, so maybe they filmed it that way to save themselves some money.Not enough parameters! You must have 4 parameters separated by "|" : e.g. {playerflv}290|140|false{/playerflv}One of the few things I actually liked about last season's first half was the relationship between Hiro and Adam, and it's nice to see that return along with his spectacularly sharp wit. I don't know if it's the actual words (I laughed out loud when Adam called Hiro a "sawed off little Japanese cretin") or if it's just the way the lines are delivered, but every scene with Adam and Hiro made me giddy with dialog-happiness. Adam Monroe is just a great character, simple as that. It's nice to see that the writing staff has given him a role and purpose in the new season and still maintained his offbeat sense of humor. Dark, brooding, vengeful Adam isn't as much fun as sarcastic a**hole Adam. After being put back in the coffin yet another time, Adam finally caves and agrees to help Hiro. Meanwhile, Daphne is having a conversation with "Linderman" at the Pinehearst Company offices (this is important for later), and he tells her that he wants her to put together a team for "a new world order" - one where people with superpowers are acknowledged and respected. He gives her files on her team, which include Knox and Mohinder Suresh, and Daphne halfheartedly agrees. Elsewhere, Noah and Sylar argue in the car over his supposed "rehabilitation", Stephen creates a vortex and sucks up Claire's tazer, and Mohinder has apparently dragged a dead drug dealer all the way across town back to his lab. Mohinder looks at his back in the mirror and his skin is just all peeling away. Maya shows up with a flyer about Mohinder's missing neighbor, and Mohinder quickly changes the subject, telling her that he's close to finding a cure. Maya glimpses the trail of blood on the floor and goes blank with fear. She quickly leaves and Mohinder goes into the back room where we can see Mohinder's neighbor, all webbed up on the wall. Poor Maya. It's bad enough that she got cozy with Sylar, but now Mohinderspider too? Maybe one of her secret abilities is attracting crazy homicidal men... Take that, Large Hadron Collider!Stephen "LHC" Canfield tells Claire that she's wrong about him, that he made one mistake and the Company snatched him in the middle of the night. Her phone rings and he shuts it off, asking if that was her partner. When Claire looks confused, Stephen realizes she's not with the Company, and then asks her if she's with Pinehearst (again, this is important). He tells Claire the story about what happened - he and his neighbor got into a heated argument and Stephen lost control and sucked him into a vortex. Claire sympathizes with him and his desire to just be "normal", and when he tells her that he's letting her go, she offers to help him. Not enough parameters! You must have 4 parameters separated by "|" : e.g. {playerflv}290|140|false{/playerflv}Elsewhere, Tracy is avoiding talking about what happened to make her want to end her life, and Nathan is trying to get her to open up. Finally, she breaks down and tells him about pulling the Sub-Zero routine on the reporter and tells Nathan she needs to turn herself in. Nathan talks her out of it, and starts in on his whole "God gave us these abilities" and Tracy slams him. "You think God gave us these powers?" she asks him. "If he didn't, who did?" Nathan replies. "A doctor... in Reseda, California" Tracy answers. Oh snap! Someone get Nathan some bandages for that burn! (or better yet, some more Adam Monroe blood). Back with Claire and Stephen, she gives him the last known phone number for his family out of Noah's files and he calls them and sets up a time and place to meet them to talk. In the middle of the conversation, however, the phone line is cut and the door kicks open to reveal Noah Bennett. Claire looks surprised, but not half as surprised as when she meets Noah's new partner. Stephen freaks out, opens up a huge vortex in the middle of the room and flees. Everything around them starts getting sucked in. Claire starts to lose her grip and at the last second, Sylar uses his powers and grabs her arm and saves her. The vortex closes and Claire is not happy about being saved by the same person that was fiddling around with her brain meats a few days ago. Noah tries to calm her down, but it's obvious that she feels betrayed. She defends Stephen, and Noah agrees to hear him out if Claire will reveal where he went. Calire succumbs and tells him where Stephen was headed. "a wretched hive of scum and villainy..."Adam takes Hiro and Ando to a seedy club ("they make a mean appletini") and tells them it's the "Go-To destination for specials for hire", which Hiro relates to the Cantina in Star Wars. Adam tells them to try to look tough, and heads to the bar while Ando puffs out his chest in his "tough guy walk". At the bar, Adam orders a drink and it's obvious that the bartender Milosh and him have some history together. "How dare you come in here", Milosh growls at him. "Look," Adam says, "I didn't know she was your wife. And for the record she never mentioned it." Milosh snaps and leaps over the bar and takes a swing at Adam, who ducks. The punch hits Hiro and knocks him out and Adam makes a run for it, Milosh hot on his heels. |
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