I thought last night's Heroes was amazing. I seem to think that of every episode, and I seem to be the only one. I think Entertainment Weekly's reviewer liked it a bit more than they have liked the last few. Rickey of rickey.org either hated it so much he didn't even bother to review it, or he's been too busy with all of the exciting David Cook album release day stuff to worry about it. I'm guessing it's a little bit of both.
I did love it, though. And I found another recap written by someone else who didn't hate the episode! Thank you, TV Squad!
Let's see. I'll talk about Matt's story line first. It was my least favorite, but I didn't hate it. He found Angela Petrelli lying in a hospital bed, catatonic and thinking craziness. Daphne ran off to "get a nurse" (AKA go rat on Matt to Arthur Petrelli). Of course, she came back nurse-less, so Matt had to get inside Angela's head and save her! That was actually very creepy stuff, the inside-Angela's-head scenes. Anyway, while in there, Matt found Angela handcuffed to a chair, put there by Arthur so she couldn't meddle up in his business. Then Daphne showed up and stabbed Matt! But it wasn't really Daphne. It was Arthur, camouflaged as creepy-Daphne! Aaaaahh! Then real Daphne came in and she and Matt had a touching "I love you" moment, which was a little strange, but still sweet. And then they got out of Angela's head, Angela was free, and more crazy stuff happened but I will talk about it later because it overlaps with other story lines.
Hmmm. Then there's Mohinder's little story line, which I liked a little better than Matt's because it had a really creepy guy that Mohinder and Arthur had used as a guinea pig for the power-giving serum of doom. Turns out that they need a catalyst - a human! - to complete the serum. Dum dum dum! (Dramatic music.)
I'll talk about Nathan's story line next. He went to see his daddy, mean old Arthur Petrelli. When Arthur told Nathan to give him a hug, I yelled "Noooooooooo!" at the screen. Because the last time a Petrelli son hugged Daddy P., bad things happened. And I love me some Petrelli sons, so I want to protect them. And guess what? Nathan listened to me! It's because he knew what happened to Peter. Nathan's smart like that - he's not a senator for nothin'. So he was talking to Mr. Petrelli, who pulled the whole "Join me, son, and we can rule the universe together" on him. Seriously, this dude is running out of sons. Haha. So Nathan went flying away to save the day (woohoo!) and Tracy went back in to talk to Arthur. It seems she's gonna help him by trying to get Nathan to be on his side. Uh oh. Don't do it, Nathan! He's crazy!!!
Okay. Next I will talk about ... Hiro! Whose story line I finally liked! Before he was trying to get Nathan to help him rule the universe, Arthur was in Africa, taking the last 18 years of Hiro's life away from him - not his powers, as I'd presumed last week. So Hiro was a ten-year-old, which was pretty darn funny. It's a little sad, though, because he basically has to start anew and he has no recollection of all the adventures he's been on ... but it still made for some funny TV. It reminded me of season one, when Hiro was everyone's favorite, when he was just figuring out his power. Only this time, he used his power to cause all sorts of mayhem. After teleporting from Africa to a bowling alley in Japan (because they sold his favorite waffles there, and that's what he was thinking about when Ando squinted his eyes for him, haha), Ando helped Hiro re-learn his power. Then Hiro went crazy, squirting ketchup on chairs and tying shoelaces together, just going crazy. And I laughed. Then he and Ando teleported to a comic book shop, where they found a new issue of 9th Wonders. But ... how? Meesta Eesaac is dead! Did Meesta Afreecan Eesaac carry on the comic before he was decapitated or what?! I am confused. Anyway, Ando was trying to convince Hiro that the comic would tell them what to do next, but Hiro was so not buying it. It's a little frustrating ... but Hiro's story line was still more entertaining than it has been in a while.
My second favorite story line was ... Peter and Claire's. It might have been my favorite if it hadn't been for ... Claire. I'm sorry. I still like her, but the whole, "I'm the defensive player of the year" and jumping out of the window thing ... though it accomplished what she wanted to do, I wasn't crazy about that part. And then in the sewer when Peter was trying to protect her and she just wouldn't listen to him ... I am REALLY glad that she was trying to protect Peter because I was worried about his powerless-ness, but still ... if she'd just listened to him, she could have saved them both a little trouble, you know what I mean? The part where Peter broke the gas line so Flint's flames would backfire on him was awesome, though, so I guess it was okay. Peter was trying to help Claire not become a killer, though - she did kill future-Peter in the future, you know - and she wasn't having it. Sigh. Listen to your uncle, Claire! Haha. Okay, so Peter and Claire ended up in Angela's hospital room - after Matt got all up in Peter's face for sending him to Africa (it wasn't Peter, it was future-Peter!!). Angela told them all about the serum and the missing catalyst and it's a person and Kaito Nakamura was the only person who knew who it was. I thought right then, "Oh, it's gonna be Claire" and then Claire took the long way to say that, but she said it. And I thought, "Okay, a little predictable, but it makes sense."
But then Entertainment Weekly's reviewer brought up a good point. They said,
Claire thinks that because Sylar told her she was special she's the catalyst. Isn't it just like her to think the world revolves around her? That whole ''save the cheerleader'' business must've gone to her head. (Me, I think it's Ando. He's the only straight-up human left on the show, and he's the only person that Kaito would've known that no one else did.)
I think it would be more interesting if it was Ando, and it does make a little more sense than if it was Claire. We shall see. Oh, and I didn't really agree with the "isn't it just like her to think the world revolves around her" part.
Finally, my favorite story line - just barely, but still my favorite. Sylar and Elle. I was mad at first because Elle was zapping the crap out of Sylar - electricity was coming out of his eyes, for crying out loud. I got a little reward for having to sit through that madness, for Elle's electricity zapped the shirts right off of Sylar's back (and front). So there was a shirtless Sylar and I was happy. He forgave Elle for making him a monster and said that she needed to forgive herself - not before she took out all her frustration on him. He didn't ask her to forgive him for killing her daddy, which I thought was a really great choice for him. Then Sylar learned to take a power without killing for it! And then Elle was trying to teach Sylar to use his new electricity powers, which was "aww, sweet" and all, but seriously? She went from "ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH YOU KILLED MY DADDY!!!!!!!!! NOW YOU DIE!!!!!!!!!!" to "Oh, let me show you how it's done" *wink wink* just like that? I'm not buying it, writers. I thought it was way too sudden. There should have been more tension there, you know?! And I'm not saying this because I'm anti-Sylar/Elle relationship (sorry, I am, I have to be honest). I'm just saying it because that's what I was thinking while I was watching it. I was REALLY hoping they wouldn't kiss - and they didn't, at least not on screen. If they had, then it wouldn't have been believeable at all. Sorry. Other than the way it ended, I really enjoyed that story line. And Entertainment Weekly kinda agreed with me! Kinda. Yay!
Actually ... Sylar was all shirtless ... and he's a total hottie ... so maybe that's why Elle was all "Oooh la la, let me show you how it's done" because she finally realized how hot he was after he took away her pain ... I mean, I guess I can't really blame her. But still. Too soon!
Okay, that's it for now. My dinner is ready. Bye!
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