Heroes Season 1(#21)---5/07/07-'The Hard Part'

[Thornir Alekeg]

I'm trying to figure out if Bennet actually knows that he has to kill Molly in order to protect Claire. He referred to her as the "Walker system" to Parkman and Ted. Is he keeping it from them because he knows they wouldn't agree to killing a child, or does he not actually know that this "system" is in fact a child, one who Parkman has already helped once?

Two episodes left this season. Seems hard to believe they are actually going to wrap up this story in that amount of time, even though they have claimed that they will. I hope it doesn't get resolved in a sudden, lame ending.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

More questions about Sylar, and one answer. HOW did he manage to re-start time? I doubt he has any kind of time-control power, and I also doubt he has the Haitian's power-cancelling power (if he did, he would have used it on Peter to make him go visual again, rather than the glass shards trick). So, how did he do it? Have we ever seen a power actually work on Sylar? Maybe one of his tricks is Power Immunity.

His re-starting time does answer one nagging question, though. Why don't future Hiro or Peter just go back in time, freeze-frame and cut off Sylar's head? Because they can't. Time stop foesn't work on Sylar.

I wasn't sure that Sylar re-started time. I thought perhaps that Hiro lost control while he was trying to kill Sylar, possibly because killing a helpless person would violate the Bushido code.

Of course that then would not answer why Future Hiro or Peter didn't do it themselves.

 

[DonTadow]

Based on the expression on her face after the stabbing, I kind of got the impression that she did it herself.

More questions about Sylar, and one answer. HOW did he manage to re-start time? I doubt he has any kind of time-control power, and I also doubt he has the Haitian's power-cancelling power (if he did, he would have used it on Peter to make him go visual again, rather than the glass shards trick). So, how did he do it? Have we ever seen a power actually work on Sylar? Maybe one of his tricks is Power Immunity.

His re-starting time does answer one nagging question, though. Why don't future Hiro or Peter just go back in time, freeze-frame and cut off Sylar's head? Because they can't. Time stop foesn't work on Sylar.

I still want to see Micah take over Linderman's building, and wipe out his entire organization. While sitting in his chair playing PlayStation.

I don't think he restarted time. Hiro lost concentration. We know that for hiro (and peter) to stop time they have to concentrate. Hiro lost it becuse of his inability to kill a human being.

Powers do work on Sylar. He couldn't see peter when he was invisible and hiro was able to stop time and get away from him. In both instances if sylar was immune to powers he wouldn't have been stopped and would have seen through Peter's Invisibility.

As for the knife, even the mom couldn't do that. Sylar used his telekinesis as a reflex to stab her in the heart. It makes no sense for the mom to commit suicide. Sylar seems to be loosing control, so this makes perfect sense that he would react with a power when threatened.

The main reason peter or sylar won't go back in time is because it would create paradoxes and conondrums. The only reason future hiro would have risked that, was because nothing could have been worse than the future. But look at what future hiro did before he did this. He spent probably months mapping out where exactly in the timeline he could do something and not screw it up.

 

[pallandrome]

It's funny I thought the same thing when I saw that.

Meybe he ate someone with super-scissor control?

 

[Arnwyn]

This episode was a good one, but it felt like it was good in spite of itself. :\

Yeah, I agree with you, and the points you stated. I enjoyed the episode, despite its content, not because of it.

After that episode though, I am even more disappointed than I was before that Sylar is coming back next season. Very unfortunate.

As for Sylar coming back next season, blah. The one thing I've long hated about the comics is villains coming back over and over no matter how many lives they ruin. Just kill the bastich and be done with it!

Totally agree.

 

[drothgery]

After that episode though, I am even more disappointed than I was before that Sylar is coming back next season. Very unfortunate.

I'm still holding onto hope that the season finale's a clifhanger and he dies in the season 2 opener.

Really, I don't see the show lasting unless Peter and Sylar don't.

 

[Taelorn76]

I'm still holding onto hope that the season finale's a clifhanger and he dies in the season 2 opener.

Really, I don't see the show lasting unless Peter and Sylar don't.

Maybe the future seasons of the show will just be trying to change past. Using a few core heroes from this season and introducing new heroes, all in an attempt to prevent the bomb or Nathan/Sylar from becoming president.

It would fit in with what has been said about that they would introduce need heroes each season.

 

[Fast Learner]

I'm hoping that the "Sylar is coming back" and "the actor is signed up for next season" are really good ruses on the part of the producers.

 

[Randolpho]

Is he keeping it from them because he knows they wouldn't agree to killing a child, or does he not actually know that this "system" is in fact a child, one who Parkman has already helped once?

The wife and I discussed this, and decided that Bennett didn't know the "system" was a kid. He only knows "they just find you". Probably (assuming they actually get to that point) he'll balk when he realizes she's a super. Mutant. X. Whatevs.

I wasn't sure that Sylar re-started time. I thought perhaps that Hiro lost control while he was trying to kill Sylar, possibly because killing a helpless person would violate the Bushido code.

We discussed that, too, and came pretty much to the same to the same conclusion.

Really, I don't see the show lasting unless Peter and Sylar don't.

I agree -- Peter and Sylar are the iconic hero and villain of the series. They really need to be part of the entire series.



Finally, some thoughts on what's to come. I think Ando will still die, but he and Hiro will talk about it beforehand. Ando will talk about being heroic despite not having any powers, and will face his death bravely. He'll also tell Hiro how his death affected future Hiro and will beg him not to become like that. Then, after he receives his mortal wound, Hiro will tell Ando something along the lines of "You're my hero," to which Ando will reply "No, Hiro. You are mine," and then expire.

Ok, maybe that won't actually happen, but it would be so very cool!

Does the bomb actually go off? I think yes. I think it ends up not being any of the three possibilities (Peter, Sylar, or Ted), but is actually a forth, even more subversive possibility: an actual nuclear bomb smuggled in by Linderman at al.

 

[Steel_Wind]

The wife and I discussed this, and decided that Bennett didn't know the "system" was a kid. He only knows "they just find you". Probably (assuming they actually get to that point) he'll balk when he realizes she's a super. Mutant. X. Whatevs.

The new "Walker system" is only about 4-6 weeks old. They've only had Molly in their clutches for that time since Parkman found her in LA and the OWI got her away from the FBI (on whatever pretense they used to do that.)

And no, I don't think Bennett has a clue that it's a girl. They obviously are not going to off her. Even if Bennett was as cold as all that (he might be if it was "this kid dies or my Claire dies" - though I don't see the choice being put to him that starkly), Parkman isn't. (Director Parkman from the future is - but that isn't present day Matt Parkman.)

My expectation is that they will rescue Molly and spirit her and probably Suresh out of there as well. Bennett knows Suresh and if he spills enough of the truth to Mohinder - Mohinder will get out of there PDQ.