Heroes Season 1(#22)---5/14/07-'Landslide'

[Thornir Alekeg]

Linderman's character feels so incomplete. This man is powerful. He didn't gain this much power from just having the ability to heal people. He seems to have something else up his sleeve.

Looking back on all of the dialogue of him, his collection, his paintings, i want to believe that he's immortal or has some power close to that. I wouldn't mind a change of direction next season, but if he can die so easily he's a flop of a villian in my book.

DL is a b character at best. It's like lex Luthor being taken out by Mr. Terrific.

I agree that DL yanking out some of Linderman's brain to kill him seemed a bit anti-climactic, but I'm not convinced he has annything more than his ability to heal as a super ability. His worldly power seemed to be very much based upon money, political power and knowing and manipulating people, routine big crime boss type stuff.

As for the dialogue, his collection, his paintings etc. my feeling is that there is a kind of secret society that has been operating for a long, long time, awaiting and possibly working to enhance and control the emergence of more people with super abilities. The repeated appearance of the sigil is what leads me to that. Linderman was one of its primary players in the current era, but his death does not kill the rest of the organization.

 

[Vocenoctum]

As for the dialogue, his collection, his paintings etc. my feeling is that there is a kind of secret society that has been operating for a long, long time, awaiting and possibly working to enhance and control the emergence of more people with super abilities. The repeated appearance of the sigil is what leads me to that. Linderman was one of its primary players in the current era, but his death does not kill the rest of the organization.

I got the feeling that Linderman, Petrelli Sr and some others formed the organization because they were aware of the Supers before anyone else, but it's possible that they joined a pre-existing group also.

The symbol is one of the things I wanted to see explored in the series, but I guess not this season. Heroes has been focused on the Bomb plot and exploring the world a bit, so they really haven't done any kind of job on actually explaining where powers come from. They don't seem to acknowledge the symbol. I don't read comics, but it sort of reminded me of Hunter: The Reckoning. At least there though, they acknowledged the Hunter Language. Heroes barely seems to notice the symbol.

 

[WayneLigon]

This man is powerful. He didn't gain this much power from just having the ability to heal people.

"Your wife no longer has brain cancer, does she? Now, per our agreement about control of your company..."
"Put me on the board of directors and I'll make sure your son sees again."
"You can walk again, thanks to me. Now, I have a favor you can do for me..."

Used carefully, even under cover of 'I can get you the best doctors on Earth', such a power would bring the kings of the Earth to their knees.

Or just from having people like, say, Parkman or Isaac in his employ he could make piles of money so easily it would be child's play.

 

[Felon]

Heh, that was my thought too . . . especially with that smirk on her face as Micah gushed over it . . .

The smile probably had more to do with Micah naively thinking it cost her a fortune to buy.

 

[occam]

That's kind of funny really, because the second I saw that Silver Surfer comic I thought "NICE, bet it's really some crappy dollar bin comic she made look like Silver Surfer #1..."

Maybe, but then she'd have to be familiar enough with the issue to fool Micah. Ergo, she (he?) is still a comic-book geek.

 

[occam]

The symbol is one of the things I wanted to see explored in the series, but I guess not this season. Heroes has been focused on the Bomb plot and exploring the world a bit, so they really haven't done any kind of job on actually explaining where powers come from. They don't seem to acknowledge the symbol. I don't read comics, but it sort of reminded me of Hunter: The Reckoning. At least there though, they acknowledged the Hunter Language. Heroes barely seems to notice the symbol.

Have any of the new-generation heroes, other than Hiro and Ando, seen the symbol in more than one place? Hiro and Ando have certainly noticed how the symbol shows up in seemingly unrelated places. As best I can recall, the others (Niki/Jessica, DL, Suresh, etc.) have only seen a single instance of the symbol, if at all, and have no reason to acknowledge its ubiquity.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Have any of the new-generation heroes, other than Hiro and Ando, seen the symbol in more than one place? Hiro and Ando have certainly noticed how the symbol shows up in seemingly unrelated places. As best I can recall, the others (Niki/Jessica, DL, Suresh, etc.) have only seen a single instance of the symbol, if at all, and have no reason to acknowledge its ubiquity.

Right, I'm talking about the series, not the characters. Looking at the wiki, they list these appearances;
* On various paintings by Isaac Mendez.
* On Jessica's back whenever she surfaces as Niki's alternate personality. When Jessica is repressed, the symbol does not appear on Niki's back. This also appeared on a painting of "Jessica" by Isaac. The symbol was hidden under an extra layer of paint. Later on, Jessica hides the symbol (an apparent tattoo) under a layer of foundation makeup.
* On the hilt of a katana once owned by 16th century samurai Takezo Kensei, possibly the earliest known manifestation of the symbol. This katana is held by Hiro Nakamura.
* Printed on the front of Dr. Chandra Suresh's book, Activating Evolution. The symbol also appears on Chandra Suresh's genetic profiling algorithm program.
* As a logo for Primatech Paper, in "Company Man".
* On the Haitian's necklace.
* On a flag at the "Jittetsu Arms" shop in New-York and on the shop's ad in the Yellow Pages.


They also say "writer and Co-Producer Aron Coleite stated that it literally means “God sending great ability.”'

It's like the Primatech/Linderman/whatever company Hiro's father has conspiracy, just because the characters don't know about all of it doesn't mean the series doesn't address parts of it.

Hopefully it'll be explored deeper in later seasons.

 

[Victim]

I figured the comic was real...but she probably didn't pay for it. Hard to be busted for shoplifting when you're obviously not carrying anything.

Or you just pay with illusionary cash. Of course, with Linderman's backing, she probably could have afforded to buy it legitimately.

 

[Tolen Mar]

I think Sylar just slipped in to the crowd, he has done that before.

That certainly is a possibility, but something about the way they shot that scene didn't seem that way to me. His last words were from practically right over her shoulder, but when she turned to acknowledge, he had vanished. If he had slipped into the crowd (which were further away than that), we might have seen his back as he walked away.

Either way, it probably isnt critical to the story. I was just theorizing.

 

[el-remmen]

"Your wife no longer has brain cancer, does she? Now, per our agreement about control of your company..."
"Put me on the board of directors and I'll make sure your son sees again."
"You can walk again, thanks to me. Now, I have a favor you can do for me..."

Used carefully, even under cover of 'I can get you the best doctors on Earth', such a power would bring the kings of the Earth to their knees.

Or just from having people like, say, Parkman or Isaac in his employ he could make piles of money so easily it would be child's play.

Right, I might have missed it being mentioned before, but Nathan Petrelli's wife was definitely cured of her paralysis. I assume that was Linderman's doing.