Heroes Season 1(#7)---11/06/06-'Nothing to Hide'

[wingsandsword]

I suspect "nothing". He's a cop, seemed a little woozy, but everything 'worked out okay'. I think that scene was put in to show that his mind-reading ability hasn't been working perfectly lately (as he says to his FBI cohort in the following episode).

Not done very well, though - but that's what I thought was the point of that convenience store scene.

There could have been a little throw-away scene of him at the convenience store waking up to a pair of cops, he quickly identifies himself, they verify he's a police officer, he explains he spotted somebody about to rob the store, talked them out of it, but passed out moments later, after he picked up the gun the robber dropped. If for any reason they are suspicious, they check security camera tapes, it will verify his story. It would have taken a few minutes, and not really advanced the plot because without that scene you still undertand that things worked out okay, he was a cop and had a perfect explanation for the whole thing

I don't know if it's so much not working perfectly, as he's still getting the hang of controlling it. Instead of reading one mind at a time, he was reading a lot of panicked minds at once, so he needs to learn more control over his power.

 

[Arnwyn]

There could have been a little throw-away scene

Indeed there could have been - which is why I gave my "not done very well" comment.

I don't know if it's so much not working perfectly, as he's still getting the hang of controlling it. Instead of reading one mind at a time, he was reading a lot of panicked minds at once, so he needs to learn more control over his power.

*shrug* I'm just paraphrasing what he said in the show.

 

[Felon]

Well, I'm a little torn here. There is just zero payoff in most of these episodes.

OTOH, I know from watching Lost that the big revelation is never as big a payoff as your expectations lead you to believe. Look at Lost. Tons of foreshadowing about "the Others", but now that we've actually had the curtain pulled back, it's pretty underwhelming.

Oh, and major points for me getting my every prediction right so far, with the most recent being that Micah is indeed a technopath.

 

[wolff96]

Sylar is the serial killer and we don't know what his power is, though there are many theories out there (telekinesis and power stealing being the major two).

My personal favorite is that Sylar isn't just insane... that he's eating the brains of people for a reason.

Imagine if the first 'super' found by the professor has the ability to find other 'supers' and then gain their powers permanently by consuming their brains. The show has already linked the brain with the seat of mutant powers -- Claire's power didn't work when the root was in her skull, her geeky friend even makes a comment about it -- so perhaps he is 'collecting' powers for lack of a better term.

I think his most-used/base power is telekinesis. There's the woman nailed to the side of the staircase, the FBI guard stapled to the ceiling by his chair, and his apparent flight or super-leap away after being shot. (I also believe he stopped the bullets with TK, but the impact against his 'shields' knocked him down.)

However, I think he's learned to absorb the powers of other 'supers' by eating their brains. He seems to kill those who get in his way, but he only randomly eats brains. Isaac (in the future), the man eating cereal (who was frozen), several others who were the victims referred to by the FBI... and most importantly, Claire, in the painting of the future. It would also explain why the guy eating the cereal was frozen -- Sylar used another power to keep him from getting away.

 

[Fast Learner]

Yeah, the "Sylar eats brains to get powers, if he eats Claire's he'll be too hard to stop, hence 'save the cheerleader, save the world' theory has remained solid for the last several episodes.

And me, I'm super-happy with the pacing. PERFECT!

 

[TracerBullet42]

Has no one mentioned the stapler yet? Seriously, that was the coolest stapler scene since Office Space...

 

[Umbran]

There could have been a little throw-away scene

The problem with "throw away" scenes is that they are aptly named. They get thrown away when it comes time to edit. Note how people around here are already griping about how slowly things are moving?

 

[WayneLigon]

Note how people around here are already griping about how slowly things are moving?

People need to get over their damn video ADD. It's moving along just fine.

 

[Pyrex]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any factual data on just how much radiation is pumped out 1800 Curies of radioactive material?

I'm having a hard time finding meaningful understandable conversion factors on the web, but my gut feeling is that being in the same room with the equivalent of 2lbs of Radium is going to require a little more than a couple tylenol to make it all better...

 

[Steve Jung]

The answer is "It depends on what type of radioactivity it is." http://www.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/chapters/15/2.html