Heroes Season 1(#9)---11/20/06-'Homecoming'

[Bonzi]

My first thought about Hiro going back into time was that he would somehow be responsible for Sylar finding out about Google Girl, which led to her death. The next episode should be interesting...

 

[lrsach01]

Seems like I was wrong about Peter and Sylar being one and the same as well.

Why do you think you are wrong? I'm still sticking to the belief. What reason would Sylar have to after Claire if he was already "impervious." If Sylar=Peter, he was near enough to Claire to absorb her power temporarily and therefore survived the fall.....just like Peter did. For every small flash of Sylar's face we got, I get thinking ...."That looks alot like Peter!"

 

[dravot]

I really like how this show is forming together. We have a rogue team of superheroes already in league with one another and a fledgling band finding each other here and there. The rogue team has a lot of meat on them. We learned in this episode that Sylar can not detect superheroes, at least not one on one. He probably did like Peter did, read the local paper and saw the other cheerleader. This makes me wonder if that waitress had any super powers or was Sylar gunning for Hiro.

Sylar had a similar map to the one that Mohinder's father had, possibly more complete. He's just going off of Mohinder's father's info. Even if he knew about Hiro, he'd then have to know that Hiro was in the US, and was in Texas. Not likely.

Then we have a super hero senator whom can fly but is a real mean guy to his brother. I know some people said he was "caring" but that move he made only makes since if you know your brother is a looney. Nate knows he and his brother has powers and in his own selfish interests covered up the painting.

Nathan is running for US Congress, not Senate. Has the election happened in the show yet? I don't think it has. One thing that the show has done well is show that people can have multiple reasons for doing something, some selfish, and some selfless.

Nathan was simulataneously protecting his brother from harm, while protecting his chances at winning the election. More than likely, he was only vaguely aware of the secondary motivation.

And he's not alone. The list of people with conflicted motivations to do good and bad include: DL, Niki/Jessica, Nathan, Claire-bear, Evil-Dad (and his minions), possibly others. Heck, at a mild level, Hiro succumbs by cheating at gambling.

I know Nathan is not going to stand by and watch his brother be taken down, because its going to effect his campaign fairly negatively. I bet he lawyers Peter up to beat the Sylar wrap for the time being.

Is anyone else fearful for Hiro's safety. Is he in a "time" out box.

How do you mean?

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Why do you think you are wrong? I'm still sticking to the belief. What reason would Sylar have to after Claire if he was already "impervious." If Sylar=Peter, he was near enough to Claire to absorb her power temporarily and therefore survived the fall.....just like Peter did. For every small flash of Sylar's face we got, I get thinking ...."That looks alot like Peter!"

But if they are the same persons, why did Sylar forget who Claire was?
On the other hand - why would Peter go mad and go around killing people - probably because he got mad and maybe lost his memory in the process.
Still, seems like a stretch. But one never knows.

About Ando and Hiro - I think they were never shown in the images together with Claire -they just happened to be near the incident.

 

[DonTadow]

Sylar had a similar map to the one that Mohinder's father had, possibly more complete. He's just going off of Mohinder's father's info. Even if he knew about Hiro, he'd then have to know that Hiro was in the US, and was in Texas. Not likely.


Nathan is running for US Congress, not Senate. Has the election happened in the show yet? I don't think it has. One thing that the show has done well is show that people can have multiple reasons for doing something, some selfish, and some selfless.

Nathan was simulataneously protecting his brother from harm, while protecting his chances at winning the election. More than likely, he was only vaguely aware of the secondary motivation.

And he's not alone. The list of people with conflicted motivations to do good and bad include: DL, Niki/Jessica, Nathan, Claire-bear, Evil-Dad (and his minions), possibly others. Heck, at a mild level, Hiro succumbs by cheating at gambling.


How do you mean?

I think Nathan's more selfish though than honorable. Though you are right on about the multiple motivations.

I had this crazy theory that maybe the consquence of HIros power is that when he crosses points in the timeline where he has already made a difference, he may become stuck in that timeline. Worse he may go into some type of void for a time. Of course none of this is proven, but it seems like a good balance for atime traveling charachter, else we'll always wonder (why didnt he just go back and change that).

DId anyone think there was a tad too much blood in this episode with the cheerleaders death. I did notice that it was 9 p.m. and that this is a show that a lot of families are watching. I just kept thinking they could have cut a bit sooner, we got the picture.

 

[DonTadow]

But if they are the same persons, why did Sylar forget who Claire was?
On the other hand - why would Peter go mad and go around killing people - probably because he got mad and maybe lost his memory in the process.
Still, seems like a stretch. But one never knows.

About Ando and Hiro - I think they were never shown in the images together with Claire -they just happened to be near the incident.

How would they be the same person now? Sylar was captured by the rogue mutant force and Peter captured by the police. They are played by two different actors. They both appear in the same shot and a witness sees both of them. The previews for next week hint at sylar's origins. I think this theory is shot to heck in this episode.

 

[RangerWickett]

I think I enjoy just reading the Wikipedia synopses.

 

[dravot]

From before, the discussion of getting Peter out of jail. There are multiple ways, all plausible:
DL phases him out.
Hiro time stops him out.
Nathan bails him out (Booooooring =)
Psi-cop Matt and FBI Agent Hanson show up
Evil-Dad springs him somehow for analysis

In many ways, the last one makes the most sense. Peter then meets Evil-Dad, and matches him to Nathan's description of the guy with horn-rimmed glasses. He can also see Isaac there. If/when he escapes from the clutches of Evil-Dad, he can be the one to warn the rest of the people. Hrm.

Psi-cop Matt and Agent Hanson also make sense, for similar reasons, but a different path. For the first time, it ties Matt in with the other Heroes, and it lets Peter meet another hero. Imagine Evil-Dad's discomfort when FBI Agent Hanson and Psi-Cop Matt show up at his door to interview Claire-bear. =)

 

[bytor4232]

As always, Heroes was an incredible ride. Congrats to NBC for airing this gem. I'm really enjoying it.

I love how Claire's character is forming. She reminds me of Jean Grey.

My only nitpick is no Hiro, who is my favorite character on the series. Hiro is the best! I loved the clip at the end, "I'm hiro, I'm here to save you!"

 

[Felon]

Well, I'm actually moving onto the theory that Sylar is Nathan, and that Nathan's flying is simply one aspect of his true power, teleknesis. Didn't Sylar fly away after Matt shot him?

Nate had access to Isaak's paintings, got a look at the last piece and tried to destroy it so Pete can't head him off. It didn't work so they have a brotehr-vs-brother confrontation.