DonTadow said:
To answer your questions in rambling order
Nathan was conflicted for the last three episodes and had yet to really make a choice. Seeing his daughter and brother inperil he chose to act. Do remember the conversation Peter said, Nathan had never let him down. That was a good forshadowing that Nathan would flip the script. Try shooting your uncle whom saved your life.
The proper analogy would be to knock my uncle out to save millions. Yeah, I think I could do that pretty easily. A bullet to the head wouldn't of killed him, just temporarily immobilized him. That was always their plan and no reason for them to feel conflicted about it. Claire knew this and Nathan knew this. Nathan's sacrifice was for no good apparent reason. Even if he didn't want clair to shoot him, just take the gun from her and shoot him yourself. This isn't monday morning quarterbacking either, it stupidity of their actions were clear as they were happening.
Peter seems to be able to use inivisiblity right well because of his esposure to Claude. But Peter still is a level 2 character. This is a good thing. YOu don't want them to pull a matrix and run out of challenges for their best character so soon. Right now his challenge is mastering his powers. It's best to watch shows and remember you're not playing a d and d game.
I can buy that he is struggling to take control of his powers. Sure no problem. I can also buy that he knows how to go invisible/paint/heal because he has practiced them. But if you knew that you were destined to blow up the city with a power you recently obtained, wouldn't you practice that power until you had control of it? It is just plain stupidity.
If someone is stabbed and falls to the ground in real life, no ones going to over and
1. cut off his head
2. shoot him for good measure
I think everyone thought Sylar was dead.
Not me. As soon as Hiro stabbed him, I was looking for the carry through to cut off his head. Everytime they cut to his dying form I thought the same thing. Somebody shoot, stab, stomp or burn him. Something. It was like a bad horror flick. I think it would be pretty obvious that someone should just make sure the SUPERVILLIAN, you know the guy with all the crazy powers, was dead. Heck, DL was fine after being shot in the stomach, why would anyone expect Sylar to die after that. Especially since he continued to use his powers to attack Hiro AFTER he had been stabbed. KILL HIM!
There needed to be another 5 minutes of that scene where we see everyone clear out and leave. We actually don't know if sylar crawled away or was dragged away.
Now that would have been fine, but there wasn't enough information present to make that determination other then pure speculation. I hope that is the case but we won't know that for months. I would have been fine with something like that for a week but months without even a hint to indicate such? Unacceptable.
Hiro is honorable. Hiro also could have stabbed him from behind. But facing your enemy is a big part of hiro's personality. The last conversation with Ando was forshadowing that Hiros power does not make him a hero, his courage does. The most painful and agoning place to take a bullet is in the gut. It is avery slow and painful death if left untreated.
And yet he was standing up at the end of the scene as if he was getting better not worse. Plus, as mentioned before, Sylar had a similar wound. If it is logical to think that DL could still be alive then it would also be logical to think those around DL wouldn't automatically assume that Sylar was dead either.
I would have liked to see a bigger action scene, but this was never about the action scenes as much as it was about the character growth. These are very low level characters.
I am fine with character growth instead of action, but then it needs to be sensible. If there is no action and the character growth is extremely flawed then you are left unsatisfied, as I am.
