Heroes Season [Volume] 1(#23)---5/21/07-'How to stop an Exploding Man' Season Ending.

DonTadow said:
Yup, noticed it immediately.

Even better Easter Egg, did you notice what container they put Julie Robert's brother in, it said hazardous material. How many supervillians has that stuff spawned.

Overall I liked the resolution. We still don't now what Sylar uses to move around. We are guessing super speed but no one has seen him run. It feels like some form of sensory teleportation. He's pretty fast with it.

Rationalizing,
sylars dead and their waiting for the coronor. There's no reason to sit there and watch over a dead body when everyone else is injured or dying somehow.

I bet you that peter survives somehow. Remember, he has Jessica and nickis power, which gives him the ability to body jump. Nathan though is toast.
They seemed to assume that Claire's power would keep Peter safe, even before the whole flying thing. They could probably come up with a way to get rid of him if they wanted though, or move him to another body if they want a different actor but want to keep the character. Nathan, they could claim he let Peter go and flew away before the explosion, but I think that would cheapen the ending for me too much.
 

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Aside from them leaving it open to bring Sylar back I liked it. It was heavy handed at times but about what I expected.

I doubt it was the Haitian Molly referred to. Abilities just don't seem to work around him, I doubt Molly would get anything. It seems like it is foreshadow for next season. Of course the way this show goes they will build him up as a big bad and powerful guy and then Sylar will eat him.
 

DonTadow said:
Even better Easter Egg, did you notice what container they put Julie Robert's brother in, it said hazardous material. How many supervillians has that stuff spawned.

Yeah, but in this show the powers seem to come from genetic mutations. have an external element create a super would I feel cheapen the others abit
 

Taelorn76 said:
Peter had Nathan's ability to fly, other than an heroic sacrifice Nathan's death was not needed.

Except, we have never seen Peter use more than one power at once. Given statements from the writers that Peter is kind of like a filing cabinet, that makes sense. Additionally, Peter was probably trying not to blow up right then and there.

Side effect, it makes a Peter/Sylar fight more even - Peter can only do one thing at once, but he gets powers much easier (and add Super Strength to his arsenal). Sylar can do multiple things at once, but works harder to get powers.

Claire couldn't kill Peter. Even so, Nathan stepped in and did the deed so that Claire wouldn't have to. It was his supreme act of sacrifice and fatherhood and repentance towards Claire, by saving her innocence.
 

LightPhoenix said:
Except, we have never seen Peter use more than one power at once. Given statements from the writers that Peter is kind of like a filing cabinet, that makes sense. Additionally, Peter was probably trying not to blow up right then and there.

Didn't he fly during timestop to flee?
 

My initial thoughts:

Molly and Micah were adorable. I'm hoping part of Generations is exploring their new future.

I loved the quasi-team-up on Sylar. I hated the fact that yet again, we don't see a big battle between the two. If there was a time they needed to do it, it was this episode.

I've said it about Michael on Lost, I'll say it about Matt here - a perfect example of a low Wisdom character. He isn't dumb, he just doesn't think things through. Contrast with Bennett, a high Wisdom character, or Mohinder, who's mostly average.

I cheered when Candace got knocked out in one blow by Niki. Also, in the scene, Candace shaking her hand in pain was a nice touch.

I really should have seen Noah coming, given Peter and Gabriel, and the events in Five Years Gone.

That was the most badass "yatta" ever spoken. It's a shame that whole scene made no sense. Sylar knocks around Peter, Bennett, Matt, and Niki no problem, but lets Hiro run straight at him? It would have been better if Hiro appeared right on top of him.

Finally, I love the fact that saving Claire had nothing to do with her powers, as everyone thought. That was absolutely perfect. I kind of wish that the writers hadn't had Nathan hint at it with his line about saving the world - I thought it was just subtle enough without it.

I would say last week's episode was slightly better, but I thought this was a pretty good ending. Waiting with bated breath for next season.
 

I'm not convinced Claire's power could help Peter in this. If a stick or shard of glass in the brain can keep them from regenerating, how will it work when Peter is atomized all across the atmosphere? Which molecule is the one the the stick has to be in to stop the regeneration.

Claire survived her encounter with Ted because she burned all her hair and skin off, but her brain was intact. Peter going nova? Not so easy.

Of course I'm sure for plot, he'll be back if they want it (and I assume they will).
 


Very pleased with everything. Especially our little look at Season Two.

I was pleased that Candice was not 500 pounds or anything; she was maybe a little pudgy in the middle. That makes her case all the sadder, that she's let herself get all twisted up over really nothing. Her problem is her image, so her power relates to images.
 

Thornir Alekeg said:
I'm not convinced Claire's power could help Peter in this. If a stick or shard of glass in the brain can keep them from regenerating, how will it work when Peter is atomized all across the atmosphere? Which molecule is the one the the stick has to be in to stop the regeneration.

Claire survived her encounter with Ted because she burned all her hair and skin off, but her brain was intact. Peter going nova? Not so easy.

Of course I'm sure for plot, he'll be back if they want it (and I assume they will).

Don't forget that Ted is immune to Ted's powers.
 

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