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

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I am not sure I noticed a roach tied to Sylar before?

They do say a roach could survive an A-bomb

There was one in the lab when he was playing dead. To be honest that's all I can think of off the top of my head, but he just keeps going all the time. Not to mention that there was a strong focus on that cockroach on the manhole at the end.

Also seems like they wouldn't have had Mohinder going on about the bugs being so great early on. He talks about their being so advanced and then more than once Sylar mentions that about himself.

 

[LightPhoenix]

It's possible that, not being able to control his blowing up ability would keep him from being able to control his other abilities (like flying) as well. What I want to know is why they couldn't shoot him and pull out the bullet later or just tranquilize him like they did to Ted.

Well, he was there in 'Five Years Later', despite having blown up. It seems that he can somehow survive.

For the latter, see dravot's post above - Ted was immune to his own power. It's only logical Peter and Sylar are too.

I've been thinking about the former, and I'm thinking that the answer is, shooting Peter would make him blow up, just like shooting Ted did. As for tranquilizers, I don't know, but my only answer is no one had them around? It's a stretch.

The alternative answer, which has no basis for proof whatsoever, is that it wasn't specifically Ted's power that made him explode, but absorbing too many powers.

 

[Dinkeldog]

I liked it. They wrapped up quite a few things, but left plenty of dangling plot threads for next season. I can't wait to see Sylar next season (though I was really hoping it'd be Evil President Sylar traveling back in time), to say nothing of the new BBEG Molly referenced!

And the possibility of a "Guardian Angel" in Simone's father.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Problem with hanging on the 9th Wonders Boards too much was that mostly everybody figured out Nathan was going to fly Peter up to save the city...

And they were right.

Nobody guessed "Noah" though . Poor HRG, now he's got a name like everybody else. In this mirror-mirror of the the Star Trek Universe that Heroes is, now he can die like everybody else!

I agree that it would have been better if Hiro had *bamfed* in on top of Sylar and run him through (from behind - a la Sam Gamgee in the Tower of Cirith Ungol)

But I was still cheering.

Angela Petrelli is a real bitch though. We still have her to contend with next season.

The plot hook of putting Molly somewhere where Mohinder can get to her drives the "finding the specials" part of the show.

Last point: Does Mohinder have a power after all? Is this walking in the past - talking to the dead in your dreams Angela's power that Peter got from her? I thought so...

But if you think about it - it is exactly the same thing that Mohinder did. No difference at all. Peter never dreamed in the past until after he met Mohinder in the cab, either.

I'm not so sure Mohinder is a "normal" after all.

 

[Jeremy757]

Did anyone else notice the flashes in Sylar's eyes as he lay there? It seemed to be flashes of peoples powers and then his eyes were milky like Issac's. I am wondering if that was the powers he had gathered slipping away or what?

As seen in the beginning of the episode it appears that Sylar had learned to use Isaacs power without having to paint the images. I suspect that as he lay on the ground dying he took a glimps into the future to see if he would actually live or not.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Well done, IMO. But, hehe, am I the only one who was betting with himself that they'd forget that an atomic explosion would create an EMP? Yep, the lights were still on. Oh yeah, and let's everyone look up at an atomic explosion and have our eyes melt! Loved the preview for next season. But if Sylar did survive having a sword run through his heart I expect that when he shows up again it will be my last episode. As I've said before, I've hated that in the comics for a looong time now.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Last point: Does Mohinder have a power after all? Is this walking in the past - talking to the dead in your dreams Angela's power that Peter got from her? I thought so...

But if you think about it - it is exactly the same thing that Mohinder did. No difference at all. Peter never dreamed in the past until after he met Mohinder in the cab, either.

I'm not so sure Mohinder is a "normal" after all.

Mohinder's dreams were inspired by the little kid he tracked down. If I had to lay odds, I'd say that the dead guy was the Dream guy and Peter got them from him. (Letting him fly with the guy for instance.)

I think various people have the same powers at times. (There were more paintings than just Isaac's, IIRC.)

 

[RigaMortus2]

Peter never dreamed in the past until after he met Mohinder in the cab, either.

Sure he did. The very first time we see him he is dreaming of dropping off of a large building.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Nope. The taser falls to the ground and Bennett and the Haitian run up as Peter throws Claude off the roof and flies away.

That would be Telekinesis that made the tazers freeze in place and then drop to the ground. If it were timestop, when the timestop ended, the tazers would keep going.

 

[Vocenoctum]

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.

Right, everything was sort of disjointed with the fight. All in all I think the Sylar fight was disappointing.

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.

Bennet's problem is he's an ex-cop who didn't wear a vest.

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 dunno, the fight vs Candace was fun, but not as "mental" as I'd have thought. I like Candace and hopefully she'll be back.

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

and of course "god sends great skills" or whatever.

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.

Actually, saving Claire WAS all about her power. Hiro had a plan, that was it. The unforeseen side effects of that plan might have meant something different, but that was his reason for saving her. Aside from the fact she didn't save anything really. I liked Nathan's end, but it seems like there were plenty of alternatives.