Heroes Season [Volume] 2 (#33)---11/26/07-'Truth & Consequences'

[Truth Seeker]

Director: Adam Kane

Star: Dania Ramirez (Maya Herrera), Zachary Quinto (Sylar), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli), Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah Sanders), Ali Larter (Niki Sanders), Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman), Kristen Bell (Elle Bishop), Dana Davis (Monica Dawson), Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli), James Kyson Lee (Ando Masahashi), Jack Coleman (Noah Bennet)

Recurring Role: Adair Tishler (Molly Walker), Nicholas D'Agosto (West Rosen), Shalim Ortiz (Alejandro Herrera), Ashley Crow (Sandra Bennet), Randall Bentley (Lyle Bennet)


Peter travels to Primatech in Texas to destroy the virus, but not everything is what it seems. Hiro continues the pursuit of his father's killer, while Matt pursues the last Company member in the photo. Niki is reunited with Micah but has bad news, while Maya has to choose to remain with Alejandro, or go with Sylar.

 

[Steel_Wind]

And Mohinder conveniently is on his way to NewO with a syringe full of his hyped up antibodies with Claire's blood, when all of a sudden...

Looks like Sylar is about to be *back*. Don't see how that has a happy ending for Mohinder and Molly though.

Most of the episode was predictable enough. Except now of course, Peter is being deliberately stupid. All those super powers must crowd out rational thought. And where the hell was Parkman?

And what's up with the Company & Bennet? Why go through with this charade of killing him? Who does that help? Why bother?

Lastly, I think Hayden Panetierre is usually a quite gifted actress. But she came off wooden and totally unbelievable in this episode. The script didn't help - but there was just no believability in any of her story. None of it.

If you've ever lost a parent - you'd know that "sadness" can't feel the shoes of a shadow of grief. The whole storyline was just a piss-poor way of handling this subplot.

 

[Alzrius]

I thought this episode was pretty good; it wreaked of setting things up for the finale, but it made several very exciting moves in doing so.

The fact that Mohinder apparently knew he could save Bennet makes his shooting him in the eye a little more believable. He seems like he's finally being more decisive and not so wishy-washy.

Sylar rocked in this episode. Of course, I think he's one of the best things about this show, so I'm biased. The fact that he was actually telling the truth about killing his mother was a delightful irony; the one bit of truth in the string of lies he's been feeding Maya the entire time. And even better, no more Alejandro! Yay!

Regarding Monica though, what a moron! We know she already watched at least one kung-fu movie. Why didn't she just take out those gang punks as soon as she was within arm's reach of them? Of course, considering that this is the girl who needed to have the concept of a "secret identity" explained to her by a kid, she's obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed.

About Claire...yeah, she just didn't have it this episode, and West seemed back to his usual, cardboard-cutout self. Claire's idea about going public with her powers echoes what Adam said a few episodes back; I wonder if she'll go through with it. It was, however, totally believable that Elle bungled her mission up so badly.

And the big question: who be the two heroes who die next episode? I'm rooting for Maya and West to bite it; they both suck pretty big time, and I'd love to not have them weighing down next season. And Sylar's getting his powers back! Awesome!

The second season of Heroes has been a stumbling block, but the good news is that it's about to be behind us.

 

[Steel_Wind]

And the big question: who be the two heroes who die next episode? I'm rooting for Maya and West to bite it; they both suck pretty big time, and I'd love to not have them weighing down next season. And Sylar's getting his powers back! Awesome!

Do we know that it's two next episode? They didn't mess with numbers and count HRG and Alejandro in there?

I'm betting Nikki doesn't make it. As for the other.. if there is to be another...dunnno. If they HAVE to kill off another 1st season hero - I'd say that Adrian Pasdar (Nathan) better get his resume ready. But I'm still not sure they are going to do that.

 

[Alzrius]

Do we know that it's two next episode? They didn't mess with numbers and count HRG and Alejandro in there?

The preview for next week's episode said "two heroes will fall," which seems to make it pretty clear that two of the good guys will die. I'm presuming that doesn't apply to any of the bad guys since they also said, while showing Sylar, "a villain will rise."

 

[Steel_Wind]

The preview for next week's episode said "two heroes will fall," which seems to make it pretty clear that two of the good guys will die. I'm presuming that doesn't apply to any of the bad guys since they also said, while showing Sylar, "a villain will rise."

Yes. American Preview. Not the one they show in Canada (we get better previews!)

Then I bet Nikki and Maya. And I'm betting Maya gets back up

 

[Valerian]

Yes. American Preview. Not the one they show in Canada (we get better previews!)

Then I bet Nikki and Maya. And I'm betting Maya gets back up

I'm betting on Nikki and Maya also. Maya because nobody liked the twins and is interested in her at all, and Sylar's rise pretty much guarantees that she'll get wasted. Nikki because Mohinder just got interrupted from delivering the anti-virus and will probably turn right around to go try to stop Sylar/save Molly. I can see Nikki dying while rescuing Monica.

A couple other points:

1. A lot of folks have been talking about the Elle and Claire connection which I think is really just trying to pull too much out of something simple. Elle's electricity powers caught her grandmother's house on fire when she was little. This has nothing to do with the fire that almost killed Claire and her mom in Texas. Two fires, different circumstances, don't try to make a connection where there isn't one.

2. Elle is Bob's daughter. She wasn't an orphan who was placed with Bob like Claire was with Noah. Bob brought her in to the company despite the fact that she was his daughter, and had her tested excessively- so much so that it broke her mind. Again, I think folks are looking too far for a connection that doesn't exist beyond what we get at face value.

3. The powers are random. There are a finite number of powers, and we see repetition. Sometimes parents have similar powers as their children (Matt and Maury) and sometimes they are completely different. The powers are linked to genetic mutation that randomly occur, or are inherited from one or both parents. The only apparent guarantee is that if both parents have the genetic marker then any children are definitely going to inherit it. I'm quite confident that those who are trying to make the link between West and Nathan, or Claire and Adam will be sorely disappointed.

EDIT: I found a little proof that kills the lineage linkage of powers theory discussed in point 3 above: In a Q & A Session , writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite were asked whether or not it's a guarantee that powers are passed on, given that both parents are evolved humans. They answered, "In genetics, nothing is guaranteed. A random mix of traits." In another session they said, "We've seen that the existence of powers may be something passed on, but the powers themselves are a crapshoot of sorts. For example, phase-man + strength-girl = talks to machines.

I enjoyed this episode and am looking forward to next week's conclusion.

Go Hiro!

 

[Vocenoctum]

Regarding Monica though, what a moron! We know she already watched at least one kung-fu movie. Why didn't she just take out those gang punks as soon as she was within arm's reach of them? Of course, considering that this is the girl who needed to have the concept of a "secret identity" explained to her by a kid, she's obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Her powers seem to have a limited duration and she didn't watch any fighting. Still stupid, but hey, everyone says that's because we're forgetting these are just normal people...

 

[LightPhoenix]

Most of the episode was predictable enough. Except now of course, Peter is being deliberately stupid. All those super powers must crowd out rational thought. And where the hell was Parkman?

For that matter, where was Peter's mind-reading?

And what's up with the Company & Bennet? Why go through with this charade of killing him? Who does that help? Why bother?

I agree, I think he should have stayed dead longer, in my opinion. However, a demonstration of the power of Claire's and Adam's blood was necessary to up the stakes. The best way to do that is to kill off someone for one episode and bring them back. I think it also mitigates what Mohinder is doing - he has seen the panacea that is a regenerator's blood. Mohinder is more of a healer than Linderman ever was, albeit not as wise.

 

[Grog]

Oh my god, this episode was terrible. Everyone in this episode fell out of the stupid tree and hit every single branch on the way down. I used to like these characters and enjoyed seeing them overcome the challenges they faced, and now I can't be bothered to care about them because they're acting like complete idiots.

I'll watch next week, since it's the last episode in this arc, but unless it's something truly spectacular, I doubt I'll be back after the strike.