Heroes - Season Four ("Redemption") - Page 8

So, our Big Bad of the season has spent his recent past all focused on winning over the love of his life, only to have her reject him. So  the Big Bad goes off and kills many people in a moment of teen angst. Why must evil men always have the emotional maturity of a stunted teenager? This episode could have been almost perfect if Claire'd stabbed T-Bag in the eye. What a waste.

On the other hand, we have good Sylar pin Claire down with his telekinesis ability and kiss her. Just for my own clarification, is this the difference between rape and sexual assault? Because while it isn't rape, forcing someone to kiss who doesn't want to can't exactly be considered a no harm, no foul offense. Lacking the correct legal term, I'll just go with, "Ewww."

Hiro... this is your life. You've committed crimes against the universe in using your time travel abilities to alter time. Or something like that. But no matter. Your mother will heal you, even though the image of your mother was supposedly all in your head and the result of a tumor-induced vision/hallucination. But maybe it wasn't. Maybe tit was purgatory. Meh. I'd rather Claire serve Hiro a bottle of wine, accidentally cut herself and have a drop of her blood drop into the wine before Hiro drinks it. It may not have been any more interesting, but at least it would have been quicker.

Claire learns life lessons from Sylar, and decides to let her inner Lesbo out. Nah, that can't be right. She dated flying guy. So she's bi. Unless the Lesbo thing is just the oft-discussed college experimentation. Too bad Heroes is rated PG. I can think of scenarios that would make me more forgiving of this particular storyline.

Mohinder, we barely knew ye.

Was Adam Monroe in two shows that aired at the same time? Didn't I see him on "24" tonight as well?

For a second I thought maybe we'd see Charlie again (especially given Glee's hiatus), but they reminded us she's trapped in time (if you've ever given any serious thought to what E=MC^2 actually means, I implore you not to try to figure out that trapped in time statement).

I didn't hate it, but sometimes, I wonder about the goals of the writers. When I watch TV, I'm often left with the impression it must be really difficult for writers to write for shows that must pull great numbers without writing a stupid show, but then I remember House. I think Heroes will go down in history as one of the shows I was most predisposed to liking, but which failed miserably in terms of reaching its potential. Still, I'm in until the last episode airs. I doubt there will be anything like it for quite some time -- if ever (in my lifetime).

The girl playing claire is a horrible actress. When she was trying to be all tough and knowing and serious just made me roll my eyes, even the down blouse shot we got wasn't that great.

I think the worse thing about the whole jay and conan situation is that this show may not get cancelled.

I guess we have hope for next year being as good as the first season.

edit for clarification and spoiler of next weeks preview: 
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Edited by Shane D - 1/19/10 at 10:02am

Umm, never?  Kindly name two others.

edited my original post to hide what i was getting at since it was in the preview for next week which some people dont watch.
Edited by Shane D - 1/19/10 at 10:01am

That...doesn't make sense.  It's like saying "in my example, powers gone=Sylar changing what he eats for breakfast."

After nearly falling asleep through the last few episodes, I actually liked this episode.  I like the direction they are taking with Sylar, and it fits in perfectly with this seasons tagline of "Redemption".  If he seriously pursues this path of not wanting to be evil and being alone, then the grand meaning is that we have Hiro to thank for that, and it really puts a cap on Hiros character for being the true ultimate Hero.

I admit, I completely gave up and haven't seen the last two episodes.  But this parody/summary of this weeks episode from TVBytheNumers made me laugh.

 

EXTRA!  NEW YORK IMPERILED!  AGAIN!

Geez.  Can't somebody be mad at St. Louis for a change?  Maybe Hackensack?

Every time they pulled back from Bennett's memories into the house of mirrors, I expected to see Crow and Tom Servo.

I wonder how many viewers ever heard of "Doc Savage"?
It's a little out of date since it was literally "pulp fiction" from the 30's and 40's.

I think a new comic and movie is coming soon.  I don't know which, but I've heard something is being made with the character.

Actually i have little knowledge about this show. I watch supernatural . After this post i read about it in internet, specially form NBC official website. I have a problem with the  timing of the show. Even though i will try to manage time for it.

Wasn't there some green growing out of the dirt the Bennetts were trapped in?  Maybe Plant Man will end up saving them.  You're definitely thinking too hard about it because there's no way it'll get to the point where Noah is a skeleton.  It'll probably be some anticlimatic nonsense.

Next week's the end (for this season, at least)?  I wonder if that Irish girl will come back with Charlie.

I know.  I said it with a smile, though it doesn't come across in type.  That and the multiple man on the stairs were some lame cliffhangers.

So tonight is it right?  Possibly for the entire show?

Yeah, tonight's the season finale. I'm betting that the show will be back next year (maybe with less episodes to cut costs) since NBC has an entire hour to fill every weeknight now that Leno is back to The Tonight Show.

I really hope that was the end, I can't be sucked in for a 5th season, can I?

It's no secret that I'm a fan of the show, mostly because I like cheesy super hero comics (yes, even/especially the current Marvel era under Quesada) and am willing to pretty much forgive any and all transgressions made by this show.  I found tonight's episode to be a good cap on the season, but obviously no way for the show to go out.  Clearly, it wasn't structured to be a finale anyway, so it's not like the show missed the boat there or anything.

That all being said, they need to form a super group, be given some one/two-dimensional villains to fight, and get to it.  I think the show has given the origins/normal lives theme its due, and it's time to move on.

In my opinion, the next season, should it air, should start 6 months in the future (clearing the way for the inevitable black and white flashback episode), with a bunch of the heroes fighting a villain--bank robbery or something maybe.  Cue the old school Spiderman cliches of the public being torn between loving and hating the "supers," and those same supers having to live normal lives, too.  Normal is fine--we just don't need to have another season of 90/10 split between normal and ass-kicking.

Bring on the masks (perhaps not literally).

The biggest problem I had with the execution of tonight's episode, is that everything depended on Emma's ability to lure in all the people.  And since she wasn't a willing participant, wouldn't that mean that Doyle would have to have known how to play the Cello so well?  Oops, little lapse of logic there...

Also I thought it was funny how Samuel went to great lengths all season to grow his "Family" so large, and Claire even mentioned how Joseph wanted to keep the family small, and then at the beginning of the episode when it pans out for the Central Park reveal, there's what, about 15-20 specials around him .  Really?  That's the best you could do Samuel?  Same thing when Hiro teleported everyone away.  Joseph's carnival family must have had about 4 people in it.....

Spot-on casting for Charlie.  That was a good great resolution to that storyline. 

In spite of the "to be continued," that would be a suitable series ending.  They ought to cancel the show and greenlight a DP7 adaptation.

that wasn't as bad a cliffhanger as i thought it would be. it could end there and it wouldn't be the end of the world. unlike some other cliffhangers.

Doyle can activate a special's powers againt their will.  Hinted at previously on the show, demonstrated for sure in the graphic novel.

I agree.  K Callan was perfect as an 80-something Charlie.  I loved the irony that Hiro ended up giving Charlie a full life, but it just wasn't a life with him.

I also like that each special's power played an important part in the resolution of the storyline, from Tracy rescuing Claire and HRG, to Peter holding Samuel to a standstill, to Sylar dealing with Doyle, to Hiro removing the family from Central Park.  It all fit together in a way it just hadn't before. 

For me, this was most satisfying season the show has had in a long time.  Samuel was a serious, but not outrageously apocalyptic, threat.  Characterization was more consistent.  And they finally dealt with the problem of the show's breakout character, Sylar, by finding a plausible way of turning him into a good guy.

The ending I'm not so sure of.  It could just return the show to the mess that was Season 3. 

I liked how Peter used his brother's power (it's assumed he absorbed flight from Sylar off-screen) to flying tackle Samuel.  Peter literally drew strength from his brother, while Samuel was literally weakened by his brother.  I think my favourite aspect of the show is the ways it plays up the duality of human nature through Peter.

You know this show could be good if they cut down on the number of characters, and lowered the episode count.

Theres just too much padding.

Ahh, got it.  Thanks for that information.