Episode #1.8 [7 minutes until midnight]

[Sleeves Rolled Up]

Wow! What a powerful episode of Heroes!

Today's episode of Heroes was jam-packed with jaw-dropping excitment and supspense. All the way from Matt and Ted exchangin stories of having blank spots in their memories, to HRG finally getting a name, and us finding out he's on the good guys side.

I guess this whole episode revolves around finding out the true motives behind HRGMr. Bennet [love the fact that he finally has a name! But it's gonna get some getting used to] and the Hatian [can't wait for his!]

Mr. Bennett says he needs Isaac's help because Sylar was going to kill his daughter. So if this is true, then why does he need the others? Certainly not to sve Claire, because he kidnapped Matt and Tedd before he found out about Claire being hurt. So, I have this theory that Mr. Bennet has been associated with "special" people for a while. He said that something happened to Claires mother, 14 years ago, leaving the baby girl with them. He knew she had super powers. Did he personally know her?

As I thought, many people doubted that Mr. Bennet was a good guy, but I seriously think he is. Did you see the way he talked to Isaac about Claire. It showed true love, a love only a father can have for his daughter. But then, others may still doubt me saying if he loved her, he'd get her the hell out of there, but he's probably using her as bait, to reel Sylar in, so he can destroy him. If that's the case, then who does he have to back him up on that one? The only powers we've seen the Haitian have is cleaning out memories and keeping his mind perfectly blank [wow, meditation must be easy for him!]

Now, how about Mr. Bennet knowing so much about Sylar? Still going on the Mr. Bennet being friends with super people, did Sylar terrorize them in the past?

Eden, it's clear that she has powers, they heavily hinted that she has powers. I heard from someone on the 9thwonders board that she had powers of suggestion, or better yet persausion, hence the reason why she whispered into Isaac's ear, and he shot up heroin [one cranberry and tangerine juice shot for me!] I think that's a great power, something I'm sure Nathan can use, lol.

But one power I would looove to have is Charlie's [the girl Hiro fell for in the diner] because she has the power to retain lots of information. I guess then I can start saving money on flashcards and time on studying!

Ok, can't wait for next weeks episodes! Should restraints so I don't fall out of my seat, because this one's gonna be POWERFUL!

[wally]

I’m so done.

First, the little things - the junkie in the cool Manhattan loft is bad enough, but I could let it slide. But then he gets shaved by some chick with an antique straight razor?

Then the super memory chick. And the telekinesis shadow in the bar. (Not to mention the stripper's ex and son doing tricks last week). Is everybody super? It's getting a little ridiculous. And then the sympathetic bit where memory girl opens the tomatoes and opens her head. Like a bad X-Files.

And then back in India, there is some sex drama working. We’ve already established some sex thing
with the senator and the stripper. And the triangle thing with the artist, gallerist and the senator’s brother. This is way too early in the series to be playing who’s sleeping with who.

It was a good couple of episodes, lots of promise, but the only way I can see this going is to some Twin
Peaks/Brazil/Fellini level of weirdness that the networks wouldn’t buy.. If you're gonna jump the shark this early, go all the way and do itsix times an episode - take it up to Simpson's pace, or at least Arrested Development. Or just kill it off now and spin off Hiro into a sitcom that might last a season.

Jeez!

[Sleeves Rolled Up]

aww, that's sad that you feel that way... I thought this was a great episode! I guess we both have different tastes. I'm into the wierd mystery stuff.

Well, if you don't like that stuff, I suggest you don't watch LOST, you'd get to frustrated...

[wally]

No.

It’s not about my taste for weird mysteries, it’s about storytelling.

At the end of a good mystery, you realize that all the clues were in front of you all the time; you could have figured it out. In a bad mystery, the author suddenly pulls a couple of aces out of his ass and you realize the game was fixed against you from the start.

In any story, you accept whatever premise given, learn the rules and play along. Heroes had a good weird premise - What would the world be like if you or your neighbor suddenly developed a weird superpower? That’s enough, then the story is built around good characters. Heroes has good characters, too.

If, however, there is a lame premise or poorly drawn characters, or if the author fears that there are, the failings are covered with gratuitous plot twists, chase scenes, SFX, or, like Lost, extra aces appearing from dark places. And the soap opera sub-plots are a transparent grab at the Desperate Housewives demographic. Heroes didn’t need to go this low.

Standard for the industry, I imagine, but I was hoping for better. This could have been a smart show. I was hoping for a smart show. But no.

I expect the writing committee is already scrambling to fix homeland security plot lines to match post-election focus group data.

losers

[Sleeves Rolled Up]

wally said:

I expect the writing committee is already scrambling to fix homeland security plot lines to match post-election focus group data.

yes, they already are can't you tell? With everyone thinking Ted is a terrorist, they can bring in the whole terroist thing.