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Heroes: One Giant Leap

by Michael Canfield, posted Oct 9th 2006 10:04PM
Niki and Micah: (S01E03) Ya know, you'd think if Niki could leave her son Micah with a friend during the day, she could find someone to watch over him while she heads into the desert to bury bodies, rather than leave him in the backseat and claim she's just out stargazing. It's like this Las Vegas stripper-with-a-porn-site and an evil mirror-twin is a bad parent or something. Also, if Hiro's comic shows him back in Tokyo with his friend, how come he didn't know he was five weeks in the future in New York last episode? I have my doubts about Hiro ... why does he keep calling the comic-book artist Isaac, whom he knows is an American, and try to talk to him in Japanese -- then wonder why the guy hangs up?

Sadly, this episode struck me as disjointed and I'm more annoyed with nagging little questions like those above than anything else.

A couple characters did make slight forward movement. Peter mainly, who really gets screwed by his brother this time. Peter are Hiro are still the only characters with an inkling of what's really going on. Maybe Isaac, the addict/artist, but he just assumes he is crazy.

Claire (who goes to a school where the cheerleaders wear their uniforms every day) gets killed again. Seems wherever this girl goes she get her neck snapped. But her quarterback boyfriend turns out to be a bastard and a rapist, so maybe she will escape to New York and get closer to the actual action sooner, rather than later. We sorta have enough information on the extent of her healing ability. It's absolute. Okay, next please.

Officer Parkman sees a quick reversal of fortune when he goes from being prime suspect in an L.A. murder to getting to work alongside the F.B.I., so evidently his psychic powers are not as surprising to others as they are to himself. Though the Claire shocker wake-up that ends the episode is intense, the most chilling scene belongs psych-cop Parkman. The one where he's in a bar amusing himself with mind reading -- until he spots a stranger whose mind is silent, and is staring right back at him ... I wish my remote had a "more like this" button that I could have pressed right there.

Enough introductions, I'm getting impatient already for the next phase, whatever that turns out to be. The preview last week said something like "the heroes will have to learn to work together." I imagine so -- but only if they eventually meet each other and start discussing what they know, and what they can do. I'm still watching, but the revelations are very slow trickling in, and I expected more tonight. What are your thoughts now, after episode three?

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famw

Hey!!!, it's only the beginning. We got how many episodes to go? It's about saving New York when it explodes in 5 weeks. We all know how it's "supposed" to end and we know that Hiro supposedly saves New York. Chill!!! Relax!!! Let it flow. Tim's got it all planned out. This IS the show of the year and it will show us all the way to the top!!! Besides it's network TV and it's not REALITY TV. Reality TV is not good TV. This is GOOD TV!!!

October 27 2006 at 10:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Heroes Fansite

This episode was by far the best and I'm sure Monday's episode will be even better!

October 14 2006 at 11:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rufus Boink

The show is fun but troubled by patchy acting in places, most notably from Hiro and his sidekick. Their Japanese is awful (not that it really matters to anyone who doesn't understand it anyway) and the "Japan" sets are clearly not in Japan, looking more like pretty hastily put together backlots. It would help credibility if, for example, there were real street signs instead of the generic "Ramen," "Restaurant" etc written above each store. No biggie but it is an oversight in an otherwise good show.

October 14 2006 at 10:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lovelain

weezill, interesting call on the black guy in the bar possibly being D.L.

anyhow, i love the show so far. i like a slower pace. of course, my favorite show ever is carnivale, so it comes w/ the territory. i guess my favorites are matt and hiro (best power, imo).

out of all of these complaints the only one i share is micah sleeping in the backseat the whole night while niki buried those guys.

can't wait for next week's episode!

October 12 2006 at 12:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
A

omg this show has a nice pace to it i enjoy it. why is everyone in so much of a hurry? and i know some of you ppl watch lost so please stop complaining about the slow pace................................

October 11 2006 at 4:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
metz

Clair's cheerleader out fit is her superhero costume (just like Hiro mentioned he needed a costume). I'm mostly interested in watching the characters come together. It appears to me that Skylar has all the powers we've seen each individual character show and I think he gets them by eating the brains of others.

What I really hope is that the writers do short story arcs (6 episodes or so) and don't try and drag out a single enemy over 22 episodes. I also hope that they are willing to kill off good guys over time.

October 11 2006 at 12:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
G.O.

This show is an extreme disappointment. The writing has many gaps and errors. This certainly is much lower of a show than compared to the 4400. The Bonfire scene - its a school bonfire - no supervision- supposively 20-30 miles away from anywhere - yet there are bleachers where she is raped.

Also the amount of flashbacks to explain the characters is simply hilarious - does the show actually think we can't remember what happened in the previous episodes - major plot lines.

After this episode I deleted my season pass from the Tivo. Too much wasted time and poor writing.

October 11 2006 at 10:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Arkangyl

I have a theory about Peter.
I think Peter doesnt actually have the ability to fly. His brother does though.
I think Peter has the ability to MIMIC the special abilities of the others.
I point to the fact Peter didn't actually fly till his brother fly up to catch him. He touched Issac, and temporarily gained his ability to forsee the future through pictures when he drew the stick figure picture of him and his brother on a roof top, then it came true.
More weight is lent to this when he tried to fly in Monday's episode, and he kep falling on his face.

October 11 2006 at 9:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
the weezill

here are some things i've noticed and or think might be going on:

Sylar: a couple of things I noticed. He can do more than one thing it seems(more than one power) maybe he eats the brains of fellow supers/heros who don't know they are special, and he gets thier powers. I think maybe he is the horn-rimmed glasses man/cheerleaders dad, not the black guy in bar(see below 4 him). If I'm right about him eating brains to get powers, maybe he ate the brains of a shapeshifter/body morpher and really he is the girl helping young Seresh. Any way he is definately a big part.

the girl-is she Sylar, or does she work for him.? I think she is up to something, isn't it a little convenient how she finds what they need to continue every time it seems like Seresh is about to give it up, or seems stumped. Maybe she is a Fed working on the case and doesn't want to tip/blow her cover.

the black man in bar-Ah, real interesting. I believe this is D.L. Nikki's missing husband. He obviously is a big part of this, I think he is a good guy not bad and we are all being shown just what they want us to. Later we will watch the season again on DVD and all say "HOW DID I NOT SEE IT COMING"

ALSO ONE OTHER THING I think will happen. Remember when Hiro sais he is not sure why his friend has to come with him, but that is what the comic shows so that is what they do. In the same conversation he sais, "I wonder if I have to hide my true identity". What if that is what he is there for (the friend) to act as a decoy at some point. Like they grab him (the badguys, or feds, or whomever) instead of Hiro. That is one thing I really think is going to happen.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned these things yet.

Can't wait 4 next week!!!!!!

October 10 2006 at 5:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
scott

hh, it was in the pool (a hose and some water noodles or something creating it) of the house where sylar did his thing and the little girl was hiding.
...and it was scribbled on the side of claire's schoolbook last night, next to her name. that was weird..

i think it was also in the sand at nikki's mass grave as well, but i'd need to rewatch it.

lost has taught us well. you're not alone; i'm seeing it everywhere

October 10 2006 at 5:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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