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(S03E02) Mama Petrelli is going to be trouble this season, isn't she? I wonder how much of the flak the show is taking now is because they've had to restructure their overall plan due to the strike last year. We already know they'd intended to unleash the virus and have the aftermath of that drive the second half of the season. Who knows how that development would have flowed into what we're seeing now.
I'd hate to think that the lower ratings opening of last week's premiere will spell the impending doom of this show. If people are willing to ride along with the insanity of Prison Break for four seasons now, surely they can handle the comic book logic and over-the-top plotlines of this series for a little while. Sure, it's silly. Sure some of it really doesn't make much sense, but what do you expect with extensive time travel stories and super powers. Marvel and DC Comics have been struggling to keep the logic and timeliness of their universes in order for decades.
I may be the only one in the country, but I've never had as much of a problem with the Nikki/Jessica storyline as most people seem to. Sure, multiple personality disorder isn't exactly an ability but now that we've seen Tracy having ice powers while Jessica had super strength it really opens up the potential in the character, no matter who she is. Or how many of them there are.
I didn't see Tracy seeing Nikki's body coming (I guess almost no time has passed since the finale). Nor did I see the return of Micah as I thought I'd read that he was written out of the show. It would be a shame if he did leave, though, because I really like the kid (and where's Monica?). But I now think that Tracy/Nikki/Jessica are all clones, or some after-effect of Zimmerman's ability. There could be tons of Ali Larter's running around out there.
Heroic Morsels
- Brea Grant as super-speedster Daphne is a hot new addition to the cast. And helped set up a cool re-introduction for the Haitian. I've always liked the idea of the Haitian's power leeching ability. HRG used him to great affect, and I even liked that he just always seems to be "on."
- It's good to see a future painter back on the show, and the beautiful artwork of Tim Sale showcased again. But if he meant literally that he'd been painting since he was a boy then there are multiple painters out there who all paint like Sale? Talk about plagiarism!
- With Isaac it was Claire at the center of all the happenings. Now, with the guy in Africa, it's Parkman at the center of his paintings. What is Parkman's major significance?
- Gabriel Patrelli? Nosir, I don't like it. I don't like it at all. Is she the whore of her generation and we'll find out she's the mother or grandmother of all of them? Except for Nikki/Barbara/Jessica/Tracy, et al.
- Hey, brainstorm. Let's give the guy with the crooked mouth that looks really ridiculous when he yells screaming powers! That's like casting Marty Feldman with the power to shoot laser beams out of his eyes.
- I'm not sure if Sylar's sudden spark of human emotions and feelings and concerns is just a ruse to further his agenda, as it's always been in the past, or if the writers are going to actually humanize him a bit after two seasons but I don't think I like it either.
- When HRG finds Sylar's weakness, he's going to kill them? How about standing next to the Haitian? That's a pretty big weakness.
Missing this episode for no reason at all: I guess Mohinder and Maya were banging through the entire episode. And is he or isn't he real phantom Linderman was probably watching. Old pervert.
| Hiro/Ando and the formula | |
|---|---|
| HRG and Sylar track Peter | |
| Parkman in Africa | |
| Claire and her moms | |
| Mohinder's transformation | |
| Tracy's self-discovery | |
| Linderman's "return?" |
Heroes' Photos
HEROES Brea Grant as Daphne star in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Jimmy Jean-Louis as The Haitian stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Zachary Quinto as Sylar stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Francis Capra as Jesse stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Blake Shields as Flint stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Blake Shields as Flint stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Jamie Hector as Benjamin "Knox" Washington stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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HEROES Ken Lally as The German stars in the episode "One of Us One of Them." Airs Monday, September 29, 2008.
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