Better to get the awful Hiro pun out of the way now, don’t you think?
So things start off not long after where Episode 1 ended, with Peter in the hospital as a result of having jumped off that building…but while Peter’s convinced he remembers seeing his brother Nathan flying up to save him, Nathan assures him that, no, he actually tried to kill himself. Nice work, bro. Cheerleader Claire wants to find out who her real parents are, but her dad – who clearly has some connection to these people developing superhuman abilities – tells her not to grow up so fast, that he doesn’t want her to get hurt. Moninder continues to be unable to go five minutes without someone breaking into his father’s apartment, but he does develop a friendship with his dad’s very cute next-door neighbor. I dunno, I just get this feeling she’s hiding something…and might well be in on all the secret goings-on. And when Hiro gleefully walks through the streets of New York, he’s shocked to find a comic book that reproduces the events that have led up to his arrival in the Big Apple…though we’re not entirely surprised to find out that it was written and drawn by Isaac Mendez, the artist who sees the future.
Dammit, I’m doing it again. Sorry, I’m trying to get more into the flow of doing these blog entries, so I hope you’ll forgive me as I get the hang of chatting as though you’ve already seen the episode; I’m still tempted to just recap what’s happened.
Okay, I grinned when it turned out that Nathan wasn’t just lying about having flown himself but, in fact, was completely leaving out the fact that they both flew; you could tell from the way the camera was moving that Peter was going to turn out to be standing in mid-air, but it was still a cool reveal. Niki’s story continues to be the least light-hearted of the bunch – hers is unfolding more like a horror movie – but at least she’s getting a new car out of the deal. Just don’t look in the trunk, for God’s sake. Claire’s clearly gonna break sooner than later and tell everyone about her powers, if only because she’s so pissed off over her bitchy cheerleader buddy lying and pretending that she saved that fireman last episode (that was an awesome shot, by the way, of Claire getting her neck twisted completely around after getting hit by a out-of-bounds football player)…but God only knows how Daddy’s gonna react to that, especially now that he’s swiped the videotape that documents his daughter’s abilities. He might be a loving father, but he comes across as so evil that you just know he could turn on Claire at the drop of a hat. Isaac continues to be a whiny junkie asshole, just as Hiro continues to be the guy you want to cheer for…which would explain why I actually said out loud “oh, shit, what are you doing?” when he happened upon Isaac’s lifeless body and promptly picked up the gun lying beside it. His powers continue to be the most powerful of the bunch; he’d better figure out how to use them quick.
There were quite a few more superhero touches to the show this week, including the frozen bodies with their tops of their skulls removed. It’s also cool to see Greg Grunberg (“Alias”) on TV again; he’s playing policeman Matt Parkman, a cop who’s developed the ability to read minds…and the inability to explain them to others, hence his getting arrested for knowing something he shouldn’t. “You told me!” No, dude, she only thought it.
So here’s a topic of conversation to along with any comments you might have: what other super powers would you like to see pop up on the show?
