So we’ve now seen the last “Heroes” of 2006…and, thankfully, it lived up to most expectations.
So Claire comes clean to her father about her abilities, only to have him admit more to her than, frankly, I would’ve expected. He was still evasive about what he’s done, saying only that “I’ve done some things I’ve not very proud of” to keep her safe, but he ends up telling her a hell of a lot. By episode’s end, it appears that the reason he’s done so is because, hey, it doesn’t matter what you tell someone if you’re gonna wipe their memories, anyway! For a moment, I thought sure we were going to find out that the memory wiping was done at Eden’s behest, but if the Haitian can be believed, it was indeed done at Mr. Bennett’s request. It appears, however, that our Haitian friend has an agenda of his own…which is good, since Eden has neither an agenda nor an ongoing existence any longer.
Actually, the presumption that Eden’s dead is based on next week’s preview rather than what I actually saw on the screen; I honestly couldn’t tell whether the blood spatter we saw belonged to her or Sylar, but the implication from the preview is that Sylar is the one who makes it out alive. Again, thanks for the spoiler, NBC…but, then, I really should know better than to watch those damned previews by now. By the way, the shots of Sylar in the cell toward the beginning of the episode, where he has multiple shadows, were particularly cool…though not as cool as the move where he punched through the glass and pulled Eden through. Definitely an “oh, shit” moment. You figured Sylar wasn’t completely powerless in that cell, but, still, seeing him finally act was completely kick-ass.
Watching Matt and Peter go back and forth with their psychic powers was pretty cool, with the apparent “feedback” resulting from Matt trying to used his power and Peter suddenly discovering that he had the same power. Greg Grunberg and Milo Ventimiglia were both acting their asses off. It was awesome. I’m not entirely sure what to make of that last scene with Peter, though…or why he had the vision that he did. Whose abilities was he accessing?
Hiro and Ando meeting Isaac was pretty cool…particularly when Hiro greeted Isaac with the Vulcan salute of “live long and prosper.” (Is it me, or are you already psyched to see the battle between Hiro and a dinosaur?) It’s a testament to how you begin to feel for these characters that I was genuinely smiling when Isaac realized for certain that he didn’t need drugs to access his abilities.
We didn’t get too much Mohinder this week, though his connection to Eden made his two brief appearances notable; also, the scenes with Niki, Micah, and D.L. were okay, but, damn, get together with the rest of the gang already!
January 22nd seems a lifetime away…
