In the interest of full disclosure, I should admit that I had a couple of things working against me tonight when watching “Heroes,” namely the pair of ear infections my 2-year-old daughter is presently battling. My wife’s taking a class on Monday nights this semester, so Daddy ended up watching this week’s episode while snuggling next to his daughter, unable to take any notes; I also had to rely on subtitles as often as not, due to the poor, mournful cries of “Dadddddyyyyy” coming from next to me.
Yes, it was pitiful. But, really, what were my options? My TiVo’s in the shop, and by the time I realized that I was going to be playing the dutiful Dad during the 9 – 10 PM viewing hour, I didn’t have time to get the old, faithful VCR hooked back up. So we’re dealing solely with my recollections, and…well, let’s hope they’re pretty decent, shall we?
Sorry, but that’s the way it goes when you’re SuperDad.
So, first and foremost, Sylar’s back! And…well, I think that was supposed to be Candice Wilmer who saved him. Wasn’t it? I mean, apparently, “Reaper” couldn’t spare Missy Peregrym long enough to film a couple of scenes, but the powers seemed the same, and with those kind of powers, she can make herself look like anyone else…well, anyone but Missy Peregrym, apparently. Anyway, I wasn’t surprised to see Sylar made the mad dash to eat her brain, but I was surprised when he found that her powers hadn’t been transferred to him after all. Guess he should’ve finished listening to what she had to say, eh? Niki and Micah are also back, though the extent of their story was for Niki to drop Micah off in New Orleans before heading up to NYC for a meet-and-greet with Stephen Tobolowsky about being cured of her power / multiple personality disorder. By the way, I said this when they first brought George Takei onto the show, and I’ll say it now as well: the reveal of Nichelle Nichols would’ve been a hell of a lot more effective if they hadn’t boldly gone ahead and put her name right in the opening credits.
Hiro discovered that Kensei had the power to heal himself, not entirely unlike a certain cheerleader we’ve met. By the way, was I the only one who didn’t realize that’s what had had happened last week? For some reason, I thought Hiro had manipulated time and healed the wounds in the process. It didn’t occur to me that Kensei had healed his own wounds. Anyway, I thought it was pretty funny when Hiro basically just dumped Kensei’s ass in the middle of harm’s way (times 90!) and said, “Okay, now go make history,” but I didn’t love the end of the storyline, with Hiro deciding to stick around mostly because he’s got a crush on a girl. Dude, you finally just fixed history; why do you wanna go and screw with it all over again? I also found it pretty unlikely that the notes Hiro left for Ando in the base of the sword wouldn’t have been found by archeologists at some point, but, okay, I’ll suspend my disbelief for that one, at least…
Peter once again proved to be the biggest bad-arse in Dublin, making friends in the “family” along the way while being less and less certain that he wants to know the person he used to be. No sign of Nathan or Mama Petrelli this week, though.
Maya and Miguel…I mean, Alejandro…continue to stick to this same format in their appearances: they try to get to America, but along the way, Maya’s powers kick in, she makes people bleed from their eyes, and Alejandro has to use his power to reverse Maya’s actions as best he can. Bored now. Now that they’ve got a car, I just hope to God they finally get to America and meet up with someone who’ll offer their lives a little variety…
Suresh finally found the missing Isaac Mendez originals (like they were really hiding, since they were actually in Isaac Mendez’s studio!) and gave HRG the disturbing revelation that he’s not long for this world…or, at the very least, his left eye isn’t. Nor, it seems, is Claire’s virginity, based on the increasing bond between her and her flying super-stalker. Yeah, I know, we’re supposed to think she’s going to have to decide between her dad and her beau, but, c’mon, you know she’ll choose the boy…
In closing, I gotta say, I was pretty disappointed with this week’s episode after all the action last week. The only really interesting development was the goings-on with Sylar, but as interesting as that storyline was, it didn’t result in a win for the week as a whole.
