I love “Heroes,” and I love NBC…but the reality of the matter is that, sometimes, NBC fucking sucks.
Seriously, do they really just not trust viewers to watch entire episodes anymore? Do they really feel like they have to give away information at the beginning of the episode for things that will be revealed later in that very episode…? Okay, I admit, I thought they’d pulled a completely bullshit move of giving away a major revelation of the episode – that Simone wasn’t actually dead after all – within the promo hyping the upcoming “Spider-Man 3” promo (when it was bad enough that it seemed as though they’d already given it away in the preview at the end of last week’s episode)…but then they went and pulled the carpet out from under me on that one when it turned out that, well, actually, Simone is dead, but that the new girl on HRG’s team has some serious illusion-casting abilities. But the big annoyance I had was that, after spending almost six months leading up to the revelation of Mr. Linderman’s identity, then having it not occur until the last five minutes of the episode, could they not maybe leave Malcolm McDowell’s name out of the fucking opening credits…?
I could go on and on about the dumbing down of society, how Hollywood doesn’t trust Americans to go see films if they don’t know virtually everything that happens beforehand, and how my wife and I got firsthand proof of it this weekened when we went to see “Zodiac” this weekend and got pissed because every single preview we were subjected beforehand revealed almost the entire plot of the movie being previewed. But you came here for a “Heroes” blog, so I’ll save that for another time…
So HRG has indeed had his mind wiped…though not a significant amount. Just, it appears, enough to be able to answer honestly that he doesn’t know what’s happened. Watching him freak out at how much his wife knows – for the first time EVER – was pretty awesome. The new girl in HRG’s life is pretty damned sexy…and it really showed when she showed up in that Catholic-schoolgirl-inspired outfit. Yowza. She’s also got some pretty major powers, too…and she’s clearly not afraid to be a part of the Dark Side; the move of impersonating HRG’s wife was EVIL, “sorry” or no “sorry.” And speaking of the Dark Side, it looks like Matt Parkman’s in with the in crowd now, whether he wants to be or not…and he apparently doesn’t want to be.
Claire’s on Brother Voodoo’s tour of America, and it looked like it’s gonna turn into a worldwide expedition…but, of course, no one really believed that Claire was gonna allow that to happen, did they? Sorry, did I say Claire? I meant Vivian, of course. Either way, I didn’t anticipate the meet-up with Grandma Petrelli.
Mohinder (briefly) gets the upper hand on Sylar…? Holy shit! Who would’ve thought that our man Mo had such a dark side to him…? Of course, it didn’t last, mostly because Mo got cocky and complacent…but, still, kudos for pulling it off even briefly!
God bless Hiro. He’s so wide-eyed and innocent. It was wayyyyyyy too convenient that Ando managed to be assigned to just the right location in Linderman’s building at just the right moment, especially since not only couldn’t he have been employed there for very long, but, also, wasn’t he on the casino’s watch list along with Hiro…? Still, nice use of Ian Gomez…and, plus, it was the excuse we needed for Hiro to finally get the sword. I’m just glad it actually did give him the confidence to use his powers again; with this show, you never know what might happen. So NYC did go up in smoke…but can it still be changed…?!?
Isaac is back on the smack attack. Ho-hum. And Nathan and Nikica cross paths, but that was probably the least interesting part of the episode. In fact, if it hadn’t led up to the reveal of Mr. McDowell as Mr. Linderman…and, no surprise, our man Malcolm remains one of the coolest motherfuckers in the business…I wouldn’t have cared about it at all. (I’m probably the last one to say this, but even I’m finally bored with the Nikica storyline.) So how much does Linderman know? What’s his deal? Is he a “hero” (in the loosest sense of the word)? Can he see the future, or is he just so powerful that he can really get Nathan into the White House…?
So I’m sure that even if Sylar slices Peter’s scalp completely off, he’ll pull through…but, still, damn, we have to wait ’til April 23rd for resolution? Shit, what am I gonna do when the season finale gets here…?!?
