Heroes: Episode Three
By stephanie - Friday, October 13th, 2006
If you have missed Heroes, they are running a three-episode marathon on Sunday, October 22. You can also check out the latest episode online at NBC for one week after the initial airing. (NBC, alas, does not keep an archive of old episodes online…but you should, NBC, you should!)
Onto our review:
As we move forward to the third installment of Heroes, the best storyline developing is that of Hiro in Japan, who has finally convinced his skeptical friend that he indeed has superhero powers. So far, Hiro has the coolest powers by a long shot…because we actually to see them in action. Otherwise, there’s still a lot of talk and no action going on (can we see the flying brothers actually fly already for pete’s sake?)
The invincible cheerleader plot gets interesting…but can I just say, is there something about have the power to regenerate yourself that makes you more accident prone? It seems that girl gets into some sort of mortal danger every week, just by hanging out at her high school. Yikes!
Back to our flying brothers – can I just say I am sick of the whiny, sniveling younger brother who is so self-obsessed that he can’t just leave older brother alone or support him in his political campaign? Get a therapist or something, dude.
The winner of the Dumbest Character Award, however, goes to our blonde webcam bimbo, who for some stupid reason won’t leave her son with his stable grandmother over some inane dispute over whether hubby is actually a bad guy or not. Who cares? You just murdered two guys and you are on the run – leave the kid with Grandma for pete’s sake. Geez.
Finally, Mohinder tracks down the lair of the evil Sylar…in a scene very reminiscent of Silence of the Lambs.
Superheroes, serial killers, and soap opera drama…it’s an interesting combination.
P.S. Funniest fake blog entry: I was annoyed last week when Hiro picked up a gun on the floor and was then caught by police when he didn’t do anything wrong. Here’s some satisfaction along that plotline, straight from Hiro’s blog:
Note to all my fellow gamers. In a game, you see a weapon on the floor, you pick it up. In real life, you see a weapon on the floor, probably not a good idea to pick it up.
Ha!