Heroes: Episode Six Reveals a Dark Secret…
By stephanie - Monday, November 6th, 2006
I was very wary of this episode from the get-go, since it dealt primarily with Niki, the annoying webcam chick. Finally, we get to meet her husband, who is supposedly a stereotypical big scary black dude with a criminal past.
The backstory was extremely convoluted and involved some sort of financial deal gone wrong; missing is $1 million dollars and Niki’s husband is on the lam. (What really got me was that he showed up at her house while the cops were on a stake-out, and none of the cops seemed to notice him being inside. Then, the next day, Niki and her husband are hanging out on the back patio, as if no-one is going to notice. Erg.)
So far, so bad. But then… MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!
…we find out that Niki’s alter ego is actually a bad alter ego. Niki had taken the million dollars, framed her own husband, and killed all the people who could clear him. Then, surprise! We find out he has his own superpower, and the first real superhero fight ensues on the show.
Thus, while most of the show was kind of a C-, I’m bumping it up to an A- just for the great reveal and the superhero fighting at the end.