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Amazing episode.Best of the season by far! Every piece of the puzzle (so far) has begun to fall into place. With only 2 episodes left it makes you wonder how they can squeeze everything in. Anyways, below is a link to the episode as well as a review care of TV Squad

Heroes S2 E9

Review

Just when you thought Mohinder couldn’t get any stupider, he goes and shoots Noah Bennet in the eye. He is really in too deep with this company. And lately, he is making Matt Parkman look like a genius. (Wait, did Parkman just make me say that? Dumb joke, I know.) More on this after the jump because it basically took up the whole episode.

But before I go through all the storylines for this week, let me just say that I was so relieved that those ridiculous mascara-plague twins were absent from this week’s Heroes. And just so I don’t get too excited about it, I put a picture of them in the post to remind me that they are still on the show. (However, they are the vehicle to get the devilish Sylar back in the states so I suppose I forgive them on some level.)

Claire Bennet, Noah Bennet (H.R.G.), and West
We begin in Costa Verde, CA. We spend most of the episode there in fact. The Bennets are getting ready to skip town but as Claire told her father before, she’s not going with them. Citing West as an example, she confronts her father about the bad things he did as a soldier of the company. This conversation could have benefited from a rewrite, I think. When Noah picks up the tape like he’s going to tie Claire up, I thought, that’s a little over the top.

Claire leaves to find West (by spelling out S-O-R-R-Y with rocks). She tells him about the fight and how she’s staying in Costa Verde for him but he doesn’t believe her (teen drama alert!). West leaves because he says he needs time to figure things out. He thinks Claire and her father are working together.

Meanwhile, Noah has some explaining to do to his wife who witnessed the verbal altercation (duct tape and all). He shows his wife the future paintings. She doesn’t really get it–no big surprise there. Then he leaves to go find Claire and West sweeps him into the air. This air assault was a cool Heroes moment I must admit (a great shot right before a commercial).

West interrogates Noah in the air to find out about Claire’s involvement with him. I liked how they ended up working together to save Claire. I like West’s character. I know lots of people hate him but I don’t see why. He’s not that annoying (not like those twins).

Mohinder Suresh, Bob & Elle
Mohinder, Bob and Elle go to Southern California for two reasons: to get Claire’s blood and to kill Noah Bennet. Bob tries to convince Mohinder that Noah is a threat and should be “taken out” but Mohinder is skeptical about killing him (always wanting to do the right thing and the least harm). He does agree that Claire’s blood is needed to cure Niki though.

Elle always wants to kill Noah (two reasons again: it’s the logical thing to do from her and her father’s perspective and she’s slightly unhinged so she takes pleasure in killing people). But Mohinder persuades them both to follow his plan. After Noah calls looking for Molly’s help to find West, Mohinder calls back with a fake location. Of course, Noah is with West at the time so he’s knows it’s a bluff.

While Mohinder and Elle go to meet Noah (and West), Bob goes to abduct Claire. Did he really fudge her name when he spoke to her on the football field? I couldn’t tell if that was an honest mistake only because Bob doesn’t look like the kind of guy that makes mistakes. Either way, Bob follows Claire home and kidnaps her at gunpoint.

Mohinder thinks that he’s got Noah under control (and if he doesn’t Elle will zap him). But, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a flying teenager come to clothesline the electricity girl. By the way, West is getting good at swooping people off the ground.

Noah vs. Bob, The Showdown

Now Bob has Claire and Noah has Elle. Was it just me or did you kind of enjoy Elle getting a taste of the pain she so easily inflicts on everyone else? What an easy way to contain her too. Why didn’t they just keep her clothes and hair wet for the exchange? A dry Elle is a super-charged, super-pissed off Elle.

The exchange is going pretty smoothly when Elle zaps West (who is holding Claire) out of the air. Noah then shoots Elle in the arm. I thought he was a better shot than that. Noah is about to shoot Bob but Mohinder shoots him in the eyeball. Right in the eyeball. And when did the genetics doctor learn how to aim a gun?

I actually thought they were going to kill someone off for real this time. But no, Noah is back by virtue of Claire’s blood with a new eyeball. I wonder if he will still need glasses?

Parkman & Molly
Matt Parkman is becoming his father. I was wondering if they were going to draw out this transition for another episode but I guess not. Parkman first uses his powers to persuade Molly to be a normal girl after she offers to help him find the rest of the people in the picture. The look on his face shows that he’s a little surprised with and even scared of his new, improved ability.

Then he uses his power on his boss and sees that it can be very advantageous to control other people’s thoughts. What would Professor Xavier think? A little unethical if you ask me. Ethics aside, he gets more time to investigate Kaito Nakamura’s death and interview Angela Petrelli.

Parkman then has a battle of the mind powers with Angela who accuses him of turning into his father and scolds him for meddling in the business of her generation. After suffering a Parkman headache and a bloody nose, she gives up the last name in the picture.

I wonder if Parkman will turn into a villain with his evolved power. I think it’s cliche to have him turn into his dad. However, the “new nightmare man” could make for an interesting situation with Molly. But, from what we know of Parkman’s character (meek, righteous, caring, not so sharp), I don’t think it makes sense for him to exploit his power the way his father did.

Hiro
It was nice to see Hiro get some closure and a new mission this episode. We first see him at his father’s funeral but he refuses to give the eulogy and tells Ando he is going back in time to save his father. However, when he gets there, Kaito Nakamura, a man who believes in fate, turns down the opportunity to save his own life.

In an effort to convince his father to live, Hiro takes him back to the funeral of his wife/Hiro’s mother. I thought maybe Kaito would concede and allow his son to alter time to rescue him at this point. But, alas, no, he is really dead (maybe they will bring him back…like D.L. and then kill him again…like D.L.).

Hiro talks to his younger self and in effect teaches himself his father’s lesson. Finally, his father’s words make sense to Hiro: “We have the power of the gods. That doesn’t mean we can play God.” While Hiro doesn’t “play God” and save his father, he does use his power to uncover who murdered him: Kensei. I like that Hiro’s vendetta against Kensei will create trouble in his relationship with Peter Petrelli. They have worked on the same side before but how will Adam/Kensei affect things?

 

This was a great episode. You learn a lot about what had happened between season one and two. A lot more than expected. My only beef with this episode is how they offed D.L. I mean, come on! Just the irony alone of a guy who can pass through solid objects, be killed by a solid object - a bullet. More thought could have been put into his death. Aside from that nonsense, great episode! See below for a link, and also a review care of TV Squad

Heroes S2 E8

 Review

So, if you’re a hero, a lot can happen in four months. And, apparently, a lot is going to happen in the next three episodes as our favorite heroes have to save the world (and probably the cheerleader) again. From those scenes from next week’s Heroes, it looks like there may be a stand-off coming between the two father-daughter pairs on the show (Noah/Claire & Bob/Elle). I can’t wait to see that.

Some may disagree with me, but I thought this was a great episode. I know nothing really moved forward in the “present-day plot” so to speak, but we got a lot of much-needed answers about some of the key players on the show. And, most importantly, Peter Petrelli got his memory back. Brainless Peter was just annoying.

The episode was bookended with scenes in the Montreal warehouse. The beginning scene was basically the same one from last week. Peter throws a lightning bolt which is consumed by Adam’s hand. They clearly know each other, but how? They are clearly comrades and this is their rendezvous point, but in what way, and why? By the end, we are back in Montreal and everything (well, almost everything) makes sense.

But in between the show took us back to the first time the heroes saved the world and explained a lot about how we got to where we are now. Most of the episode, much to the dismay of cheerleader fans and Hiro fans, focused on Peter. But I think we needed it . We needed to find out what happened in between Peter saving the world and losing his memory.

Peter and Nathan
I’m sure everyone remembers Nathan flying Peter into outer space to save the world (well, really just New York city). Apparently, Peter told Nathan to let go of him so he could explode, reanimate, and fly back to catch his dying brother. Whoa, I wonder if the cheerleader or Adam exploded, could they reanimate that quickly?

Peter brings his brother to a hospital (because I’m sure regular hospitals can cure a man who has been charred by radioactive energy). However, his plan doesn’t go too far because he gets zapped by the sadistic Elle. I was happy to see her back this episode.

Peter (during his stay at the company)
Peter is brought to the company headquarters (presumably the same place they are holding little Mollie and crazy Nikki). At first, Peter completely subscribes to what Bob and Elle are telling him: they can help him by turning off his powers. He even finds out some background information about electricity girl. She burnt down her grandma’s house, she shut down a few counties with a blackout, and she has lived at the company headquarters for the better part of her life. She is lonely and eager to get to know Peter. By the way, her version of getting to know him is zapping him everyday and getting a kinky pleasure out of it.

Peter thinks he is being cured but then he starts talking to Adam who says that the company is full of it and convinces Peter to break out. I think I really like this duo. I like Adam Monroe more than I liked Kensei too. Unlike the drunken uncaring Kensei, Adam takes ownership of his powers (clearly he is an evolved version of himself). The two finally meet face to face after Peter regains his powers and walks through the cell wall. Adam uses his blood to heal the crispy Nathan and the two make for their escape.

But, Elle catches them and disables them with a bolt of electricity. She goes to take care of Adam and sends the Haitian to grab Peter. The Haitian locks Peter in the shipping container and tells him that he deserves to choose his own fate. See, if I could choose my own fate, I would choose to keep my memory, but that’s just me. To sum up, we found out how Peter ended up shirtless and dirty in a shipping container with no recollection of who he is or how he got there.

D.L., Nikki, and Micah

So, D.L. is not dead. No, wait, he’s dead again now. What was the point of bringing him back for forty minutes? We know he loves Nikki. He took a bullet for her last season. Yet our first scene of the super family is at the hospital with a doctor telling Nikki and Micah the good news. Here’s why I think they brought him back. Paying the hefty doctor’s bills is a good way for Bob to worm his way into Nikki’s heart. This way he could make his offer about coming in for tests to get her wacko self under control. I’m still waiting to meet the intelligent side of Nikki’s personality. Sure, go run some tests with the company. They are very trustworthy.

Of course Nikki doesn’t accept Bob’s magnanimous offer, but tries an at-home remedy instead. The three go back to their lives and try to pretend like they don’t have super powers. (To clarify, D.L. and Micah have super powers. Nikki just has an infestation of crazy women who live inside her head–a step up from Maya’s wonderful power, if you ask me.)

But living a normal life of a car salesperson doesn’t last long because Gina (a new slutty personality) takes over Nikki’s body. Gina goes to L.A. where she does cocaine and dances with a sleazy guy. D.L. is magically able to locate her in a matter of hours and comes to the rescue. But, alas, he gets shot…again….in the chest. Hopefully this time he will stay dead. Oh, but before D.L. gets shot again, he saves a little girl in a fire. A scene that was sweet but completely unnecessary.

Alejandro and Maya

Alejandro gets married much to Maya’s dismay. He’s only known the girl for four months and his bride is clearly still in love with Roberto. Maya finds the two having sex and when she threatens to tell her brother, Roberto starts choking her. Bad idea, dude. You don’t want to find out what happens when Maya’s mascara starts running. I called it right when I heard the conversation between Maya and Alejandro while they were dancing. I said to my husband, “She is going to find that bride cheating on her brother and kill the whole town.” Not like this was much to be proud of because when those twins are around, people usually die by suffocation and black mascara. We didn’t get too many big answers about them. We just got a bit more of their story (i.e. the first time she used her powers, the first time he brought her back from the “dark side,” and how they became outlaws).

Mama Petrelli

So I have to bring this up. Does anyone else think that Peter and Nathan’s mother has powers too? Has this been hinted at before? Did I miss something crucial (I think I may have.)? She is one of the key players in the company and Linderman had powers but that doesn’t mean that everyone that works for the company is special. It just seemed like she was “persuading” Heidi to do her bidding in this episode. All those shots of Mama Petrelli touching her when she spoke were weird and kind of ominous. She does have two very powerful sons so it would only make sense that she too had some tricks up her sleeve.

I truly think this one one of the best episodes of Heroes this season. You learn a lot in this one, and it had a lot of “Oh My God!!” moments. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the link below. If you’re too lazy to watch it, just read the recap. I have a feeling a lot of people may had missed Heroes this week because of its 7PM special time. Hey, who’s complaining? there was 2 hours of Prison Break…

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Heroes S2 E7

Recap **SPOILERS** Care of NBC

Kensei has Hiro’s face forced into a haze of opium smoke. White Beard offered Kensei anything he wanted to capture Hiro and lead his army. Kensei will soon rule half of Japan and Yaeko will be his bride. In the Ukraine, Noah snaps photos of Isaac Mendez’s paintings and sends them to Suresh before lighting them all on fire. Suresh hangs up the phone with Bennet as alarms blare. Nathan and Matt arrive with details on their encounter with Matt’s father, which causes the facility to begin evacuation procedures.

Peter and Caitlin wander the streets of New York City, but there isn’t a soul in sight: they’ve all been evacuated by Homeland Security. An armored car speeds toward them and men in hazmat suits grab them, asking if they’re sick or infected. Claire wakes up to find West in her kitchen preparing waffles for breakfast. When Mrs. “Butler” leaves the room, Claire scolds West for stopping in. He shows her a newspaper article about the drunk cheerleader claiming she saw a flying boy, and Claire tells West they have to be more careful. Bob yells at Suresh to bait Maury to them so he can inject the Nightmare Man with the virus. Suresh worries that this might put the entire population at risk. Bob tells Matt he has the same abilities as Maury: anything one’s brain controls, Matt can control as well.

Yaeko gets herself free and takes the opium away from Hiro. As the guards return, Hiro teleports himself, Yaeko, and Yaeko’s father to safety. In future New York, Peter and Caitlin are hosed down by men in hazmat suits. Later, under questioning, Peter is asked how a dead man can be found wandering around New York uninfected – on March 20, 2007 the first case of the Shanti virus was reported. To date, it’s killed 93% of the world’s population while the rest live in quarantine. Matt apologizes to an unconscious Molly, adding that he doesn’t have his father’s abilities like Bob said. When Matt says, “I love you, Molly,” there’s a blip on her monitor. When he thinks that thought to himself, there are several more.

In the hall, Suresh frets to Niki that it’s morally unacceptable to give Maury the virus. Niki says no one will die, that the Company is good - they saved her. When Suresh leaves, she turns around to come face to face with D.L., who tells her she is a killer and by the end of the day, she will kill everyone. When she leaves the hall, Maury Parkman emerges from a door. Nathan asks Bob about “Adam Monroe,” one of the founding Company fathers. Adam convinced them they all belonged together to make the world a better place. Bob says that the “visionary” Adam is the one trying to kill them and he’s using Maury as his “blunt weapon.” Years before, Adam talked about holocausts, plagues, punishing humanity to save the world - Linderman was Adam’s disciple. They locked Adam up and threw away the key, but he escaped two weeks before. Bob tells Nathan that Peter is alive and somehow involved with Adam Monroe.

Peter is reunited with his mother, but he doesn’t recognize her. She tells him of his abilities and that Nathan died in the first outbreak. She also says he can travel in time and change history to prevent all this from happening. Peter starts to flash through his life and he suddenly remembers everything. Peter leaves the facility with his mom as Caitlin is taken away, but without warning, Peter finds himself in another room, completely alone. Claire and West canoodle on the couch, but she can’t stop looking at his tracking marks. They get up to go to the kitchen. When West turns around, he sees Mr. Bennet arrive home. He grabs Claire and flees the house, and she tells him that it was her father who abducted him. Scared and confused, West flies away before Bennet notices him. Suresh catches Niki talking to D.L., who isn’t really there - an unseen Maury is manipulating her mind. Suresh tries to help, but she punches him in the face.

Meanwhile, Hiro begins his solo attack on White Beard’s camp. He materializes in White Beard’s armory where he plans on destroying the guns, only to find Kensei waiting for him. Though Hiro still has faith in him, sword clashes against sword as they fight it out in mortal combat. In the fight, a fire is set and Hiro teleports away just before the tent explodes. Bob shows Nathan a video of Peter taken at the Company facility. As they talk, Niki punches the door open as Matt goes to find his father, only to walk into a dream world where Maury keeps Molly imprisoned. Matt calls for his father, and Maury appears - Matt somehow brought him here. In the other room, Niki can’t fight off Maury’s parasitic attachment to her mind, and she stabs herself with the virus. Matt summons all his strength, grabs Molly, and walks out of the nightmare, leaving Maury trapped behind. Matt comes to in Molly’s room where she wakes up to find Maury collapsed on the ground.

Hiro finds Kensei’s mask in the smoldering ruins from the fire and returns to Yaeko’s side to tell her that White Beard’s army has scattered. She convinces him that he is the real Kensei of history, and her true husband. He cautions that in the final trial of Kensei, he has to cut out his own heart to save her life and all of Japan. Hiro realizes he must return to his own time, and with a final kiss, he is gone. Suresh gives Niki an infusion of his own blood to eradicate the virus in her system. But when it doesn’t work, Suresh realizes that there’s a new strain of the virus immune from his blood’s antibodies.

Meanwhile, Ando sees Kensei’s mask on his desk. He turns around to see Hiro smiling at him. Their happy reunion, however, is dampened when Ando tells Hiro of his father’s murder. Suresh tells Bob that the new strain has no cure. Bob says they’ll keep Maury sedated and destroy every last vial. Bob shows Suresh Claire’s file and says that Claire may be the only way to save Niki. He also tells Suresh that Bennet killed Company operative Ivan. Suresh confesses that he has been working with Bennet to take down the Company. Bob says there’s a storm coming and that Claire’s ability could cure the virus. Bennet comes home and slaps the newspaper story about the drunk cheerleader in front of Claire, yelling at her for risking exposure. Claire screams back, but it’s no use. “It’s not safe here, anymore,” Bennet says. “Pack your bags… we’re leaving.” Meanwhile, a strange man approaches Peter in the room. It’s Adam… formerly known as Takezo Kensei.

 Not much action in this episode, but nonetheless a great one. Wow Peter was in Canada for a whole 2 minutes! So Proud. Check out the full review below care of NBC.

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Heroes S2 E6

Peter packs his things to head to Montreal where he believes the clues are leading. Caitlin insists on coming, too. In California, Claire tries out for cheerleading squad, but Debbie rejects her, adding, “You are not extraordinary.” Suresh works with Monica on her muscle-memory ability. Bob interrupts and orders Suresh to give Monica a form of the Shanti virus manipulated to end her ability without harming her. Suresh warns that such tinkering could mutate the virus and make it jump into the general population. When Claire worries about not getting on the cheerleading squad, West advises Claire to bring Debbie down a notch. Meanwhile, near the U.S. border, Sylar questions Maya about her ability and says he also once had power. Alejandro doesn’t trust their mysterious and seductive new traveling companion.

In the Ukraine, Noah and the Haitian arrive at the home of his former mentor Ivan where they tie him up and grill him about the missing Isaac paintings. Ivan, who trained Noah and Claude, denies knowing where they are located. Noah threatens to have the Haitian erase all of his most-treasured memories. After erasing many of Ivan’s memories, Ivan offers a deal: rejoin the Company and he’ll be safe. Suresh is about to give Monica a shot of the manipulated virus when he realizes he can’t do it. He tells Bob he’s leaving and smashes a cabinet filled with the serum. Meanwhile, Maya and her fellow travelers sneak across the border where they are threatened by the “Citizens Border Patrol.” Maya intentionally loses control and kills the patrol members. Alejandro warns Maya against Sylar and tells her the next time her eyes blacken, he’s leaving. Sylar flat-out says he plans on killing them both.

Claire pulls Debbie out of the cheerleaders’ drinking session to ask for another chance at making the squad. As they talk, a masked West flies in, grabs Claire, and drops her onto the stairs with a sickening thud. As Debbie looks on in horror, West swoops in for the final thrill. Later, the police don’t believe Debbie’s story, especially when Claire walks in like nothing happened. And because Debbie was caught drinking on school grounds, she’s kicked out of cheerleading and Claire gets to replace her. Bob apologizes to Suresh for asking him to inject Monica with an untried drug, claiming that he over-stepped his bounds because his mind has been on someone who is a true danger to them. To prevent “further misunderstandings,” Bob offers Suresh someone to be at his disposal.

Hiro, Kensei, and Yaeko creep into White Beard’s camp under the cover of darkness. Kensei battles his way through until the three of them find Yaeko’s father chained in a tent. Her father refuses to leave until he destroys the 1000s of illegal guns that White Beard has built based on his own instructions, for White Beard plots on taking over all of Japan. Kensei and his small army attack the camp. When a bullet is fired at Yaeko, Hiro stops time and brings her from the camp, and she realize that he was the one under the cherry blossoms and not Kensei. When she asks if he loves her, he says, “yes.” She leans in to kiss him, and regardless of the temporal fallout, he kisses her back as Kensei watches from the distance. When Noah threatens to erase Ivan’s memories of his dead daughter, Ivan caves and gives up the location of Isaac’s paintings. Noah then ransacks the apartment to make it look like a robbery before killing his former mentor. Kensei confronts Hiro about kissing Yaeko. Hiro says they are in love and that he didn’t mean for it to happen.

Hiro swears he won’t give into his love and that the kiss will be his last. But with Hiro’s back turned, Kensei punches him as henchman bring Yaeko out in chains. Bob escorts Monica home where he gives her a new cell phone, a packet of information, and the news that she’s enrolled in the Burger Bonanza management program. In New York, Suresh meets his new partner… Niki. Across the world, the Haitian and Noah uncover Issac’s paintings, none of which bode well for the future. Peter and Caitlin arrive in Montreal. In some kind of storage facility, Peter finds a note with his name on it: “You were right about the company. The world is in danger. It’s up to us. Adam.” Peter closes his eyes and hugs Caitlin. When he opens them, they are standing in a completely deserted Times Square…one year from now!

A new character was introduced last night. Her name is Elle and she’s played by Kristen Bell. Elle seems to have “Elle”-ectric talents (Yeah that was corny). Her abilities, and family history has given her some work within “the Company”. She just arrived in Ireland and is on the hunt for Peter. Meanwhile, Parkman, alongside Nathan Patrelli, take a trip to Philidelphia to seek out Parkman’s father, who has abilities similar to Matt’s, but much more advanced. Over in Japan somewhere, Ando is still trying to decrypt Hiro’s messages from the past. There really isn’t too much progress with Hiro, except he finds out he must battle and army along with his white ninja friend. Monica realizes that she can mimic people to the max, and do the exact same thing. Yep, another absorber ability. Add her to the list along with Peter and Sylar. We find out that Nikki is willingly being detained from within “the Company”. Suresh’s concern for Molly increases,as she is still trapped in her Dream. and he takes her to “the Company”  for observation.

 Heroes airs Mondays at 9PM EST on NBC and Global

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I think now would be a perfect time to reveal my love for this show. Its Friggin crazy! Anyways, I’ll be bloggin on a few of my fave shows a day after it airs, and I’ll likely include a few “Magic Links” to the weeks episode. Just so you all know, I will probably be writing about Heroes, 24, Dexter, Lost, and Prison Break. Those are my shows, I consider them Family =P (obviously not).

 Stay tuned over the following weeks for more. Heroes  airs Mondays at 9PM EST on Global and NBC.

“Heroes has packed its bags for Canada.Series creator Tim Kring was asked yesterday when the plot of Heroes is going to take one of the characters to Canada, as Kring himself promised through a video message at a public Heroes event in Toronto late last summer.

“As for Canada, the show takes that turn in, I think, two episodes,” Kring said. “Two episodes (from now), episode six. Five (and) six.”

Thus far, four episodes have run in the second season of Heroes, which airs Mondays on Global and NBC.Kristen Bell, formerly of Veronica Mars, joins the Heroes cast next Monday. Kring was asked about the worries of over-population on the already crowded series.

“On a show like this, you have to be able to fold people in and fold people out,” Kring said. “So the audience should fully expect to see characters leaving in the near future.”“

Source: Canoe.ca