'Heroes': See ya, Adrian Pasdar. When they bring you back.
Tonight on "Heroes," Nathan "dies." Except that already happened and this show is LAME. The only interesting part is that Claire runs off to join the Karn Evil.Karn Evil
Samuel sends Eli after some PrimaTech files at Noah's apartment. Eli's power is that he's a multiplier. Meanwhile, Claire-bear and Gretchen use the compass to find the Karn Evil. Samuel greets them with open arms.
They meet Lydia, who shows Claire a picture of herself as "Indestructible Girl" at the Karn Evil. Gretchen is totally getting the wiggins from the Karnies, but Claire is digging it. She sees Doyle (puppetmaster) who is totally psyched about the Karn Evil. It's cute they way he greets her, all "Barbie!" and hugs her. Samuel drags Claire into the children's storytime and while she tells her frog story, he tells Gretchen that they offer Claire love.
When a conned Karn Evil visitor comes to pound Samuel, Claire steps in. The mad customer breaks a glass and slashes her with it (um, who does that?) and she stands up, heals in front of his very eyes and says very coolly, "You can't hurt us." It's pretty bad-ass, though I suspect we just watched Claire go over to the dark side. When Gretchen leaves, Claire stays with the Karn Evil.
Noah & Lauren
Noah discovers Claire took the magic compass. He and Lauren investigate and as they work together, he confesses about Lauren erasing her own memory because she chose the high road. Suddenly, Eli shows up and steals the files while Lauren and Noah are in the bathroom plotting strategy.
Peter & Sylar
Peter thinks he'll track down Sylar, defeat him and get Nathan back. He borrows Rene's power and so when Sylar finds him first, Peter renders his powers moot. They have a good ol' fashioned brawl, with Peter taking a staple gun to Sylar to "beat" Nathan out of him. He nails his hands to the table in a cross shape, it's very Jesus-like. "No riots, no Romans, no fighting, no slogans. One thing to say for him, Sylar is cool."
Sylar morphs back into Nathan and Nathan tells Peter he's tired of fighting Sylar. They bond over how long ago it was that they were just discovering their powers. Nathan says he can't keep fighting. He apologizes to Peter and he jumps over the ledge. Peter grabs him and Nathan says, "Let me go" and then he drops. It's very "the end of 'Titanic,' which is only appropriate considering how HoYay these two have always been. And then Peter lets Nathan go and he falls, all Hans Gruber or "Saboteur." When he lands, Sylar gets up and walks away. I do not feel the slightest bit moved.
Thoughts & Tidbits
- I love how it's supposed to be so dramatic that Nathan died this episode. Um, he died last year! Just because the actor has been playing Nathan's thoughts in Sylar's body does not mean the character is still alive. It's like when Buffy died and SMG played the Buffy bot. It wasn't HER, we'd already been through her death. I wasn't really moved by tonight's "death."
- How much does Eli look like Jeremy Piven? If they were really being funny, the writers would've made his power something to do with mercury.
- My god, "Heroes" has gotten SO BAD. The Karn Evil interests me, largely due to Robert Knepper and Dawn Olivieri, but other than that... blech.
- Lauren: Working for the CIA has a few benefits, like water-boarding terrorists, some pretty decent bagels and the ability to triangulate cell phone calls.
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I have one question. When will Zap2it put people who actually like the shows to do the recaps? No disrespect Andrea but I could actually write better reviews and recaps for the shows I actually like still, i.e. Dollhouse, Smallville, Heroes, Glee and if they ever get to it Castle.
I rather see people who dislike the show then those blinded by it's nuances and idiosyncrasies justifying or rationalize how pitiful the writing is. Glad to see zapit writing how most of us think.
Please put Andrea back on Desperate Housewives/Grey's Anatomy/reality show duty. Just someplace where I'll never have to read the claptrap that she pulls from an unmentionable area and presents as writing. Capiche?
Let's not kid ourselves; Heroes hasn't gotten so bad, it's BEEN so bad for 2 seasons. I actually like this season, though I'd be remiss if I didn't admit alot of that has to do with Robert Knepper and the Karn Evil.
I'm sorry I did kind of well up during the 'Goodbye Nathan' scene. I mean did I notice the oilbased tear product around Peter's eyes ...yes. I appreciated them giving Peter(whiney boy) his proper goodbye with his brother. Will Nathan be back....probably. I knew Claire would stay at Evil Karn....and also knew she would be bait for HRG. They could skip with HRG/Laura love affair nonsense...but I feel that love stories are created when you can't think of anything! I predict they will have a battle between Sylar and Sam in the future
I thing we just need to just sit back and enjoy the show....no super hero really makes sense. Somehow they will defy the laws of nature and/or science. People who hark on every little nuance need to find other ways to occupy their time or find another show to watch!
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I love Andrea's reviews - they are hilarious! I can't wait for the Bachelor with Captain America Jake!!!
I'm not into this season at all. Unlike most people I don't like Karn Evil. BORING! I think it's really bringing the show down. Is this it's last year? I hope so!
Nathan's death was only interesting as the visual effects of him morphing into Sylar as he fell was kinda cool. I am beyond glad to be done with this storyline as it was making Sylar very boring and annoying and he is usually my favorite character.
Seriously... what guy slashing a pretty young girl in the face with a bottle?!?! I don't care if he is drunk out of his mind, he still wouldn't do that. He would know he would wind up dead. Lame!
I like the addition of Lauren. Her and Noah have some serious chemisty, which is something that was always a little lacking on this show.