22 Eylül 2008 Pazartesi
NEW SPOILERS: Tracy Strauss, Matt Parkman, the Past and the Future
Some new and confusing SPOILERS about the upcoming Heroes Season 3 have arrived. While these do fill in a lot more details about the character Tracy Strauss (played by Ali Larter), it also brings up even more questions. Also, more on Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) and what he’s been up to. Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of the future. Or do we? Well, it’s all very mysterious and “read between the lines”-ish, but let’s take a look at what Kristin over at E! Online has to say anyway, shall we?
The first bit of spoiler involves Matt Parkman, as well as a glimpse of the very confusing future:
Nathaniel in Washington, D.C.: What can you tell me about Heroes’ future?
Let’s see…Matt Parkman’s (Greg Grunberg) future is drawn for him by an African bushman, and in the world’s future, the sky is full of people who can fly. It’ll be just like The Jetsons! Except, you know, no flying contraptions needed. This is a future I’m looking forward to ’cause the traffic on the 405 is killing me.
So in the future “the sky is full of people who can fly”, eh? No idea what that means, except the obvious — that Mohinder’s power-in-a-syringe idea has taken hold and now everyone has powers. Or maybe that formula Hiro is entrusted with by his father has turned everyone into heroes. Or, to be very nihilistic about it, maybe those “sky full of people” are people getting blown up by that giant fireball Hiro sees when he, once again, time trips into the future after losing the formula?
Update:
Got an email that pointed me to these pictures of, yup, people “flying around” on the Heroes set during a shot. Pictures via Heroes-France. So, um, people ARE flying in the future, apparently!
But back to good ol Matt Parkman. Since we now know he’ll be visiting an African bushman, is the picture (below) one of those predictions involving man as seen in an earlier article? The whole art set-up certainly looks like something an “African bushman” would cook up for his version of a “studio”.
Meanwhile, here’s another spoiler bit concerning Tracy Strauss:
Emma in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Can you tell me anything more about Ali Larter’s character’s powers on Heroes?
You know the reporter played by William Katt of Greatest American Hero who confronts “Tracy Strauss” (Ali Larter) with evidence that she’s actually “Niki Saunders”? Well, there’s a reason he’s only in one episode, and that reason is that someone kills him by accident. (Wait a minute, could Ali be playing a character with a lethal power? Noooo!) Also, after Tracy begins to believe the reporter might be right about her real identity, she sets off to find the doctor who delivered her, in hopes that he can tell her more about her origins. She finds out at summer camp she has an identical twin, and they set off on a mischievious but adorable mission to get their parents to reunite. Or wait, that last sentence may have been from another story.
Okay, now I’m really confused. This bit of spoiler would seem to indicate that Tracy Strauss is NOT simply another personality of Niki Sanders, as previously believed, but is instead Jessica Sanders, Niki’s long-thought dead sibling, now going by the name Tracy Strauss. Which would not really make sense. If Jessica is in fact alive, and has always been all this time, then where has she been keeping herself, and why does her sister and family believe she died as a young girl? Also, if Jessica has always been alive all this time, why did Niki create an alter ego named Jessica to defend herself in times of stress?
From a purely storytelling perspective, it makes sense to give Ali Larter more to do in Season 3, and certainly having her “kill” off her Niki personality and replacing it with “Tracy” would provide plenty of drama, as well as the mystery that has been sorely lacking in the Niki department. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
The first bit of spoiler involves Matt Parkman, as well as a glimpse of the very confusing future:
Nathaniel in Washington, D.C.: What can you tell me about Heroes’ future?
Let’s see…Matt Parkman’s (Greg Grunberg) future is drawn for him by an African bushman, and in the world’s future, the sky is full of people who can fly. It’ll be just like The Jetsons! Except, you know, no flying contraptions needed. This is a future I’m looking forward to ’cause the traffic on the 405 is killing me.
So in the future “the sky is full of people who can fly”, eh? No idea what that means, except the obvious — that Mohinder’s power-in-a-syringe idea has taken hold and now everyone has powers. Or maybe that formula Hiro is entrusted with by his father has turned everyone into heroes. Or, to be very nihilistic about it, maybe those “sky full of people” are people getting blown up by that giant fireball Hiro sees when he, once again, time trips into the future after losing the formula?
Update:
Got an email that pointed me to these pictures of, yup, people “flying around” on the Heroes set during a shot. Pictures via Heroes-France. So, um, people ARE flying in the future, apparently!
But back to good ol Matt Parkman. Since we now know he’ll be visiting an African bushman, is the picture (below) one of those predictions involving man as seen in an earlier article? The whole art set-up certainly looks like something an “African bushman” would cook up for his version of a “studio”.
Meanwhile, here’s another spoiler bit concerning Tracy Strauss:
Emma in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Can you tell me anything more about Ali Larter’s character’s powers on Heroes?
You know the reporter played by William Katt of Greatest American Hero who confronts “Tracy Strauss” (Ali Larter) with evidence that she’s actually “Niki Saunders”? Well, there’s a reason he’s only in one episode, and that reason is that someone kills him by accident. (Wait a minute, could Ali be playing a character with a lethal power? Noooo!) Also, after Tracy begins to believe the reporter might be right about her real identity, she sets off to find the doctor who delivered her, in hopes that he can tell her more about her origins. She finds out at summer camp she has an identical twin, and they set off on a mischievious but adorable mission to get their parents to reunite. Or wait, that last sentence may have been from another story.
Okay, now I’m really confused. This bit of spoiler would seem to indicate that Tracy Strauss is NOT simply another personality of Niki Sanders, as previously believed, but is instead Jessica Sanders, Niki’s long-thought dead sibling, now going by the name Tracy Strauss. Which would not really make sense. If Jessica is in fact alive, and has always been all this time, then where has she been keeping herself, and why does her sister and family believe she died as a young girl? Also, if Jessica has always been alive all this time, why did Niki create an alter ego named Jessica to defend herself in times of stress?
From a purely storytelling perspective, it makes sense to give Ali Larter more to do in Season 3, and certainly having her “kill” off her Niki personality and replacing it with “Tracy” would provide plenty of drama, as well as the mystery that has been sorely lacking in the Niki department. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Heroes News Roundup: Tim Kring, Behind-the-Scenes, Seth Green
A couple of notable Heroes news were making the rounds this week, including a pretty extensive interview with Heroes creator Tim Kring over at Comic Book Resources, where Kring delves into a lot of issues currently on Heroes fans’ minds; over at BuddyTV, they have two more behind-the-scenes videos from the currently shooting Season 3, including one very interesting scene between Ali Larter and Adrian Pasdar; meanwhile, in geeksville, Seth Green makes it official that he’s joining the show for a couple of episodes.
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First up is Tim Kring, who has been doing quite the whirlwind publicity rounds for Heroes Season 3. Here’s one of those interviews, via CBR, who queries Kring on pretty much everything from Sylar’s supposed return transition from bad guy to not-really-all-that-bad guy, new characters, old characters, and the lost possibilities from the Strike-shortened Season 2.
What was lost during the Writers Strike as far as the virus storyline and will we ever find out what happened to Caitlin?
The virus story was really the casualty of the strike. We retooled the last couple of minutes of the finale to Volume Two when we knew that the Strike was eminent. We changed the ending so that that virus never broke out. The second volume of Season Two was going to be an outbreak story that would have lasted eight episodes and it was all avoided by Peter Pertelli catching this vile of virus. So it did not break and therefore did not get out in to the community. So three episodes into that volume, we would have found out what happened to Caitlin. As we go forward, after the Writers Strike now, that has sort of become a lost part of the mythology of the show that may never return.
Even though Sylar is evil, he is clearly supposed to be sympathetic to the audience. Do you plan to continue that aspect of the character or will we see a different side of him this season?
To be really honest, that is sort of a quest with this character, to continue to play off of the duality of good an evil — which I think has been at the core of a lot of characters on this show and certainly will become more thematic to the show this season in “Villains,” where so many of our characters will be faced with these choices of who are they really and what is their base nature. So yeah, we are going in places with this particular volume with Sylar that will, I think, cause the audience to be really torn as to how they feel about this guy. They know that he’s capable of tremendous evil and yet he has a kind of depth of pathos that makes you question your own sense of what’s right and wrong. He’ll have a series of very human relationships in this volume alone.
Are there a lot of new characters being added this season and if so, will some of the main characters be featured more prominently than others?
This season, we are not really introducing any new characters that have their own storylines. We are concentrating pretty much on the core characters that we’ve had for two seasons now. We have a certain style of storytelling where there are multiple characters in multiple stories going on at the same time. The difference in this volume, “Villains,” is that they are all feeding on one, big, giant story. So no, we are not really planning on featuring anybody anymore than anybody else. The audience may feel that way at times, but I think when they see it put together, certain episodes may lean a little more heavily on one character or another, but by the end I think it’ll balance out.
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Seth Green over at the VMA held last weekend and threw some questions at him, including his Heroes part:
It’s true, Green and pal Breckin Meyer have joined the cast of the NBC drama, so naturally we begged the actor to give us some hints to their upcoming arc, and in typical Heroes fashion, he was 100 percent vague. “They have a first page that says, like, ‘Keep our secrets,’ ” Green says. Still, we did get this out of him: “We’re starting on set Monday. That’s what this whole beard is for.” Facial hair aside, Green admits he would’ve done anything for the gig: “I’m a really big fan of the show,” he says, “and I kind of begged for a long time to see if there was anything I could do.”
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Over at BuddyTV, two new behind-the-scenes video have popped up. One features Hiro in a magic shop, looking for a sword, and the other features Ali Larter’s Tracy Strauss and Adrian Pasdar’s Nathan Petrelli in a car — holding hands! Hmm, methinks these two will be spending a whole lot of time together in Season 3.
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First up is Tim Kring, who has been doing quite the whirlwind publicity rounds for Heroes Season 3. Here’s one of those interviews, via CBR, who queries Kring on pretty much everything from Sylar’s supposed return transition from bad guy to not-really-all-that-bad guy, new characters, old characters, and the lost possibilities from the Strike-shortened Season 2.
What was lost during the Writers Strike as far as the virus storyline and will we ever find out what happened to Caitlin?
The virus story was really the casualty of the strike. We retooled the last couple of minutes of the finale to Volume Two when we knew that the Strike was eminent. We changed the ending so that that virus never broke out. The second volume of Season Two was going to be an outbreak story that would have lasted eight episodes and it was all avoided by Peter Pertelli catching this vile of virus. So it did not break and therefore did not get out in to the community. So three episodes into that volume, we would have found out what happened to Caitlin. As we go forward, after the Writers Strike now, that has sort of become a lost part of the mythology of the show that may never return.
Even though Sylar is evil, he is clearly supposed to be sympathetic to the audience. Do you plan to continue that aspect of the character or will we see a different side of him this season?
To be really honest, that is sort of a quest with this character, to continue to play off of the duality of good an evil — which I think has been at the core of a lot of characters on this show and certainly will become more thematic to the show this season in “Villains,” where so many of our characters will be faced with these choices of who are they really and what is their base nature. So yeah, we are going in places with this particular volume with Sylar that will, I think, cause the audience to be really torn as to how they feel about this guy. They know that he’s capable of tremendous evil and yet he has a kind of depth of pathos that makes you question your own sense of what’s right and wrong. He’ll have a series of very human relationships in this volume alone.
Are there a lot of new characters being added this season and if so, will some of the main characters be featured more prominently than others?
This season, we are not really introducing any new characters that have their own storylines. We are concentrating pretty much on the core characters that we’ve had for two seasons now. We have a certain style of storytelling where there are multiple characters in multiple stories going on at the same time. The difference in this volume, “Villains,” is that they are all feeding on one, big, giant story. So no, we are not really planning on featuring anybody anymore than anybody else. The audience may feel that way at times, but I think when they see it put together, certain episodes may lean a little more heavily on one character or another, but by the end I think it’ll balance out.
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Seth Green over at the VMA held last weekend and threw some questions at him, including his Heroes part:
It’s true, Green and pal Breckin Meyer have joined the cast of the NBC drama, so naturally we begged the actor to give us some hints to their upcoming arc, and in typical Heroes fashion, he was 100 percent vague. “They have a first page that says, like, ‘Keep our secrets,’ ” Green says. Still, we did get this out of him: “We’re starting on set Monday. That’s what this whole beard is for.” Facial hair aside, Green admits he would’ve done anything for the gig: “I’m a really big fan of the show,” he says, “and I kind of begged for a long time to see if there was anything I could do.”
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Over at BuddyTV, two new behind-the-scenes video have popped up. One features Hiro in a magic shop, looking for a sword, and the other features Ali Larter’s Tracy Strauss and Adrian Pasdar’s Nathan Petrelli in a car — holding hands! Hmm, methinks these two will be spending a whole lot of time together in Season 3.
Heroes Preview: Season 3 Episode 1 (3.01) The Second Coming
Ah, it’s another year, another season of Heroes, and our very first preview of the very first episode of Season 3 — “The Second Coming”, formerly called “The Butterfly Effect”. Scheduled to premiere with a 2-hour block on September 22 of this year (after a one-hour special episode to help viewers catch up to what’s happened previously), “The Second Coming” was recently screened at Comic Con, and SPOILERS for the episode abound. NBC has finally released an official description for the episode, as well as five promo images. Without further ado: Heroes Season 3 Episode 1 is here!
Official Description:
Previously in “Volume 1: Genesis” and “Volume 2: Generations,” when a total eclipse cast its shadow across the globe, a multitude of everyday men and women with special powers seemingly were called forth. To prevent grim predictions of the future, a handful of these individuals banded together to save the cheerleader, New York City, and the world. Now, as ominous, new signs signal catastrophe ahead, new and familiar adversaries begin to gather…
With his abilities returned to him, serial killer Sylar (Zachary Quinto) relentlessly continues to accumulate other people’s abilities, which leads him to the Bennet house. Bound to a secret company with a keen interest in people like his daughter, “H.R.G.,” a.k.a. Noah Bennet (Jack Coleman), finds new purpose when his most dangerous, fantastic foes break out of custody and must be dragged back. Reeling from recent events and revelations, Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere), an indestructible high school cheerleader, struggles to define her identity and place in the world.
An act of heroism unveils an amazing secret about Niki Sanders (Ali Larter), a Las Vegas single mother with astonishing strength — and an unknown, hidden family. In Japan, Yamagato Industries heir Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) continues to use his ability to pierce the space-time continuum and manipulate time to leap into wild, international adventures with his best friend, Ando Masahashi (James Kyson Lee).
Nathan Petrelli’s (Adrian Pasdar) attempted assassination leads several Heroes on a stunning spiritual quest to explain his power of flight. For his younger brother, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia), the future and present collide as his many absorbed powers lead him to discover that the only way to end the catastrophic moment facing the world is to do the unimaginable. Meanwhile, their ruthless mother Angela (Cristine Rose) and her associates continue their ongoing, complex machinations to change the world from the shadows.
Former LAPD officer Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) is taught new ways to use his expanding ability to hear and manipulate other’s thoughts by an unlikely guide. Dr. Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), a genetics professor from India, takes a dangerous step into darkness as his research into those with extraordinary abilities living among us continues. Far from her Dominican Republic home, Maya Herrera (Dania Ramirez), who causes death when filled with fear or anger, begs Suresh to cure her – only to watch helplessly as he embraces his darker side.
Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world…
Official Description:
Previously in “Volume 1: Genesis” and “Volume 2: Generations,” when a total eclipse cast its shadow across the globe, a multitude of everyday men and women with special powers seemingly were called forth. To prevent grim predictions of the future, a handful of these individuals banded together to save the cheerleader, New York City, and the world. Now, as ominous, new signs signal catastrophe ahead, new and familiar adversaries begin to gather…
With his abilities returned to him, serial killer Sylar (Zachary Quinto) relentlessly continues to accumulate other people’s abilities, which leads him to the Bennet house. Bound to a secret company with a keen interest in people like his daughter, “H.R.G.,” a.k.a. Noah Bennet (Jack Coleman), finds new purpose when his most dangerous, fantastic foes break out of custody and must be dragged back. Reeling from recent events and revelations, Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere), an indestructible high school cheerleader, struggles to define her identity and place in the world.
An act of heroism unveils an amazing secret about Niki Sanders (Ali Larter), a Las Vegas single mother with astonishing strength — and an unknown, hidden family. In Japan, Yamagato Industries heir Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) continues to use his ability to pierce the space-time continuum and manipulate time to leap into wild, international adventures with his best friend, Ando Masahashi (James Kyson Lee).
Nathan Petrelli’s (Adrian Pasdar) attempted assassination leads several Heroes on a stunning spiritual quest to explain his power of flight. For his younger brother, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia), the future and present collide as his many absorbed powers lead him to discover that the only way to end the catastrophic moment facing the world is to do the unimaginable. Meanwhile, their ruthless mother Angela (Cristine Rose) and her associates continue their ongoing, complex machinations to change the world from the shadows.
Former LAPD officer Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) is taught new ways to use his expanding ability to hear and manipulate other’s thoughts by an unlikely guide. Dr. Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), a genetics professor from India, takes a dangerous step into darkness as his research into those with extraordinary abilities living among us continues. Far from her Dominican Republic home, Maya Herrera (Dania Ramirez), who causes death when filled with fear or anger, begs Suresh to cure her – only to watch helplessly as he embraces his darker side.
Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world…
Heroes Episode Review: Season 2 Episode 1 (2.01) Four Months Later
Tonight’s episode takes place “Four Months Later” after the end of Season 1, and it feels twice as long since the Brothers Petrellis came together and flew into the sky, taking with them New York’s doom and saving the city in the process. Meanwhile, the fates of D.L. Hawkins and Matt Parkman, both suffering from gunshot wounds at the end of “How to Stop an Exploding Man”, hang in the balance.
So who lives, and who dies?
Four months later, the answers are revealed. Well, most of them, anyway.
We first catch up with Mohinder, who is doing what he does best — lecturing on the coming of the Heroes. Of course, no one believes him. Would you? No one, that is, except for a balding old fella with glasses representing The Company. Is this the mysterious Bob that we’ve heard so much about? Whoever he is, he delivers a convincing recruitment speech — and, of course, a threat or two. What’s a job offer without a threat and promises of answers? And oh yeah, a golden spoon? This guy scares me. But then again, middle-aged guys with glasses and job offers always scares me.
Our first look at Season 2’s latest Heroes, Maya and Alejandro Herrera, find them fleeing border patrol agents in Honduras. The two are battling their way through South America on their way to America, where they hope to find salvation for their problem. Apparently that problem involves a murder — for which Maya and Alejandro are wanted for. Or, more specifically, Maya is wanted for. How dangerous is Maya? Let’s just say you don’t want to make her sit in the front seat with you. Stupid human smugglers and their lecherous ways.
First day at a new school in California brings reminders of the past for Claire (those cheerleader outfits sure look spiffy) and something new (young West sure looks dreamy; I’m sure all the girls will be swooning). The family (under the guise of the Butlers, no less) have relocated, but fears of the past remains. HRG, in particular, is on the lookout for members of The Company, even as he continues his, ahem, paper profession.
P.S. Have I mentioned that high school angst is so CW? Please, Tim Kring, spare us the bitchy cheerleader storylines. It’s, like, soooo last season.
Our re-introduction to Matt Parkman finds him embracing the NYPD Blue, having left his LAPD career and ex-wife behind. (Wait, wasn’t she pregnant when he bailed?) He is still in New York, caring for young Mollie, whose dreams of “the bogeyman” continues to haunt her. Who is this mysterious villain, and since when did Mollie become such a moral authority? The girl sure has grown up since we last saw her, hiding under various furniture.
Back at Kirby Plaza, Ando (sporting impressive hair, I might add) has remained behind in America with Hiro’s father, Kaito. Hiro’s story, meanwhile, continues in Feudal Japan, where he promptly saves the life of his hero, Takezo Kensei. Feudal Japan is a dangerous place, apparently, filled with bandits, guys in masks, and oh yeah, childhood heroes who turn out to be very, very disappointing in flesh and blood. Speaking of which, David Anders’ Japanese ain’t half bad, although I do wish he’d stop peeing in the forest. But that’s the English for ya. (Just kidding, guys, don’t write letters.)
But what of the Brothers Petrelli? Nathan is very much alive — and bearded. And no, those bottles aren’t just for show. Mama Petrelli is distressed by her son’s current state (he is still holding out hope that Peter, who has gone missing, will return), but when she finds a picture of herself with a bloody red mark across it, she realizes there are bigger fishes to fry. And hey, didn’t Kaito just find a similar picture of himself sporting the same red markings? Methinks something bad is about to happen to the remainders of the old guard, which used to count Papa Petrelli and Linderman among their members, and we know what happened to them. Happy endings are so hard to come by nowadays…
There are a couple of missing faces in tonight’s premiere: D.L. Hawkins is nowhere to be found (dead, we presume, considering Leonard Roberts’ lack of presence in all the recent rounds of promos on and off the air), and Niki and son are also MIA.
And as for Peter? Oh, don’t worry, kids, Milo isn’t going anywhere if those cuffs are any indication…
An all-around outstanding episode for a show that hit it big like gangbusters last year when no one expected it to, but now comes into its sophomore year with high expectations. The introductions of Maya and Alejandro are well done, while catching up with the old cast was a pleasure. The only bump in the road is the Claire storyline, which will appeal to the tweens in the audience, but will bore everyone else over the age of 13. But hey, if we must endure generic teen angst, at least there’s a great payoff with HRG and a certain obnoxious manager in the lunch room. Ouch, that must hurt.
And as for Hiro, still trapped in Feudal Japan…
And this guy. Watch out for this guy. He looks way too normal to not be dangerous…
So who lives, and who dies?
Four months later, the answers are revealed. Well, most of them, anyway.
We first catch up with Mohinder, who is doing what he does best — lecturing on the coming of the Heroes. Of course, no one believes him. Would you? No one, that is, except for a balding old fella with glasses representing The Company. Is this the mysterious Bob that we’ve heard so much about? Whoever he is, he delivers a convincing recruitment speech — and, of course, a threat or two. What’s a job offer without a threat and promises of answers? And oh yeah, a golden spoon? This guy scares me. But then again, middle-aged guys with glasses and job offers always scares me.
Our first look at Season 2’s latest Heroes, Maya and Alejandro Herrera, find them fleeing border patrol agents in Honduras. The two are battling their way through South America on their way to America, where they hope to find salvation for their problem. Apparently that problem involves a murder — for which Maya and Alejandro are wanted for. Or, more specifically, Maya is wanted for. How dangerous is Maya? Let’s just say you don’t want to make her sit in the front seat with you. Stupid human smugglers and their lecherous ways.
First day at a new school in California brings reminders of the past for Claire (those cheerleader outfits sure look spiffy) and something new (young West sure looks dreamy; I’m sure all the girls will be swooning). The family (under the guise of the Butlers, no less) have relocated, but fears of the past remains. HRG, in particular, is on the lookout for members of The Company, even as he continues his, ahem, paper profession.
P.S. Have I mentioned that high school angst is so CW? Please, Tim Kring, spare us the bitchy cheerleader storylines. It’s, like, soooo last season.
Our re-introduction to Matt Parkman finds him embracing the NYPD Blue, having left his LAPD career and ex-wife behind. (Wait, wasn’t she pregnant when he bailed?) He is still in New York, caring for young Mollie, whose dreams of “the bogeyman” continues to haunt her. Who is this mysterious villain, and since when did Mollie become such a moral authority? The girl sure has grown up since we last saw her, hiding under various furniture.
Back at Kirby Plaza, Ando (sporting impressive hair, I might add) has remained behind in America with Hiro’s father, Kaito. Hiro’s story, meanwhile, continues in Feudal Japan, where he promptly saves the life of his hero, Takezo Kensei. Feudal Japan is a dangerous place, apparently, filled with bandits, guys in masks, and oh yeah, childhood heroes who turn out to be very, very disappointing in flesh and blood. Speaking of which, David Anders’ Japanese ain’t half bad, although I do wish he’d stop peeing in the forest. But that’s the English for ya. (Just kidding, guys, don’t write letters.)
But what of the Brothers Petrelli? Nathan is very much alive — and bearded. And no, those bottles aren’t just for show. Mama Petrelli is distressed by her son’s current state (he is still holding out hope that Peter, who has gone missing, will return), but when she finds a picture of herself with a bloody red mark across it, she realizes there are bigger fishes to fry. And hey, didn’t Kaito just find a similar picture of himself sporting the same red markings? Methinks something bad is about to happen to the remainders of the old guard, which used to count Papa Petrelli and Linderman among their members, and we know what happened to them. Happy endings are so hard to come by nowadays…
There are a couple of missing faces in tonight’s premiere: D.L. Hawkins is nowhere to be found (dead, we presume, considering Leonard Roberts’ lack of presence in all the recent rounds of promos on and off the air), and Niki and son are also MIA.
And as for Peter? Oh, don’t worry, kids, Milo isn’t going anywhere if those cuffs are any indication…
An all-around outstanding episode for a show that hit it big like gangbusters last year when no one expected it to, but now comes into its sophomore year with high expectations. The introductions of Maya and Alejandro are well done, while catching up with the old cast was a pleasure. The only bump in the road is the Claire storyline, which will appeal to the tweens in the audience, but will bore everyone else over the age of 13. But hey, if we must endure generic teen angst, at least there’s a great payoff with HRG and a certain obnoxious manager in the lunch room. Ouch, that must hurt.
And as for Hiro, still trapped in Feudal Japan…
And this guy. Watch out for this guy. He looks way too normal to not be dangerous…
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