This week on Heroes…
Maya and Alejandro
We get it. They run. She kills people. He heals people that she killed. No one likes them. They need to make it to America. Seriously. Get on with it.
Mohinder
This plot went nowhere. He works for the Company, conveniently in Isaac’s old loft where the Company has foolishly chosen to leave all of Isaac’s paintings. All of the uselessness in this plotline this week at least led to the big reveal of what the final painting depicts.
Parkman
Not much for Parkman except a really awkward exchange with Mohinder where the audience is left wondering whether they really are going to end up being a gay couple.
Also, Molly loves Mohinder. I guess there’s no accounting for taste.
Peter
So Peter is now a supervillain. Sweet. It’d be neato if he stayed that way. Nothing like taking last years hero and turning into him a villain. Now if only Sylar turned good.
We also get the answer as to whether the regeneration ability will withstand tattoos. Turns out it heals them away. That seems a little odd, but I’ll go with it.
Chez Bennet
West is still a freaky stalker but since he can fly, Claire decides that making out with him is a good idea. I’d be annoyed at this plotline, but teenage girls really are that stupid so it’s accurate.
And West was once wrangled by Claire’s daddy, so Claire thinks daddy might be evil now. Which is really stupid because she totally knows what he used to do for a living, and West probably needed to be wrangled because he’s a stalker.
Papa Bennet didn’t have a whole lot to do this episode except freak out when Mohinder sent him a picture of the last painting.
Ando / Hiro / Kensei
Okay, so this storyline was kinda cool this episode.
The silly little letters that Hiro left in the sword were kinda stupid. I mean, are we to believe that in 400+ years no one accidentally opens up that sword and finds the letters? Yah, whatever.
Hiro needs to get over his puppy love and quit messing with history. Seriously, history is not something you want to screw up.
Nikki / Micah
Okay, so DL is dead and Nikki is still a bad mother. She’s right back to working for the Company, though this time for the ‘honorable’ cause of curing herself.
I’m not quite sure what she wants cured. She has a psychological problem and then she has a power. Seems like the power isn’t worth getting rid of, and I’m not sure the company can fix her head.
In other news, we now know why Micah can communicate with machines — his relative is frickin’ Uhura. Hailing frequencies open, sir.
Sylar / Candace
Oh Sylar, how I missed thee. So you’re all beat up and Candace is keeping you on a leash. You’re still awesome.
The big mystery here, of course, is whether Sylar really killed Candace or if it’s just all an illusion by Candace. I’m hoping for the latter because it’s funnier.
Also, I really thought Candace got killed by Nikki last season, but whatever. I guess not.
Conclusion
Not a bad episode. It kept me entertained though not a lot actually happened. This one was really all about the set-up.
I think the cure Nikki needs is to the mysterious illness that has been plagueing the Heroes.
I was expecting to see Peter heal – if his body can spit out bullets, it shouldn’t be fazed by a little ink.
Hiro was ready to leave – for some reason his power acts up when he shouldn’t leave somewhere.
Candace is toast – but you probably would have known that if you’d seen her in Reaper.