So this is the one where one of our Heroes goes into the future, gets all freaked out and then goes back to the past intent on making sure that future doesn’t happen.
What?! They’re re-airing Season 1?
No, no my dear reader. This is called rehashing. The writers may have just officially gone on strike, but it seems that the Heroes writing squad checked out a while ago.
In the future, the ‘Shanti’ virus has wiped out most of the world. Big surprise.
Caitlin gets captured, Peter whines a little bit, and then he gets caught in the same poor time-travel theory that whips him back into present day without his Irish Setter. Oh the shame.
We also learn that Parkman is much more than meets the eye.
No, he’s not a transforming semi-truck (though that would be awesome). Instead, it turns out that it’s not just reading minds — he has the same mind-bending powers as his daddy.
This is actually played out to pretty nice effect with a nice symbolic battle at the end where Matt tells his dad to go to hell.
That’s cool and all, but I can’t help but feel a little bit annoyed because I don’t know if Matt really did that or if Matt’s dad just made Matt think he did that. I mean, trapping Matt in a happy thought of saving Molly would be a pretty good way to make him not want to wake up.
And yes, any good sci-fi fan will have seen all that before. Being inventive is soooo last season.
There are a couple of other little sideplots of no interest.
West has turned back into a stalker, but at least he got the bejeebus scared out of him when HRG showed back up. That’ll teach West to be a creepy stalker.
Also, did Claire’s mom not get the memo from HRG about no boys? I guess not. That family has some serious communication issues.
Turns out Hiro is Kensei or some such nonsense. Predictable. Yawn.
I know Hiro can be a little bit naive. I know that’s part of the charm of his character. But did he really think he could blow up someone who can heal themselves instantly? He needs to keep up with the plot better.
And then the biggest reveal of all — our little British friend from Feudal Japan is still alive and well and close friends with Peter. If only Peter could remember that part.
Looks like Kensei’s real name is Adam and he founded ‘The Company.’ But now he wants to destroy it. Okay. Sounds fun.
I guess if I was alive for millennia I’d probably get bored enough to just wreak havoc for fun too.
On a happy note, the actor who plays DL got a bit part. I’m glad to see he’s not going hungry.
Next week we get to find out what we should have found out in the first episode of season 2. Yay!
My favorite ep of the season. Hiro’s story had a nice ending, at least the Bennets storyline is going somewhere, and they started right in on making the paintings happen. I thought it was odd that Caitlin was stranded in the future, but I liked the reveal of Adam (who wants to destroy everyone – maybe after he got the power to by using the Company). Parkman could now be one of the more powerful ones.
I liked the EW review, too.
Ooh, nice snark.