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Heroes 1.20, Five Years Gone
I spent the whole episode in a state of "whaaaa?" I mean, I don't even know what to say. This is going to be a little incoherent:
There was a major evolution of Matt here, one that I'd be totally interested in watching in full. Because at this point in time, I really can't picture the moment that he is so badly cornered, that he throws it all down and starts beating on his own kind. He's just such a lovable, bumbling, sweet guy, that even as I was watching, I was having a hard time believing it. Not only is he a sweet guy, he's a good guy to boot, and I think you'd have to push him pretty damn hard to get him to the point where he's willing to torture and murder people. I mean, I guess that having to put your wife and kid into hiding would be a pretty major stressor in your life, but I also can't see that as being the only catalyst that led to the break in his morality that allowed him to start behaving in the way we saw in this episode. I also have to admit that I am very surprised that Janice's kid is Matt's, too. I was almost sure that it was going to be Officer What's His Name's.
I have no idea what to make of Mr. Bennett. I don't like him at all, and yet I have to concede that he seems to be a good guy.
Peter in this I liked. Actually, I really have no problem with Peter himself. I have a huge problem with his powers. I get that he's the more peaceful counterpart of Sylar, but seriously, his power is just too damn perfect that I really can't stand to watch him use the ones he absorbs, ever. But today, I liked him. Loved him, really.
Hiro... oh man. I really don't want him to end up like Future Hiro. Ando is NOT allowed to die, because Future Hiro is so not the quirky, cute, nerdy, adorable Hiro we all know and love. Even if Hiro does become some big kick ass super fighter master guy (yep, that's a really awe inspiring title), he needs to retain some of the Hiro-ness that made everyone love him in the first place.
Sylar. Will that man NEVER DIE?! Honest to Pete, if that man does not die, I might have to kill Tim Kring myself. But as far as that goes, I really like the new information we just got via the last issue of 9th Wonders. I like the idea of Hiro killing Sylar, if only because it isn't a showdown with Peter. I think a showdown with Peter would be kind of like the endless fight: two guys who are so evenly matched that there can be no real winner, and ultimately ending in the destruction of them both. And while I would not protest such an ending to the Sylar arch, I love the idea of someone who is vastly less powerful than Sylar being the one to end him. I love even more the idea that it might be someone as geeky and odd as Hiro. Or, if the previews for next week can be believed, an innocent little girl.
Niki. I like her, but she needs to grow a pair. The end.
Mohinder makes me happy, though I was a little confused as to how he could apparently work for "Nathan" for so long and NOT realize that he was really Sylar, when it didn't take him long to realize who he was when he was posing as Zane. Anywho, he was very valiant in this episode, trying to hold the storm back to give Hiro more time to teleport.
I really hope the Haitian doesn't reprise his role as Primatech lackey--or any other version of that kind of work. He's got a fascinating power, and I'd like to see more done with that than the silent partner/shadow man thing.
And that about sums it up. I loved that episode. It left me staring at the screen with my mouth hanging half open. Here's to hoping next week is as good--because I am seriously curious as to what that little girl can do that is so important.
[ETA] I'm really confused by all the people who are pointing out the fact that killing Sylar won't stop the bomb. First of all, how do we know that? Peter is just now getting control of all the powers he's leeched from other people, but for a while there, he was taking powers without even realizing it, and had no control over how they were used or when. But they weren't going berserk constantly, so who can say that that's what happens to detonate him? What if Sylar is the one who provokes him into exploding? So even though Sylar isn't the one who explodes, as everyone in Five Years Gone seemed to believe, he could still be the one to detonate the bomb, so to speak. I don't like referring to Peter as a bomb. It's weird. Anyway, my point is that we just don't know that Sylar isn't responsible for the explosion, even if he isn't the one that does the exploding.
Second, who cares if killing Sylar won't stop the bomb? Does that mean that he shouldn't be dealt with? Sylar is an extremely powerful, extremely dangerous mutant (I also don't like referring to everyone with an ability as a 'hero'), and he needs to be neutralized. Killing Sylar should be, I think, just as much of a priority as stopping Peter from exploding.
And that's my two cents.
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