29 October 2007

The Heroes Balance Sheet Remains Positive

On one hand, we have Bennet committing memory-torture and then killing an old friend, basically in cold blood. Cool and badass. On the other hand, we have his daughter Claire pissing me off with her filler storyline. Not sure what teenagers are writing her storyline, but they should be shot.

On one hand, we have Sylar explaining to Alejandro (in English, which he can't understand) that he's going to kill him and his sister. Cool and badass. On the other hand, we have Alejandro and his sister and their filler storyline.

On one hand, we have Monica given an iPod full of videos that she can use to learn new things. Cool but not really badass. On the other hand, we have Hiro and his filler storyline.

Peter has a note left for him in Montreal by Adam, the new big bad. And he teleports himself/is teleported into the future - where NYC is deserted due to a 6/14/08 evacuation order. NYC sure is the hotbed of apocalyptic activity on this show. The preview said in the future 93% of the world is dead. Viral epidemic = less traffic!

I'm pretty sure I already know who Adam is, but I won't say it here. I will say that they should have gotten to the point a lot sooner. A lot of this other stuff was filler, and these episodes could have been condensed to like 3. I like to get on with the action and don't feel like we're moving in a clear, unified direction. I tolerate it because it's still Heroes and most of it is still cool. But I know everyone else is losing patience. I drink the Heroes Kool-Aid and it's delicious.

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