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First of all... that's what she said.
Okay, to the episode.
Starting with Hiro and Ando, I really love Ando. I mean, he's awesome. So absolutely brave and loyal. He charged Arthur and was lucky to survive. He tried, even though it was too late, to defend Kaito. And I love the way he has taken over teaching now 10 year old Hiro how to fight again.
But... the whole "replaying all their 1.01 stuff in reverse" is stuck between charming and really annoying for me. If the result is that Hiro isn't a dick anymore this season, though, it's worth it.
Arthur is just a fantastic villain. Short of Twilight from Season 8 and Grand Admiral Thrawn from the Timothy Zahn "Heir to the Empire" trilogy, he's probably the most engaging new villain in any fiction I've run into in a long time. When Peter had all that power, he was still somewhat harmless because he was a good guy and somewhat single minded. Sylar has all that power, but he was relatively safe because he was so single-minded with the search for braaaaaaaaaiiiins. But Arthur has all that power, more than anyone, and worse... he has a vision. He has a plan, and belief.
I loved the little things with him in this episode. No anger over Sylar's small betrayal, in fact, he turns it into a teaching opportunity. His smoothness in accepting Traci's loyalty. His casual but threatening manner with Daphne. And, most intriguingly, his merciless dealing with Matt, but then his willingness to relent and even free Angela. Just turned his back and let them go. Didn't have to, not at all. Just decided he could afford it.
Matt and Daphne are adorable.
Okay, Peter. First of all, I love Peter still. He is so authentically heroic. And I loved that he was willing to bluff (and be pretty convincing, even Knox apparently didn't sense fear) that he was at full power and stare down Knox and Flint to save Claire. I loved that, a couple episodes back, he told his nemesis, Sylar, "just kick his ass and let's get out of here". I really, really hope that he ends up getting his powers back, or at least HIS power back, so he can go back to work.
But then there's Sylar. This season has introduced a partial retcon of Sylar's power. Not the hunger thing, but the power itself. First, we had Bennet say in "Villains" that his power involved "the ability to transfer power from one person to another". Huh? Hamnoo? Intuitive aptitude is his power, understanding of how things work. We never have known *how* he obtains the powers, so it's not a full retcon, but it was always presumed that whatever he did was just a way to benefit from his actual power. But now, it seems to include "the ability to transfer power from one person to another". And Arthur confirms this and likens it *very* much to Peter's ability of empathic mimicry, and reveals, I think, that this is Arthur's own power. So, the result is, Sylar can now continue to feed his "hunger" (and therefore keep his sinister edge, is the purpose, I think) without killing people.
So... it's "okay" for Sylar to be an endless pool of more and more power, but not Peter. Just because. Apparently. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I could probably geek out and write an entire paper about Arthur, Sylar, and Peter's respective powers.
Zach Quinto and Kristen Bell were awesome in this episode -- especially Elle, tricked, trapped, desperate, angry, and blasting the crap out of him. And, they were charming when they were flirting. But, uh... W T F?
I'm sorry, I buy the hatred. I even buy the 'shippiness when they get to it. But the transition is patently absurd its probably the poorest writing they've ever had on "Heroes". She just "gets over" Sylar murdering her father? Crappy father or not, *what*? Just terrible. But, Kristen Bell basically STEALS this show everytime she's on it, and frankly, if NBC had any sense, they would push *immediately* to lock her up in a deal and spin Elle off into her own series. Or movie. Or something.
The sequences of the "heroes" and "villains" coming together at the end was really very impressive. Kristen looked especially bad-ass coming into Arthur's office (even though it makes little sense she'd want to be there, since she was clearly taken prisoner).
Okay, to the episode.
Starting with Hiro and Ando, I really love Ando. I mean, he's awesome. So absolutely brave and loyal. He charged Arthur and was lucky to survive. He tried, even though it was too late, to defend Kaito. And I love the way he has taken over teaching now 10 year old Hiro how to fight again.
But... the whole "replaying all their 1.01 stuff in reverse" is stuck between charming and really annoying for me. If the result is that Hiro isn't a dick anymore this season, though, it's worth it.
Arthur is just a fantastic villain. Short of Twilight from Season 8 and Grand Admiral Thrawn from the Timothy Zahn "Heir to the Empire" trilogy, he's probably the most engaging new villain in any fiction I've run into in a long time. When Peter had all that power, he was still somewhat harmless because he was a good guy and somewhat single minded. Sylar has all that power, but he was relatively safe because he was so single-minded with the search for braaaaaaaaaiiiins. But Arthur has all that power, more than anyone, and worse... he has a vision. He has a plan, and belief.
I loved the little things with him in this episode. No anger over Sylar's small betrayal, in fact, he turns it into a teaching opportunity. His smoothness in accepting Traci's loyalty. His casual but threatening manner with Daphne. And, most intriguingly, his merciless dealing with Matt, but then his willingness to relent and even free Angela. Just turned his back and let them go. Didn't have to, not at all. Just decided he could afford it.
Matt and Daphne are adorable.
Okay, Peter. First of all, I love Peter still. He is so authentically heroic. And I loved that he was willing to bluff (and be pretty convincing, even Knox apparently didn't sense fear) that he was at full power and stare down Knox and Flint to save Claire. I loved that, a couple episodes back, he told his nemesis, Sylar, "just kick his ass and let's get out of here". I really, really hope that he ends up getting his powers back, or at least HIS power back, so he can go back to work.
But then there's Sylar. This season has introduced a partial retcon of Sylar's power. Not the hunger thing, but the power itself. First, we had Bennet say in "Villains" that his power involved "the ability to transfer power from one person to another". Huh? Hamnoo? Intuitive aptitude is his power, understanding of how things work. We never have known *how* he obtains the powers, so it's not a full retcon, but it was always presumed that whatever he did was just a way to benefit from his actual power. But now, it seems to include "the ability to transfer power from one person to another". And Arthur confirms this and likens it *very* much to Peter's ability of empathic mimicry, and reveals, I think, that this is Arthur's own power. So, the result is, Sylar can now continue to feed his "hunger" (and therefore keep his sinister edge, is the purpose, I think) without killing people.
So... it's "okay" for Sylar to be an endless pool of more and more power, but not Peter. Just because. Apparently. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I could probably geek out and write an entire paper about Arthur, Sylar, and Peter's respective powers.
Zach Quinto and Kristen Bell were awesome in this episode -- especially Elle, tricked, trapped, desperate, angry, and blasting the crap out of him. And, they were charming when they were flirting. But, uh... W T F?
I'm sorry, I buy the hatred. I even buy the 'shippiness when they get to it. But the transition is patently absurd its probably the poorest writing they've ever had on "Heroes". She just "gets over" Sylar murdering her father? Crappy father or not, *what*? Just terrible. But, Kristen Bell basically STEALS this show everytime she's on it, and frankly, if NBC had any sense, they would push *immediately* to lock her up in a deal and spin Elle off into her own series. Or movie. Or something.
The sequences of the "heroes" and "villains" coming together at the end was really very impressive. Kristen looked especially bad-ass coming into Arthur's office (even though it makes little sense she'd want to be there, since she was clearly taken prisoner).
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