Three episodes of Heroes sat on my Tivo (actually, it's a Time Warner DVR, but that's too hard to say) for a few weeks. The first few episodes were just so bad. I hate Nikki, the whole Hiro in Fuedal Japan thing was kinda stupid, and Peter without his memory was just not hot. Of course, things were made a lot better in old time Japan (OTJ) when David Anders, the lovely and amazing Stark from Alias showed up. Can this dude get any hotter? First off, he's from like Iowa and talks with an immaculate British accent, and he was talking Japanese, which seriously, what's hotter then bilingual British guys? Nothing really.
But then he became all bad, which I didn't particularly like, although he played an amazing bad guy on Alias. But that was Alias, he was dressed in suits, and was shooting guns, and that was hot. I really need to get out more. To top it off, we realized he was a "hero" himself, and had the power of regeneration, that Claire has. That kind of confused me, since he was a warrior and would have noticed this before Hiro showed up. Maybe Hiro showing up is what did it.
The moment I knew Heroes was back though was when Peter, who had lost his memory for some reason, went to Montreal and teleported ahead to 2008 where 93% of the world's population was lost to a mysterious virus. Mrs. Petrelli showed up and told him what happened and that he had the power to go back and stop it. He was able to remember her and believe her, thank the Lords of Kobol. He then sees his Irish girlfriend who he teleported with and she's being herded somewhere with other "surivors", but before he can get to her, he accidentally teleports back to '07 Montreal. Damnit!
In the room they were in before they went into the future, there was a note from "Adam" who made it sound like they were cohorts, but of course Peter doesn't remember. As he's in the room trying to figure out what the hell just happened he hears something and does his little lightening bolt trick, which he must have learned from Elle (I'll get to that bitch in the minute) and a hand comes out, being burned. But then it regenerates and my heart starts pounding. Out steps my lover, David Anders, who we've known all this time as Kensei, Hiro's hero, and he tells Peter that HE is Adam. Holy Moses. LOVE THIS!
The best episode of the season is a flashback to the moment Nathan grabs Peter and flies away with him before he explodes. We see what's happened to our group since that moment. Nathan is carrying Peter as he's burning up and Peter is yelling at him to let him go, but Nathan wants to make sure he's okay, since Peter can't fly and he can. Technically that's not true, but I like the whole brotherly love thing they have going on. Peter insists and Nathan, who's burnt pretty badly, finally lets go. We see the huge explosion we saw before and Nathan is unconscious, falling to the ground. Suddenly, before he hits, PETER comes in and swoops him up, taking him immediately to the hospital. He then runs out, after the doctor's take him, and Elle lightening bolts him, knocking him out. Bitch. I hate her.
When Nathan comes to, all messed up looking, he asks about Peter, who they claim is missing and they're searching for in the water. Um, didn't anybody identify him as the person who came in with Nathan to the emergency room? Because not that many people fit the "un-Godly hot" category.
Hate her, but this is HOT.
Peter is then put in a room and told he was given the "cure" and that his power are dormant. They mindfrak him a bit and say his brother's jacked up because of him, and he should want his powers gone. He agrees and for the next few months start taking pills. This is when the hotness, Adam, shows up. He's a prisoner too, has been for 30 years, because they think his blood can heal. Really? Because they don't seem to have been using it since the show started. Adam convinces Peter, rightfully so, that they're in a prison with no hopes of escape, but that he can help them both get out, and they can go visit his brother and give him his blood to heal him. Love this idea.
I had a dream just like this last night.
They do just that, Peter takes the medicine Elle gives him, who is truly a freak. Seriously, this girl has some problems, and I really hate her. She's psycho, and not in a good way. Eventually Peter's powers return and he uses the power he got from D.L., walking through walls, to get out and go to the hospital where Adam gives an unconscious Nathan his blood. He starts healing in seconds and they leave. Unfortunately Elle and The Haitian show up and Adam and Peter split up, with instructions to meet up in Montreal. The Haitian finds Peter though, in a shipping yard, oddlly right next to the hospital, and because he's around, Peter can't use his powers. Instead of taking him back though, the Haitian handcuffs him to inside the container, where we found him a few episodes ago. He tells Peter that his (Peter's) mother helped a long time ago, and he's returning the favor by sending Peter away from these people, so he can lead a normal life. So he can do that, he takes his memories away. We see how well that planned worked out. Kinda cool though.
Back in present day Montreal, Peter has finally regained his memory and remembered all of this, using his healing powers to heal his brain. Sexy. Adam tells Peter it's time to save the world. Okay, let's admit it, that whole storyline is sorta bad ass. I'm disappointed that this isn't the real Adam though. Or is it.
When he was Kensei back in OTJ, when Hiro was around, Hiro encouraged him to be a hero, but he didn't really have it in him. He was selfish. For awhile there though it worked, because he fell in love with the princess. Unfortunately, so did Hiro, and when Kensei sees them kissing, he goes apeshite. He betrays them, kidnaps the girl, and is about to unleash some craziness on OTJ. Hiro stops him though, and blows up the tent he's in. I knew he wasn't dead. I mean, Stark doesn't die that easy, just ask Sydney. You know usually I'm not into thin lipped guys, but somehow he makes it work. Sorry, a little aside there.
When Hiro returns to the present, he finds out his father was killed. He goes back to that moment, but his father doesn't want him to change his future, and to let him die. After some nice scenes, Hiro agrees and let's him die, but not before seeing the face of the man who kills him, Adam, Kensei, hotness, whatever. This confuses him, sorta. I'm really holding out hope that Adam isn't bad. I mean, these people held him captive for 30 years, so he could just be seeking revenge, which, eh, I'm kinda okay with that.
Matt Parkman though is on his way to figuring this thing out. He's put two and two together and realized that everyone that was in this "class" picture of sorts is being killed. Mrs. Petrelli confessed to killing Hiro's father, to protect her kids, or for some reason I'm blanking on now. He finds out that the person who made her confess is none other then his dead beat dad, who low and behold has the same power as Parkman. Of course he's honed his skill and can no not only manipulate someone into doing what he wants, but he can trap them inside their head, like he did Molly, who is in a coma.
Mommy and Daddy
Molly's been living with Parkman and Mohinder in Mohinder's NY apartment while Parkman's a NY detective. It's a sweet little relationship, the three of them. MOmmy's not home much, so Daddy the cop has to take care of Molly mostly. MOmmy's out working for the Company, trying to get the good on them while Daddy tries to find the people in the picture that keep getting knocked off. MOmmy's been working with Bennett, Claire's dad, to find out the dirt on the Company and to make sure they're not coming after Claire.
Unfortunately MOmmy starts to think maybe working the Company isn't such a bad idea and turns on Bennett, but in a sweet innocent, hot, way. Bennett finds the last of Isaac Mendez's paintings and in them we see Peter in front of a backwards HazMat sign, which we see when he's in the future. We also see a picture of MOmmy with a bandage on his nose and a gun pointing at the viewer. And the last one is of Bennett on the ground, with a hole in his glasses, apparently shot.
MOmmy wants everyone to just get along and goes to California to find Bennett. Unfortunately he takes the Company man, Bob, and that whackjob Elle, who we learn is Bob's daughter. She's been living at the Company facility for 16 years. Whatever, I hate her. Bennett figures out though that MOmmy is working with the company, but Bob kidnaps Claire. Luckily Bennett is helped by West, Claire's boyfriend who we learned can fly and Bennett kidnapped years ago. Talk about "Daddy" issues. Anyway, Bennett, who's kidnapped Elle, makes a switch for Claire, who's blood Bob has already taken.
In the switch, West flies away with Claire only to be "shot" down by Elle. Bennett shots her, only in the arm unfortunately, and in a standoff MOmmy shoots Bennett. IN THE EYE! We see the prophecy of Isaac's seemingly last picture. It was good having you in the story Isaac, see ya! But all hope isn't lost, because Bob gets Bennett's body back to the Company and puts in some Claire juice. Bennett's eye heals and he sits up, alive. Yes. Can we just talk about how hot this guy is? Bennett. You really wouldn't think unless you really looked, without the glasses. I've seen him in person and damn, yeah, it's nice.
The other story lines are DUMB DUMB DUMB. There are twins from Mexico who discover she has the power to kill people. Boring. She gets mad and her eyes tear up with black tears and anyone around her dies. Her brother can calm her down and help her stop it. It would be cool if he HAS to be there, but as we've learned he doesn't. She can do it herself. They're running from the law because at her brother's wedding she found the brother's new bride going at it with someone else and got pissed, killing everyone in a two mile radius except her brother. Argh, I'm bored talking about these two. The ONLY glimmer of hope is that they found Silar on the side of the road and he's hitching a ride to America with them. Yawn.
And then there's Micha and Nikki. Love Micha, he's adorable. But Nikki, we know has volunteered to be tested at the Company. Why? You may ask? Well, D.L. survived that night in the square when Peter blew up. Bob found her and offered her a cure. Since her ability was having a really strong split personality, she was happy to accept. But like most schizophrenics, she felt better so stopped taking the pills. Then, instead of Jessica showing up, some ho who's name I can't remember showed up. She left D.L. and came to LA. D.L. in the few months since being shot, has turned into a well respected, heroic firefighter, rescuing people by walking through walls an stuff.
D.L. though can't live without crazy in his life, like most men, I guess, and goes to LA to find her. He does find her and interrupts her and her pimp or whoever. He takes Nikki out of the club but not before the pimp comes over and shots D.L. point blank in the chest, killing him. This is so stupid I don't even wants to talk about it. This is when Nikki decides to turn herself over to the Company. While she's there Bob tells MOmmy that there is this cure. Matt's dad manipulate's Nikki into trying to kill Bob. Instead though she injects herself with the "cure" to take her powers away. We learn the cure is actually a virus. MOmmy's blood was supposed to be the antidote, but oops, it doesn't work. Wish I could be sorry about that. Through the power of deduction, I've realized the virus that kills most of the world's population is this virus. I put two and two together when the guys from the future called it the "Shanti Virus" and remembered that's what MOmmy's sister's name was.
The last new character is Micha's cousin. At least I think that's who she is, I don't remember he name, and don't really care until she does something interesting. They're in New Orleans and they discover she has the ability to see something on TV and mimic it. Do you see my eyes rolling? This is the dumbest power ever. Actually, she doesn't have to see it on TV, she can just do it from seeing someone do it. It'd be cool if she kept the knowledge, like Neo downloading stuff in The Matrix, but it's not made clears. So she either has a potentially kick ass ability or a real lame ass one. My head hurts.
All in all, the season, with only 2 (which includes the one in my Tivo) episodes left until the fall finale has gotten stellar since that flashback episode. Between Peter and Adam, I'm good to go. Let's hope they keep up this pace of actually making good shows.
