Did you ever know that you're my hero?


It was six months ago, and what have we learned (clearly SPOILERS ahead)?


1. Sylar has OCD in a big way. I still do not understand if he acquires his powers through brain eating or through some other method that requires brains. I do not recall him using any power other than telekinesis, which was apparently the power that poor sap had before Sylar smacked him in the head. A possibility is the fact that the sap's power should have been Sylar's power and Sylar, with his ability to detect flaws in things, recognized this and "fixed it." Somehow.

2. Peter and Nathan's dad was a lawyer, and therefore a Very Bad Man. Did Nathan's wife see him fly into the air and stay there, just before the car crash? I like the fact that Linderman is still just a presence that everyone is wary of but the audience has not met. Is he the season's Big Bad?

3. Mr. Bennett's Haitian buddy is around six months ago, and we don't get his story. Does the Haitian have the power to dampen other people's powers? It is possible that Bennett has this power but I seem to recall that the Haitian pulled the same trick on the mind-reading cop several episodes ago, just before the cop succumbed to the drugs.

4. Speaking of Mr. Bennett, we get a better idea of where he's coming from but there are still many unanswered questions. This is not a criticism. I appreciate that his motivation stems in large part from a desire to protect Claire and he is very much an "ends justify the means" kind of guy. I like the fact that he has a history with Mohinder's dad. He tells the Brick Pixie that he wants her to use her power to more constructive, productive ends but we are not sure exactly what that means. And we still have no idea where he gets his resources or what other ultimate goals he may have. I am cool with that.

5. Did anyone else catch Hiro's shoutout to the Alamo Drafthouse? I liked the idea that he cannot change certain things in the past, despite his time-traveling ability. The tragedy of his doomed relationship is very gothic and I appreciated it. However, if the writers push this time-traveling bit too far, my head just might explode from all of the paradoxes and problems it creates. I note that the character's irrepressible optimism is mellowing as a result of his experience.

6. So Niki the Super Stripper had an abusive dad and a sister named Jessica who died young. I gather that Niki developed a split personality in order to deal with parental abuse and this personality assumed the identity of the dead sister. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

Last night, on Heroes

This is my first post in Blogger's updated system. Can you feel the quality?

I must say that I was a little disappointed in last night's episode of Heroes. I expected more than the incremental pacing of each storyline in a show that culminated in a lack-luster battle between a guy who can rip off locker doors with his mind and a guy who...can't rip off locker doors with his mind. Is it too much to ask from a show about people with super powers to have a super fight now and then?

And we never learn why saving a cheerleader will save the world. And what if Peter saved the wrong cheerleader?

I liked the interactions between Ando and Peter, Micah and D.L.. I liked the fact that two of the antagonists in the episode, Mr. Bennett and Nathan, acted from completely understandable motivations. Eden's power was supposed to be a big reveal but it wasn't too much of a stretch, given what we've seen of her interactions with Issac. I liked how she used it though, and how she worked in tandem with the creepy Haitian Who Erases Memories.

In other news, I understand that New Line - the company that produced the Lord of the Rings movies - will now produce The Hobbit. Alas, Peter Jackson will not be the one to direct the movie. Oh well.

...and I don't like anybody very much!

I voted this morning. I must say that I am disappointed that I could not chose "anarchist" as a straight ticket option. Is Kinky Friedman close enough? And no, that does not necessarily mean I voted for him.

I enjoyed Heroes last night but it seemed to me that there were more commercials than content. Is that just my desire to squeeze as much story out of the hour or were there really more commercials? At least we got to see a couple of the heroes do heroic things. Some questions/spoilers:

Does the "equal sign" tattoo signify that the hero who wears it has had a visit from Horned Rimmed Glasses? What about the "S" tattoo that other heroes wear (Niki the Super Stripper has one, as does Horned Rimmed Glasses' mentalist sidekick)? Do these tattoos identify which side the hero is on? What are the sides, anyway?

Can Micah the super kid control machines, electricity or is he a straight-up telekinetic?

Dollars to donuts Radioactive Man is the dude slated to blow up Manhattan.

I thought Nathan arranged to have his brother see Linderman's painting. If so, why did he tell his brother that it would not be possible? More likely is the fact that I misheard it.