Heroes, season two, episode two, review- contains spoilers
October 12th 2007 04:25
Heroes season two, episode two
This show is just getting better and better. We’re only in the second week of season two, and already we can see several plot threads emerging that will probably come to dominate the remainder of the year’s events. I can’t recall the last time a show was already at this level of quality so early in its run. Most TV sci-fi shows take a couple of years to find their footing.
I’m particularly enjoying Hiro’s storyline, in which he is stuck in 17th century feudal Japan. I had a feeling that he would pose as Kensei (because the actual Kensei was too much of a drunkard to fulfil his important role in historical events). Being a long-time ‘Star Trek’ fan, I was expecting this to happen. Watch ‘Deep Space Nine’’s third season ep Past Tense (in it, Captain Sisko has to take the place, in the timeline, of a 21st century revolutionary figure, because the real version was killed ignominiously in a riot). When Kensei was shot with a dozen arrows, I feared that his death would mean that Hiro would be forced to remain in 1600s Japan and ‘become’ the ersatz Kensei. But, my fears proved unfounded. It appears that the British samurai is the possessor of some neat Claire-esque regeneration powers.
Speaking of whom, I was really enjoying Claire’s storyline this week, too. Her recent discovery that she can lop off toes, and they just regenerate immediately, conjured up several additional questions in my mind. Can Claire get sick? Can she die of old age? If her superhuman body is immune to viruses and diseases, and cannot die of natural causes, does that not render her immortal? Maybe Claire will still be around in the year 3000 (that’s assuming Earth hasn’t been vaporised by then). I hope she remembered to pick up that discarded toe of hers, however. If not, her mother is in for a real shock when she next cleans the carpet! ‘Eek! A human toe, on the floor!’ Perhaps Mr Muggles ate Claire’s toe? Eww… I still don’t trust that boy from her new school. He is behaving very oddly. Why is he stalking around her house, anyway? I mean, yeah, the typical reaction of a teenage boy around a hot girl is perhaps to be expected, but he’s got this nasty serial killer, Norman Bates vibe going on.
Peter Petrelli is in Ireland for some reason (I’m not quite sure why. Last time we saw him, he was the catalyst for a large explosion, in which he was presumed killed) and he’s lost his memory. I hope he regains them soon, because amnesia is one of the more irritating SF clichés.
I was a little disappointed that Hiro’s father was killed of so early in the show’s run. I hoped to see more of George Takei in Heroes (having enjoyed his performances for so many years as Sulu in Star Trek). Hopefully, they’ll find some way to bring him back into the plot (as we all know, characters in fantasy and sci-fi shows rarely stay dead for long).
Although I liked his character in the first year of the show, I’m actually a little disappointed that Sylar is still alive in season two. I wish that another genre show would employ the ‘big bad’ structure that was used to such great effect in Buffy. A different threat every season, new characters, new challenges. It means that there is never a status quo. You can tell one season from another, because of which characters are present. It gives each season its own self-contained arc. Incidentally, I wonder what the big tagline for this season will be? Last year, it was ‘Save the cheerleader, save the world?’ …‘Stop the virus’, maybe?
I’m not terribly enthralled with the two new characters Maya and Alejandro. Fans on the Internet forums are already dubbing these two enigmatic Mexicans ‘Nikki and Paulo’ (named in ‘honour’ of the two new characters that were infamously introduced in ‘Lost’s’ third season; which proved highly unpopular with fans, and were swiftly killed off as fast as they were written in!) Hopefully, they’ll be fleshed out a bit more in the ensuing weeks. Does Maya’s creepy ‘black tears’ remind anyone else of those oil slick aliens in the ‘X Files’?
Heroes season two is certainly shaping up to be a great year. I am excited to see what developments are in store for us.
This show is just getting better and better. We’re only in the second week of season two, and already we can see several plot threads emerging that will probably come to dominate the remainder of the year’s events. I can’t recall the last time a show was already at this level of quality so early in its run. Most TV sci-fi shows take a couple of years to find their footing.
I’m particularly enjoying Hiro’s storyline, in which he is stuck in 17th century feudal Japan. I had a feeling that he would pose as Kensei (because the actual Kensei was too much of a drunkard to fulfil his important role in historical events). Being a long-time ‘Star Trek’ fan, I was expecting this to happen. Watch ‘Deep Space Nine’’s third season ep Past Tense (in it, Captain Sisko has to take the place, in the timeline, of a 21st century revolutionary figure, because the real version was killed ignominiously in a riot). When Kensei was shot with a dozen arrows, I feared that his death would mean that Hiro would be forced to remain in 1600s Japan and ‘become’ the ersatz Kensei. But, my fears proved unfounded. It appears that the British samurai is the possessor of some neat Claire-esque regeneration powers.
Speaking of whom, I was really enjoying Claire’s storyline this week, too. Her recent discovery that she can lop off toes, and they just regenerate immediately, conjured up several additional questions in my mind. Can Claire get sick? Can she die of old age? If her superhuman body is immune to viruses and diseases, and cannot die of natural causes, does that not render her immortal? Maybe Claire will still be around in the year 3000 (that’s assuming Earth hasn’t been vaporised by then). I hope she remembered to pick up that discarded toe of hers, however. If not, her mother is in for a real shock when she next cleans the carpet! ‘Eek! A human toe, on the floor!’ Perhaps Mr Muggles ate Claire’s toe? Eww… I still don’t trust that boy from her new school. He is behaving very oddly. Why is he stalking around her house, anyway? I mean, yeah, the typical reaction of a teenage boy around a hot girl is perhaps to be expected, but he’s got this nasty serial killer, Norman Bates vibe going on.
Peter Petrelli is in Ireland for some reason (I’m not quite sure why. Last time we saw him, he was the catalyst for a large explosion, in which he was presumed killed) and he’s lost his memory. I hope he regains them soon, because amnesia is one of the more irritating SF clichés.
I was a little disappointed that Hiro’s father was killed of so early in the show’s run. I hoped to see more of George Takei in Heroes (having enjoyed his performances for so many years as Sulu in Star Trek). Hopefully, they’ll find some way to bring him back into the plot (as we all know, characters in fantasy and sci-fi shows rarely stay dead for long).
Although I liked his character in the first year of the show, I’m actually a little disappointed that Sylar is still alive in season two. I wish that another genre show would employ the ‘big bad’ structure that was used to such great effect in Buffy. A different threat every season, new characters, new challenges. It means that there is never a status quo. You can tell one season from another, because of which characters are present. It gives each season its own self-contained arc. Incidentally, I wonder what the big tagline for this season will be? Last year, it was ‘Save the cheerleader, save the world?’ …‘Stop the virus’, maybe?
I’m not terribly enthralled with the two new characters Maya and Alejandro. Fans on the Internet forums are already dubbing these two enigmatic Mexicans ‘Nikki and Paulo’ (named in ‘honour’ of the two new characters that were infamously introduced in ‘Lost’s’ third season; which proved highly unpopular with fans, and were swiftly killed off as fast as they were written in!) Hopefully, they’ll be fleshed out a bit more in the ensuing weeks. Does Maya’s creepy ‘black tears’ remind anyone else of those oil slick aliens in the ‘X Files’?
Heroes season two is certainly shaping up to be a great year. I am excited to see what developments are in store for us.
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