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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Heroes 2: 4: Watching TV is Good for You!

Here's where we are with Heroes, Season 2 - as off Episode 4:

I'm happy for Claire that she has a boyfriend who takes her flying - really, she seems a lot happier with him than in any situation she was in last year. But Mr. Bennet being opposed to the boyfriend seems forced, whatever he saw in the sketch...

Also - here's an idea - why doesn't he just go for contact lenses or some other kind of other glasses ... then it couldn't be him in the sketch...

It's good to see Nathan back in action - but I'd still like to know how he and Peter survived the fireworks in the sky.

Sylar making his way north with the illness-antidote twins is working well. But it seems to me he might have healed a little quickly - does that mean he's getting his powers back? And, for that matter, how, again, did he survive what happened to him in New York City?

Monica (very well played by Dana Davis) in New Orleans learning huge skills instantly from television is excellent - hey, I've been saying for years that watching television is good for you (see, for example, my 1998 book, The Soft Edge).

The Matt-Molly-Suresh thread is the most interesting at this point. Matt's father being Molly's bogeyman is a good touch.

So, as with Episode 3, lots of good threads and possibilities. But still too many unanswered questions from last year...

Review of other Season 2 Heroes: Episode 2 ... 3
... 7 ... 9. How Immutable Are Fate and Isaac's Paintings? ... 10. Penultimate in Fall ... 11. My Predictions Last Week Were Right!







The Plot to Save Socrates


"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

"a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

"Sierra Waters is sexy as hell" - curled up with a good book

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

See, what happens when Mr. Bennett changes to contacts, is one falls out in a few months and he has to wear his glasses to go get milk at the store. Then whack. The pictures never lie I suppose. Can't get away from destiny.
Now that we have Nichelle Nichols on the show, does that mean if/when she dies, Walter Koenig will show up?

Paul Levinson said...

Good point about Mr. Bennet ...

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