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Heroes Drops Some Dead Weight
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:36 pm
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AS I have not been really watching Heroes only seen the first 6 eps from series 1. I can't really comment here but please add your comments below this post.
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(SPOILER ALERT: This article recaps the winter season finale of Heroes.)
As a politician, Nathan Petrelli really should have known that you never precede a major revelation by announcing that you're about to announce a major revelation.
By having Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) shot before he could expose The Company's misdeeds to the world, the late congressman's mother and her shady cohorts simultaneously opened Pandora's Box and capped off the final episode of Heroes in 2007, and perhaps the 2007-08 television season.
As creator Tim Kring promised E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos on Nov. 20 after marching down Hollywood Boulevard with his fellow Writers Guild of America members, Monday's episode was "very much like a finale"—as it kinda had to be.
Although a winter hiatus was in the cards regardless, the upcoming break from Heroes is of an undetermined length thanks to the writers strike currently plaguing the TV and film industries.
In addition to halting production on a bunch of movies and most of the TV series worth watching, the walkout put the kibosh on NBC's plans for the six-episode midseason offering Heroes: Origins.
So while "Volume One" lasted the length of Heroes' first season, during which it became a breakout hit for NBC, "Volume Two" ended tonight, boasting multiple "season finale" elements:
Resolution: Nathan and Parkman (Greg Grunberg) knocked some sense into the power-mooching Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) just in time for him to employ his object-control and radiation abilities to nuke a vial of the Shanti virus with his bare hands.
Open-ended resolutions: Sylar (Zachary Quinto) got his powers back, Claire (Hayden Panettiere) knows dad (Jack Coleman) isn't dead, Claire's blood is the new Red Bull, and—how'd he do it?!—Hiro (Masi Oka) buried Adam (David Anders) alive in what looks to be the cemetery where Sulu, er, Hiro's father (George Takei) was laid to rest. (Well, obviously Hiro bridged the time-space continuum.)
Deaths: Angela Petrelli (Cristine Rose) pulled a Soprano and planned the offing of her firstborn son. Niki, Jessica and Lisa (all Ali Larter) won't be missed but got kind of a lousy, albeit fiery, sendoff, especially since Monica (Dana Davis) isn't exactly the most endearing character to date yet.
Change of heart: Elle (Kristen Bell) felt good about saving people for a change, now that she knows her dad is no Claire Bear-loving Noah Bennett type. Maya (Dania Ramirez) knows Sylar killed Alejandro (Shalim Ortiz), so maybe her weird Niki-esque power will serve a purpose next season.
Unintentionally hilarious moment: The looks on Peter and Parkman's faces during their brief mind-control fight.
Completely unresolved: Um, Caitlin? Where are ye?
But whether the handful of answers and the excessive bloodletting was enough to appease the Emmy-nominated drama's increasingly disgruntled fans remains to be seen.
The backlash over season two's frailties, from the ridiculous amount of time spent following Hiro in medieval Japan to the unfulfilling romantic connection between Claire and West (Nicholas D'Agosto) to the pointlessness that is Peter's dialogue, actually had Kring publicly apologizing earlier this month to Heroes' remaining fans (viewership is down 15 percent from last year).
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