Finally! After a five-week-long break, HEROES has returned!
And my, what a return it was.
[WARNING! This post contains spoilers.]
Though nothing especially grand happened, it did much to move the plot along. A lot of people over on 9thwonders are complaining that it was too hyped up and too much of a disappointment, but you have to remember that this is the beginning of the events to come. A show like Heroes will inevitably have its high and low points for the sake of plot and character development--anything more or less than that would just become stale and overwhelming.
Anyway, wow!
Things happened!
Jessica? Niki? Who is who is who now? Either way, Candice is—and I have to say it—a total bitch. Stop taking the children away from their mommies and daddies. I have a feeling Candice will die(*) because she has such a strong power... remember Eden?
Matt, Ted, and HRG: the new superteam! But my, Matt and Ted seem to have switched personalities. "Let's bring the fight to them"? Hold your horses, copper!
Personally, I loved the Petrelli storyline. Mama Petrelli is quicky becoming one of my favorite characters. I can see the family resemblance between her and Claire--"You get that mouth from me."
I absolutely loved Nathan in this episode, all this lines were great and I loved how he showed emotion for the fallen Peter and his newfound Claire. Applause, applause!
Also, Linderman has healing powers?!
No surprise to those of us who follow the online comic.
Austin reporting!
PMS—Peter, Mohinder, Sylar, that is—was kind of a let down. I wanted the fight to be longer, but I know it probably will be much later. Mohinder + map = awesome! I raise my glass to you, hardy har har.
I know, I know... Mohinder made two more blunders: 1) Not killing Sylar, and 2) Turning to Primatech. But I can justify!
1) If you recall from 'Parasite', Sylar mentioned that Mohinder had been driving "all night". He's tired. Not only that, but he just found out that Zane is Sylar, was beaten up and pinned to the ceiling, witnessed Peter's murder, and totally had his adorable teacup ruined. The man's been through a lot, it makes sense that the most he could do is shove the map in his face XD
2) The Petrellis probably hate him now, he has no Eden, he doesn't know anybody else, and Sylar is on the damn lose. Primatech seemed to be a reasonable choice. Poor Mohinder.
R.I.P. Mistah Eesock... you will be missed! :[
I give him an 8.3 on the Dramatic Death scale.
(Eden still has top spot)
You know what, though? I really really liked Sylar's rendition of Nathan-in-White House. It was very twisted and disturbing, matched his personality.
And last but not least our Hiroic duo... when we last saw them, they teleported five years into the future to a dark and desolate New York. And Hiro finds himself.
Theory
And this is where I refer back to my asterisk up there (*): I'm speculating that in some future Sylar will steal Candice's power and pose as President Nathan. Watch the episode 20 preview, 'Five Years Gone'. Notice how Nathan says, "I'm the most special person there is." How Sylar is that? The video I put up here is the U.S. trailer, but here is a link to the Canadian promo... notice the Sylar part. Sylar is standing in front of brown-haired Claire in the same place she was just seen with Nathan, saying... "I've waited a long time for this."
...aaaahhh!
Okay, I've thought about it some more, and I've come to another realization... if Sylar is impersonating Nathan, he could also be the one behind the genocide. In the promos, Mohinder tells Nathan that "genocide is not the answer." At first, I thought okay, maybe Nathan would be willing to do that... but with so many people he cares about being special including himself, I highly doubt he'll go through with it. Also in the Canadian promo you hear him say, "It wouldn't be the first species to be exterminated for the preservation of another." That's evolution talk: something we've heard from Sylar several times (evolutionary imperative, etc). It would make sense: Sylar impersonating somebody, using Mohinder to help him kill specials so he can take their powers.
Hm... sound familiar?
And now, some memorable quotes:
Sylar: Interesting, I can't wait to try that one...
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Peter: What do you do with something that killed you?
Nathan: Put it under your pillow.
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Nathan: I know this man.
Linderman: Great, if you see him, tell him I want my sword back!
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Bennet: Maybe I'm exactly where I want to be
Thompson: ...you're on death row.
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Sylar: No no... I'm not finished with you yet.
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Nathan: You must bring all your first dates here.
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Sylar: This is usually the part where people start screaming.
First there were plantains, then there were acai bowls.
I have recently made a new food discovery that made me flip.
Chai!
That's right, I've fallen hard for chai's spicy, exotic taste.
Technically all I tried was the chai latte at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, but that still counts, right?
But yea, I was expecting something similar to teas I've already tasted—lightly flavored, Chinese-style tea. But what I got was a full flavored, spiced-up drink that kept me smiling all day. It felt so good to drink!
It really is loaded with so much flavor, too... cinnamon, cloves, milk, cardamom, etc., all mixed into black tea.
Here is Wikipedia's take on chai if you'd rather believe it than me.
Also, if you're a health buff and need some extra incentive to start drinking chai, read this article on the many health benefits of chai. Who knew that black tea contains the most powerful antioxidants known to science?
Try some chai today!
(thumbs up!)
You'll like it, or... you can give it to me!
I'm sooo bad at updating, hahaha.
I don't even update my paper journal (which I haven't in like, 6 months or so anyway).
School's almost out... a little over a month and I'm DONE!
I know what the Spring fever is... feeling lazy just coz I'm used to college... gotta, gotta shake this off! Yikes!
I'm spending a lot more of my time on 9thwonders, the official/unofficial Heroes fansite.
ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL HEROES AIRS AGAIN
I've gotten so many of my friends into it recently, now they can't wait either! Wahoo!
Hm, what else does my life consist of...
ah, yes! Art!
I have no class yet. Am still practicing life drawings. I can do it pretty well when I'm in the mood, but when I'm not, I get all overanalytical and sheetz. Which sucks. I do do (heheheheh doo-doo) Heroes fanart, and Heroes fanfiction.
THAT'S RIGHT, FANFICTION, GO AHEAD AND LAUGH
I haven't done fanfiction since... oh what, 8th grade? Back when I was your typical angstyfreshteeeenager. It was Invader ZIM fanfiction and Yu-Gi-Oh. Oh man, I get chills just remembering it.
But seriously, I've gotten a lot of great reviews on my latest one, Awakenings. It's a story about Sylar getting Niki/Jessica's brain and gaining an alter-ego of his own... and it's not Gabriel! Gasp!
Hopefully that kind of exercises my writing skills for when I get back to writing story with Brent (who is taking his time writing his part). That part's aaaalmost finished.
And capoeira.
Aaaahh, capoeira... I love you so. And yet, I've been feeling really just bleeeegh when I go to classes. Back to my old self: I don't wanna play, I'm afraid I'll mess up, I'm thinking too much, nothing's coming to me, etc etc etc. Hopefully This feeling goes away by the time batizado rolls around (May 12). Aaaaayyyeeeeiiiii...
I'm giving a speech on capoeira tomorrow, I just realized XD
I'm done for now, when I remember how to blog nicely, I'll do another.
OH OH OH !
I went to a small zoo recently and saw something called a Sandhill Crane, and the name totally reminded me of Sendhil Ramamurthy (Sandhill... Sendhil... get it?!). I didn't let anybody know about that though. Ssshh.
