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Heroes

(S02E11) When Kristin offered up the chance to review the Fall (Season?) Finale of Heroes, I couldn't resist stepping in to help. While this episode lived up to a lot of the promises of the season, much like last season's finale, it may have been a little lighter on the action than you'd want. There are a lot of big changes for a lot of the characters and yes, the promised "hero" death. We get resolutions on the virus plot, the Sylar/Mya journey, Hiro's quest to stop Adam, the Bennet situation, and in the end, there's enough to entice us to come back for more. It's all here and let me tell you, if Kristin was yawning and checking her watch through the last episode, there wasn't time this week. This episode is absolutely jam-packed from start to finish. "Volume Two" wraps, and as with last year we get a teaser of Volume Three. But we'll get to all of that after the jump.

 

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]]>Adrian PasdarAdrianPasdarAli LarterAliLarterClaire BennetClaireBennetDana DavisDanaDavisGreg GrunbergGregGrunbergHayden PanettiereHaydenPanettiereHeroesHeroes RecapHeroesRecapHiro NakamuraHiroNakamuraHRGJack ColemanJackColemanMasi OkaMasiOkaMatt ParkmanMattParkmanMohinder SureshMohinderSureshMonica DawsonMonicaDawsonNathan PetrelliNathanPetrelliNBCNiki SandersNikiSandersNoah BennetNoahBennetPeter PetrelliPeterPetrelliSylarZachary QuintoZacharyQuintoJason HughesTue, 04 Dec 2007 00:31:00 ESTHeroes: Truth & Consequenceshttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/27/heroes-truth-and-consequences/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/27/heroes-truth-and-consequences/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/27/heroes-truth-and-consequences/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Monica and Micah from Heroes(S02E10) For the second to last episode of the season, I found tonight's show a bit slow. It had it's cool parts--I even have dedicated a section to them at the bottom of the post--but I looked at my watch a lot throughout the episode.

Overall, I think Heroes has come a long way since the beginning of the season. I think many Heroes viewers are just spoiled from the novelty and plot twists of the first season so they are critical when stories/characters aren't up to snuff.

But, that said, I am looking forward to the season finale. As the ads keep saying, "It all comes down to this."

 

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]]>adrian pasdarAdrianPasdarali larterclaire bennetdana davisDanaDavisgreg grunberghayden panettiereHaydenPanettiereheroesheroes recapheroesrecaphiro nakamuraHRGjack colemanmasi okamatt parkmanmohinder sureshmonica dawsonNBCniki sandersnoah bennetpeter petrellisylarzachary quintoKristin SampleTue, 27 Nov 2007 07:05:00 ESTHeroes: Cautionary Taleshttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/20/heroes-cautionary-tales/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/20/heroes-cautionary-tales/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/20/heroes-cautionary-tales/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Heroes: Cautionary Tales
(S02E09) "You've gone native. Are you kidding me?" Noah Bennet to Mohinder Suresh.

Just when you thought Mohinder couldn't get any stupider, he goes and shoots Noah Bennet in the eye. He is really in too deep with this company. And lately, he is making Matt Parkman look like a genius. (Wait, did Parkman just make me say that? Dumb joke, I know.) More on this after the jump because it basically took up the whole episode.

But before I go through all the storylines for this week, let me just say that I was so relieved that those ridiculous mascara-plague twins were absent from this week's Heroes. And just so I don't get too excited about it, I put a picture of them in the post to remind me that they are still on the show. (However, they are the vehicle to get the devilish Sylar back in the states so I suppose I forgive them on some level.)

 

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]]>adrian pasdarAdrianPasdarali larterAliLarterclaire bennetClaireBennetdana davisDanaDavisgreg grunbergGregGrunberghayden panettiereHaydenPanettiereheroesheroes recapHeroesRecaphiro nakamuraHiroNakamuraHRGjack colemanJackColemanmasi okaMasiOkamatt parkmanMattParkmanmohinder sureshMohinderSureshmonica dawsonMonicaDawsonNBCniki sandersNikiSandersnoah bennetNoahBennetpeter petrelliPeterPetrellisylarzachary quintoZacharyQuintoKristin SampleTue, 20 Nov 2007 10:02:00 ESTHeroes: Four Months Agohttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/13/heroes-four-months-ago/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/13/heroes-four-months-ago/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/13/heroes-four-months-ago/#commentsFiled under: , ,

(S02E08) Peter Petrelli: "I remember...I remember everything."
Adam Monroe: "Good, then...Shall we save the world?"

So, if you're a hero, a lot can happen in four months. And, apparently, a lot is going to happen in the next three episodes as our favorite heroes have to save the world (and probably the cheerleader) again. From those scenes from next week's Heroes, it looks like there may be a stand-off coming between the two father-daughter pairs on the show (Noah/Claire & Bob/Elle). I can't wait to see that.

Some may disagree with me, but I thought this was a great episode. I know nothing really moved forward in the "present-day plot" so to speak, but we got a lot of much-needed answers about some of the key players on the show. And, most importantly, Peter Petrelli got his memory back. Brainless Peter was just annoying.



 

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]]>Claire BennetClaireBennetHayden PanettiereHaydenPanettiereHeroesheroes recapHeroesRecapHiroKenseiMilo VentimigliaMiloVentimigliaMohinder SureshMohinderSureshMonica DawsonMonicaDawsonNBCNoah BennetNoahBennetPeter PetrelliPeterPetrelliKristin SampleTue, 13 Nov 2007 06:41:00 ESTHeroes: Out of Timehttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/06/heroes-out-of-time/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/06/heroes-out-of-time/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/06/heroes-out-of-time/#commentsFiled under: , ,

HRG and his wife(S02E07) I enjoyed this episode immensely.

For starters, there wasn't a single mention of the wonder twins tonight! There were no black tears, no subtitles, and consequently, no dozing off on my part. The twins' storyline is this years version of the Nikki/Jessica snorefest that ensued most of last season. The less I have to see of it the better.

Unfortunately, we also received no further insight into what's going on in Gabriele's world. I was really hoping we'd get to see him make good on his promise to kill Alejandro.

Judging by some of the comments I've read in past recaps, I'm willing to bet a few of you completely agree with me on that point.

 

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Hiro and Yaeko
(S02E06) "There's a storm coming Dr. Suresh." --Bob

Is Bob heralding the return of season one's magic? Save the cheerleader. Save the world. Claire is a cheerleader again. New York is burning, destroyed, evacuated (or whatever) again. Now all we need is Sylar to get his powers back. I can only hope that the overarching plotline will take us in this direction. It's not that I want to see a repeat of season one. I just long for the overlapping stories. I like seeing the characters all together, supers cooperating to save the world. It gives me the warm and fuzzies.

 

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]]>Claire BennetClaireBennetHayden PanettiereHaydenPanettiereHeroesheroes recapHeroesRecapHiroKenseiMilo VentimigliaMiloVentimigliaMohinder SureshMohinderSureshMonica DawsonMonicaDawsonNBCNoah BennetNoahBennetPeter PetrelliPeterPetrelliKristin SampleTue, 30 Oct 2007 07:20:00 ESTHeroes: The Kindness of Strangershttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/16/heroes-the-kindness-of-strangers/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/16/heroes-the-kindness-of-strangers/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/16/heroes-the-kindness-of-strangers/#commentsFiled under: , ,

HEROES
(S02E04) "Oh Golly" - Sylar, grade A meanie.

I really want to thank all you guys who sent in such positive feedback on the new format for Heroes reviewcaps. JJ is going to follow a similar structure, as he displayed last week, so we can have some consistency from week to week, episode to episode.

The above quote was one of the single most hilarious moments ever on Heroes, which is usually suffering from too much drama... or more accurately melodrama.

This week saw the introduction of Micah's extended family, the return of a clean-shaved Nathan Petrelli and the answer to who is Molly's monster, so lets get it started.

 

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]]>episode 4heroes recapHeroesRecapreviewcapSeason 2The Kindness of StrangersTheKindnessOfStrangersVarun LellaTue, 16 Oct 2007 01:02:00 ESTHeroes: Kindredhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/09/heroes-kindred/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/09/heroes-kindred/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/09/heroes-kindred/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Sylar is back.

(S02E03) Back by popular demand, we're sticking with the format that Varun put to such good use in his most recent reviewcap of Heroes.

I'm actually thrilled he came up with it as my fingers were on the verge of falling off after pecking out the gargantuan review of the first episode. Since we happen to lack Claire's immaculate regenerative qualities, Varun and I would have been fingerless by season end had we kept up with the old format.

 

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]]>Claire BennettClaireBennettHeroes recapHeroes reviewcapHeroesRecapLizardsregenerationSureshThe HatianJJ HawkinsTue, 09 Oct 2007 02:04:00 ESTHeroes: Lizardshttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/02/heroes-lizards/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/02/heroes-lizards/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/02/heroes-lizards/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Heroes episode 2
(S02E02) "Have you seen a scary white man?" - Hiro Nakamura, time traveler.

Last week at TV Squad we had a big discussion on how to handle our "reviewcaps," the episodes of the big shows that we both provide a plot summary and review of. It seemed that we were getting a lot of very detailed plot descriptions, but not enough review. These special posts seem to go on and ramble on forever and there clearly needed to be some change. It was decided that we would treat reviewcaps not as entire episode treatments, but rather a review where all the major plot points are touched upon.

So I present to you, my lovely audience, my first ever (intentional) reviewcap!

 

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]]>Claire BennettHeroes recapHeroes reviewcapHeroesRecapLizardsregenerationSureshThe HatianVarun LellaTue, 02 Oct 2007 01:30:00 ESTHeroes: Four Months Later (season premiere)http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/09/24/heroes-four-months-later-season-premiere/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/09/24/heroes-four-months-later-season-premiere/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/09/24/heroes-four-months-later-season-premiere/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Heroes Season 2 Premiere

(S02E01) In honor of the season two premiere of Heroes, we've got a live chat scheduled to coincide with the show. Come on in and make your thoughts about the show be known in real-time.

Click here to join the chat.

The full review will be posted in this space later on this evening. The full reviewcap is now posted and can be seen after the jump.

 

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]]>AndoBlackieCandiceClaire BennettClaudeD.L. HawkinsEdenEllefeaturedHayden Panettiereheroes recapHeroesRecapHiroKristen BelleLindermanMicahMohinderMollyNikkiNoahParkmanPeter PetrelliPeterPetrelliSeason PremiereSylarTakezo KenseiJJ HawkinsMon, 24 Sep 2007 20:45:00 ESTHeroes: How to Stop an Exploding Man (season finale)http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/21/heroes-how-to-stop-an-exploding-man-season-finale/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/21/heroes-how-to-stop-an-exploding-man-season-finale/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/21/heroes-how-to-stop-an-exploding-man-season-finale/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Heroes Season Finale

(S01E23) In honor of the Heroes season finale, tonight we're mixing things up a bit.

There's going to be a live chat during the show so you can post your "I hate the reviewer" comments in real-time! The full review will be posted in this space later this evening (the review is below).

22 episodes ago the season began with a bang. Will we be seeing one tonight?

Click here to join the chat.

 

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]]>AndoCandiceD.L.featuredheroes recapHeroesRecapHiroMay SweepsMaySweepsMicahMollyNikkiNoahParkmanPeter PetrelliPeterPetrellirating6season finaleSeasonFinaleSylarJJ HawkinsMon, 21 May 2007 20:40:00 ESTHeroes: Landslidehttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/15/heroes-landslide/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/15/heroes-landslide/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/15/heroes-landslide/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Sylar turns in a fugitive

(S01E22) This episode got off to a quick start picking up right where we left off last week with Peter Petrelli on the verge of combustion. Peter nearly had Claire shoot him as they had previously discussed, but fortunately, he seemed to gain control of his newly absorbed power.

Which brings me to this question: Why is it Peter can absorb powers by standing next to someone, but Sylar has to "rip your head open" to quote Claire? I'm sure someone will let me know in the comments. I'm guessing it's not just a personal preference.

Peter's involvement from this point forward was fairly limited, but we can see from the previews that all hell is going to break loose next week, and Peter and Sylar will have their much anticipated standoff.

 

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]]>AndoComicsD.L.heroes recapHeroesRecapHiroJessiMicahNBCNikiiPeter Petrellirating6SylarJJ HawkinsTue, 15 May 2007 00:15:00 ESTHeroes: The Hard Parthttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Hiro and Ando realizing Sylar knows they are behind the canvas

(S01E21) Every week I walk away with a bit of a headache after watching Heroes. It's not a bad headache by any means. It's more of a sensory/information overload kind of a thing since each episode is filled to the brim with so many details.

That being said, the show is so entertaining, I find the discomfort completely worth it.

 

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]]>AndocomicsD.L.heroes recapHeroesRecapHiroJessicaMicahNathanNBCrating6SylarJJ HawkinsTue, 08 May 2007 00:13:00 ESTHeroes: Five Years Gonehttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/01/heroes-five-years-gone/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/01/heroes-five-years-gone/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/01/heroes-five-years-gone/#commentsFiled under: , ,


(S01E20) This episode is listed as "String Theory" on my PVR and some places online, but on NBC's site and the screen itself it says "Five Years Gone" so that's what I went with.

"What if?" stories are fun. They allow the creators to play around with characters and show them in unexpected new lights. This isn't a purely "what if?" story, however. What happens here determines "our" Hiro's (younger Hiro's) ability to return to the present and change history in the coming episodes -- or fail to.

 

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]]>featuredheroes recapHeroesRecaphiromasi okaMasiOkarating7string theoryStringTheorysuperheroesMichael CanfieldTue, 01 May 2007 09:02:00 ESTHeroes: .07%http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/04/24/heroes-07/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/04/24/heroes-07/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/04/24/heroes-07/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

from Sylar's Cubist Period(S01E19) It's Linderman's voice we hear over the "previously on Heroes" opening segment, rather than that of previous narrator Mohinder. That's an improvement. To tell you the truth I didn't know what to expect tonight. Heroes seems like it has been gone so long, I started worrying that its return would inevitably fail to live up to my anticipation.

I needn't have worried. I quickly found myself falling right back into the groove of the show. My favorite storyline was the Texas one. I enjoyed HRG's orchestration of the escape, using his knowledge of Matt and Ted's powers. As the Eric Roberts character will later say of HRG to the Artist Mohinder: "Glasses? Tall fella? He's no longer with the company." No doubt.

 

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Revised Manhattan Skyline
(S02E18) "Company Man" last week gave us many dimensions of one character. This week's awesomeness gives us many events snowballing throughout the Heroes universe. New characters, new secrets about old characters, and in anticipation of a month-plus hiatus, some tantalizing cliffhangers.

If this episode had been a football game, then I would say it was remarkable for its extraordinary number of turnovers. Time after time, when one character thinks he or she has the drop on another -- surprise! It isn't so.

 

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]]>heroes recapHeroesRecapmalcolm mcdowellMalcolmMcdowellparasitereviewreviewsseriesMichael CanfieldTue, 06 Mar 2007 06:41:00 ESTHeroes: Company Manhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/26/heroes-company-man/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/26/heroes-company-man/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/26/heroes-company-man/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Young Mr. Bennet
(S01E17) Damn, this is good TV. Heroes has raised the bar for itself again. That's my review, thanks for stopping by, I look forward to reading your comments.

Seriously though, I don't know where to start. The show this week focuses on one main story: the life and career of that "company man," Mr. Bennet, the man with a hidden first name, aka HRG. He is, as we knew, mysterious, calculating, and deceptive. He's also intelligent, conflicted, and loving. Jack Coleman, who plays this character teasing out all his layered glory, deserves an Emmy based on this episode alone.

 

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No surprise, Peter flies
(S01E16) See, this is what happens when you give an ex-junkie a gun just in case a human bomb turns up, and tell him to use it to "save the world." Not HRG's best strategy, and a tragedy for Simone (Tawny Cypress). I think Nathan, succumbing to the more cynical side of his nature, will be relieved by this turn of events, because of his fears over Simone's earlier stated intention to go public with her knowledge of special abilities. Not that Simone would have been believed any more that Claire was when she opened up to her Mom's doctor.

Nathan, by the way, tells Simone exactly how he would handle persons with special abilities: treat them like lab rats and isolate them. This, as we know, is pretty much the philosophy of HRG's organization, anyhow.

 

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]]>heroes recapHeroesRecapreviewreviewsseriesTawny cypressTawnyCypressUnexpectedMichael CanfieldTue, 20 Feb 2007 07:26:00 ESTHeroes: Run!http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/13/heroes-run/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/13/heroes-run/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/13/heroes-run/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Hiro undercover(S01E15) A rough week for some of the heroes makes for another pretty good episode, especially the Parkman and Jessica stuff.

For once, things appear to be going Matt Parkman's way. He's beaming as he heads off for his first day on a new job as private security. His client turns out to be an a-hole. Matt has not gotten used to overhearing the negative thoughts everyone he meets seems to have of him.

Just in from Vegas, recently-liberated Jessica has a new job herself; it's the first of what may be many contracts from Mr. Linderman. The cat-and-mouse chase up and down the stairwells was intense. So was Matt's near fatal fall. Jessica chucks him out a high window before finishing what she came to Los Angeles to do. Say what you will about Jessica, but she certainly enjoys herself more than Niki ever has. It was cool that Matt read both Niki's and Jessica's thoughts as they argued in the stairwell. [Note: that's how I interpreted Jessica & Niki's exchange in the stairwell anyway. See comments by Michelle @ 13 and Bill @16, etc. below.] Wherever they go, the mirror-twins seem to encounter an ample supply of reflective surfaces.

 

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]]>ali larterAliLarterheroes recapHeroesRecapmasi okaMasiOkareviewreviewsrun!seriessuperheroesMichael CanfieldTue, 13 Feb 2007 07:27:00 ESTHeroes: Distractionshttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/06/heroes-distractions/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/06/heroes-distractions/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/06/heroes-distractions/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

The Littlest Petrelli
(S01E14) Before the heroes can eliminate troublesome distractions they must discover what their own true distractions are.

Claude is a kick, and Peter finds out the hard way that he is also quite the hands-on teacher. The invisible Claude might be cynical and a misanthrope, but he does get results. Being thrown off a thirty-story building quickly clarifies things for Peter, though his subsequent revelation is exactly the opposite of Claude's philosophy. And Peter's breakthrough makes him more clearly a kind of anti-Sylar. Each absorbs powers, Sylar does it while killing, Peter does it by allowing himself to feel a life-affirming connection to the other heroes he has caught an ability from. It starts with a memory of Claire, who we now know ...

 

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