heroes recap-related stories
Posted Dec 4th 2007 12:31AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: Powerless
Posted Nov 27th 2007 7:05AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
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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."
Continue reading Heroes: Truth & Consequences
Posted Nov 20th 2007 10:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.)
Continue reading Heroes: Cautionary Tales
Posted Nov 13th 2007 6:41AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: Four Months Ago
Posted Nov 6th 2007 1:05AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: Out of Time
Posted Oct 30th 2007 7:20AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: The Line
Posted Oct 23rd 2007 7:03AM by Varun Lella
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S02E05) "The moment you trust them with what you care about most, they'll have you." - HRG For some reason I feel a little short changed by this episode of
Heroes. Yes, there were plenty of twists and turns and moments of... "Wait! What the heck just happened," but I still feel that not enough progressed in the storylines I care about (mainly Hiro, Peter, HRG, and Sylar). There was just enough to make this episode not a waste of a Monday -- as if I had something better to do.
Let's just hope this is the set up for an amazing week to follow, but for now I present you with the next installment of HEROES REVIEWWWWWWWWWWWCAP (you are supposed to insert booming, echoing voice there).
Continue reading Heroes: Fight or Flight
Posted Oct 16th 2007 1:02AM by Varun Lella
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: The Kindness of Strangers
Posted Oct 9th 2007 2:04AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: Kindred
Posted Oct 2nd 2007 1:30AM by Varun Lella
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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!
Continue reading Heroes: Lizards
Posted Sep 24th 2007 8:45PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: Four Months Later (season premiere)
Posted May 21st 2007 8:40PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.Continue reading Heroes: How to Stop an Exploding Man (season finale)
Posted May 15th 2007 12:15AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: Landslide
Posted May 8th 2007 12:13AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: The Hard Part
Posted May 1st 2007 9:02AM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Heroes: Five Years Gone
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