Heroes: Out With A Bang
"I wonder which script we got tonight," I mused to my roomies during a commercial break. "Did we get the original script, or the ohshitwritersstrike contingency plan?"
Whatever it was, this volume closed with the first episode to truly recapture the feel of last season, right down to that tension-in-the-belly-inducing juggling of the subplots, at least one Hell Yeah moment -- Hiro "pulling a Beatrix Kiddo" on Kensei, as fishnetfatale put it -- and good character moments for almost everyone, including people finally asking the right questions. And with this being the SUPERFUCKINGURGENTWATCHTHISORDIE finale to perhaps the whole season, it was precisely the kind of episode the series needed if it wanted to avoid last year's 15 percent ratings drop between its' winter and spring installments.
It's enough to make one forgive that the presumed deaths of Niki and Nathan ... well, they weren't exactly swerves. The minute that montage kicked in, the only question left for me was whether Parkman was going to go all Jack Ruby on poor Nathan.
Peter's presumed quest for his killer is sure to be the driving force behind the next volume, of course, and the odds favor his quarry -- the shooter looked male from a distance -- being another newcomer. Kensei had been dropped six feet under by Hiro, who is now FUCKING AWESOME; Sylar was too busy getting his mojo back New Jack City style; and Noah, who could have been the Company's triggerman, since he's now indentured to them, was presumably in California and away from the scene, depending on how long it took Parkman to set up that press conference. Come to think of it, I'm still not sure Parkman didn't tip the Company off about Nathan's intentions. Hmmm ...
Other questions:
* What happens to Maya now?
* What happens to Claire?
* Is Mohinder going to Show Elle his lightning rod?
* Is Ando going to do anything worth a damn anymore?
* Could Mrs. Petrelli have meant "Pandora's Box" literally? And how connected is she to the Company?
* And one thought: Sylar now has Adam's and Claire's blood in his veins. Uh oh ...
Hopefully, calling the next Volume Villains is a good omen, signaling that Tim Kring and Co. are done with the ponderousness and pontification and are ready to just give us some all-out brawls ... whenever the show returns.
Whatever it was, this volume closed with the first episode to truly recapture the feel of last season, right down to that tension-in-the-belly-inducing juggling of the subplots, at least one Hell Yeah moment -- Hiro "pulling a Beatrix Kiddo" on Kensei, as fishnetfatale put it -- and good character moments for almost everyone, including people finally asking the right questions. And with this being the SUPERFUCKINGURGENTWATCHTHISORDIE finale to perhaps the whole season, it was precisely the kind of episode the series needed if it wanted to avoid last year's 15 percent ratings drop between its' winter and spring installments.
It's enough to make one forgive that the presumed deaths of Niki and Nathan ... well, they weren't exactly swerves. The minute that montage kicked in, the only question left for me was whether Parkman was going to go all Jack Ruby on poor Nathan.
Peter's presumed quest for his killer is sure to be the driving force behind the next volume, of course, and the odds favor his quarry -- the shooter looked male from a distance -- being another newcomer. Kensei had been dropped six feet under by Hiro, who is now FUCKING AWESOME; Sylar was too busy getting his mojo back New Jack City style; and Noah, who could have been the Company's triggerman, since he's now indentured to them, was presumably in California and away from the scene, depending on how long it took Parkman to set up that press conference. Come to think of it, I'm still not sure Parkman didn't tip the Company off about Nathan's intentions. Hmmm ...
Other questions:
* What happens to Maya now?
* What happens to Claire?
* Is Mohinder going to Show Elle his lightning rod?
* Is Ando going to do anything worth a damn anymore?
* Could Mrs. Petrelli have meant "Pandora's Box" literally? And how connected is she to the Company?
* And one thought: Sylar now has Adam's and Claire's blood in his veins. Uh oh ...
Hopefully, calling the next Volume Villains is a good omen, signaling that Tim Kring and Co. are done with the ponderousness and pontification and are ready to just give us some all-out brawls ... whenever the show returns.