[Movie] Heroes Season Two Discussion

As usual, Hiro's segments were definitely my favorite part of the episode. I loved his line "I broke history." Unfortunately, I'm now unable to take any scene of Claire facing off with the cheerleaders seriously after finding out that Hayden Panettiere is the lead in Bring It On: All or Nothing. That movie's plot was a little too close to her story in tonight's episode for my liking. Damn my job at Movie Gallery.

Originally Posted by Kaelin

Claire Stuff:

It's too bad that Zach is pretty much no longer in Claire's life anymore, although his "replacement" looks almost like a taller version of him. And whee, he can fly.....seriously could they have at least come up with something different for him? It's stuff like that which makes me like The 4400 a lot more since there were so many different abilities shown in that series.

Spoiler:

I was disappointed by that too, but look at the info Crash posted in the OP of this thread. Since we already know this guy is probably in league with the company, maybe they've found a way to artificially give powers that they've seen before. It's possible that they managed to get a sample of Nathan's DNA and replicate his ability. That would make them much more dangerous.

Originally Posted by Kaelin

Takei Stuff:

Also, did it give a clear shot of whether the assassin that came for him died with him? I couldn't tell.

Spoiler:

You couldn't tell if he was dead, but there was a second body collapsed on the ground. I highly doubt that the assassin died though. Didn't Takei say that there were only 9 of those extremely powerful guys? He recognized which one he was too. Plus, if this assassin was supposed to be so powerful, I doubt he would just tackle Takei on the edge of a roof without knowing he could survive.

Maya Stuff:

I'm really anxious to find out the specifics of her power. My current theory is that she can unleash localized and fast-acting plagues, which would be really, really awesome.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

Maya:

My take was a bit different. The people were all bleeding from the eye sockets, which suggested to me that they'd perhaps had some kind of hemorrhaging. If she were able to manipulate the heartbeat and blood pressure of everyone around her, she could easily cause cerebral and ocular bleeding.

I don't think her brother is a super. I get the feeling that he's normal and it's merely his reassuring presence that helps Maya calm down enough to control her powers. He is the Ando to her Hiro.

Spoiler:

Yeah, since all we know about her ability is that it causes cerebral and ocular bleeding there are several possible causes. Off the top of my head:
- Some kind of fast-acting, localized disease
- Blood pressure manipulation
- Sonic frequency

Plague was just my favorite explanation of the three. Plus, think about what was mentioned between the Company man and Mohinder. If the virus affecting people with abilities mutated to affect the rest of the population, it would become a worldwide epidemic. What easier way for the virus to mutate than someone with a plague-related ability contracting it?

Also, since she killed everyone on that truck without meaning to it makes blood pressure seem to be the least likely of those three. I'm not sure how an ability to alter body chemistry like that could work on so many targets that just happen to be in the same general area at the time.

Oh, and I agree that Alejandro is probably powerless. It seems like he's just there to keep her calm.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Nathan wasn't necessarily captured, but he did meet with Noah's boss quite a bit last season. Who's to say they didn't get a small sample then?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Shonos

I just skimmed the thread so I dont know if anyone has said this or not. But judging from the comics it sounds like that mexican girl's "power" is being able to host a deadly virus.

A virus that could be harvested and used to perhaps create a cure or discover a way to make cells live longer. It's also a virus that could completely wipe out all of mankind. But it doesn't look like it has anything to do with the virus targeting those with special abilities. D:

I suppose I really need to go back and read the comics sometime. It's really annoying how they have characters like Hana that play an important role in the story, but I know nothing about them because I just want to watch the show. Nice to know that it's looking like I was right about her having a virus power, though. Much cooler than the other possibilities.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Free.User

Oh god, all this recent mushy-mushy-kissy stuff is making the show painful to watch.

Are we watching the same show? Claire's story is admittedly corny and uninteresting, but we already know that'll get interesting once Noah meets Flying Kid. None of the other parts have really been laying it on thick.

I'm a little confused though.

Spoiler:

How did Sylar just wind up around the Mexican border all of a sudden? Did I miss something? In any case, I'm glad he's unable to take powers at the moment. I like Maya and her brother too much to have them die this early on.

Nice to see Charlie's power duplicated too, so we'll actually get to see it in use.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The "What's in the box?" promo was definitely the best, since Peter didn't even open the freaking box. I'm just happy they didn't think up a new tagline to be used for half of season 2 like "Save the cheerleader, save the world."

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I liked this episode, though like Jazzflight said, the time jumps for Peter were very poorly done.

Originally Posted by Jazzflight

Did we even learn anything new of any importance, like we did in "6 Months Ago" from last season?

Well, we did finally receive confirmation that Niki's power is general spirit channeling and not just her sister. It's nice to know that eventually her character might not be quite so lame and useless. That may have already been shown in the comics, but I haven't read any of those.

While the Mohinder/Noah showdown will be interesting (hopefully resulting in one less Mohinder), I'm looking forward to seeing how Hiro travelling back to save his father will pan out. If he actually does manage to stop Kensei on the rooftop it would change a lot of what's happened so far this season. Maybe enough to actually wrap this up well in only 3 episodes.

FELIPE NO

The fact that she channeled some other old friend with no actual powers rather than Jessica this time?

Besides, Bob gave her the same pills as Peter to stop her powers. Why would he give those for split personality disorder? Even if he wasn't lying, eliminating the original cause wouldn't even begin to fix the disorder.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

To sort everyone out here:

Gina said she was just the alias Niki used when she hung out in Las Vegas sometime in her past.

Seems more like split personality than spirit channeling.

Oh, gotcha. In that case, Niki's place as the second worst person with abilities is cemented (first place going to Claire's boyfriend). Still, Bob's medication solution made zero sense for treating split personalities.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

"Mr. Bennet. Why?"

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Ali Larter must want to return to her lucrative movie career making Final Destination 4.

Originally Posted by Shonos

Sure it makes sense. The pills turn her powers off. With her power off her brain doesn't have to struggle with having that power. So there's no need for a split personality. Get it?

I missed this post earlier, but yeah, that solution still makes no sense. Multiple personalities don't vanish just because a simple cause like her power goes away. Not immediately like they seemed to think, at least. Plus, based on what Jessica said about "their" father, her power was only one of several causes anyway.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Thank you, local NBC affiliate, for interrupting Heroes to let me know there's a hostage situation in a house somewhere and that you currently have no details at all about it. Truly an informative break-in. I especially enjoyed the 10 seconds of dead air at the end with nothing but the camera on a silent reporter.

Spoiler:

Came back from it in time to see Peter holding dust, so I assume he burned/zapped the virus after a dramatic leap/telekinetic move. Now I'll have to find that one part when NBC puts the episode online.

Other than that interruption, great episode tonight. Not sure why Peter didn't just demonstrate his powers at the end though. I guess his idiocy hadn't quite worn off yet.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?