[Movie] "Villains" - Heroes Season 3 Thread

I'll say something here because I had something here originally to move the spoiler, then I put it somewhere else.

Originally Posted by Tritoch

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I was glad to see Claire finally give up the whole "I just want to be normal" spiel, but then one minor dose of pain to show her what she'd be up against and she decides to run off alone? Her character seems destined to be annoying no matter what path she takes. God help us if she hooks up with the flying boy again to fight crime.

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I'm pretty sure Claire was set to take off no matter what, and the incident in the shipping container only strengthened her resolve. My problem with that was the implausiblilty of one or two flames sucking out all the oxygen in that short amount of time. It just didn't make sense.

The other thing that bothered me was why the company sent the Haitian, alone, to protect the formula. Sure he nullifies powers, but as events showed, it's pretty easy to take him out with a blow to the head or a bullet.

In spite of the flaws, I thought this episode was worlds better than last week. Lack of Indian Spiderman helped. Some very interesting new powers in this episode, though it doesn't look like we'll get to see them again anytime soon.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Last night's episode was chock full of holes.

Sylar and Peter already have similar powers, but I assume Peter needs Sylar's power because it actually robs the victim of their ability, as opposed to just copying it. Still, isn't there an easier way of defeating this nameless foe (killing them, using the Haitian, etc.)?

This is a middling complaint, but there was a scene where Suresh puts down his recorder, and we see it get dusty in the same spot as 4 years passes. This would work, except later we see Suresh using the recorder, which means he picked it up, and the time lapse shot didn't actually happen.

Also, the healing ability seems inconsistent. It had been previously established that if there was something in a person's body as the cause of death, the person couldn't heal until that was removed (when the date-rape guy killed Claire in S1, she didn't wake up until the foreign body was removed). This season, Sylar was shot, and he seemed to eject the bullets from himself without assistance (granted, this could have been some other power of his, but he was dead, so no powers). Last night, Future Peter lay "dead" on the table. At first, I assumed the Haitian was inhibiting him, but then present Peter used his powers on Nathan, so that couldn't have been it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by striped phantom

my theory of why Peter didn't heal is because he's too dead to think about his powers and that Claire's involuntary healing powers were subdued by the Haitian. Aww fuck it, it doesn't explain why Present Peter couldn't heal him either.

Best quote ever. Also, Claire and Peter can't heal others (except through blood transfusions). Linderman is the one that can heal people.

eprox1, you're right. People lose their powers because Sylar kills them; Claire is the only one to survive. This takes me back to what I thought through all of last night's episode: Why does Peter need Sylar's power when he can already do basically the same thing?

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

Originally Posted by thesleeper

and great chef sylar! making waffles! there has to be some superhero he stole that from. (whos the mother then? claire?)

You really haven't been paying attention this season, have you? Sylar is Claire's uncle. Unless he wants to add "creepy incest pervert" to his list of crimes, I don't think he'll ever have sex with Claire.

Of all the convoluted things going on this season, Mohinder bothers me the most. One minute he's Indian Spiderman, drugging people and wrapping them in cocoons, the next he's Rational Scientist. It could be chalked up to Jekyll/Hyde behavior except that Rational Scientist continues to defend what Spiderman does. Plus the whole bit about "I've been duped by companies with hidden agendas before, but what the hell, let's make it a third time" last night just makes me want Mohinder to die and be reincarnated as a dung beetle.

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

The biggest thing that pissed me off in this episode was the nearly implausible "mortal enemies fall in love" plot device. Ok, maybe Sylar and Elle aren't in love just yet, but they went from Elle repeatedly frying Sylar for killing her father to sitting half naked and giggling. I'd put money on Elle being the mother of Sylar's kid in the future. I don't care what universe you're in, you don't warm up that fast to a mass murderer.

I was speaking idiomatically.