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Post by Lola m on Nov 7, 2006 8:37:46 GMT -5
Little things I loved, which probably have already been covered: Micah's a Talent too! Woohoo!! Yes!! I was all "we knew it, we knew it, we knew it!" She was either a Mulder-like person already or else she was already in the know, I think. Like maybe there's a "supernatural" FBI team or group or something? Oh, I forgot about that one! That was too too funny! Yeah, I think it was for the wife's sake, for his brother's sake, for the family, basically. Oh, and I'm sure there was a teeny bit of "if I do this for him, he'll do what I want" in there too. But it seemed like such an instinctive, band together to protect, kind of move. I think the "what will this get me" motive came after he'd done it. That was one of the best moments - so good! There were a heck of a lot of them in this ep - so packed full of goodness!
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Post by Lola m on Nov 7, 2006 8:39:29 GMT -5
Yup, that too--he's a new face for us. I suspect he's able to emit heat and/or radiation, but he doesn't seem to have a lot of control over it--it sounds like it mostly happens when he's upset. So what were the two little marks on radiation boy's neck and Matthew's neck? Tattoos from Mr. Bennett indicating that they've been tagged, scanned, and released? And there was a speech in there somewhere in the episode about heroism that gave me chills, that reminded me of some of the finest moments of AtS, though now I can't remember when or where it was. Dammit. **nods** There were several moments like that for me in this ep. When the old man was dying in Peter's dream, when his daughter was talking to Peter, a line or two from Mohinder's narration at the end.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Nov 7, 2006 8:39:53 GMT -5
None of us is talking! The wonders of IM. That's all well and good for those of you on East Coast/Central time, but it deprives us West Coasters of conversation. They always forget we exist. If I can't post in real-time, at least I can read peoples' comments the morning after. I've been trying to quantify Peter's powers. The best I can come up with is that whatever there is in Peter that makes him a good caregiver, his empathy, if you will, is what makes him understand and mirror others' powers back to them. Peter is the one who sees, understands, and returns their strength to them. Something like that. Anne, defy the cheerleader, destroy the chicken P.S. I don't think Nathan is bad, yet. He's a sleeze in his personal life (am I the only one who thinks, from his wife's expressions, that he's cheated before?), but he isn't an evil villain. He's probably going to have to choose one way or the other at some point, and I'm going to guess he comes down on the good side in the end.
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Post by Lola m on Nov 7, 2006 8:41:05 GMT -5
And my deepest sympathies to all of you who didn't get to see mo-mo this week, but only got to hear him. For your pain: Oh, my sweet Mo-mo!! **goes to happy place** Thanks!
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Post by Lola m on Nov 7, 2006 8:43:22 GMT -5
That's all well and good for those of you on East Coast/Central time, but it deprives us West Coasters of conversation. They always forget we exist. If I can't post in real-time, at least I can read peoples' comments the morning after. I've been trying to quantify Peter's powers. The best I can come up with is that whatever there is in Peter that makes him a good caregiver, his empathy, if you will, is what makes him understand and mirror others' powers back to them. Peter is the one who sees, understands, and returns their strength to them. Something like that. Anne, defy the cheerleader, destroy the chicken **nods a lot** I think Simone's dad really summed it up well in Peter's dream. (Also, isn't it interesting that Peter is the one that keeps dreaming like this? Is he channelling another power from someone we haven't met yet? Or is this just another aspect of super-Empathy?) Oh, and **giggle**
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Post by Matthew on Nov 7, 2006 9:09:13 GMT -5
That's all well and good for those of you on East Coast/Central time, but it deprives us West Coasters of conversation. They always forget we exist. If I can't post in real-time, at least I can read peoples' comments the morning after. I've been trying to quantify Peter's powers. The best I can come up with is that whatever there is in Peter that makes him a good caregiver, his empathy, if you will, is what makes him understand and mirror others' powers back to them. Peter is the one who sees, understands, and returns their strength to them. Something like that. Anne, defy the cheerleader, destroy the chicken P.S. I don't think Nathan is bad, yet. He's a sleeze in his personal life (am I the only one who thinks, from his wife's expressions, that he's cheated before?), but he isn't an evil villain. He's probably going to have to choose one way or the other at some point, and I'm going to guess he comes down on the good side in the end. I'm thinking his wife's expressions had to do with the fact that he was somehow responsible for her current paralysis, and she has already forgiven him for his role, but he hasn't forgiven himself: hence he walks on eggs around her. That said, he's probably gonna practice his "mwuhahah!" laugh, but from what I've seen of him so far, he's pragmatic, moderately ruthless, but not so much with the evil.
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Post by Matthew on Nov 7, 2006 9:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by Matthew on Nov 7, 2006 9:30:22 GMT -5
You know, if you're anticipating radiation that makes a Geiger counter scream like that, you should probably be wearing protective gear. They might both be in for a nasty case of skin cancer, not to mention losing their hair.... On the up side, neither of them will have to worry about birth control ever again. Hiro makes me sad, thinking about what's gonna happen to him. Probably. He's so very naive and idealistic, and so joyful...and I know that awful things are going to break him of those tendencies. **nods** I loved that glimpse of the uberhot Future!Hiro, but he definitely looked as though some of the . . . . joy, I guess?, was lost. From what he'd seen and experienced and so on? But then again, maybe not. Maybe he'll add the experiences to become more knowledgable and prepared, but not let it kill his basic . . . Hiro/hero-ness? I think he just looked... businesslike. The twinkle was still there in his eyes, it seemed to me, but he was trying to convey to Peter that the message was of the utmost seriousness: and he's lived with his abillities long enough that the giddiness has settled into a warm satisfaction, maybe. plus, he's got a katana on his back. That's enough to make anyone happy and peaceful feeling. I think he may have lost people along the way, but he has that... kindness in his voice and his eyes, still. I think it so helps that Masi Oka is a big ol' geek, himself: he's playing himself.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Nov 7, 2006 9:34:21 GMT -5
Teaser
No Suresh voiceover! No title card! My world is askew.
Peter's back to being a nurse. Good boy.
You know who you are, you know what you want. That's your power.
Ah, a dream sequence, and Peter's not a nurse.
Snuck the tape back into friends possessions. Sneaky.
Brother's got the tape now. Great.
Niki's not dead. Not that that was a question.
Maybe Niki's the one who needs to be saved.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Nov 7, 2006 9:42:35 GMT -5
Part I
She's been cheating on him?
Isaac and the paintings are gone.
She sold the painting to Linderman. Linderman again. This can't be good.
This is Nathan's wife?She's just paralyzed.
Claire's brother's name is Lyle.
Is daddy gonna have his mind wiped now, too?
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Nov 7, 2006 9:56:28 GMT -5
Part II
Random victims. Or are they?
Excessive radiation.
Theodore Sprague. We haven't seen him before, right?
Heroes don't run away, bad guys do. I want to see the Hiro and Micah Show.
DarkNiki is Jessica. So we can use that name now.
DL meets Hiro and Ando.
So Hiro's powers do work on other superheroes.
Peter as the black sheep of the family.
Yay, it is the Hiro and Micah show!!
We can never go back. More wanderers.
Put it up on YouTube! Hee!
Ah, she's afraid that they'd regret adopting her.
Lots of electrical/radiation burns.
Pictures, with faces burned off.
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Post by Karen on Nov 7, 2006 9:56:59 GMT -5
Aww, Radiation Man gave his wife cancer. That bites. Oh...and Nathan can fly, while his wife can't even walk. Peter is empathetic, while his brother is not....so much. Hmmm...
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Post by Sara on Nov 7, 2006 10:00:17 GMT -5
None of us is talking! The wonders of IM. That's all well and good for those of you on East Coast/Central time, but it deprives us West Coasters of conversation. They always forget we exist. C'mon, we more than made up for our initial lapse--you had six pages to read when you showed up.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Nov 7, 2006 10:04:18 GMT -5
Part III
Peter undermining Nathan.
Linderman's a friend of dad.
But then Peter covers for Nathan.
Yeah, I'm thinking that this is a different person too. Guy who can't control his radiation power. Other Sylar victims didn't have the radiation.
Cool, he hears her thoughts when she's in a coma!
She got to choose to die. Good for her.
Calling Nathan, this could get ugly.
Aw, don't we get to see the kids?
Jessica's not going to smack down Texas Tina, is she?
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Post by Rachael on Nov 7, 2006 10:06:52 GMT -5
I think the clumps are significant in more than one way. My new game: group the Heroes into "good" and "bad" - how do you predict they'll fall out, if we assume we have superheroes and supervillains? So far, I've got only three in the "bad" column: Nathan, Jennifer/Niki, and Sylar. I think. Micah is a wild card, IMO - he could go either way. I don't think Nathan's a Supervillain type. He seems to be more of a garden-variety arse, and if he's not gonna use his flying for evil-laugh-inducing purposes, he's just an arsehole politician with an unsual talent that's a bit more extreme than wriggling his ears. A garden-variety villain. Niki is in a Jekyl/Hyde struggle at the moment, even though she let her other half loose to go after DL, she is in panicked mom mode. Sylar's been the only one to actually do any evil gloating, in his message to Chandra Suresh. Ah, but that's why it'll be interesting - they don't necessarily start out evil, but their lack of grounding in anything solid, morally, will let them become evil. I'm putting my money on both Nathan and Niki winding up on the wrong side in a few months here.
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