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Post by Onjel on Mar 31, 2007 10:32:33 GMT -5
Whoa. Intense and exciting episode, as well as heartbreaking. Excellent. Predictions, thoughts, what have you? Who was Claude protecting? My prediction is that it was Peter Petrelli. If you tie that in with what Claude said last week about "maximum potential": "That's you, mate," it would make sense that Peter would be the one, above all, that they shouldn't get their hands on, and that Claude would risk his life for. I don't think that Kaito is Lindermen. And I think Hiro is probably his natural son...and that he is perhaps in denial that his son would manifest powers. The Haitian's higher authority? God. (See: "Godsend") Say I'm wrong about Kaito being Hiro's birth father. Does that mean that all of that generation: Peter, Claire, DL, Niki, Nathan, and Hiro, were "placed" with someone within the organization?That'd make Micah a real wild card, then - he's still with his birth parents and apparently manifesting his powers under the Organization's radar. Exactly!
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Post by Karen on Mar 31, 2007 12:20:55 GMT -5
That'd make Micah a real wild card, then - he's still with his birth parents and apparently manifesting his powers under the Organization's radar. Exactly! Oh, good point!
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Post by Lola m on Apr 2, 2007 16:36:42 GMT -5
That'd make Micah a real wild card, then - he's still with his birth parents and apparently manifesting his powers under the Organization's radar. Exactly! **nods nods nods** They really don't seem to be aware of him. Well, that we've seen so far. Since Jessica is on Linderman's payroll, does that mean that Linderman is sheltering Niki (and by extension Micah) from HRG's organization?
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on May 10, 2007 18:12:39 GMT -5
Great review, Sara. Few notes:
*Mr. Lethe? What is the reference?
*I loved how you distinguished between Mr. Bennet/Family Man and HRG/Company Man in the tradition of superheroes and their alter-egos. Except that Bennet doesn't have any super powers and none of the Heroes on the show have created that schism at this point.
*"preferring to keep everyone he loved in the dark so he could maintain control of the situation and erasing people's memories as casually as if he was correcting answers in a crossword puzzle." I love this analogy.
*Major eetah to what you said about the Heroes/Lost comparisons. They are both really good shows, but different, and each has it's strengths and weaknesses. I'm anxiously awaiting for the period of disillusionment in a season or two, everyone will start harshing on Heroes. meep.
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Post by Sara on May 10, 2007 18:57:26 GMT -5
Great review, Sara. Few notes: *Mr. Lethe? What is the reference?*I loved how you distinguished between Mr. Bennet/Family Man and HRG/Company Man in the tradition of superheroes and their alter-egos. Except that Bennet doesn't have any super powers and none of the Heroes on the show have created that schism at this point. *"preferring to keep everyone he loved in the dark so he could maintain control of the situation and erasing people's memories as casually as if he was correcting answers in a crossword puzzle." I love this analogy. *Major eetah to what you said about the Heroes/Lost comparisons. They are both really good shows, but different, and each has it's strengths and weaknesses. I'm anxiously awaiting for the period of disillusionment in a season or two, everyone will start harshing on Heroes. meep. Lethe is one of the rivers in Hades; specifically, those who drank from it lost their memory. You can read all about it here, if you like.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on May 10, 2007 19:39:38 GMT -5
Great review, Sara. Few notes: *Mr. Lethe? What is the reference?*I loved how you distinguished between Mr. Bennet/Family Man and HRG/Company Man in the tradition of superheroes and their alter-egos. Except that Bennet doesn't have any super powers and none of the Heroes on the show have created that schism at this point. *"preferring to keep everyone he loved in the dark so he could maintain control of the situation and erasing people's memories as casually as if he was correcting answers in a crossword puzzle." I love this analogy. *Major eetah to what you said about the Heroes/Lost comparisons. They are both really good shows, but different, and each has it's strengths and weaknesses. I'm anxiously awaiting for the period of disillusionment in a season or two, everyone will start harshing on Heroes. meep. Lethe is one of the rivers in Hades; specifically, those who drank from it lost their memory. You can read all about it here, if you like. OK. I think I knew that (also, Lethe's bramble), I just wasn't making the connection. I wasn't thinking about mythology. Hell of a lot better name than what I came up with.
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Post by Lola m on May 11, 2007 21:09:38 GMT -5
Sara - what an excellent review of an excellent ep!
First off, I loved your main theme, as summed up in the quote you started with. Because the most amazing thing about this ep to me was not necessarily all the stunning twists and turns of plot (although they were very cool), it was the amazing transformation of HRG. I mean, both we and Claire start the ep absolutely hating on him, blaming him for her mother's health problems and not liking what he's done to his daughter, and then . . . peeeeel back the layers and show us an astonishment.
I totally agree with you that:
All the other elements were great, moved the story along, etc. etc. But that was the whole reason for the ep. And I loved the way you pointed out all the little moments in time that turned him into a man that would decide to destroy his own life in order to save Claire's. His first little stumble, a tiny moment of unease when trying to kill Claude; then choosing to hide Claire's powers; his later decisions to let Ted and Matt go, to start thinking his own thoughts instead of simply doing what he was told.
Also? Excellent idea that Claire's emotional pain parallels her ability to heal physically! I'd been trying to make some kind of connection for Claire and it was eluding me. But I think you hit the nail on the head.
Eetah on your kudos to Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere and Ashley Crow.
Again - excellent review, Sara!
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