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As Claire was lying to her father for the umpteenth time in the last two episodes, I thought to myself: “The man literally took a bullet for you and this is how you repay him.” Stalker-boy is really starting to piss me off.
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But I can see Claire’s point. Making them hide that deep is going to make them sloppy. And trying to stay too far under the radar will definitely make people more suspicious than they would be if Claire were acting normal.
There was an unnamed woman next to Nightmare Dad. They pointed out the Alchemist a couple of different times. His name is “Bob.” Bob the Alchmist.
[QUOTE=Lightray]
Pshaw. As if Sylar likes girls. You’ll have to be content with “Myhandro.”
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Mohinder + Sylar = “Mohair.”
Speaking of which, pipe that chest hair Sylar was showing off this ep. Woof!
So…Nathan is wearing a fake beard? Not the actor, the character?
I’m kind of annoyed that Nightmare Dad turned out to be Nightmare Dad. I think Matt was the only regular who didn’t have daddy issues.
[QUOTE=Otto]
Mohinder + Sylar = “Mohair.”
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Seriously, I’m the only one getting the creepy Flowers In The Attic vibe from Maya + Alejandro?
[QUOTE=Lightray]
Well, looks like the “Heroes” writers yanked all the “Lost” fans’ chains last week and played them for chumps with Sylar’s predicament. Turns out the Lost island is… the Yucatan. Oooh.
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I don’t think the wise-asses (like me) who said Sylar was on the “Lost” island really believed Sylar was supposed to be on the “Lost” island. But I am curious, did you think we believed that?
Tonight we got more new characters. Exactly what this show didn’t need.
It’s not just you. I sometimes think they’re a little too close.
Back row, L-R:
Linderman, Papa Petrelli, Angela Petrelli, Papa Sulu, Bob the Alchemist, Unidentified Woman, Nightmare Dad.
Front row, L-R:
Papa Deveaux, Man with Bad Mustache, Unidentified Guy.
So ten people, seven of whom are identified.
[QUOTE=Lightray]
Seriously, I’m the only one getting the creepy Flowers In The Attic vibe from Maya + Alejandro?
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I don’t care enough about them yet to get any vibe off them.
I missed the last 15 minutes or so. From where the Haitian said Odessa, Russia. Spoil?
Kind of hard to believe that Parkman’s dad is the big bad. Judging by the photo, I’d guess his power is selling used cars at low low prices.
Another girl working in a diner has some form of memory power. Must be all that order taking affecting the super gene. Does this mean that Smallville will run for student body president?
Speaking of Smallville, his secondary power must be super cliches. Personally I’d have let her hit the ground after jumping off the sign. “No really. This time I’ll catch you.”
Have to say that there is something odd with a (near) teenaged boy using his powers to get pay per view to look at men in their underwear. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath]
I missed the last 15 minutes or so. From where the Haitian said Odessa, Russia. Spoil?
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Matt and Mohinder had a quarrel because Matt wanted Molly to locate Nightmare Dad from the photo. Molly agreed to do it. She got as far as mentally locating an apartment in Philadelphia when she was attacked psychically. She went into shock but Matt could hear her screaming for help from inside her own mind.
Someone on Wikipedia is asserting that Nightmare Dad is also Hal, Niki/Jessica’s dad. I can’t say as I see a resemblance.
Well, at least this time the show had movement in the plotlines.
Think of last season, all the plotlines started coming together for totally arbitrary reasons. Now Noah and the Haitian are going to be chasing the future-paintings of the people in the picture, Petrelli, Parkman, and company are going to be directly trying to prevent it…Claire is going to remain useless, Sylar is going to take the hispanics to New York (or kill them), either way, we get Sylar back in on the main plot. It looks like it’s starting to come together.
There are 12 Justice League Members to look for:
Nakamura (Deceased)
Linderman (Deceased)
Mr. Petrelli (Deceased)
Charles Duvoe (Deceased)
Bob (known, power known)
Angela Petrelli (Known, Power Unknown)
Mr. Parkman (Known, Power Unknown: strong possibility that it is some form of psychic attack power, given Molly situation, Angela was psychically attacked and it left physical wounds)
Blonde Woman on far left, back row (Unknown)
Dark-Haired Woman Second From Right (Unknown)
Black Woman, seated, front row left (Unknown, very strong possibility that it is “Uhura”)
Mustache Man seated front right (Unknown)
Person we have not seen, White haired older man (Unknown, high probability that this is the killer, since we have not seen a clear view of him that leaves his identity shrouded)
Also at 22:49, while Nathan is picking out people from the crowd, he clearly says “Hiro Nakamura” when identifying the Keito Nakamura
[QUOTE=Otto]
I predict that Maya and Sylar will start a romantic relationship, for no other reason than their 'shipper name would be “Mylar.”
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Taken. That’s for Mohinder/Sylar. I lurk at TwoP too much. 
Nitpick du jour: Sylar found a pair of black jeans while stumbling around the Mexican hinterlands? Did he find a skinny biker to kill?
[QUOTE=Harborwolf]
Kind of hard to believe that Parkman’s dad is the big bad. Judging by the photo, I’d guess his power is selling used cars at low low prices.
Another girl working in a diner has some form of memory power. Must be all that order taking affecting the super gene. Does this mean that Smallville will run for student body president?
Speaking of Smallville, his secondary power must be super cliches. Personally I’d have let her hit the ground after jumping off the sign. “No really. This time I’ll catch you.”
Have to say that there is something odd with a (near) teenaged boy using his powers to get pay per view to look at men in their underwear. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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Please stop using the term “Smallville”.
I was starting to be underwhelmed by this season but this episode made things a lot more interesting again. Probably because stuff actually happened.
I liked the Claire plot last season but this season it’s pretty dull. Girl dates guy, keeps secret from dad. Can’t get any more cliche than that. There better turn out to be something interesting about West, maybe his parents are in that photo.
I liked the Maya-Alejandro plot at first, but I agree that it did get repetative after a while. But man, meeting Sylar in this episode, wow, now I’m really interested in seeing where this is going. Especially since Sylar knows he can’t just kill them and take their power just yet (which I assume was the purpose of the Sylar-Candice exchange). As much of a bastard as he is, I like having him around, he’s fun to hate.
Parkman’s dad turning out to be the main baddie, that’s quite a surprise. He sure doesn’t look all that evil in the photo. I wonder if we’ll be able to connect every hero we’ve seen back to people in that photo. We might even get some kind of an explanation as to where these powers came from.
But then Kensei having a power hundreds of years ago kinda screws that up. Though it makes you wonder how he could live to adulthood and not find out he can regenerate. Maybe the eclipse somehow causes it? I wonder how the Kensei plot has any relevance to what’s going on in modern times at all. As much as I like Hiro, it was kind of nice to take a break from that plot this week.
I was hoping for a little more information tonight before laying this out there, but Hiro was a no-show (like Peter) so here we go.
When Hiro went back in time in the last episode last season, his first look at his personal hero in full samurai gear included a shot of the warrior’s banner - the symbol on it was the violin-fret hole (for want of a better term). It has also always been on the sword hilt. Now it shows up as the symbol of the nightmare man.
As Hiro has been goofing around in 18th century Japan, he has said a couple of times, “I have to get back to my time before I do something that will change the future.” But he can’t seem to bring himself to return, and Hiro being Hiro, I’d say it’s a pretty safe bet that the combination of his mucking around and the mock hero’s questionable morals are going to create an outfit so bad that The Company was created to fight it.
Whaddya think?
[QUOTE=Yumblie]
But then Kensei having a power hundreds of years ago kinda screws that up. Though it makes you wonder how he could live to adulthood and not find out he can regenerate. Maybe the eclipse somehow causes it? I wonder how the Kensei plot has any relevance to what’s going on in modern times at all. As much as I like Hiro, it was kind of nice to take a break from that plot this week.
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The theory I subscribe to is that his power isn’t straight-up regeneration like Claire, but rather a “reboot” from death to life (like using up another life in a video game). Damage really counts, but never fatally.
[QUOTE=Lightray]
Seriously, I’m the only one getting the creepy Flowers In The Attic vibe from Maya + Alejandro?
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See above for my telenovela observation.
I have to agree that Sylar getting together with the Wonder Twins suddenly made that storyline more interesting. There seems to be a lot more plot movement this episode, as compared to last week. Still don’t like where Claire seems to be going, though; I liked it better when her boyfriend was gay.
[QUOTE=Priam]
The theory I subscribe to is that his power isn’t straight-up regeneration like Claire, but rather a “reboot” from death to life (like using up another life in a video game). Damage really counts, but never fatally.
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Didn’t he intentionally cut himself at some later point to test it out, and healed?
There’s a lot of lazy writing in this series. Way too many plot points happen by coincidence. Which, in a world of super powers, where people are willing to accept arbitrarily supernatural things happening, is just bad writing.
Sylar meets up with the wonder twins by coincidentally ending up in the same area as them, and passing out on a road, and they’re the first ones to see him?
They did that a lot last year, though. It’ll be a pattern. There’s just not a whole lot of care taken to smoothly and plausibly integrate the different plot lines.
I just find any scenes in “Cork” to be too painful to watch.
What, they couldn’t find any actual Irishwomen and Irishmen in the whole of America? :rolleyes:
The accents and Americanisms hurt my ears. Nobody in Ireland runs a “Sportsbook”, they would have roobbed a “betting shop”, “bookmakers” or “bookie’s”… surely American viewers would have been able to understand the term “Betting shop”?
As for the idea that the Irish mafia family have some sort of weird “clan” symbol they use as a tattoo…bizarre. Since when were the Yakuza Irish?
[QUOTE=Otto]
OK, so Cousin Nawlins has some kind of photographic reflex/memory power.
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If I had that power I’d watch a ton of poker shows.
For Hollywood, masturbating all over yourself is the biggest turn on possible. Is West’s smug sarcasm supposed to be charming? Because it’s not working. Yeah, he doesn’t want to see her get hurt - right after he humiliates her in class which is death to a teenager. I hope they’re planning to turn him into a villain, because he certainly acts like one.
No Peter, no ancient Japan, no Nikki. Good episode. I hope this season starts to explore why so many people are suddenly getting superpowers. When I first saw the promos I thought the eclipse was going to play a big role in their mutations.