# Heroes 11/20 - "Homecoming" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234 "2006-11-21T02:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/1 "2006-11-21T02:05:00Z")
Tonight they meet their destinies… ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/2 "2006-11-21T02:19:54Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Tonight they meet their destinies… [/QUOTE] “Is the gay boy your date?” Kudos on calling that one. ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/3 "2006-11-21T02:19:57Z")
On going reaction comment: was it delicious to only me when Claire just slugged Queen Bitch? Though I admit I giggled a little at the willingness to confront the Ambiguously Gay Boy subtext… ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/4 "2006-11-21T02:21:05Z")
Dammit astro! ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/5 "2006-11-21T02:21:43Z")
Are you kidding? Where can I send her a cheque??? ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/6 "2006-11-21T02:32:38Z")
And Ambiguously Gay Boy remains… horribly Ambiguous. Damn you, NBC! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/7 "2006-11-21T02:36:10Z")
You know that cliché about being on the edge of your seat? The last segment had me on the edge of my seat. Oh, but now here’s Mohinder. Yawn. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/8 "2006-11-21T02:37:14Z")
[QUOTE=Priam] And Ambiguously Gay Boy remains… horribly Ambiguous. Damn you, NBC! [/QUOTE] Because, after all, you can’t have a teen comfortable with their sexuality if they’re not hetero. At least not on prime time network TV. :rolleyes: Dammit. where the hell is Hiro? Huh? I want to know because he’s my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/9 "2006-11-21T02:40:46Z")
Yeah, Pete, just a thought, but a guy in his 30’s wandering around a high school talking to blondes?- bring bail money. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/10 "2006-11-21T02:43:14Z")
And all the uber-nerds wear out the pause buttons on [del]our[/del] **their** VCRs and TiVos getting down the list of names on Chandra’s computer… ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/11 "2006-11-21T02:43:59Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] Yeah, Pete, just a thought, but a guy in his 30’s wandering around a high school talking to blondes?- bring bail money. [/QUOTE] I was just thinking how incredibly sketchy he looks asking about HS cheerleaders. ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/12 "2006-11-21T02:44:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Because, after all, you can’t have a teen comfortable with their sexuality if they’re not hetero. At least not on prime time network TV. Um. Where in the world did I say that? The dialogue in that scene was blatant tease, dancing around the subtext. > [@](#): > > Yeah, Pete, just a thought, but a guy in his 30’s wandering around a high school talking to blondes?- bring bail money. Oh and the trenchcoat… very Aqualung. I wanna know why he didn’t invalidate his picture by changing a shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/13 "2006-11-21T02:46:46Z")
They really want us to hate that cheat’n slag before she gets her top loped off ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/14 "2006-11-21T02:47:12Z")
[QUOTE=Priam] Um. Where in the world did I say that? The dialogue in that scene was blatant tease, dancing around the subtext. [/QUOTE] No, that was my sarcastic comment and was not in any way meant to be a reaction to what you said except as a general response. I mean, it was meant to be snarky toward NBC, not you. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/15 "2006-11-21T02:48:46Z")
…and a last minute redemptionette! ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/16 "2006-11-21T02:51:27Z")
That seems odd to me - I’m not sure I can make sense of how that school is arranged architecturally. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/17 "2006-11-21T02:54:46Z")
Wow, Claire really looks like Carrie when she’s all bloody like that. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/18 "2006-11-21T02:56:44Z")
[QUOTE=Achren] That seems odd to me - I’m not sure I can make sense of how that school is arranged architecturally. [/QUOTE] [Maybe this will help](http://web.mit.edu/evolving/buildings/stata/). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/19 "2006-11-21T02:58:25Z")
Well. That was…anti-climactic. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234/20 "2006-11-21T03:01:16Z")
How long will it take for the cops to realize Pete’s covered in Pete blood, not skank-leader blood? Long enough to tank Nathan’s campaign? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-20-homecoming/381234.md?page=2)