Heroes 12/1/08 "The Eclipse, part II" (spoilers)

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And tonight, the reality-bending eclipse that never ends continues. For another hour, more or less.

Let us note: Nathan has been captured. When Sylar was captured, he had a shirtless scene. In the dark. Will there be shirtless Adrian Pasdar, or has this show truly jumped the shark? Of course, Mohimbo was shirtless last episode, but very sticky.

Mind you, all the women have been all buttoned up and demure (well, as demure as possible with their boobs all cinched up to their chins; sacrifice, for Art!, let’s just say). Hardly seems fair.

Discuss.

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Hey, I think Nathan was deshirtted while being held in Mohinder’s Lair of Pods. Which leads one to wonder about what motivates our confused young geneticist. He didn’t strip down Tracey…

I remember Claire was topless in one scene in S1. Topless and fleshless, as I recall.

I see in the preview that Sylar is in a white tshirt; I guess the all-black wardrobe got burned up.

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If I actually believed any of this might stick, and that there wouldn’t be a last-minute reset to status quo ante, this episode might actually be interesting.

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Yeah, Claire and Sylar are both untouchable theres no suspense in this. I might have bought it is Elle was the one kicking the bucket.

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I’m recording it now, to watch later. I wonder; did Noah Bennett manage not to kill those two idiots? I hope he didn’t stop out of some moral qualm, after all the lives he’s sacrificed.

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Hey now, Elle can’t die for at least another 9 months now!
Aaaand, Claire’s back!

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He slit Sylar’s throat with a box cutter. I don’t think he found Elle.

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Are these super-long eclipses 9 months apart?

So where did Hiro take Sylar?

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A nice romantic beach apparently.

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Where Sylar popped Elle’s top. Awesome.

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Well, maybe I was wrong about Elle’s lifespan…

Naw, he probably stopped mid splice

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Nah, someone apparently believed in a fan theory. Tragic mistake, that.

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That wasn’t the only thing of Elle’s that got popped today!

Rimshot!:smiley:

Good ep, some nice a shoot’n and a kill’n. And bleeding and a cutt’n. Some proper mayhem is putting things right

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I keep watching with the hope that some day some storyline is going to make sense, and that somewhere, somehow there would be someone with the show who is actually got an eye on overall continuity. Every week I watch. Every week. Sigh.

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Someone help me out…whatever happened to Micah and his “I learn stuff wicked fast” cousin?

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I dont know, what would happen to a kid that keeps insisting his parents try to be super heroes and then has both of them die while doing just that? i assume the poor kid is in an institution somewhere. Last time we saw him it was when sister #3 went looking for Niki and showed up during the funeral.

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The same thing happened to Micah and the learning chick as happened to Maya – they bored everyone, so they were written off into walkon-land. Thank Og.

The last 10 minutes of this episode were interesting. Everything else? Could’ve skipped. Also really embarrasing when the comic book guy cameos act rings around series regulars like Matt and Daphne and Mohinder.

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“Maja? It’s me, Mohinder. Sorry about webbing you to the wall and everything…”

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Arthur and Not-so-Sparky: So Doc, what’s with the eclipse and all us losing our abilities? You’ve had 90 minutes or so to review the high school astronomy textbook, you must know the answer.
Mohinder: Shit, I dunno- solar flares killed the midichlorians? Whatever, I’m healed and if you all will excuse me, I have a chick to woo.
N-s-S: Not so fast, I can still Bic you to-well, not death, but I can pester you like a 4th grade bully and hold your hand over the-
Mo: Oh mai Gawd, you evil fiend with your little lighter! I capitulate! Ahhgg, oh, the agony!
Arthur: Facepalm

HRG: While my nemesis is distracted by necking with my old partner, I can line up a- woah, dude, that was fast. And not in a good way……
Elle: Gabriel, maybe we can live normal lives now that we have no powers. Maybe even get a mattress!
Sylar: Mohinder got to flash his booty last week, it’s my turn tonight! Oh yeah Elle, we can have a future, we’re both victims of our parents, deny personal responsibility for our actions, bla bla-[Bang!] Damn, how did Noah know we were here? We haven’t seen anything of him since you shot his kid…here…this room…maybe we should have gone to a hotel.
Elle: Shit, this is the second time Glasses has shot me and missed my torso. To the Corvette!
Sylar: Naw, let’s run and hide in the alley half naked and bleeding
HRG: Smell yer fear

Daphne: This sux
Matt: Duh. But you’re still adorable

Sylar: Let’s fix your shot leg up in the middle of Rite Aid. We’re so clever.
Clerk: And I thought I was a big awk….
Elle: Still in my underwear in public with a GSW- can you go back to the clothing section and steal me some pants? And some Lithium, and Plan B….
Sylar: No, let’s take that gun wound of yours out for a run-Noah’s back. I’m going to nobly sacrifice myself to save you since I’m good this afternoon.
HRG: Since you two shot Claire up, she can’t be here for her karma-balancing ritual beatdown of you Sylar, so I get to wreak my vengeance upon you for hunting my girl down in her own house and cutting her head half off. Well, maybe a little lower. I’m pressed for time.
Sylar: But I’m good now! See my white shirt? (Splork!) Lo, I am ruptured! Ew, mess!

Doctor: Aside from the minor issue of the GSW, your daughter has the bacterial count of a London gutter during the 18th century. Does she even have an immune system?
Sandra: actually, she looks a lot healthier than usual. Except for that seizure-can you go do something about that?

Mohinder: Let me inject you with some unknown substance, lighter boy
Flint: Did you think I’m that stupid?
Mo: Honestly, yeah, I did- [smashes the everloving crap out of Sparky with a bigass microscope]
Comic store guy-Dude, this is so awesome!

(ed: that’s pretty much verbatim. Mohinder with heavy object beatdowns and the metasnark- I cheered that like I was watching the Death Star blow up)

And as the moon passes away from the sun and we can see what the hell is going on again……

Nathan: Peter I love you, it’s nice to see those bangs that control your intelligence growing back-and may I say, using your empty weapon to pistol whip that guy and grabbing his loaded gun? I was so proud- but I’m going to go join up with Dad -the guy who had me kidnapped by Colonel Kurtz back there?- and become his Presidential puppet minion. A superpowered army can save the world!
Peter: So that’s the message you got from being held hostage by a megalomaniacal slave trader? Really!? So, it’s my week to have the family brain I guess?

Mo: My one night stand love of my life! Open the door!
Maya: Well, it’s been a whole week since you goo’ed me to your lab wall, I’m over it.
Mo: looks at mottled mutated hand; Apparently, I’m not. *Scuttles away with much pathos, returns to this year’s older male authority figure who gives him the professional approval he always wanted from his father. *

HRG: I’m home Clairbear. Hey, killed your brainrapist for you.
Sylar: Yeah, no. Revenge time!
HRG: Oooof! They aren’t your parents, you dork. They’re just playing through your Netflix collection of parent issues. Speaking of which, you two work with Mohinder now, right?
Sylar: I’m so confused. Hey, wait-got my boxcutter power back, bitchman (Sploooooork!).
Hiro: Bad man go bye bye! You too, blondie. Hey Claire, let’s go time travelling.

Sylar: Because of the way you betrayed me by my killing your father, and for stoking my murderous tendencies, even though I forgave you for that last week, I’m going to kill you Elle
Elle: Man, I thought I was unstable-would you like some of my Lithi-OUCH!

And Elle joins Candace, Eden and in a way, Niki, on the cute yet emotionally traumatized Company girl dead list.

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Hiro showing up and actually USING his powers to fix a situation by teleporting the bad guys away was actually quite entertaining. Aside from that, another slog of nonsensical silliness. This show actually used to be good, right? I mean, in a stupid way, but entertaining?