All this talk about bloodlines brings up one of my most fervent hopes for the show: That Angela Petrelli is a super and that we’ll see more of her. I adore the character and think she’s very well played with a dose of spunky mystery. Think back to the conversations she’s had with her sons and it’s easy to believe she knows all about their powers. Perhaps we’ll find there was more to Papa Petrelli’s suicide?
I was a little disappointed at the scene where Claire finds out, as a teen, that she’s adopted. I seem to remember her telling her video taping friend that she’d always known.
I’d like to propose that the ‘Sulu’ nickname be dropped in favor of “Father” … I think it’s more appropriate…
By the way, who is “HRG”?
Horn-Rimmed Glasses - Mr Bennet.
It was a one-liner…“Time Travel? Cool…” and that was all we heard of that.
Mr. Nakamura is a grumpy old man. He’s also a very powerful but conservative, traditional-minded old man. He loves his son, but probably feels some shame about him too. Being Japanese, no doubt he blames himself, not Hiro. He was too soft with him as a child, reading him books about legendary warriors with superhuman powers. Because of his failure as a father, Hiro turned into a nerd who reads comic books and watches science fiction.
In this latest episode, I noticed supers were being referred to as “them” a lot. They’re trying to play up their status as not fully human, second class citizens. Bennet asked of the new woman at Primatech “is she one of them?” while she was standing right there. Kinda rude, and emphasizes how they feel about them. Their kind. You people.
Hiro is probably Mr. Nakamura’s biological son and there’s no way he could beget one of them, so no of course Hiro doesn’t have powers. Don’t be ridiculous. He’s got his head in the clouds which Mr. N thinks is probably his fault, but no way is he one of them.
It’s a bit of a cliched story by now, dad finding out his son is [del]gay[/del] one of them, and having to come to grips with the fact he’s still human. That’s one potential plot-line.
Of course, this goes against my other theory, which is Mr. N may have powers, or knew someone who did, or just knows more about it than this organization studying them currently. He’s worked his way up to power so he can subtly influence things from within. He’s a good judge of character and gave Claire to Bennet specifically knowing Bennet would fall in love with her and see her as human, and not just one of them.
That’s another potential plot-line, if they want to go with it.
Mr. N being, in fact, a gay man, may apply some really interesting nuance to this storyline, mind you. I love George Takei.
Annie, dear dear Annie. Did you really get this far in the fantasy, and still expect things to make sense? We’re not in Kansas anymore, doll. Very odd things happen in this story, and we aren’t going to have every single piece of the puzzle fit. Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream. 
We should probably wait and find out how much AED doesn’t remember before we turn off our minds and float downstream. Zach remembered Claire and remembered how old he was and what grade he was in, he just didn’t remember becoming best friends with Claire. But he did notice his memories seemed a bit wonky.
I predict the AED will just forget the plan for Claire’s escape. He is going to go from AED to AGD. He will turn sort of good, working with Parkman against the forces of evil from the inside.
Wait, where was it established that Nakamura was gay? I haven’t noticed any evidence of that at all.
I offered up “Papa Sulu” but I guess it didn’t gain any traction…
E-Sabbath probably just meant George Takei is gay, and that might provide some nuance to the story, pretending to be someone you’re not, etc.
Not only that, but he’s probably drawing on his father’s reactions to him coming out, or just growing up gay. Looks like Mr. N is deep in the denial stage and may stay there for a while, for example.
(Why I have knowledge of how old-fashioned japanese fathers deal with their sons being gay is another and very long story. Not interesting, though.)
Oh yes, of course. Because any character played by a gay person must eventually be revealed to be gay.
:rolleyes:
Don’t want to disturb that chip on your shoulder, but levdrakon appears to be saying that Takei’s own experiences with pretending not to be gay should do well towards informing his performance as a dad pretending not to have a super as a son. And that seems to be the same thing that E-Sabbath was getting at.
not to hijack much further… but where is it stated that Mr. Takei ‘hid’ the fact he was gay? IIRC, he’s been with the same gentleman for a number of years… IMHO, while he only recently outright stated his preference, he did little to ‘hide it’… those that knew him surely knew it, and us ‘fans’ just didn’t pay attention, as it had little relevance to his acting or him as a person.
Which, I suppose, is how it should be.
I think it is a reasonable assumption for anyone to make, that any person who is gay will have had some experience with “passing.” Whether or not they are currently, or have been for some time, open about their relationships.
I can particularly see this assumption being made with Mr. Takei. When Star Trek originally aired, the idea of Shatner and Nichelle Nichols kissing on-air was shocking stuff. I’d suspect that Takei, at that time, wasn’t probably as open as he’s been able to be in recent years. Ergo, it’s reasonable to think that he’s got some experiences to mine to play a dad dealing with his son’s unfortunate herodom.
Or maybe he could just act.
I can’t help thinking of the Olivier/Hoffman story