Heroes is back! There have been a lot of complaints about the last volume and I agree with some of them. There were a lot of believablity issues, which are bound to pop up on a show that is so involved with time travel and varying superhuman abilities. But, the great thing about Heroes is you can put the previous volume on the shelf and have a fresh start in the new volume. Sure, there are many carryover elements from previous volumes, but the story at large is a whole different animal. Here are some things of interest from the epiosde that I noticed.
The episode was mainly structured around the main characters being hunted down for their abilities. The Heroes are trying to go back to their normal lives- Peter as a nurse, Mohinder as a cab driver, Matt as a cop. The problem is, Nathan has other plans for these Heroes- to lock them up and throw away the key. He feels they are dangerous and shouldn't live amongst the general public. He seems to forget, though, that he is one of these Heroes himself. For some reason, in his mind, even though he has a power he doesn't deserve the same fate as all the others with powers.
Before everyone got taken into custody, we got cool glimpses into their lives. We got to see Hiro take on a new role as the man behind the hero. Hiro lost his powers last volume, but he refuses to let his passion for saving the world die, so now his is living through his friend Ando who just recently acquired powers. It is a complete role reversal for the two and Hiro is taking it to the extreme by injecting them with tracking devices and having a whole computerized setup so Hiro can communicate with Ando from the home base. Ando is most excited, though, about the new motorcycle, which he takes out and ends up at a strip club much to Hiro's dissapointment. Ironically, the Heroes gatherers took Hiro (the one without powers) and not Ando (the one with powers). They must not know yet that Hiro has no ablilities and Ando does.
We get to see Mohinder try to dodge several agents trying to take him in. We discover that Mohinder still has his super strength, but must have gotten rid of the side affects. HRG is the one who manages to catch Mohinder and take him into custody. Peter made the dumbest move of the volume so far by voluntarily giving his brother a hug and then getting shocked immediately afterwards. I can't stand Nathan.
Matt discovers that he has a new calling as a prophet who can paint (or draw) the future. He gets tutored by African Isaac from the previous season. He is together with Daphne and trying to live his life without use of his powers. Daphne on the other hand is having a difficult time slowing down. Matt gets caught right after getting warned by Claire of the incoming danger.
So, there they were, our main characters were all knocked out and put on a plane. Claire managed to escape and became the hero of the situation, freeing Peter while they are in the air. Peter now needs to touch other people to gan their powers and staged a great fight by taking Mohinder's strength. Peter accidently took Tracy's power and ended up freezing a side of the plane causing it to break off and start sucking the Heroes out of the plane. Peter is hanging on for dear life and Claire discovers that her dad (HRG) is on the plane as well in the copilots chair. This is where the episode ends, and I'm excited to see where it goes.
But, this recap is not over yet, because there was one "Hero" that the agents couldn't capture. His name is Sylar. Sylar spent the episode trying to find out who his real parents are. He went to who he thought his father was, but the man ended up being his uncle who gave him the address to his real father's house. While at this address, Sylar was ambushed by numerous agents who managed to shoot him with tranquilizer darts and tie him down. But this wasn't enough to keep Sylar down. He used telekinesis and electricity to beat down all the agents and he demands to know information about why they are there. He does his famous trick by starting to cut open the head of one of the agents.
So, what will happen? Will Sylar be the only chance for the Heroes survival since he can't be captured, or will Ando and Daphne team up to save the day as the most unlikely pair ever? I'm excited to see what happens once the plane crashes. Will they land on a mysterious island and start skipping through time? I'm excited for the volume and am very hopeful with the direction it is taking.
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