I had no idea that there wouldn’t be a new episode of our Heroes at all during the month of December until the very end of the episode, with the voiceover promo! Because of this, I began to think of “The Fifth Stage” as a sort of finale. After all, it is the last episode of Heroes for four weeks, at least. In the same situation, most television programs try to put out something outrageous
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Like most Americans, people with special powers also celebrate Thanksgiving. Don’t worry, though, their Thanksgivings are just a dramatic and chaotic as us regular folks’. In the episode aptly titled “Thanksgiving”, we get to celebrate three different character’s Thanksgivings. Two of the three stories were pretty unexceptional, with only a couple of juicy bits, while the third had massive potential and some truly great moments. Unfortunately, it simply didn’t deliver well.
A quick bit of advice – never screw with the space-time continuum. It simply does not ever do well. But our Hiro, determined to undo the death of his former love, attempts to alter the past without causing damage to the entire history of the world as they know it. As a summary, it sounds nice. A pure love story of love lost with the chance to redeem it.
Well, Strange Attractors surely was a lopsided episode. Sure, the ending was pretty entertaining, but the journey was… well, pretty plain. We certainly did not get the Heroes-style Halloween episode that NBC was promoting. We got a continuation of the character studies with just enough of Mr. Sullivan to entertain. 





