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.
Head for the hills, everyone! The infuriating, obviously foreign voiceover is back! Mohinder must have been relieved that this time the voice was overriding Samuel Sullivan. This was a gut wrenching omen to me, but I was pleasantly surprised when ‘Tabula Rasa’ managed to not drop into my instantly lowered expectations.
‘Heroes’ makes great use of the old standby, ‘when in doubt, throw in some more lesbian scenes’. ‘Hysterical Blindness’ is proof that the more a series appeals to a large crowd, the more on track it is. Season 4 is much more on the mark than last season, and it has given us the best episode of the season so far! Everything from the perfect pacing and wonderful character development to the storytelling was incredible last Monday.
“Sometimes you have to remember who you were to figure out what you want to be.” These insightful words aided a couple of characters alter their concept of themselves, and recognize who it is they want to become. These exact same words are precisely the type of twaddle that have famously become so annoying in many episodes of Heroes. “Acceptance”, all in all, was yet another underwhelming episode that muddled us through an entire hour of crap before arriving to where we discovered what characters would end up doing what.
“Ink” was a great deal more like a fresh beginning. I thought that it was definitely a much more engaging episode (without depending too much on the previous clichés) than last week’s two episode disaster. It really seemed passably different enough from the previous season to seem new. That is, ALMOST. A major part of the difference was the focus on only a few storylines. I find that this is usually a big plus, and felt that “Ink” really made the most of it.
I was excited about the Heroes season premiere, because I wasn’t entirely sure what to anticipate. This past summer had been so full of talk; Talk about additional characters, homosexuality, carnivals, and even Bryan Fuller leaving just as fast as he returned. I didn’t have a clue how any of it would piece together, and was disappointed to find myself faced with more of the same old stuff.
‘Heroes’ has certainly been a very ‘interesting’ ride thus far. The awesome, enthralling season one, which featured regular people who discover their very irregular powers, was witty and amusing. It put the viewers into the shoes of the few characters who were facing life altering discoveries. The wondrous season one was sourly contrasted with the (thankfully) strike-shortened and disappointing season two. The bringing in of new heroes with new powers felt very fake and unnatural – even for TV magic. 





