Heroes: Our Father - He’s Baaaaack
Heroes: Our Father, NBC TV series recap & review blog
My favorite villain is back! More on that in a bit…
Hiro and Claire are hanging out in their joint past. They’re viewing the moment, sixteen years ago, when Claire was given to Noah by Mr. Nakamura. After the past Bennets leave, Hiro’s parents discuss the catalyst. Since his mother has something to do with the dispersal of the catalyst, and she’s close to death, she wants to make arrangements to complete the task. Claire is the chosen target (of course). Following his mother’s miraculous healing of a sick dove, Hiro and Claire split up. She goes to prevent the catalyst from being injected into her infant self; he goes to have his mother heal his memory.
Claire finds baby-Claire and her mom and claims to be some relative of a neighbor to gain entry into their apartment. In one of the mind-warpiest Heroes moments in recent memory, Claire changes her own diaper. She seems eager to do it, actually. Personally, if given the option of whether I’d like to change baby-me’s nappy, I think I’d take a big fat pass. When Noah (with noticeably absent horn-rimmed glasses) comes home, he sees through her deception immediately and asks who she really is. Without giving him the full truth, she tells him she is there to help and, when the phone rings, explains that the Company wants to “do something” to the baby. I guess early Noah was an easier sell than present-day Noah because he takes the strange teenage girl’s word for it and ignores the phone.
Meanwhile, back at the Nakamura’s, Hiro reveals who he really is to his dying mother. After she heals his memory, he gets to tell her about his life, about being a hero. It’s the kind of moment most adults would love to spend with a parent who has passed. He asks her to give him “the light” so he can defend it. The light, it turns out, is the catalyst. Mrs. Nakamura expels the light from her body into his and dies.
In the land of Petrellis, Nathan learns of Tracey’s involvement with Arthur’s company. Nathan gently suggests that he should take over. Geez, why didn’t anyone think of that before? Daddy Petrelli doesn’t relinquish his post but allows his son to join in the project. They plan to make a troop of super Marines when they get that darned formula right. As for the other Petrellis…Angela hands a gun over to Peter so he can kill his father. He and the Haitian go on an assassination road trip towards Pinehearst.
Claire has returned to the Nakamura residence in time for Arthur to pop by, take the catalyst away from Hiro, and toss him off the side of the building. He says, “Tell Angela it’s over. I win.” Parkman, Daphne, and Ando manage to track down the fabled bike messenger who had Isaac’s last sketches. When they open the book they see Hiro is literally stuck in the past. On a flag pole. It’s gotten to the point where the writers can’t fake me out anymore. I never believe anyone is actually dead…
Except for Elle. Who is really, seriously, brain-sawed-open-then-set-on-fire dead. Although I’m delighted to see Sylar back (using his sinister husky voice to prove he’s bad), this kill confused me. He’s driven by the hunger, but he already has Elle’s power. Why did he need to kill her? Why would he saw her brain open? Anyway, he makes a little call to Arthur with his recently deceased girlfriend’s cellphone. He’s done being a boy scout. In fact, now that he has a virtual rolodex of powers to feast upon (via Elle’s phone), he’s going to go on a little road trip of his own.
His first victim is a human lie detector. A group of horrified party-goers arrive as he’s in the midst of, well, whatever the hell he does. Literally caught red-handed, he nonchalantly says, “Cake?” Upon completion of his power collecting, Sylar decides to casually take the elevator. He’s covered in blood splatters and red-soaked from his elbows to his fingertips. The guy standing next to him in the elevator sweats bullets and looks like he could shit himself at any moment. He asks: “Is anything wrong?” And when the poor guy says no, Sylar gets a tingle, the camera shakes, and there is an uber-cheesy sound effect that means: He done told a lie.
Sylar appears and asks the senior Petrelli if he’s really his dad. Cue cornball sound effect and camera movement! His newest power is a handy one, indeed. Sylar lets the bullet fly and down goes Artie. Dead again…but probably not for long. He should have the ability to heal himself since he took Peter’s powers. There is a specific spot one would have to hit in order to kill him and I’m pretty sure they failed to hit it. Aren’t any of them smart enough to notice how the dead keep rising? Shouldn’t they stick around long enough to make sure their enemies are completely dead?
