Heroes: Angels and Monsters
LJ is acting like a bitch, so I appologize if my cut doesn't work. I don't know what the hell is going on.
This episode was - by far - my favorite of the season. There were fewer WTF? moments. Characters were, generally speaking, fairly intelligent, and it was just plain fun to watch. Oh, please, show...keep it up.
Adam! Darling! Great to have you back. Excellent improvisation on ditching Hiro. Maybe the "special" gene isn't irrevocably tied to low IQ after all. Too bad the other guys caught you. Oh, and Apple-tinis? You so win. I love having a character around who is funny on purpose.
Hiro, Until proven otherwise, I am choosing to believe that you DID NOT JUST STAB ANDO!!! No. Definitely not. You stopped time, switched the real sword for a fake, retractable sword, then you stuffed some ketchup in Ando's pocket. The thing is just one big set up. I will not worry.
Oh, and I really loved the Cantina line. Fantastic.
How did the bad guys know where to find Hiro, Ando and Adam anyway? Did they catch Molly? Does Adam love that bar so much that they figured they could just stake it out in the hopes that someone would free him? Awfully convenient timing, there. They just happened to see Adam climb out of the dumpster? This is when I decide to take deep calming breaths and chant, "Suspension Of Disbelief," until the urge to poke someone in the eye goes away.
Claire-Bear, Honey, you are such a dimwit. What, exactly, did you plan to do with vortex-guy after you had tasered him? you didn't even bring anything to tie him up with, did you? Not that that would have helped, but it would have shown that you had tried to make a plan. You're just freaking lucky that he didn't want to kill you...'cause he totally could have.
And listening to Uncle Fluffy-Bunny in the car, there? That's pretty dumb too. Even if he's right about your Dad being a jerk, you really have to ignore him on principle at this point. Remember how he poked you in the brain a few weeks ago? Yeah. No siding with the psychopath. Ever. Even now that he's a fluffy bunny.
Noah, I am so disappointed. You're usually not one of the stupid ones. I know, I know. My standards are too high. I shouldn't expect everyone to remember the first season just because I do. Obviously, Sylar doesn't remember it either, so you lucked out. You have no idea what I'm talking about, though, do you? You see...Sylar has super hearing. He stole it from Dale with Mohinder's help. So when you were standing fifty feet away from him and yelling at vortex-guy to kill him? Yeah, he should have been able to hear you. So, technically, he shouldn't have been standing there like an innocent, clueless bunny...he should have been hopping around in a fluffy rage and TKing you and vortex-guy before either of you could get him.
And you are one big loser when it comes to comforting Claire. Were you actively trying to make Sylar look like a good guy?
Nathan, I love you so much this episode. Your disappointment with your mother and your religious disillusionment definitely struck the right chords for me this week. You should be sad all the time. It looks better on you than arrogant. Abandon politics, take Tracy, and go live a nice happy life away from all this craziness. (That way you might even get to live! )
Mohinder, you are so, so gross. Keeping people stuck to the wall in your not-so-secret lab? Not noticing or caring about the blood trail you left? Thinking that all you need for security is, what?, a plastic flap over the doorway? Jeez. you are seriously in the running for Idiot of the Week. The only reason I didn't give it to you is that it might be a side-effect from your formula and not entirely indicative of your normal intelligence.
What are you doing with the bodies anyway? Injecting venom and then sucking up the liquified flesh?
Also, am I the only one who is imagining a blood trail leading all the way from the park to Mohinder's lab? And there are hundreds of people walking by it who don't even notice because they're all stupid. Or maybe that's normal in NYC.
Speaking of Idiot of the Week, our winner is Maya! Lets just recap the fantastic decisions she made this week:
1. Notices that her boyfriend is acting strangely and there's a blood trail leading through his lab. Tells no one.
2. Sneaks into the back room whe boyfriend is not around. Finds bodies pasted to the wall. Tells no one. Doesn't even run away.
3. Boyfriend comes back and finds her in his secret lair. She has the opportunity to knock him out/kill him and escape. She decides not to. Instead, she winds up pasted to the wall with the others.
My God! You just found out that Mohinder has been killing people and hanging them up like Christmas decorations and you won't run away or kill him?!?! Does that *look* like the type of behavior that has a reasonable explanation? Maybe Mohinder just stuck you up there so you couldn't get yourself into any more trouble. With intelligence that low, you probably risk death just walking to the corner store.
What does everyone think of the Big Reveal this week? Arthur Petrelli is alive (barely) and he's directing Maury Parkman to recruit an army. I can't understand why they decided to give Nathan an invisible Linderman, though. Do they want him to do what fake Linderman says or do they want him to rebel and do the opposite? Nathan isn't exactly a big fan of the guy. Maury probably could have whipped up a more believable spirit guide.
I assume they're bringing Adam in so that his blood can heal Papa Petrelli. Of course, that makes me wonder...did it only just occur to them that Adam's blood could help? I mean, Arthur has been "dead" for quite a while, and Adam spent at least some of that time locked up safely in The Company. It probably would have been pretty easy to steal some blood from him then. Or, if they couldn't get Adam away from the Company, and then they didn't know he was burried in Japan, they could have used Claire instead. No reason to wait for Adam.
In conclusion, THIS is why I watch this show. Things are getting interesting. There are fun characters doing fun things. All's right with the world.