Heroes: Eris Quod Sum
If my Latin is correct, that title means "You will be what I am," and is part of a popular tombstone inscription. I wonder whether they were going for literal or figurative meaning here. I mean, Arthur Petrelli will literally be what you are...he'll steal your powers. Or maybe it's just another reminder that any character could die at any time.
You know what? I get it. I totally remember you killing my favorite character last week. You don't have to rub it in.
Or the writers aren't talking about death at all and the thing that some characters already are and some characters soon will be is stupid.
Or it could be a commentary on the life cycle of television. Every show that starts out shiny and full of promise will eventually fall into stupidity and tedium before its inevitable cancellation.
Ahem. Anyway...
Sylar did save Peter there, right? He doesn't just blindly believe what anyone tells him. He only does that for his mommy, because Sylar has always had enormous mommy issues. Please. I really, really need to believe that someone can be *smarter* than they look for once. I need to believe that Sylar Gabriel has a plan and that he is secretly plotting to take Arthur down.
PLEASE!
Although, all of those sweet, cuddly "we're brothers and we love each other" scenes kind of make me want to throw up. Petrellis really put family first, huh? Even though they have to be the worst family in the history of the world. In what other family can you kill your brothers *repeatedly* and still like each other?
My sisters would probably be pretty mad if I killed them. Hey,
moliphino, if I travelled back from the future and shot you, then travelled to the future and cracked your head open, would we still be friends? How about if I tackled you off of the top of an amphitheater, goaded you into exploding over New York, and continually terrorized our niece. Would we take lovely Disney vacations together?
How about if I said I was sorry?
Sigh.
I didn't - at all - understand that final exchange between Maya and Mohinder towards the end of the episode. Mohinder is appologizing and saying that he was just trying to help her. (But not for pasting her to a wall...?) Maya says she thinks what he did to those other people was horrible. (But doesn't mention that she's been stuck in a cocoon for days/weeks?!?!) If someone had done that to me, I wouldn't be talking about ethics and atonement, I'd be running away as fast as I could shrieking "leave me alone, you FREAK!!!"
So, once again - just so that we don't forget he's a badass - Arthur kills off someone with a back story. Now, I am not mourning the loss of Maury Parkman, but why are the writers so determined to make us learn new characters every year? It's annoying. Honestly, at this point I won't bother getting invested in any new character, because they'll just die as soon as the writers think of some new power they'd like to bring in.
You know, guys, if an existing character doesn't fit in to this season's story line, you could just leave them out. They might be useful at some point in the future. Pick up a comic book, for crying out loud. Those characters never die.
Has anyone bothered to tell Nathan that Sylar's his brother? I know that Peter told him all about their Dad being alive, and mentioned that Sylar saved him, but does Nathan know the really big news? Does Claire yet? If not, isn't that the sort of thing that Peter should have included in his story?
And what heppened in that nice dream sequence between Angela and Sylar Gabriel? First, since when can she appear to people in their dreams? Second, how can she do it while trapped in her own mind? Third - and by far the worst - the only thing that Sylar needed to escape from the power-neutralizing nose tube was to believe he could? Are you kidding me?!?! What the hell was going on in the writers' room?
Writer 1: "So then, just as Mohinder's going to inject Peter with something, Sylar bursts in, TKs everyone, and saves the day!
Writer 2: "Excellent! But, uh, isn't Sylar supposed to be imprisoned in Level 5?"
Writer 1: "No problem. We'll have Angela find him and let him out."
Writer 2: "But Angela's trapped in a hallucination, isn't she?"
Writer 1: "Jesus, you're a buzz-kill. You think anyone will even remember that?
Writer 2: "Uh, she can't move, but she can dream herself at him and give him the confidence to escape."
Writer 1: "Dude, that's beautiful. The healing power of a mother's love. If you can dream it you can do it. So inspirational."
This Week's Idiot Award will be shared by Claire and Elle. It was pretty much a cat fight. Each was determined to out-stupid the other.
Elle was actually trying to be smart at first. She wanted to see HRG because he's a smart guy. Claire, however, is still holding a grudge. And because she is determined never to be prepared for any situation, she insisted that they run off to Pinehearst without even asking her Dad if he had heard of them. Because he doesn't understand her lack of pain. Waaaaaah!. That put Claire in the early lead.
Then, they decided to put Elle on an airplane. Who didn't see disaster coming there? And could someone please explain electricity to the writers? It wouldn't go into Claire and *stop* - it would travel *through* Claire and into the plane. Electricity's funny like that. Always wants to be grounded. I'll call that a tie.
Finally, they arrive at Pinehearst where Peter plunges out a window and doesn't heal. Instead of dwelling on the part where people are thrown from upper stories, Elle clings to the fact that they steal powers first. Brilliant.
The whole bit with Matt and Daphne was just predictable. I wonder why... Oh! Maybe it's because we saw the same fucking thing last week! You know, when Hiro used his powers to fake someone's death. Was I really supposed to gasp in shock when Matt and Daphne "died"? Honestly. Just because the writers often forget what each character can do, it doesn't mean we all do.
Oh, and apparently Daphne was so terribly sneaky that she fooled Matt. Lucky for her that he doesn't try to READ HER MIND! Jeez, wouldn't it be nice if someone on this show knew how to READ MINDS?.
And Nathan, nice to see that Claire's determined resistance to having a good plan is a genetic trait. You also like to go off half cocked. (snicker)
What was Mohinder thinking in that scene with Peter? I mean, Mohinder is working with Pinehearst in the hope of curing himself, right? Then Peter pops up and tells him that in the future, Mohinder will be a horrible monster. Mohinder responds, "it's too late," then proceeds with his experimentation. Why? Peter just told him that he will not be able to cure himself. that totally undermines his whole motivation for working there!
Ugh. This show makes me tired now..