Heroes S3 episode 1: my review of the preview

[forsquilis]

I saw the first episode of Heroes season 3 yesterday at Comic Con, and...I’m cautiously optimistic. There was promise and there was also heart-sinking unpleasantness. I’ll explain why below the cut, but I will say one non-spoilery thing: smooth, calculating, unstoppable S1 Sylar is back. And right at this moment, that’s all I needed.

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[kalikahuntress]

Hahaha, I love being validated here, thanks for writing this up. I knew Mohinder's story line was going to be WTF, but the only way this can be salvaged in my mind is if the Wrongda spoilers have any truth to them, apparently Mohinder needs to scale back and take less of the serum. This should mean, if the writers learned anything from ripping of X-Men is that the this will not be permanent and there will be consequences. If the writers are smart, they will make a point of Mohinder going to the docks to shoot up like the ex bcse he didn't want Maya to see him going against her wishes to destroy the serum. Also, I want Maya to see that Mohinder is turning into Sylar/Gabriel 2.0 and run away.
I have this theory about Mohinder, about how he always does things the hard way i.e not calling Bennett or anyone to help with Sylar, trying to take down the Company, most likely using the companies connections to get Molly away because who else could he turn to, the man has no friends because he and Sylar are very much a like. Mohinder would rather use an untested serum on himself than return as a failure to his ordianry life in India, because he wants to be a part of something huge, something bigger than what he has always knew. The same reason why Sylar, who went back and forth between wanting to stop, always found excuses to use his abilities to kill, he's something bigger than he thought he would ever be, and if the spoilers are right he's about to become a part of something bigger.

Mohinder doing what he can to even the playing field after failing horribly, to protect Molly, the people he led to Sylar, the people he never helped while working for the company; should have huge consequences like shortening his life because of after-effects from the serum, endangering Maya and himself because he can give people abilities which means the company will want them alive or dead depending on their point of view. I predict Mohinder will become at outcast after all is said and done, which makes sense in my eyes and would make for some interesting character development and leave an opening for him to meet up with Sylar and HRG to take down the company and redeem himself.