Heroes Ep: Tabula Rasa
I'd love to go to a Heroes con someday just to have the opportunity to ask the writers what the hell they're thinking.
They gave Hiro a terminal illness, then hooked him up with Peter the former hospice nurse who wants to help him, then...nothing. C'mon! I would totally read that fic. Instead, Peter and HRG teleport off to Georgia to find the kid with healing power so Peter could take it, then come back by conventional means. Why not teleport the kid to the hospital to fix Hiro, then teleport him back? Oh, because if Peter did that, then Hiro wouldn't have time to pop three years into the past to save Charlie when it's already canon from season 1 that he can't. He tried already! At least the healing power should come in handy for a paramedic, assuming Peter doesn't lose control of it like Jeremy did.
Then the writers get Darth Maul Ray Park, the only good thing about The Phantom Menace, and waste him as Lydia's jealous lover. Where are his fight scenes? He's a stunt man! An awesome stunt man! And all he gets to do is wave some knives around in fast motion? He's awesome all on his own! He doesn't need camera tricks! Seriously, did they take a potty break during Darth Maul's big fight scene?
Instead of seeing the potential in elements the show already has, the writers give us Hiro trying to save Charlie (again), amnesiac Sylar (it was Peter with amnesia last time), more of Emma making pretty colors while whining about how she doesn't want a power (which pretty much sums up her every appearance on the show to date), Samuel co-opting Mohinder's pointless and incomprehensible monologues, and Claire doing laundry.
Honestly? The only things I enjoyed in this episode were Hiro being his enthusiastically dorky self and Peter's adorably sheepish expression when he accidentally teleported into HRG's bathroom. I can't say that I hated the rest of it, but that's only because it was all too boring to engender any kind of emotion one way or the other. Well, except for Peter getting shot, which I would've liked more if it had ended with brother hugging, except oh yeah, the writers completely failed to take advantage (I'm sensing a theme here) of Milo and Adrian's amazing screen chemistry and killed off Nathan. Granted, Milo could generate screen chemistry with a lamppost, but he shouldn't have to. He already had Adrian! ::sigh::
I think this show's enduring legacy is going to be for its huge amount of wasted potential. In season 1, I'd always try to guess where the show was going, and it would go somewhere far more awesome than I predicted. Ever since then, I guess an awesome direction the show could go in, and it goes somewhere far more stupid and pointless than I could ever have guessed. Really, the only thing keeping me going right now is Peter in uniform. And the potential for complete meltdown when Peter finally finds out that Nathan is dead.
They gave Hiro a terminal illness, then hooked him up with Peter the former hospice nurse who wants to help him, then...nothing. C'mon! I would totally read that fic. Instead, Peter and HRG teleport off to Georgia to find the kid with healing power so Peter could take it, then come back by conventional means. Why not teleport the kid to the hospital to fix Hiro, then teleport him back? Oh, because if Peter did that, then Hiro wouldn't have time to pop three years into the past to save Charlie when it's already canon from season 1 that he can't. He tried already! At least the healing power should come in handy for a paramedic, assuming Peter doesn't lose control of it like Jeremy did.
Then the writers get Darth Maul Ray Park, the only good thing about The Phantom Menace, and waste him as Lydia's jealous lover. Where are his fight scenes? He's a stunt man! An awesome stunt man! And all he gets to do is wave some knives around in fast motion? He's awesome all on his own! He doesn't need camera tricks! Seriously, did they take a potty break during Darth Maul's big fight scene?
Instead of seeing the potential in elements the show already has, the writers give us Hiro trying to save Charlie (again), amnesiac Sylar (it was Peter with amnesia last time), more of Emma making pretty colors while whining about how she doesn't want a power (which pretty much sums up her every appearance on the show to date), Samuel co-opting Mohinder's pointless and incomprehensible monologues, and Claire doing laundry.
Honestly? The only things I enjoyed in this episode were Hiro being his enthusiastically dorky self and Peter's adorably sheepish expression when he accidentally teleported into HRG's bathroom. I can't say that I hated the rest of it, but that's only because it was all too boring to engender any kind of emotion one way or the other. Well, except for Peter getting shot, which I would've liked more if it had ended with brother hugging, except oh yeah, the writers completely failed to take advantage (I'm sensing a theme here) of Milo and Adrian's amazing screen chemistry and killed off Nathan. Granted, Milo could generate screen chemistry with a lamppost, but he shouldn't have to. He already had Adrian! ::sigh::
I think this show's enduring legacy is going to be for its huge amount of wasted potential. In season 1, I'd always try to guess where the show was going, and it would go somewhere far more awesome than I predicted. Ever since then, I guess an awesome direction the show could go in, and it goes somewhere far more stupid and pointless than I could ever have guessed. Really, the only thing keeping me going right now is Peter in uniform. And the potential for complete meltdown when Peter finally finds out that Nathan is dead.