More like "A Clear and Present FAILURE." I don't know if it's just me, but I did not get this week's episode. And, as usual, everything Sylar-related was rife with sexism. ( I would love... )
Peter's dad stole his powers, right? How did he get them back?
He injected himself with the last vial of serum in the end of the last pre-hiatus episode, and a barrel broke and some got into Mohinder's mouth - so they both got their pwers back again- but without the side effects for Mohinder. And Peter's may have changed slightly - he seems to need to touch people, now. And he has to re-acquire everything as he no longer had Nikki's strength fromt he end of S1 and had to re-get it from Mohinder on the plane.
I would actually argue, without having seen the end of the third season, that Heroes has a fairly healthy attitude towards women. I do agree that Maya was almost insulting in her clueless dependence (and a living example of the: 'fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me' rule), but I did feel like she had developed by the end of her story thread.
I think the problem with Heroes is that it has too many characters, which means that it has to be really lean about which characters it can keep. I imagine the criteria for this would have to be if they serve the plot, and during series three the plot was all about the heroes being manipulative and morally bankrupt. I actually find their depiction of strong women quite refreshing (Angela and Claire, in particular), but I can see where you're coming from by saying that there's no middle ground. The problem is, Heroes takes its inspiration from a medium (comic books, specifically old DC and Marvel) which are historically (and even presently) very much 'a boy's thing'. I had the
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you forget to mention what they did to Elle in volume 3... she was a wonderful villain back in season two, then became a mary sue and plot device for sylar's arc. sighs.
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He injected himself with the last vial of serum in the end of the last pre-hiatus episode, and a barrel broke and some got into Mohinder's mouth - so they both got their pwers back again- but without the side effects for Mohinder. And Peter's may have changed slightly - he seems to need to touch people, now. And he has to re-acquire everything as he no longer had Nikki's strength fromt he end of S1 and had to re-get it from Mohinder on the plane.
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I think the problem with Heroes is that it has too many characters, which means that it has to be really lean about which characters it can keep. I imagine the criteria for this would have to be if they serve the plot, and during series three the plot was all about the heroes being manipulative and morally bankrupt. I actually find their depiction of strong women quite refreshing (Angela and Claire, in particular), but I can see where you're coming from by saying that there's no middle ground. The problem is, Heroes takes its inspiration from a medium (comic books, specifically old DC and Marvel) which are historically (and even presently) very much 'a boy's thing'. I had the ( ... )
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