Heroes – In Heroes land, it’s one punch and you’re done

(Season 3, Episode 13 – “Chapter 13: Dual”)

The thing about tense situations in Heroes is that they kind of don’t matter. For instance, in tonight’s episode, nearly everyone’s life was in danger at some point in the episode. Since it’s Heroes though, even if they do die, it doesn’t necessarily matter, since no one on this show actually stays dead.

Of course, there are some exceptions to that: Arthur stayed dead throughout this entire episode, and Elle hasn’t gotten up from where Sylar left her on the beach a few episodes ago. But most of the main characters have cheated death so many times, it would be ridiculous to even try and count (I still can’t figure out how Niki got out of that warehouse fire at the end of last season).

Hiro, for instance, has managed to hang onto that conveniently-located flagpole for what seems like a really long time. Suresh made it out of the lab, even after Peter and his cohorts came in bent on destruction. Angela survived Sylar telling Claire to murder her, Sylar himself trying to murder her, and Meredith burning Primatech down. In fact, everybody survived Primatech being burned down — well, except for Meredith, that is. Sylar didn’t seem to make it out, but come on. They’re not going to kill off Sylar, so let’s not even talk about it.

My favorite part of this episode was how Angry Ando finally got his hands on some powers. Unfortunately, his power doesn’t make any damn sense. Even though Parkman busted out his high school Physics knowledge to explain it, I still don’t understand how Ando amplifying Daphne’s powers made her run so fast that she went back in time at all, never mind how they managed to get to the exact time and place where Hiro was.

Other items of note:

• I had forgotten that Claire has an off switch, and I like how Sylar has one, as well. It would be nice if all of the heroes had one — that way, the annoying ones could be turned off periodically.
• Was it just me, or did Sylar’s takeover of Primatech really seem like the way Carrie should have ended?
• I know her life was in danger and all, but it still seems like Claire ditched her mother, leaving her to die, pretty quickly.
• I don’t know why Nathan just hasn’t realized that the more powerful he tries to become, the more the world kind of gets ruined. Now he wants to put the heroes in a concentration camp? Come on, Petrelli.

Clacked by Kona Gallagher
on Dec 16, 2008 @ 10:00 EST5EDT