Awww, poor woobie.

[apocalypsos]

Hiro and Charlie -- Aw, damn it, I want Charlie to stay and be alive and make out with Hiro. I just want to sweep Hiro up into a great big hug and tell him it'll all be okay even though you just know it won't. The thing that strikes me about the whole thing is that Charlie has a superbrain AND a blood clot in there. That just seems like something that's too close for coincidence. On the other hand, does it mean anything bad for Sylar if he takes Charlie's broken superbrain for himself?

Nathan, Heidi and Peter -- I like Heidi a lot even though I'll admit she's got crappy taste in men, considering what an ass Nathan can be. (Yes, I love him, but with complete and total understanding that he is a ginormous asshole.) And, awww, that hug and kiss on the head that Nathan gave Peter before everything went to hell. See, he can be a real big brother sometimes.

Matt and Janice -- Aw, man, how many problems can you dump on one guy's head in six months? He just gets screwed by life every time he turns around.

Sylar -- Sheesh, that guy is creepy, although I kept thinking that he looked like a low-rent Jason Schwartzmann because I am a bad, bad person. I think it was the eyebrows maybe. The whole stealing-brains-to-steal-powers thing is scary enough, but it's that missing step from "killing your ass and unscrewing your skull" to "look at what I can do now!" that's the worst part. I do think it's like the anti-Peter in that he draws the energy from the brain and keeps it (unlike Peter, at least so far) which is why he couldn't display that ability to Chandra at the drop of a hat, but the fact that he keeps popping open people's skulls to do it is freaking scary. I really felt sorry for Brian Davis, too. Poor guy, not wanting his powers and getting killed for them. And the worst part is that I have the sinking suspicion from things the writers have said about characters dying or losing their powers that given time Peter may have been able to zap away Brian's powers for good and he could have just gone off and become a tax auditor or a file clerk or a circus acrobat or whatever else floated his boat.

Niki and company -- Someone over on the TWoP boards threw out the theory that Niki's channeling the dead and I'm starting to believe it. I mean, Jessica acts awfully mature for someone who died when she was eleven.

Mr. Bennet and company -- Am I the only one who finds it strange that Mr. Bennet works for a secret organization with what seems like unlimited funds and he seems to spend so very much of that time covering up for Claire? Something about that situation does not sit right with me at ALL. I mean, I know he's supposed to help Heroes and she is one, but that seems like an overextension of "conflict of interest."

My pets are acting insane. Emmett's spazzing out and Otis has been looking for me to pet him (and I have a LOT) for the past ... oh, FOUR HOURS. Uh, I think that's how my cat tells time -- by getting someone to yell at him, "Would you knock it off? You've been doing that for four hours!"

Comments

[obeetaybee.livejournal.com]

My favorite part of the whole episode? "Great Scott!"

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

"The swallow will slay the dragon."

I want a plush Hiro doll.

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

Jason Schwartzmann, there we go. I was thinking he was more of a creepier version of Brandon Routh, but Jason feels better.

Yeah, Mr. Bennett just keeps throwing up smokescreens. If he's trying to help the Heroes, or hurt the Heroes, you would think he'd want Eden to get a hold of the list, not spend all her time getting Claire OFF of it. Other option is that Claire's the ultimate result of Secret Organization's work, and he's trying to protect her because they're planning on using her potential for Secret-Organization-type deeds?

I love shows that answer, then ask more. lol

[theotherej.livejournal.com]

TOTALLY agree with the Brandon Routh thing. I missed the first five minutes of set-up, and thought I was on the wrong channel and watching a Superman Returns special for a good three minutes.

[fyrdrakken]

Yeah, it was getting that first good look at Sylar in last night's ep that reminded me that I need to go pick up Superman Returns. Though I think on some level that there may have been a bit of deliberate toying with expectations by casting and costuming the supervillain to start out looking so inescapably like Clark Kent.

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm starting to buy that Niki channels dead Jessie the super-strong. This begs the question, can Niki channel other dead people as well? Such as... Chandra Suresh? Or Papa Petrelli? or poor schlubby Brian Davis?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Or Shanti, or Charlie, or -- in really extreme situations where she might need to contact them and they can't get to her any other way -- Claire and Peter-with-Claire's-powers?

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

My theory was that Daddy Sanders had an alter ego too but...that seemed not right.

I'm still jsut kind of flaily about the episode right now. This and SPN make me go nuts, constantly.

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. Thank God this and Smallville are the only shows I'll turn my television on for anymore, or else my brain would really be hurting.

[iseult-variante.livejournal.com]

Gabriel Grey was (aside from the X-Men shout-out) TOTALLY a Clark Kent shout-out, right? I mean, the glasses and all? Yes? I am very curious about how his powers work... like, he can see how things work at some mechanical level, and then he's making his own brain do that stuff? ... I probably shouldn't think too hard, huh? ;)

The mutation = cancer and/or superpowers thing was iiiinteresting, seeing how it came up in two different storylines. Hmm.

I am v. confused about Mr. Bennet's organization... so they've been looking for supers pre-Chandra's theories and stuff? And then Chandra is all, "Oh, hey, your daughter is super!" and he's like, "Damn you, poetic justice!" and now he's got a conflict of interest? Something?

Lastly - how sad is it that Nathan's powers manifested like that? And how did he get from going after Lindermann to accepting his money in Vegas? *is confused* But oh, brothers Petrelli, you are so messed up. Never change! ♥!

Oh, Heroes, so awesome!

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[lots42.livejournal.com]

I was inspired.

[fyrdrakken]

Last week's ep or maybe the one before had Bennet mentioning how he's been tracking down supers for years and years -- and how he and his wife got Claire because somehow her mother got killed when he tried to contact her (I think he was implying that she assumed he had bad intentions and panicked) and left wee orphaned Claire. So, not a coincidence or necessarily poetic justice.

[quietdiscerning.livejournal.com]

i was all SAD over the charlie thing. she was so CUTE. and poor hiro, realizing he couldnt save her. theyre doing a good job of showing how he becomes so serious.

i really loved all the ANSWERS we got. i mean, sure not everything, but im so glad they answered WHY sylar cuts out their brains and how he knows about them all and all that stuff. and how nathan survived the crash! just floating there watching his wife hit that barrier. NOT FUN.

sylar is CREEPTASTIC. seriously. he is so obsessed with being different that he'll do anything to get there. so do you think hes drawing it from the brain. my head kept giving me visions of him like, EATING the brain or something. it is kind of interesting how he can see what's 'broken' or mutated, as the case may be.

jessica confuses me. since that debunks the theory that she came about when DL left. apparently shes always been there? since jessica herself died? maybe the girls had a psychic connection and when jessica died her consiousness was absorbed into nikki?

and whats up with nathan and peter? is the fact that he keeps having dreams a part of his power? is that why he's so connected to nathan. I WANT TO KNOOOW.

i love how theyre presenting claire's regeneration, that it slowly got more and more powerful, and that she eventually got suspicious enough to test it, thus the tape she made with zack.

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

The Jessica/Nikki connection was something I've been thinking, too. Sort of a consciousness-transferrence, like Prof X at the end of X3. It's possible that Jessica's always been there, and the super-strength is completely unrelated to the dual personalities. Like maybe Nikki's had the power of super-strength inside her all along, but has been to afraid to let it out unless Jessica's in contol.

[lyra-wing.livejournal.com]

Peter may have been able to zap away Brian's powers for good

Huh! That's interesting! What have you heard? Because every time Peter does his thing, it's temporary.

It's cool how Peter and Sylar have like the good/evil variations of the same basic power. Peter's is all intuitive and... natural? Sylar's is methodical and cannabilistic.

[kirana-44.livejournal.com]

Peter's is all intuitive and... natural? Sylar's is methodical and cannabilistic.

Great comparision of two similar but differnt powers. Bonus points for mentioning cannabilism.

[wyldkyss.livejournal.com]

Poor, poor Hiro!!

[gweneiriol.livejournal.com]

The thing for me, on this episode, is that I got the impression Sylar was actually trying to fix what he saw was wrong. Yes, he's totally insane but still, he did tell Brian there was something wrong with his brain and he could fix it.

Then Charlie told Hiro she had a blod clot and was going to die and all I could think was about Claire having a genetic anomolly. Then I thought, maybe Sylar is actually trying to fix what he sees wrong with mutants...in his own very psychotic way.

Like maybe he only kills the mutants that he sees are going to die because of something in their brain. Cause he did go after Charlie but he seemed to totally ignore Hiro and, I think the only reason he tried to kill Clea Duval's character and Matt is because they were protecting that little girl.

Anyway, this episode was totally AWESOME and I can't wait till next week's ep!

[lots42.livejournal.com]

He ignored Hiro because he knew Hiro would Fuck Him Up.

[aexia.livejournal.com]

Sylar might need to see the powers activated before he can pinpoint where/how exactly in the brain it's being triggered. That's why he cut Jackie's head open slowly; he was waiting for the regenerative powers to activate.

One of the previous victims was frozen - He probably activated his ice powers to defend himself and then Sylar scalped him.

Sylar didn't notice Hiro because he wasn't actively using his powers. Charlie, OTOH, was using her super-memory all-day long while Sylar watched.

Later, when he was fleeing and encountered Eden, he waited for her to make the first move with her power... unfortunately for him, he didn't get to do anything after that.

[valerie]

I'm still holding fast to the Dissociative Identity Disorder theory for Niki. The way I understood it, Niki probably saw the abuse Jessica received but repressed it, and when Jessica died Niki's new personality took form. But I could be way off.

[jjloa.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm thinking too.

I'm thinking maybe Niki's real power is super strength.

But only the protective personality has caught onto that yet.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

I haven't quite gotten to the point where I've memorized all the names yet. All I know, is I want more Hiro.

[foenix.livejournal.com]

Why must they kill the redhead?!

Save the Googler!

I love her power, since I can do the same, with artificial means. ;)

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

One other question: Are we still assuming that Sylar kills Charlie in the new reality? There's a memorial set up for her, but it seems to be a fairly bustling and not-police-taped crime scene.

Friggin' time paradoxes. If she was killed by Sylar, where's the police investigation? If she was killed by the tumor, then why's Ando still there, since there was no reason for Hiro to disappear in a not-being-murdered-by-Sylar reality?

Brain... hurting...

[tabaqui]

The only thing i got from the Niki storyline was that she had a second personality *her dead - sister? twin?* and that one's the 'tough one', etc. That and the neverending cliche of ther life, good fucking gods.
*cough*

Poor Hiro! Ooh, he's so sad and down and...wtf with his powers going all blewy like that?

And it seems like Syler's power was *fixing* things - or knowting things were broken, and i'm totally bummed that Chandra missed that completely. Although his *second* power seems to be something like Nathan's, only he can keep the power rather than just using it temporarily.
Innnnnnnnteresting.

Good stuff!

[swingangel.livejournal.com]

So, do you think that the broken watch on Sylar's arm is a metaphor for his brain? My boyfriend and I were talking about it last night.... in one of the scenes you see him fixing a broken old watch with new parts. He seems to be trying to fix his own "broken" mind with new parts from other heros.

Hm.

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

Dammit, Charlie must've been the first Jayma Mays role I'd seen where her voice didn't completely put me off how cute she is. That and the whole star-crossed thing made me feel very, very sad for Hiro, especially with his regretful, "I loved her," at the end of the episode.

God, she looked dazzling in the almost-kiss scene.