HEROES
Season 1
Episode 19
(WARNING:
SPOILERS)
“.07%”
The wait’s over, and boy, the shocks just keep on coming!
So, not only is Linderman also gifted (could’a made a fortune growing a squllion tons of wheat, instead of doing the whole Vegas mobster thing…), but he’s fully aware of the impending NY explosion, and intends to capitalize on it to unite the world in fear (ala Watchmen), with Peter as the anointed saviour who will shepherd the masses in the dark hours following the catastrophe.
He also indicated he had other gifted contemporaries, and that they tried to make a difference in the world before the others lost their way. Of course, he’s claiming to be the good guy here, but he does have a lot of unsavoury connections… (Someone’s got a small case of the forked tongue.)
And now he’s set his sights on Micah, so, presumably, he needs work on computers (or technology, in general). Is this some contingency for the big NY ka-boom? (Which could be a possibility, if Linderman thinks Peter’s dead.)
And having mentioned Linderman’s contemporaries… Mrs. P!!!
Cannily though, they don’t yet reveal her gifts. (Or did I blink and did something happen while she just stood there for Claire’s scrutiny?)
So, given that when two gifted individuals hook up, their offspring seems to be gifted too (D.L. + Niki = Micah; Peter + Meredith = Claire), it stands to reason that Mr. P was probably gifted too, since their two sons are.
It’s also been niggling at the back of my head, the possibility that Sulu could be gifted, given that he was in cahoots with the mystery organization meeting on Daddy Deveaux’s rooftop. (There’s also been a theory floating on the net of Daddy Deveaux having been gifted as well, possibly with some dream ability, and since Peter was hanging around when he was caregiver, it rubbed off on him; thus, Peter’s dreams in the first few episodes.)
It’s funny, all these people who we met quite a while back, and for all intents and purposes, we thought they were “normal.” Heh.
Could Heroes be headed towards presenting us with a sort of secret history of the world, where we discover that the movers and shakers of all the things we know are actually people like Linderman and the Petrellis?
So Mrs. Super P is planning to spirit Claire away to Paris. That would be something to see, Mrs. P sharing her wisdom with Claire. (I’d also love to see what went down way back when too, when Mrs. P participated in all the “madness.” I wonder if that would fly as Season 2, Young Linderman and Petrelli? Or maybe a mini-season within Season 2, so we get to seriously build up on the Heroes mythology in a focused, concerted effort. Aaaah, the fever dreams of a fan…)
Could there even have been (gasp!) a love triangle? Mr. P, Mrs. P-to-be, and Linderman? And (double-gasp!), could one of the Petrelli boys actually be a Linderman Jr.? (Does Mrs. P seem to be the type to sleep around? Ooohhh, naughty, naughty thoughts!)
Meanwhile, Suresh and Peter get away from Sylar. Of course, we knew they would, but Mo! You had the best chance to finally ice the sodding lunatic and you don’t. Urrrr. Golden opportunity fizzles out.
So, any grief that comes after this, let’s all blame Mo.
And to start the ball rolling…
Isaac shuffles off to Buffalo-in-the-hereafter. Can’t say I’m gonna miss him, given how Simone’s dead because of him. Still, at least he had the good sense to stash some paintings away to tell the others how to get rid of Sylar. (That was what he was alluding to, right?)
And just what was Peter thinking? Okay, I’ll turn invisible, but maybe I’ll just stand here and not move. Maybe the big bad crazy will just go away. Oh, look, he’s making all that pretty glass float… Hmmm, maybe if I turn around nothing will happen.
Petey, just ‘cause your legs were invisible, doesn’t mean they weren’t there.
Lucky for us all Claire was at the Petrellis when Peter’s corpse came in the front door.
And now, all the Amazing Petrellis are under one roof. Is that a super-team, or what? Let’s recruit Meredith (who always seems to need more money anyway), and we can take Linderman down without even trying.
Now I can’t wait for Nathan’s wife to get wind of this (and the tiny matter of the illegitimate offspring).
Also, here I thought Peter’s scar (which Future Hiro mentioned) was gonna come from Sylar’s forehead incision, but no. His forehead seemed fine when he was talking with Nathan after his return from the dead.
So where does he get the scar? And just how do you scar someone who heals so rapidly?
And meanwhile again, Mr. Bennet does know how to stage a jailbreak, doesn’t he? And Ted can do EMP! Awesome!
I like this guy, tragic schmo that he is. Sure, he went happily along with the whole “let’s hold the Bennets hostage” fiasco, but come on! He’s not all that bad.
Then, of course, they’re headed for New York…
And who should be in New York (five years from now), but Hiro and Ando!
Hiro decides they need to discover what they did wrong in that devastated NY cityscape so when they go back to their own time, they can fix it. (Isn’t it as simple as not letting Peter cross paths with Ted? Isn’t that the key?)
And inside the building is the creepy-ass timeline apparently put together by… Future Hiro!
I mean, in the Get-the-Geekboys-to-Cream-Their-Pants sweepstakes, this cliffhanger is way up there with episode 4’s (“Collision”; when Peter meets Future Hiro).
Of course, they are risking some temporal disaster, right? Some sort of anomaly that occurs when you and your future self meet?
Hoo-boy!
A lot happened in this episode, didn’t it?
Can you smell that season finale, people? It’s on its way…
(Image courtesy of herosite.net.)
Season 1
Episode 19
(WARNING:
SPOILERS)
“.07%”
The wait’s over, and boy, the shocks just keep on coming!
So, not only is Linderman also gifted (could’a made a fortune growing a squllion tons of wheat, instead of doing the whole Vegas mobster thing…), but he’s fully aware of the impending NY explosion, and intends to capitalize on it to unite the world in fear (ala Watchmen), with Peter as the anointed saviour who will shepherd the masses in the dark hours following the catastrophe.
He also indicated he had other gifted contemporaries, and that they tried to make a difference in the world before the others lost their way. Of course, he’s claiming to be the good guy here, but he does have a lot of unsavoury connections… (Someone’s got a small case of the forked tongue.)
And now he’s set his sights on Micah, so, presumably, he needs work on computers (or technology, in general). Is this some contingency for the big NY ka-boom? (Which could be a possibility, if Linderman thinks Peter’s dead.)
And having mentioned Linderman’s contemporaries… Mrs. P!!!
Cannily though, they don’t yet reveal her gifts. (Or did I blink and did something happen while she just stood there for Claire’s scrutiny?)
So, given that when two gifted individuals hook up, their offspring seems to be gifted too (D.L. + Niki = Micah; Peter + Meredith = Claire), it stands to reason that Mr. P was probably gifted too, since their two sons are.
It’s also been niggling at the back of my head, the possibility that Sulu could be gifted, given that he was in cahoots with the mystery organization meeting on Daddy Deveaux’s rooftop. (There’s also been a theory floating on the net of Daddy Deveaux having been gifted as well, possibly with some dream ability, and since Peter was hanging around when he was caregiver, it rubbed off on him; thus, Peter’s dreams in the first few episodes.)
It’s funny, all these people who we met quite a while back, and for all intents and purposes, we thought they were “normal.” Heh.
Could Heroes be headed towards presenting us with a sort of secret history of the world, where we discover that the movers and shakers of all the things we know are actually people like Linderman and the Petrellis?
So Mrs. Super P is planning to spirit Claire away to Paris. That would be something to see, Mrs. P sharing her wisdom with Claire. (I’d also love to see what went down way back when too, when Mrs. P participated in all the “madness.” I wonder if that would fly as Season 2, Young Linderman and Petrelli? Or maybe a mini-season within Season 2, so we get to seriously build up on the Heroes mythology in a focused, concerted effort. Aaaah, the fever dreams of a fan…)
Could there even have been (gasp!) a love triangle? Mr. P, Mrs. P-to-be, and Linderman? And (double-gasp!), could one of the Petrelli boys actually be a Linderman Jr.? (Does Mrs. P seem to be the type to sleep around? Ooohhh, naughty, naughty thoughts!)
Meanwhile, Suresh and Peter get away from Sylar. Of course, we knew they would, but Mo! You had the best chance to finally ice the sodding lunatic and you don’t. Urrrr. Golden opportunity fizzles out.
So, any grief that comes after this, let’s all blame Mo.
And to start the ball rolling…
Isaac shuffles off to Buffalo-in-the-hereafter. Can’t say I’m gonna miss him, given how Simone’s dead because of him. Still, at least he had the good sense to stash some paintings away to tell the others how to get rid of Sylar. (That was what he was alluding to, right?)
And just what was Peter thinking? Okay, I’ll turn invisible, but maybe I’ll just stand here and not move. Maybe the big bad crazy will just go away. Oh, look, he’s making all that pretty glass float… Hmmm, maybe if I turn around nothing will happen.
Petey, just ‘cause your legs were invisible, doesn’t mean they weren’t there.
Lucky for us all Claire was at the Petrellis when Peter’s corpse came in the front door.
And now, all the Amazing Petrellis are under one roof. Is that a super-team, or what? Let’s recruit Meredith (who always seems to need more money anyway), and we can take Linderman down without even trying.
Now I can’t wait for Nathan’s wife to get wind of this (and the tiny matter of the illegitimate offspring).
Also, here I thought Peter’s scar (which Future Hiro mentioned) was gonna come from Sylar’s forehead incision, but no. His forehead seemed fine when he was talking with Nathan after his return from the dead.
So where does he get the scar? And just how do you scar someone who heals so rapidly?
And meanwhile again, Mr. Bennet does know how to stage a jailbreak, doesn’t he? And Ted can do EMP! Awesome!
I like this guy, tragic schmo that he is. Sure, he went happily along with the whole “let’s hold the Bennets hostage” fiasco, but come on! He’s not all that bad.
Then, of course, they’re headed for New York…
And who should be in New York (five years from now), but Hiro and Ando!
Hiro decides they need to discover what they did wrong in that devastated NY cityscape so when they go back to their own time, they can fix it. (Isn’t it as simple as not letting Peter cross paths with Ted? Isn’t that the key?)
And inside the building is the creepy-ass timeline apparently put together by… Future Hiro!
I mean, in the Get-the-Geekboys-to-Cream-Their-Pants sweepstakes, this cliffhanger is way up there with episode 4’s (“Collision”; when Peter meets Future Hiro).
Of course, they are risking some temporal disaster, right? Some sort of anomaly that occurs when you and your future self meet?
Hoo-boy!
A lot happened in this episode, didn’t it?
Can you smell that season finale, people? It’s on its way…
(Image courtesy of herosite.net.)
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