HEROES
Season 1
Episode 20
(WARNING:
SPOILERS)
“Five
Years
Gone”
Okay, to do my usual episode reaction wouldn’t be so much fun this time out, as our five year jaunt into the future with Hiro and Ando gets so spoilery it isn’t even funny.
I will say three things though.
One: Up to this point, Heroes has been a smart, moving, and addictive entertainment that any self-respecting comic geek had to watch to retain their membership in the Club. This episode is no different in that respect, as it’s pure Dark Age comics on the small screen; heroes reviled by society, having paid the hefty cost of their calling, bearing the scars (both literal and figurative) of their struggles.
There are, in addition, strong echoes of the classic X-Men tale, “Days of Future Past,” including some traumatic character deaths.
Two: This episode tops even those achievements though, by smoothly joining the ranks of Battlestar Galactica as a resonant and evocative tale for our post-9/11 world.
The terrors and paranoia of society after the NY explosion are a mirror to our own 21st century anxieties, and the 40+ minutes of “Five Years Gone” are some of the best, jaw-dropping moments of the season thus far.
Three: Parkman is such a huge, flaming a$$hole.
(Image courtesy of comicbookresources.com.)
Season 1
Episode 20
(WARNING:
SPOILERS)
“Five
Years
Gone”
Okay, to do my usual episode reaction wouldn’t be so much fun this time out, as our five year jaunt into the future with Hiro and Ando gets so spoilery it isn’t even funny.
I will say three things though.
One: Up to this point, Heroes has been a smart, moving, and addictive entertainment that any self-respecting comic geek had to watch to retain their membership in the Club. This episode is no different in that respect, as it’s pure Dark Age comics on the small screen; heroes reviled by society, having paid the hefty cost of their calling, bearing the scars (both literal and figurative) of their struggles.
There are, in addition, strong echoes of the classic X-Men tale, “Days of Future Past,” including some traumatic character deaths.
Two: This episode tops even those achievements though, by smoothly joining the ranks of Battlestar Galactica as a resonant and evocative tale for our post-9/11 world.
The terrors and paranoia of society after the NY explosion are a mirror to our own 21st century anxieties, and the 40+ minutes of “Five Years Gone” are some of the best, jaw-dropping moments of the season thus far.
Three: Parkman is such a huge, flaming a$$hole.
(Image courtesy of comicbookresources.com.)
4 comments:
See? If only Parkman applied himself he can be really useful...in a douchbag kinda way. :)
Yup this is Mark G., btw.
hey mark! great to hear from you.
"douchbag" doesn't quite capture it though.
i mean, the body count this guy racks up is ridiculous.
not to mention getting claire killed.
a$$hole.
"douchebag" that'll teach me to start commenting on blogs without any sleep.
it's been annoying to see Parkman in the regular timeline be such a pushover -- I mean he's Professor X with legs! and a gun!
prof x with legs and a gun.
heh.
never thought of it like that.
well, at least you're right in that the poor schmuck does have potential, it's just over on the dark side, sadly...
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