For the moment, though, I kind of dislike that Sylar is basically an alternate personality in Matt Parkman. It'd be awesome to see Parkman go evil eventually due to this, though. My favorite characters in this show, aside from the awesomely evil Sylar, are the more morally grey ones. I do like Peter Petrelli to an extent (being an expy for Superman, and as boring as Superman is, I gotta love the big lug) but Peter had kind of floundered. Peter kind of lends himself well into this super-paramedic thing, though.

Hiro is at his most interesting when he does have issues using his powers. Hiro's a great character, but his biggest fall is that, unhindered, they could take either him or a fully powered Peter, add two cups of sugar, mix to taste, and voila: Deus Ex Boring Ass Machina. Peter is more interesting overall not as Sylar's vastly overpowered good half, but as limited as he is now.

Claire? Next, please. Claire's character was a MASSIVE ball drop in the last season. Like I said before, most if not all of the appeal of Heroes to me is that there are powered humans doing still ordinary things with a bonus. Claire as a wannabe agent trainee just kinda... floundered. Claire is much more interesting as a college student. It becomes more teen drama now that her roommate knows she can't get hurt or whatever, but in Claire's respect, that's where she works, NOT as a fucking superhero.

Hiro may be much more interesting now that his power use comes with consequences. To me, it's much more interesting to have power with a consequence than to just be a walking deus ex machina.

But again, to touch on something I said earlier, my favorite characters have been the more morally grey characters. HRG is awesome. Nathan Petrelli was actually interesting, although the story I wanted them to show regarding Nathan was never explicitly touched on and pissed me off. Nathan basically betrayed his own kind, and the motivation given for that was gimpy at best. Knowing he is one of them, wouldn't it have been better to just go after specifically the ones who were worst? Unless Nathan's whole "experiment with captives" thing was to find a cure for his own basically harmless power, but that's neither here nor there. Parkman is getting interesting again (because as much as I liked Daphne, Matt is useless when it's just "Daphne" this, "daphne" that) because Parkman is morally grey, and although he used his powers mostly for good, in one alternate future Parkman WAS tantamount to a full-blown villain. I just wish they'd fucking explain how suddenly, with the aid of some paste, Parkman and Hiro ended up with Isaac Mendez's powers.

I'm glad Danko's dead. Danko sucked, and not even teaming him with Sylar made me give a shit.

You know, I despise that they found out who he was. Sylar is too awesome a character to fade away or just kill off without being epic, and I also think it's time he stepped aside as a villain (especially given the amount of time they spent trying to 'redeem' him last season only for him to step back to Square One) and let the new villains step in. Unfortunately it's starting to look like Sylar's going to regain his memory and probably start cutting up carnival employee workers.

Though they finally have someone who's capable of getting rid of Sylar if it comes to that. They had a possibility of killing him with the Stephen Canfield character last season, he of the black holes, but it'd take someone who can swallow someone up, like say with a gigantic sinkhole, to stop him again.

From the looks of it, I think they're completely done with Nathan. I, like Syd, kind of wonder what happened to Mohinder. Did he get put on the proverbial bus with Chuck Cunningham and the youngest kid from Step by Step?

Sylar still has the ability to remember things based on touch. They've already set up again that they know he's Gabriel Grey and that he killed his mother. If he gets curious about that and so much as touches one of his mother's snowglobes or something... THAT'S what I think. It'd be a little more interesting if Sylar could lose his powers as easily as he could get them. It's been hinted at that he cuts open people's heads, studies their brains and then knows how to replicate their powers... assuming he's not actually absorbing anything, I think they can infer that as he can remember powers, so too can he forget them. I think this'd make him a bazillion times more interesting. At any rate, I love Sylar, but he's had his time in the sun as Prime Villain. I don't want him to go away, but at the same time, I'd love to see a huge villain besides him that isn't awfully lame like Arthur Petrelli. Adam Monroe was interesting... aaaaaaaaaaand crumbled into dust.

I'd like to see what happens to Parkman if Sylar regains his memories independently. If Sylar recovers himself, he's around again, yet Parkman still has Sylar left over inside his skull. Methinks, if they get bold, Parkman could be the next major character to die. We've already seen Peter Petrelli vs. Sylar a billion times, and essentially, Hiro vs. Sylar as well. Considering how powerful Parkman COULD be, and how he misuses his powers now, it's an interesting setup.

I'm with IceWarm. This season is looking like Heroes is starting to get its focus back a little bit. I like the Carnies, it kind of reminds me of like, the Morlocks from X-Men. It fits well, and the only fallback is, the way I see it, I see them all getting carelessly tossed aside if (and probably when) Sylar gets his memories back, and he kills them all and steals their powers. Thankfully for the moment he still seems to think he's more Nathan than anything. I kind of hope they DON'T restore him, and if they do, only partially. Sylar is interesting as a villain, but Sylar can't be the Big Bad/Deus Ex Machina every fucking season. Let's let him keep both Sylar AND Nathan in his head and see him become morally grey instead of just a power-seeking killer.

If they MUST have "Sylar" as a villain, bring back John Glover as Samson Grey, have him take Sylar's regeneration, and let HIM be the Sylar archetype.

Seems they completely dropped the Compass idea. I think it'll probably pop up again in the future, but it seems to have been completely forgotten. Like "Here's this magical artifact that these guys are willing to kill for, and OOPS! It's gone."

As for Charlie... go for it. Any excuse Heroes has to revisit Season One is completely welcome. Also, I like that Claire was in this episode for like... 20 seconds. THANK GOD. Now where the hell is Mohinder?

IceWarm wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote: The whole Charlie thing is kinda weird. Hiro has tried to save her before, only to discover that she had terminal cancer, and that it was futile. Then again, he DID let her get killed by Sylar, didn't he? Maybe his goal is to give her the few extra months she missed out on? Or maybe he's going to bring her back to the future... She had a blood clot in her brain or something like that. Sylar ended up getting to her though. Speaking of that her ability was this amazing memory. I wonder why even with that ability Sylar can't remember shit. Maybe Hiro will bring her back and Peter can save both of them.

Remember Season 2? Sylar lost everything except telekinesis and his original power.