Heroes 3x07 "Eris Quod Sum"
Oct. 28th, 2008 07:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trillianastraAfter last week, I was... interested(/concerned/anxious) to know what this week's episode would be. As per usual, this is gonna be spoilerific... so all the ep-specific stuff is behind the cut.
Before I get into the important stuff, I would like to set aside a moment here to appreciate the sheer, fantastic awesomeness of Sandra Bennet. Seriously. That woman does not get enough fan-appreciation.
Also... well, would you look at that, Lyle hasn't fallen down a plot hole after all. Though, he got all of one line, and chucking a bucket of water over Elle. Sorry, Lyle, but that was a little... underwhelming. Just leave the hero-ing to Daddy and big sis, okay, hon?
Which brings me to Claire. Ohhh, Claire. It's odd, I made it through two full seasons of Claire being mildly-irritating-but-not-enough-for-me-to-hate-her, and NOW she gets cool? I just... well, whatever. The more badass she gets, the more I like her, basically.
Side point: ELLE. Oh, jeebus. That... can't've been fun. Though.. "It's nice to know that you're as messed up as me". Hmm, you may have a point there, Sparky. Except... well, ya, Claire's sorta messed up too. But no-one is as messed up as Elle. Certain people come close, but no-one's quite the same...
Once again, minimal HRG time this week. Still, at least his scenes had the (awesome) benefit of putting Nathan, Tracy and Meredith in a room together. (BTW... Meredith's a pyro and Tracy's a cryo... fire for one, ice for the other. I see symbolism there...)
Side point the Second: MAYA. For pretty much the first time ever, I actually liked Maya this week. Srsly. Maybe Daddy Petrelli took the whinyness away with the Black Tears of Doom. (Actually, that's... quite a terrifying idea. Never mind) So... Maya, you are now on the list of Powerless but Awesome. You have fun there hanging out with Peter.
Mohinder: Oh, dear. This is... not good. By any possible definition of the word. Also, LEAVE SYLAR ONLY, MOHINDER. *glares*
Daphne: OMG DAPHNE. So uh, you're gonna turn out to be awesome, right? In the end, I mean? Like I've always thought you are? Please?
Matt: Dude. Parkman... you just carry on being you. You're Awesome. Never, ever, ever stop being Awesome. For the record, I'm kinda sorry about your dad... even though he was Molly's Nightmare Man and everything.
Hiro (& Ando): Uh.. huh? Dude, I know Usutu's all *african!Isaac*, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's on the *good* side like Isaac was.
Side point the Third: Usutu: Hyena dung? Srsly? mind-bendy spirit-walk paste has HYENA DUNG in it? Gross, dude.
Peter: Now. I have a theory here... we know Daddy Petrelli took Peter's abilities. Or at least, the ones like the electricity thing he got from Elle, the TK he got from Brian-Davis-via-Sylar... but I think his *original* empath power is still there.
I think this, because in the Deep Dark Underground Lab at Pinehearst, Mohinder told Peter that his (Peter's) metabolism was specially adapted for absorbing abilities. Which is, basically, his original power. So... there are two reasons for Peter surviving that fall. a) I like the idea that Sylar used *his* TK to slow his fall.
and
b) Claire was nearby. So, though he'd have been injured even with Sylar's "assistance", Claire being close by meant he was able to survive relatively intact. Relatively.
Sylar, Angela, Arthur: Woo, boy.
a) Angela can astral-project herself now? Cools.
b) WOO SYLAR IS BEING... well, SYLAR. (Yes, this makes me happy. Shut up.)
c) Um. So, yeah. Daddy Petrelli, you are one scary, scary son of a bitch. I mean that, I do. Sylar doesn't scare me like you do. Angela doesn't. Maury... uh, didn't. Eric Doyle from last week's episode didn't scare me like you do.
Therefore, congratulations on being the most consistently terrifying bastard this show has seen to date. (By the way... about Angela... um, honestly, next to you, Angela is about as scary as a newborn kitten. Though I suppose appearances can be deceptive. After all, you appeared to be dead for the last year...)
Penultimate point: So... could we have some kicking ass and taking of names, please? Like maybe... next week? 'Cause dude, really, this show needs a light at the end of the tunnel right now.
Final point: I put the title of this ep through an internet translator, and got the phrase "will be and to be". That... actually makes a kind of sense. I think.
Before I get into the important stuff, I would like to set aside a moment here to appreciate the sheer, fantastic awesomeness of Sandra Bennet. Seriously. That woman does not get enough fan-appreciation.
Also... well, would you look at that, Lyle hasn't fallen down a plot hole after all. Though, he got all of one line, and chucking a bucket of water over Elle. Sorry, Lyle, but that was a little... underwhelming. Just leave the hero-ing to Daddy and big sis, okay, hon?
Which brings me to Claire. Ohhh, Claire. It's odd, I made it through two full seasons of Claire being mildly-irritating-but-not-enough-for-me-to-hate-her, and NOW she gets cool? I just... well, whatever. The more badass she gets, the more I like her, basically.
Side point: ELLE. Oh, jeebus. That... can't've been fun. Though.. "It's nice to know that you're as messed up as me". Hmm, you may have a point there, Sparky. Except... well, ya, Claire's sorta messed up too. But no-one is as messed up as Elle. Certain people come close, but no-one's quite the same...
Once again, minimal HRG time this week. Still, at least his scenes had the (awesome) benefit of putting Nathan, Tracy and Meredith in a room together. (BTW... Meredith's a pyro and Tracy's a cryo... fire for one, ice for the other. I see symbolism there...)
Side point the Second: MAYA. For pretty much the first time ever, I actually liked Maya this week. Srsly. Maybe Daddy Petrelli took the whinyness away with the Black Tears of Doom. (Actually, that's... quite a terrifying idea. Never mind) So... Maya, you are now on the list of Powerless but Awesome. You have fun there hanging out with Peter.
Mohinder: Oh, dear. This is... not good. By any possible definition of the word. Also, LEAVE SYLAR ONLY, MOHINDER. *glares*
Daphne: OMG DAPHNE. So uh, you're gonna turn out to be awesome, right? In the end, I mean? Like I've always thought you are? Please?
Matt: Dude. Parkman... you just carry on being you. You're Awesome. Never, ever, ever stop being Awesome. For the record, I'm kinda sorry about your dad... even though he was Molly's Nightmare Man and everything.
Hiro (& Ando): Uh.. huh? Dude, I know Usutu's all *african!Isaac*, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's on the *good* side like Isaac was.
Side point the Third: Usutu: Hyena dung? Srsly? mind-bendy spirit-walk paste has HYENA DUNG in it? Gross, dude.
Peter: Now. I have a theory here... we know Daddy Petrelli took Peter's abilities. Or at least, the ones like the electricity thing he got from Elle, the TK he got from Brian-Davis-via-Sylar... but I think his *original* empath power is still there.
I think this, because in the Deep Dark Underground Lab at Pinehearst, Mohinder told Peter that his (Peter's) metabolism was specially adapted for absorbing abilities. Which is, basically, his original power. So... there are two reasons for Peter surviving that fall. a) I like the idea that Sylar used *his* TK to slow his fall.
and
b) Claire was nearby. So, though he'd have been injured even with Sylar's "assistance", Claire being close by meant he was able to survive relatively intact. Relatively.
Sylar, Angela, Arthur: Woo, boy.
a) Angela can astral-project herself now? Cools.
b) WOO SYLAR IS BEING... well, SYLAR. (Yes, this makes me happy. Shut up.)
c) Um. So, yeah. Daddy Petrelli, you are one scary, scary son of a bitch. I mean that, I do. Sylar doesn't scare me like you do. Angela doesn't. Maury... uh, didn't. Eric Doyle from last week's episode didn't scare me like you do.
Therefore, congratulations on being the most consistently terrifying bastard this show has seen to date. (By the way... about Angela... um, honestly, next to you, Angela is about as scary as a newborn kitten. Though I suppose appearances can be deceptive. After all, you appeared to be dead for the last year...)
Penultimate point: So... could we have some kicking ass and taking of names, please? Like maybe... next week? 'Cause dude, really, this show needs a light at the end of the tunnel right now.
Final point: I put the title of this ep through an internet translator, and got the phrase "will be and to be". That... actually makes a kind of sense. I think.
