Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Heroes: Seven Minutes to Midnight
I knew this would happen... The whole time travel thing was going to be the place where the writers got sloppy. I said that to my friend Dave after the first episode. At the end of the episode, we have Hiro going back in time to save the life of a waitress he just met named Charlie. His intention was to go back one day, but as we know, his ability to control his powers at this point is limited. He missed.
I say that because he went back far enough in time to be included in Charlie's birthday celebration, which was apparently about 6 months ago, when she got her Japanesee Phrase book. Maybe by the time he gets to the present day, he speaks perfect english. One question is how much of what he has encountered now will change? The bigger question is how will the writers reconcile the two timelines? Over the last few weeks, are there now 2 Hiros? One traveling with Ando and one hanging out with Charlie? How will the 2 Hiro's merge?
Here is the conundrum... If Hiro manages to save the girl, then Hiro has no reason to go back in time. On two occaisions, Hiro has mentioned "rifts". By the future moment when he goes back to talk to Peter Petrelli on the train, he understands that he has to come and go quickly, not stick around for photos. We'll see what they do here. A lot has happened to Hiro so far that we don't really want to undo, but the writers may have a different idea, since they deleted Hiro's ongoing blog from their website.
And the mutants just keep on coming... So we recently met nuclear guy. Tonight we met Charlie, who's ability is that she remembers everything she sees/reads/hears and learns very quickly. I'm not sure why that would put her on Sylar's hit list, but I guess we will have to wait to find out.
It seems that Mohinder's mysterious friend Eden was not just a plant as many suspected, but is also one of the enhanced people, who it seems is working for HRG. Eden's power appears to be some sort of mind control or "super influence". So HRG's secret organization has at least 2 of the enhanced on its side. I wonder if they will recruit any of the other enhanced folk that we've met so far. Isaac seems a pretty good candidate if he ever gets over being mad about them forcing him to shoot up. He does seem interested in helping save the world. And if that is the agenda of the secret people, he may sign up. Who better to have in your organization than a guy that can see the future?
We also learned that the secret mutant police have been around for at least 14 years. We know that because it was 14 years ago that HRG and his people accidentally caused the death of Claire's mom (oops).
We were starting to wonder what was going to happen to Mohinder and how he was going to stay involved. After all, he seemed to turn suddenly cold on Peter Petrelli and the whole notion of mutants. He packed up and left to go back to India to bury his dad. Once in India, he seemed willing to forsake his dad's research and declare him a nut like everyone else. Of course, as we know, you can't fight destiny.
Once back in India, Mohinder comes across his father's computer which is scrolling the same program that Mohinder found on his father's laptop in NY. While in front of the computer, Mohinder experiences 2 different out of body experiences. In them he "witnesses" events from the past. He learned of a sister that he never knew he had, who supposedly died when he was two years old. He saw how his father was killed by Sylar (at seven minutes to midnght). He met a young boy who seemed to be a subject that his father was studying.
The question is, was Mohinder's out of body experience due to his powers or the boys (Iyar Sanjog - Is that a boy's name)? Also, why is this kid's file the only file in Chandra's hidden drawer? All we know about the kid is that he is somehow related to sleepwalking and learning in one's sleep. I think it's possible that we'll discover this kid in a coma somewhere. Why can he only communicate with Mohinder? Why only when Mohinder is asleep in front of his dad's computer? I think Mohinder has an ability, and the program his father has helps activate abilities. His father's book is titled "Activating Evolution", so who knows?
If they went to the trouble of mentioning Mohinder's sister, then we doubt that she is dead, so we should keep an eye out for anyone that could be her. The other reason to mention her might have been that she was "special". Maybe she was one of Sylar's early victims...
I say that because he went back far enough in time to be included in Charlie's birthday celebration, which was apparently about 6 months ago, when she got her Japanesee Phrase book. Maybe by the time he gets to the present day, he speaks perfect english. One question is how much of what he has encountered now will change? The bigger question is how will the writers reconcile the two timelines? Over the last few weeks, are there now 2 Hiros? One traveling with Ando and one hanging out with Charlie? How will the 2 Hiro's merge?
Here is the conundrum... If Hiro manages to save the girl, then Hiro has no reason to go back in time. On two occaisions, Hiro has mentioned "rifts". By the future moment when he goes back to talk to Peter Petrelli on the train, he understands that he has to come and go quickly, not stick around for photos. We'll see what they do here. A lot has happened to Hiro so far that we don't really want to undo, but the writers may have a different idea, since they deleted Hiro's ongoing blog from their website.
And the mutants just keep on coming... So we recently met nuclear guy. Tonight we met Charlie, who's ability is that she remembers everything she sees/reads/hears and learns very quickly. I'm not sure why that would put her on Sylar's hit list, but I guess we will have to wait to find out.
It seems that Mohinder's mysterious friend Eden was not just a plant as many suspected, but is also one of the enhanced people, who it seems is working for HRG. Eden's power appears to be some sort of mind control or "super influence". So HRG's secret organization has at least 2 of the enhanced on its side. I wonder if they will recruit any of the other enhanced folk that we've met so far. Isaac seems a pretty good candidate if he ever gets over being mad about them forcing him to shoot up. He does seem interested in helping save the world. And if that is the agenda of the secret people, he may sign up. Who better to have in your organization than a guy that can see the future?
We also learned that the secret mutant police have been around for at least 14 years. We know that because it was 14 years ago that HRG and his people accidentally caused the death of Claire's mom (oops).
We were starting to wonder what was going to happen to Mohinder and how he was going to stay involved. After all, he seemed to turn suddenly cold on Peter Petrelli and the whole notion of mutants. He packed up and left to go back to India to bury his dad. Once in India, he seemed willing to forsake his dad's research and declare him a nut like everyone else. Of course, as we know, you can't fight destiny.
Once back in India, Mohinder comes across his father's computer which is scrolling the same program that Mohinder found on his father's laptop in NY. While in front of the computer, Mohinder experiences 2 different out of body experiences. In them he "witnesses" events from the past. He learned of a sister that he never knew he had, who supposedly died when he was two years old. He saw how his father was killed by Sylar (at seven minutes to midnght). He met a young boy who seemed to be a subject that his father was studying.
The question is, was Mohinder's out of body experience due to his powers or the boys (Iyar Sanjog - Is that a boy's name)? Also, why is this kid's file the only file in Chandra's hidden drawer? All we know about the kid is that he is somehow related to sleepwalking and learning in one's sleep. I think it's possible that we'll discover this kid in a coma somewhere. Why can he only communicate with Mohinder? Why only when Mohinder is asleep in front of his dad's computer? I think Mohinder has an ability, and the program his father has helps activate abilities. His father's book is titled "Activating Evolution", so who knows?
If they went to the trouble of mentioning Mohinder's sister, then we doubt that she is dead, so we should keep an eye out for anyone that could be her. The other reason to mention her might have been that she was "special". Maybe she was one of Sylar's early victims...
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OK- excellent post Big T, you beat me to the punch, unlike you, who was sitting in front of a computer, I was at the doctor's office getting physical therapy done on my calf muscle. Right now, we need to change the tag line of one's fast to one is really limping along!
Seven Minutes to Midnight -picked up steam from last week's poor showing. We had some major plot development - and everything we thought about HRG dude really isn't true. Turns out that he's trying to protect the mutants, or at least find them. His means though are not always nice - but his love for his daughter is great.
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Seven Minutes to Midnight -picked up steam from last week's poor showing. We had some major plot development - and everything we thought about HRG dude really isn't true. Turns out that he's trying to protect the mutants, or at least find them. His means though are not always nice - but his love for his daughter is great.
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