Thursday, March 01, 2007
Heroes: Company Man
Before I get started, I want to acknowledge my BFFL for finding this pic I stole from his post. I know it's not kosher, but Big T saved me lot's of time, so thanks Big guy! Most appreciated. Ok, now that I have that off my chest, even though the show basically took place in HRG home, man ole man what an episode. I don't think I am going out on a limb here, but that had to be one of the best Heroes episode. We learned so much, and yet we were tantalized by what we didn't know. It's nice to see Sulu play the heavy.
I guess why the show resonated so deeply with me is because I have daughters. In the end, HRG's love for Claire surpassed his loyalties to the company. A very telling scene for me was the dialog exchange between Claire and HRG. She basically said, you are not my dad and he said, I am not your biological dad, but I am your father and I love you. When Claire was on the bridge with Mr. memory wipe, she realizes what her "father" is going to do to protect her. Claire does come to the realization that her dad is good dude and he was only trying to protect her even though he didn't have any issues in operating in the grey zones.
These last two shows have been very strong for me, it's nice to finally have some compelling TV to watch, however, I am starting to get disappointed in my other super favorite show, 24, but more on that in a different post.
