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    What The Hell Is Sylar's Deal, Anyway?

    Heroes' season finale slunk over the airwaves last night, bringing with it mindless platitudes from Suresh, the defeat of one enemy, and Sylar-related plotholes so gigantic they could fight Godzilla and win. Spoilers ahead! More »
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    Comment by Grey_Area: Annalee, if you have Graeme do these recaps next season the headaches and nosebleeds will stop. 19 Responses | Other threads

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    Claire Has Alcoholism Power, and Peter Talks to Jesus

    Heroes was perking up last week, but this week there was a slow slide into the melodrama blahs - punctuated by completely random religious moments. Spoilers ahead. More »
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    Comment by Pessimipposaurus: So. That was the first episode I watched all the way. From 1 to 10, what was this like for... 11 Responses | Other threads

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    Sylar Wants His Mommy on Heroes

    Last week I polled you guys about whether I should keep punishing myself and the world by continuing to watch Heroes. And you voted for punishment. Which is exactly what the episode "Exposed" was. More »
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    Nothing Happens, And It Feels So Old-School, On Heroes

    If there's one thing that Heroes is good at, it's apparently not family drama if last night's episode is anything to go by. Daddy issues for cheerleaders and psychopaths abound, and spoilers await. More »
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    Comment by Belabras: Yesterday I realized I no longer cared about a single character on Heroes. Not one. Deleted the season pass from... 19 Responses | Other threads

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    Sylar Is a Shock Jock, and Worf is President

    Last night's Heroes ended the "Villians" chapter and inaugurated "Fugitives." Unfortunately it was a recappy mess, though hints of what's coming give us hope that the show is headed for an upswing. More »
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    Comment by Kishi: Yeah, my first thought after the episode was, "Okay, so they're jumping right to Marvel Civil War." I kinda... 13 Responses | Other threads

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    Time Travel Means You Can Change Your Own Diapers

    Last night's episode of Heroes, "Our Father," brought on the superhero sentimentalism you'd expect from an episode about supervillain parents and their ambiguously ethical offspring. Once you got past the tearful reunion scenes, this episode turned out to be a great example of how Hiro's power to control time can actually change the past - and the future - in a pretty interesting way. Plus, there was a really weird scene with time-travel-enabled diaper changing. Spoilers ahead! More »
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    Comment by Kishi: Papa Petrelli got the time travel power in the whole package he stole from Peter. But, really, Hiro, why do you... 11 Responses | Other threads

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    On Heroes, Everything Is Back to Normal

    Last night's episode of superhero freakout show Heroes, part two of "Eclipse," brought an unexpected plot development. Everybody went back to normal. And I don't just mean the plot arc from this two-parter about how an eclipse (which, strangely, takes place everywhere in the world) temporarily robs our heroes of their powers. I mean that our main characters' wildly-shifting personalities all went back to exactly the same place they were at the beginning of the season. With one notable exception. Let us consider these changes and counter-changes, shall we? Spoilers ahead!
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    Comment by DayWeSpilledThePaint_GitEmSteveDave: I was SOOOO pissed at the Sylar part. For one, why didn't HRG decapitate him? He knows that... 13 Responses | Other threads

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    Too Much Destiny on Heroes, and Not Enough Seth Green

    Monday night's Heroes, part one of a double-header called "Eclipse," called back to some great moments in the show's first season, right down to a kind of silly but charming love of comic books. In this clip, you can see the show's latest guest star, Seth "Robot Chicken" Green, playing the manager of a rural comic book store where Hiro and Ando have gone as if on a pilgrimage. This scene embodies the best of last night's episode, and calls attention to what I think the main flaw will become as the season ticks to a close: There is just too much submitting to destiny, and not enough seizing control of it. Spoilers ahead! More »
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    Comment by Furriner: Also: who the hell is writing the 9th Wonder comics? Were they all written back in season one?? 6 Responses | Other threads

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    What Have They Done to Hiro and Sylar?

    Last night's intriguing episode of Heroes, called "It's Coming," brought us deep into the crises suffered by central characters Hiro and Sylar. As one man regresses and the other moves forward in his self-transformation, it's becoming obvious that Heroes cannot deal with the idea of making Hiro into a true hero. Why does Sylar get to be the new force of great justice in this show, while Hiro is consigned to the role of cutey clown? Spoilers ahead. More »
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    Comment by Belabras: Is it really that shocking that the writers have fumbled a few of the characters? I mean, they've fumbled... 8 Responses | Other threads

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    Shave Your Wrists with Heroes

    Last night was the first new Heroes episode in three weeks, and a lot has happened since we last watched Hiro eat a pile of hallucinogenic hyena dung in Africa. Last week brought the big announcement that NBC was firing two major contributors to the show: co-producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander. Though the firings are too recent to affect this episode, called "Villains," it was clearly a turning point for the season and was one of my favorite episodes this fall. Unfortunately, "Villains" was also a flashback episode whose revelations are only going to be interesting to die-hard fans. Not a good way to rescue a floundering show. Spoilers ahead! More »
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    Comment by shaunomacx@onelastcontinue.com: another heroes weekly bash. guys i know that you all get paid now by Gawker based upon page hits but please... 9 Responses | Other threads

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    Heroes Is Saved by Homoeroticism and Daddy Love

    Once again this week Heroes picked up steam by focusing in on one central conflict that has tugged all our characters back into each others' orbits. It's clear now that this season will be about family drama, featuring the dueling children of the Petrelli clan and the dueling corporations of its elders. More importantly, this week's episode, "Eros Quod Sum," got back to the comic book themes that inspired this show in the first place. You know, time-tested themes like hero homoeroticism and weird daddy issues. Spoilers ahead! More »
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    Comment by ♠ Final ♠: The only bizarre, unexplainable, piece of writing last night was Elle seeing Peter thrown out of a 7th story window... 7 Responses | Other threads

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    Vote to Kick One Subplot Out of the Heroes Timeline

    Things heated up and came together in last night's Heroes, just like when you put a bunch of peeps in the microwave and they swell up really big and kind of merge into a sugary, hardened blob. A blob that tastes really good. Our patience was rewarded last night: Disparate plot lines met in intriguing ways, and a conspiracy was revealed. And while there wasn't that feeling of character abundance fatigue from last week, this week's "Dying of the Light" was still packed with just one too many subplots. We'll go over those subplots for you, and give you a chance to vote for which one you'd eliminate. Spoilers ahead, my monsters. More »
    10/21/08
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    Comment by IvanaCroakster: Hiro actually said "Hello? Mr. Arfican Isaac?" If you really want to complain about everything this shows does, how about... 6 Responses | Other threads

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    If the Writers Don't Kill Half the Characters on Heroes Now, I Will

    Once a fun show, Heroes has become an unrelenting barrage of new characters whose faces blur together like the hours of a crazed night spent with six hookers and a pound of bug powder. Why can't the writers have the decency to at least kill a bunch of people before introducing ten new ones? I refuse to bother remembering what "special powers" a new character has at this point. I don't even want to give them nicknames like Vortex Guy or Fear-Eating Dude or Spaghetti Forcer. With the possible exceptions of a few cool subplots, Heroes is seriously nuking the fridge. Last night's episode, as you may have guessed, was filled with characters and not much else. Spoilers ahead. More »
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    Comment by twDarkflame: Once again, I find myself looking at another rant on io9 about heroes, and once again, I want to stab... 16 Responses | Other threads

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    Heroes Has Lost Its Spirit Guide and Is Growing Slime Fingers

    Last night's Heroes returned to a problem the show had in its first season — too many characters doing too many random things — without returning to that season's strengths. What was rewarding about that season was that we watched our main characters coming together and pulling the narrative threads of the show into an intricate but neat pattern. But with each new episode of season 3 (and last night's "I Am Become Death" was no exception) we are seeing the characters drift into aimless, unconnected scenarios tied to a future of even more pointless confusion. Why are we still watching this show? I've got a few reasons, with spoilers, so be warned. More »
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    Comment by hakubak: "Last night's Heroes returned to a problem the show had in its first season - too many characters doing too... 12 Responses | Other threads

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    Heroes Avoids Credibility, Grounded By Budget

    Enjoyed last night's Heroes, but thought that some scenes were a little... underwhelming? You weren't alone; series director Greg Beeman has been spilling the beans on what was originally planned for last night's three set-pieces before budgetary concerns forced them to bring everything back down to earth. One of the cool things that we missed out on? Hiro and Ando getting to re-enact the opening of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade in the middle of India. Be warned: Thar be spoilers ahead. More »
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    Comment by cmg: ok, my giant gripe with last night's ep was this: how the fuck was meredith able to speechify, all cool... 6 Responses | Other threads

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    Heroes: Why Don't We Do It In the Lab?

    You can tell that Tim Kring, creator of mega-mutant soap Heroes, was overcompensating in a big way last night. In the exciting two-hour premiere, he proved to the world that he can make his scenes smaller, shorter, and faster than anybody else's scenes. No more of those long, dreary trips to Feudal Japan like last season. This season began with scenes so bursty and brief they made YouTube vids look leisurely. The time-travel freakout plot that causes mutant virus mania was practically incomprehensible (a perennial danger with time travel plots), but still fun in a whacked-out, 1980s DC Comics way. Plus, everybody's getting laid. Spoilers ahead! More »
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    Comment by Log1c: Hiro + Ando = okay, Hiro by himself became some stupid angsty cliche of a hero. Plus him treating Ando... 15 Responses | Other threads

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    It's Our Turn to Be Baby Boomer Fascists

    Heroes ended on a high point last night, despite the fact that show runner Tim Kring had to wrap everything up in the eleventh episode due to writers' strike woes. In fact, the best part was that nothing got resolved at all. Not only are we left wondering about several possible deaths, but we're also treated to this scene, where psychic cop Matt and the Petrelli become as evil as their baby boomer parents. More »
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    Secret Identities Explained

    Super-mutants fighting to save the future on Heroes are having to resolve all their issues in speeded-up time. The writer's strike has forced show lead Tim Kring to wrap up in 11 episodes a plot arc he expected to unfold over 24. So last night's episode felt a little frantic, with characters making bizarro decisions purely to set up next week's finale. How will they ever resolve psychic cop Matt's issues with his mind-controlling dad, omni-mutant Peter's issues with a world-destroying virus, and unbreakable cheerleader Claire's issues with sparky-handed Elle? More »
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