So … yeah. Great episode. But kind of self-contained, with no real impact on the other storylines or the mythology in general. A racist doctor is killing off refugee Sagittarons, Helo figures it out, nobody believes him at first, then they do, and the doctor is arrested. Presumably, the Sagittarons are the colony that nobody else likes, because of their hardcore fundamental beliefs, including a rejection of modern medicine — which makes them kind of like Christian Scientists, I suppose. Says Papa Adama, “There’s hate, and then there’s allowing hate. Two sides of the same coin, really. We’re guilty of both.” Which I guess is the episode’s object lesson. Whether or not anybody will actually remember this lesson in coming episodes remains to be seen. Particularly as regards Sharon.
Ando and Hiro return to Vegas, where they plan to steal the sword from Linderman, who some tall chick named Hope claims to know as she seduces Ando, who steals a pink bag for her against the wishes of Hiro, who gets socked in the nose by Hope, who locks him in a storage room and tells Ando he’s with Linderman, who has hired Jessica to kill some dude, who stole 2 million dollars from Linderman and who — despite Matt’s best efforts — ends up dead, just like the Metal Melting Guy, who Sylar got to before Mohinder, who is now going to recruit “Zane”, who he doesn’t realize is actually Sylar, who is the reason the Haitian & Mr. Bennet had to wipe the memory of Mrs. Bennet again, which is why she can no longer remember Mr. Muggles or Claire, who once again visits her real mom, Firestarter, who extorts $100K from Nathan and lies about the amount to Claire, who throws a rock at a teary-eyed Nathan, who Jessica has now been hired to kill.
Okay, first a quiz question for the uber-geeks out there:
What was the license plate number of Hiro’s father’s car, and why is it important?
With that out of the way, let’s fast-forward through the rest of the episode. Unlike Hiro, I can’t stop or slow down time, and there’s a lot of work on my plate today …
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In this episode of Heroes …
Hiro is still looking for his sword, and in the process, he and Ando get kidnapped by some men in a van, who it turns out work for Hiro’s father, George Takei (“Oh MY!”). Of course, the fact that the NBC marketing department already revealed this casting weeks ago took all the steam and surprise out of this particular plotline for me. I wonder when the networks will figure out that people who watch TV shows actually LIKE surprises?
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Making your way in the Fleet today takes everything you’ve got.
Taking a break from all those Toasters, sure would help a lot.
Wouldn’t you like to get away? …
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As Battlestar Galactica returns from hiatus, we’re treated to a few shocking plotlines that even the writers of Melrose Place would have to applaud …
On the planet, Apollo’s wife saves his mistress’s life, while the husband of his mistress helps him defend the Temple of the Five. Meanwhile, up on Galactica, Helo’s wife begs him to kill her (sort of), and he does. It’s a bold move, but ends up being just crazy enough to work. Athena is reborn on the Cylon ship, and with Six’s help, escapes with a constipated Hera back to Galactica.
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Two weeks of show time have passed since the last episode of Heroes. During that time, Peter has been in a coma, Niki’s been in jail, Matt has been staking out Primatech Paper in search of Sylar, the radioactive guy has been practicing his powers, Claire has been pretending to not have a memory, and Hiro has been looking for the sword that will help him regain full use of his powers.
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This week’s Battlestar Galactica was kind of broody, no? It seemed like all of the plotlines involved frustrating no-win scenarios. Apollo won’t sleep with Starbuck any more unless she gets a divorce, and Starbuck is too “devout” to get a divorce. Tyrol is stuck spiritually somewhere between religious cynicism and the zealous devoutness of his father. Sharon is trying hard to remain loyal to the Fleet, but finding out that Roslin hid her baby from her is making that hard to do. After falling in love with Baltar, Caprica Six is being pushed away from him by D’Anna’s spiritual quest to see the faces of the Final Five. Baltar learns that even with the Cylons, he’s not safe, and that Cavil will happily use him as a bargaining chip. And Adama and the Cylons find themselves in a showdown that could involve destroying the very thing that both of them want so badly — the mysterious “Eye of Jupiter,” which points the way to Earth.
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This week’s Battlestar Galactica was hard core philosophical, yo! Almost couldn’t keep up with all the darkness and soul-searching going on. But first … did I miss the moment when Six and D’Anna agreed to start having threesomes with Baltar? It must have happened last week, while everybody on Galactica was busy beating the piss out of each other.
Anyway, the Fleet is back to starving again. And this time, the nearest planet with anything edible — some kind of algae — is on the other side of a huge hellish star cluster. For one reason or another, they can’t go around, and the only way to get everybody to the other planet is by making two “jumps” that requiring stopping in the middle to regroup. But the conditions are so bad inside the cluster that a Raptor has to escort each Fleet sheep through, one by one. So literally (sort of), the Raptor pilots have to go through Hell and back 10 times — 5 trips each way — taking on more radiation and losing a bit of sanity each trip. In the end, two ships are lost, along with their skeleton crews, but other than this, the mission is a relative success.
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In this episode of Heroes, Matt the Cop finally joins the fray, interrogating both Peter and Claire. Unfortunately, he’s frustrated in both instances. Peter’s power mimicking ability creates some nasty telepathic feedback for him, and Claire and her father are under the telepathic protection of “The Haitian”. Who, by the way, needs a name already. Seriously. Unless maybe he has one, but has wiped it out of the heads of everybody who’s ever heard it?
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