HEROES---Five Years Gone
TELEVISION This was by far the best episode of the season (and should have been posted yesterday). There was so much happening that it’s difficult to put it all down concisely---and way too many questions. Here are a few highlights.
There were many parallels on today’s war on terror and I loved that the US president turned out to be the evil Sylar in disguise. OK, first question: What happened to Nathan Petrelli?
It was funny to hear Ando say to Past Hiro “go talk to yourself.” In one scene, Future Hiro is about to tell Ando that he was killed in the explosion but ding dong Parkman zaps him. Then Peter Petrelli comes in, stops time and takes Future Hiro and Ando away. Very cool. Later, it’s PP who tells Ando that Hiro was obsessed with getting back in time so he could save Ando’s life.
Jessica is now a pole dancer in Las Vegas, and seems to have lost her duality. How did that happen, and how did she and Peter hook up? With his slicked back hair and scar running down his face, Peter says that Sylar is dead, and mentions that Jessica lost Micah and DL, as they watch the TV footage of the devastation. Peter tells her it was he who set off the bomb but the blame was placed on Sylar.
How did Peter get the scar on his face? Was it from the explosion? Linderman had told Nathan in a previous episode that Peter would die the day after Nathan was elected.
Matt Parkman now working for Homeland Security is trying to read Past Hiro’s mind, but can’t. He and Suresh go to Isaac’s loft and see the timeline. I find Parkman to be clueless and a bumbling idiot. Now he’s got power and is still clueless.
Bennett/HRG learns from Future Hiro and Ando that they know Claire is still alive. Parkman wants HRG, who is like a modern day Harriet Tubman working an underground railroad for other’s with powers, to tell him where Claire is. HRG goes to see Claire and tells her to get out there fast. Next thing you know, Parkman is there at the diner to get her, but Claire slips out. YAY!
Claire is going by the name Sandra and has a fiancé. One minute she sees Parkman at the diner and the next time we see her she is at the Petrelli Mansion with her natural father President Petrelli. But the prez is very nice and sweet talking to her, which made me quite suspicious. He tells her he wants to eliminate the competition and doesn’t need any more power especially after her. As she begins to walk away, he stops her with his finger in the air, blood begins to run down Claire’s face as he slices her forehead open and this is when we see him turn into Sylar!
Matt Parkman bursts in and arrests younger Hiro, to take him where they hold the terrorists. Damn that Parkman!
It’s interesting to watch Nathan Petrelli in hindsight, knowing that he’s really Sylar. His conversations with Suresh about the people with powers who are breeding and that the population is fearful, anticipating another Sylar, is really about trying to get rid of those with powers so he can be the most powerful-est!
Nathan/Sylar was trying to be convincing when he says he’s harmless as his flying ability remains a secret.
On the TV: “Round up individuals in a sweep around the country, most successful since the Linderman Act was passed four years ago.”
PP and Future Hiro go to save Past Hiro who is guarded by Parkman and a SWAT team. Suresh is supposed to inject Past Hiro but instead gives it to the Haitian, and Past Hiro is saved. Ando goes running into his arms and they are happily reunited again. Just as Future Hiro tells Past Hiro he will take him back to the right moment in time, filthy Parkman enters and shoots Furure Hiro.
Nathan shows up and pulls PP through the door, but PP knows his brother doesn’t have that ability. Peter knows it’s Sylar, and they get all firey and glowy and start to battle.
It seems that things are hopeless in the future world. Only a Hiro can change it.
