Kensei and crew are on the fringes of White Beard's camp, and Kensei heads off to the smoldering tent to fetch the swordsman. When a guard penetrates Kensei with his sword (that's what she said!), Kensei grunts like he's constipated. The trio rescue the swordsmith, who is surprised Kensei sobered up. Things get complicated when the Swordsmith reveals that White Beard has built up an arsenal of guns. Lots of 'em. Apparently, the swordsmith knew how to built guns, and gave up the goods to the enemy. The way of the Samurai and the sword is coming to an end! NRA-card carrying White Beard plans to overthrow the Emperor, blah blah blah...oh, and the sun is coming up real fast (or they can't afford to wait to resume filming the next night, so they keep rolling).
Kensei does his sword thing, slashing through guards, but one of White Beard's men busts out his right to bear arms, aiming for Yaeko and Hiro. Hiro teleports them to safety and she starts freaking out. Did he not mention this power to her? She puts those MENSA skills to use and finally figures out that Hiro has been masquerading as Kensei. For a country that invents Sudoku, she is not the brightest crayon in the box. However, she does use the word "brigands" so she probably plays Scrabble. She is also surprisingly brazen, asking Hiro, "Do you love me?" Of course he says yes, it's puppy love after all. Yaeko swoons over Hiro's gentleness and amazing deeds, relieved that she won't have to persuade her dad to accept a crazy white guy into the family.
Except the well-endowed part.
She leans in expectantly, and Hiro panics, freezing time. He considers the space/time continuum for about a millisecond but kisses her anyway (this is where the scroll ends, and Ando and his scientist friend are disappointed because it sounds like Hiro's about to get some booty). So answer me this: How does Kensei catch them kissing if he had to fight an entire army?
Hiro finds Kensei on top of a hill, poking at the remains of a fire. Kensei confronts Hiro and accuses him of betraying him, similar to Spencer Pratt calling out Brody Jenner (but way more justified). It's totally the feudal version of "The Hills." Hiro says he accidentally fell in love with Yaeko. Kensei waxes poetically about being cut with the deeper blade of emotional betrayal and Hiro tries to apologize. Things appear resolved, but then Kensei knocks out Hiro (for the umpteenth time) and hands over Yaeko and her father to White Beard. Kensei is offered anything he desires, and Hiro fractured the time/space continuum with that one kiss.
You don't like the Superman?
In the Warehouse
"Hug it out, bitch!"
Bennet discovers the rest of the 8 paintings, which include a hand holding a vial (which probably contains a strain of the virus). a panicked blonde knocking on a window (Elle? Niki?), Hiro fighting Kensei (6/8), and a battered-looking Mohinder brandishing a smoking gun (7/8). The last of the series is Bennet lying dead on the ground, so this is not good news for the Mohinder/Bennet BFF relationship. From a distance, one of the other paintings also appears to be Claire when she "died" on the steps of the high school after Emotard dropped her. Well, history can be changed.
Montreal, Canada
Peter unrolls his canvas in front of a building with the Heroes symbol on it, seeing it match exactly - it's super-meta. Do Canadians not lock their doors? He easily enters with Caitlin and they start poking around. It looks like a musty antique shop - but wait, on a mirror is a tag with "Peter" scrawled on it. I love scavenger hunts! The note reads: "We were right about The Company. The world is in danger. Friend me on Facebook. Adam. P.S. Stop acting retarded."
They wouldn't name two characters Adam, would they? It's gotta be Monroe, or the original sin one. Something tells me Peter is about to do some time-traveling. Caitlin hugs him and they end up in a desolate New York - at least it's not on fire, but it sure is full of trash and bodybags. They find a biohazard evacuation order for June 14, 2008 - next week's previews reveal that 93% of the world's population is dead, evil has taken over, and not even Al Gore can prevent this with a PowerPoint presentation (fyi, he actually used the Mac version, Keynote). Seriously, New York is in danger, again? Do I care? Not really.
Great, we can finally get tickets for Wicked!
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Comments (18)
This season of Heroes is quickly turning in to the season of Teh Suck.
Too many characters, too many long-winded story lines, too many locations, and WAY too many subtitles. Indeed, it was torture watching this episode.
1 of 18 | Posted by Firthguy | Posted on November 1, 2007 7:43 AM
This season of Heroes is quickly turning in to the season of Teh Suck.
Too many characters, too many long-winded story lines, too many locations, and WAY too many subtitles. Indeed, it was torture watching this episode.
2 of 18 | Posted by Firthguy | Posted on November 1, 2007 7:52 AM
This show is tearing me apart. For example, after I got done watching this episode, with the paintings, and HRG, and the future destruction thing, I thought WOW! It is finally going somewhere! Great episode.
And then I look back on the episode and realized that aside from the HRG storyline, I hated all the subplots. It has been that way all season.
I hate Claire and emotard, I hate Molly, I hate Hiro and Kensei, I have the wondertwins, I want the Peter storyline to speed up, and although I like Monica's power, I really don't like her storyline.
Watching the episode, I thought it was good, but looking back, not so much. Shouldn't there be a shelf life longer than three days?
Friday Night Lights on the other hand, I have been thinking about that for a week, and, as dumb as it sounds, Supernatural.
What has happened to TV this year? Everything is going downhill. (Insert overwrought sob here).
3 of 18 | Posted by fnllover | Posted on November 1, 2007 11:36 AM
Yeah... I'm tired of the Claire/Emotard storyline... I can't stand the whiney twin duo and can't wait for them to die (get im sylar!)..
I don't mind the Hiro storyline though... but I wish it would speed up a bit... Get to a point.
And yeah... HRG storyline is good, also like Monica and I like the Peter storyline as well, but also wish it would speed up some.
They spoiled us the first season with how fast everything happened and then decided to sloooooooow it down too much this season.
4 of 18 | Posted by shollia | Posted on November 1, 2007 11:48 AM
i'm sure you meant bring it on 4. there already is a bring it on 3....and claire bennett is in it.
5 of 18 | Posted by kevintheomanharris | Posted on November 1, 2007 11:53 AM
I still think that people are being too hard on this show.
I hate the emotard, as you all know, I think he's a horrible actor. But I like Peter's story line.
I think that the Hiro story is about to kick into second gear, and we can't compare the future devestation to last season. Last season we delt with an explosion in a city. This season is about a plauge that knocks out 93% of the world.
6 of 18 | Posted by neillfilm | Posted on November 1, 2007 12:18 PM
kevintheomanharris: Thanks for reminding me, sometimes I try to forget there are already 3 Bring it Ons. That, and there are 3 Free Willy movies...
Do you think this season can be salvaged? Or at least turned into a drinking game? Sweeps are here.
7 of 18 | Posted by T.Vo | Posted on November 1, 2007 12:20 PM
Great recap T.Vo! Umm loved the "in Soviet Russia, memories forget you!" Hilarious.
I want so badly to like this season. I keep giving it more and more chances. I think they can still bring it back if they introduce one driving force behind all of the heroes... is it too late for that?
I thought they partnered Mohinder with Jessica, so if he tries to flip she can school him...
Sylar is a MEGA CREEP! Although, how exactly does he intend to get his powers back from Mohinder when M would kill Sylar if he had the chance?
Way too much going on, Claire is lame and Feudal Japan makes me want to rip out all my hair and light myself on fire.
Oh well. I'll give it a bit longer (read: rest of the season).
8 of 18 | Posted by pachita | Posted on November 1, 2007 1:09 PM
The Yako Smirnoff reference was hilarious, and I hope more plotlines take place in the old Soviet bloc so you can re-use them. In any case, the HRG storyline is the only well deveoped one. I cannot stand the way blackpeople are written in this show. I am suprised she didn't pop open an OE 40, sew a uniform out of FuBu gear and have a training montage to "Mamma said knock You out."
2 storylines that have to go or speed way the f up is Hiro's bs and Claire's bs. The only thing I like about these scens is it gives me a chance to refil my Brita and take a crap.
9 of 18 | Posted by mattypopo | Posted on November 1, 2007 4:06 PM
About the canadians not locking their doors thing, in the documentary bowling for columbine, he actually asked some canadians about that and most of them said that they do not lock their doors. I guess I am different from pretty much everyone else who reads your recap, because i actually like claire and this season.
10 of 18 | Posted by preppyboy6 | Posted on November 1, 2007 7:56 PM
This season does seem to drag (maybe it needs an injection of shark stem cells, ala FNL), but it is too early to give up. I did lower it's priority on the DVR record list.
Thanks for the recap!
11 of 18 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 1, 2007 8:51 PM
I really wanna enjoy your recaps, but...
Enough with all of the racial references when recapping Monica's character. She's black. We get it. Har har. What makes your remarks even more obviously racist (and unfunny) is that Monica doesn't even use the typical hip hop slang, so when you use it - it just reads as ignorant:
1. "Girl just wants to manage a Burger Bonanza, yo."
2. "Monica should trust her gut instinct, which is "Don't trust white people" and get the hell out of there."
Mohinder's not white, hun. And he's fine, so duh. A teenage girl would have no problem following him to show him some of her EXTRAORDINARY "moves".
3. Also, Bring It On 3 (Jump or Get Served)? That movie actually already exists, so yet another lame, racist joke.
Re: "Worst. Plotline. Ever."
No, that award goes to the Fake Feudal Japan Where the Amazingly Useless Yaeko Who Can't Tell the Difference Between Round Anglo Blue Eyes and Squinty Japanese Brown Eyes plotline.
Seriously. It took her hand over Hiro's nose and mouth to see that he was Mr. Cherry Blossoms? It was at that moment, that my suspension of disbelief with this show was unsuspended...forever.
12 of 18 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 4, 2007 9:59 AM
So I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt and keep reading this lame-ass recap and you do it again!
"Seriously, don't tell me that color choice is not intentional, we already had the African-America girl with the chocolate cupcake shoved in her face earlier. "You're like my own personal Oprah," says Monica, whose distrust of white people seems to be fading. Bob tells her to save N'awlins, and seems slightly nicer - what's going on?"
Really, ENOUGH already about Monica being black. The only person who's noticing all of these "racial coincidences" is YOU. Black is the most popular iPod color. Only a racist person would equate the black iPod with a black person. Also, whenever someone keeps referring to a black person as "African-American", obviously that person is trying too hard to be PC. The show's not obsessed with race, YOU are.
13 of 18 | Posted by Blahblah | Posted on November 4, 2007 10:09 AM
"Except the well-endowed part."
Is this your idea of funny? Referring to a stereotype of Asian men's small penises? Btw, it isn't like white men (Kensei) are known for large penises. You are just unbelievably racist and your "jokes" are very offensive.
14 of 18 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 4, 2007 10:20 AM
don't kill the messenger: she's just fulfilling her duties as recapper with an opinion.
keep it up, t.vo. youre awesome.
if there are any complaints, id take it up to NBC brass -- they could use a reality check on the way they greenlight depictions of other races.
t.vo doesnt air heroes. the peacock does.
hugo
15 of 18 | Posted by jooce129 | Posted on November 4, 2007 10:51 PM
Seriously, I think this show is the one employing retarded racial stereotypes and not our recapper. This whole New Orleans plotline designed play on our heartstrings and sympathies by exploiting the tragedy that has happened there has rubbed me the wrong way since the beginning.
16 of 18 | Posted by dreamstorm | Posted on November 5, 2007 10:54 AM
The show does seem to be fond of racial (and other) stereotypes. T.Vo takes it a bit further but I always saw that as making fun of the stereotypes portrayed in the show. For instance, the black iPod comment was too far out to be taken seriously. Also, I didn’t know that doubledutch and skateboarding were seen as typically "black" activities. Anyway, it gets kind of tiring.
And Blahblah, I don’t think T.Vo is the only one obsessed with race. You interpret almost everything in a racial context and most of the time it’s probably not meant that way.
And you and T.Vo both see things I don’t see, like the girl with the cupcake being black.
Like all discussions about race, this is probably going nowhere, but feel free to tell me if I’ve misunderstood any one of you.
17 of 18 | Posted by Bonk | Posted on November 8, 2007 5:14 AM
The show does seem to be fond of racial (and other) stereotypes. T.Vo takes it a bit further but I always saw that as making fun of the stereotypes portrayed in the show. For instance, the black iPod comment was too far out to be taken seriously. Also, I didn’t know that doubledutch and skateboarding were seen as typically "black" activities. Anyway, it gets kind of tiring.
And Blahblah, I don’t think T.Vo is the only one obsessed with race. You interpret almost everything in a racial context and most of the time it’s probably not meant that way.
And you and T.Vo both see things I don’t see, like the girl with the cupcake being black.
Like all discussions about race, this is probably going nowhere, but feel free to tell me if I’ve misunderstood any one of you.
18 of 18 | Posted by Bonk | Posted on November 8, 2007 5:16 AM