As an early birthday present, Flipit promised me that I'd get to recap a show that is nothing like American Inventor. I'd say that Heroes qualifies. Good thing I started learning Japanese a year ago, so now I can sort of figure out what Hiro and Ando are really saying. Not really, but I can at least identify when they're asking a question without the subtitles ("ka" at the end of a statement makes it a question). That's about all I know. Baka mo ichigei -- even a fool has one talent.
And who doesn't love shows with limited commercial interruptions by Nissan? They may have been limited, but it evidently meant watching the same ad for the all-new Nissan Rogue run three times in a row during one commercial break. Talk about getting the most for their advertising money. Did that happen for you, too? I thought that my TV was busted.
What would a Heroes season opener be without the obligatory opening monologue accompanied by a montage? "The sun rises on a new dawn...blah blah blah...destiny brought the heroes together to save us from ourselves." I hope that's the last we see of Ali Larter but according to IMDB, that's not gonna happen, so I'll settle for a Niki/Jessica-free week and pretend it's a bonus birthday present. Like a surprise pinata filled with tiny plastic bottles of delicious adult beverages.
"We pass them on a street without ever knowing..." intones the omniscient voice of Shenkar (the artist formerly known as Shankar. No joke). "How long can they dwell in the shadows before they're cast out into the light?" I don't know, Shenkar, are we talking about cockroaches here? Because they can dwell for a pretty damn long time, unless Sylar's around -- and then they just show up all the time.
Cairo, Egypt
Mohinder lectures to a sparsely filled room: "I believe I've discovered a plague which targets only these unique individuals, a virus...that deprives our species of their evolutionary advancement." I assume he's talking about stupidity, and I thought social Darwinism would take care of that after awhile. His Powerpoint is not as well-funded as Al Gore's, that's for sure. Mohinder wraps it up by asking the audience to spread awareness of the virus and his ideas, in the hopes that it may attract some funding. Good luck, the guy in the third row is totally asleep and drooling -- might as well be an Econ 1 lecture.
As Mohinder leaves, A roly-poly bespectacled man follows him down the stairs and asks for an autograph. I'm not sure what Mohinder signs -- probably not a copy of his dad's ever-ubiquitous book -- but it's not the guy's manboob. Roly-Poly drops that he knows of Mohinder's father and sister. Predictably, Mohinder flips a bitch and slams him against the wall with surprising force. Maybe traveling lecturers get free trial passes to Bally Total Fitness these days instead of full health benefits. "How do you know me?" he snarls. "You've been at three of my lectures!"
Wanna make out?
"I found your profile on Facebook," confides Roly-Poly man. "You should really restrict your privacy settings." Actually, he's with some company that wants to hire Mohinder. It's true, Mohinder isn't the most employable of people at the moment. "I found your father's book in the parapsychology section in between hypnosis and alien abduction," says Roly-Poly. He insists on buying Mohinder a drink. I'm going to jump ahead and splice together the next part of the scene that would follow this one, if this episode didn't insist on jumping back and forth between 104910 different storylines for the whole hour.
So Mohinder sits down to tea with Roly-Poly, who's going on and on about how his company finds people and makes sure they don't become dangerous, which sometimes means making them understand what they're capable and ensuring that they can use their abilities for the greater good. Other times, that means The Company finds these special folk and "eliminates" them.
Who gives you the right to decide who lives and dies, asks Mohinder. Roly-Poly mentions that he was about to kill Sylar. "Sylar was a monster!" exclaims Mohinder. Right-o.
"And you were willing to kill him for the greater good. You acted on a moral imperative to protect your species," says Roly-Poly. He talks as if he's writing the world's most boring textbook. And, just to confirm that Sylar is totally alive, Mohinder says, "But we all know that he's dead now."
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Comments (27)
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1 of 27 | Posted by shawnster | Posted on September 26, 2007 7:08 PM
T.Vo!!! Great recap and i officially love the new word EMOTARD!!! that described that kid to perfection. Sort of a slow episode, but i figure they are setting up the future eps storyline. The best part of the ep? No Niki/Jessica...can we have more eps without her puhlease!
2 of 27 | Posted by lloyd dobbler | Posted on September 26, 2007 7:10 PM
T.Vo.!! Great recap and i officially love the new word EMOTARD!!!(its right up there with CELEBUTARD) that described that kid to perfection. Sort of a slow episode, but i figure they are setting up the future eps storyltne. The best part of the ep? No Niki/Jessica...can we have more eps without her puhlease!
3 of 27 | Posted by lloyd dobbler | Posted on September 26, 2007 7:14 PM
I started reading this earlier, but had to stop, and now I want to finish reading it, but it's only showing me the first page...what's happening?!
4 of 27 | Posted by spreadhead | Posted on September 26, 2007 7:16 PM
Hey all,
I have no idea what's happening, the recap published just fine (since at least lloyd dobbler got to read it in its entirety, the thing took me about 12 hours to complete, don't laugh) -- and now it disappeared. Maybe I got punked by TVGasm for my 23rd birthday? But that's not until tomorrow...
Hopefully it'll be back up soon, we've got ghosts or something on this site.
Thanks for the support, it means a lot!
5 of 27 | Posted by T.Vo | Posted on September 26, 2007 7:19 PM
Great recap, T.Vo! I almost fell out of my chair when you called Mama P part manbearpig. Where's Al Gore to hunt her down when you need him?
They better be planning to do something super kickass with Maya y Alejandro because I'm all ready skeptical about that developing storyline.
And I had never realized the smoking hotness that was Milo V. until I saw him on a talk show last year with his hair slicked back and not all in his face like Peter has it. I'm glad they let him cut it off.
6 of 27 | Posted by SnackyCakes420 | Posted on September 26, 2007 11:24 PM
And happy birthday, (even if it is a little early)!
7 of 27 | Posted by SnackyCakes420 | Posted on September 26, 2007 11:28 PM
Great recap. Yeah, Roly-Poly Midas will always be Ned Ryerson to me. I knew emotard was going to have some sort of "talent." I bet HE can backflip off the tower. I thought it was a good show. It's pretty obvious that Hiro himself will make the legends that he knows. And I that means it was his sword all along. Sort of. I think.
8 of 27 | Posted by geewits | Posted on September 27, 2007 1:33 AM
Great Recap!! But alas, i too found the season opener lacking a little. I kinda felt out of the loop a bit there with all the changes that were going on AND for the first time i kinda got bored of Hiro (can u belieive that!!!).
AND is it just me or does West (emotard! haha) kinda looks like a young Peter P / Ralph Macchio?....just a thought...
But i'm totally looking forward to next week, hopefully it will be a lil bit more exciting....BTW....I LOVE Peter P's new look....mmmmmm yummy yummy, i likey dat tummy....!!!
Twnny.
9 of 27 | Posted by twnpeeks | Posted on September 27, 2007 11:45 AM
Geewits, excellent "Sneakers" reference for that you should be commended.
I enjoyed this one, though I am missing the token hotness of Ali Larter, and I am not so much into the Hondurians. Not yet anyways. Do you think Senator Petrlli went diidling his little pilot into some Costa Verde woman? Makes you wonder how many more of Claire's pseudo-crushes will be related to her? Some sort of Elenaor DeRoosevelt syndrome.
I thought it was a cop-out to have the Ginsu Master as an Englishman, I think it was an obvious plot device because they know most americans can't/won't/don't read. Other than lookign forward to next monday. Good recap.
10 of 27 | Posted by mattypopo | Posted on September 27, 2007 12:39 PM
Loved the Recap! I liked this episode, except for all of the Nissan Rouge commercials.
When I saw Nathan looking in the mirror and seeing the burned person, I immidiatly thought "Nathan is dead and that is Peter". Then they showed Peter in Dublin, and I thought "Syler"! They both have the power to change into other people, and the image could have been Peter's guilt at killing Nathan? Just a thought.
11 of 27 | Posted by haloeight | Posted on September 27, 2007 9:37 PM
Loved the Recap! I liked this episode, except for all of the Nissan Rouge commercials.
When I saw Nathan looking in the mirror and seeing the burned person, I immidiatly thought "Nathan is dead and that is Peter". Then they showed Peter in Dublin, and I thought "Syler"! They both have the power to change into other people, and the image could have been Peter's guilt at killing Nathan? Just a thought.
12 of 27 | Posted by haloeight | Posted on September 27, 2007 9:38 PM
Loved the Recap! I liked this episode, except for all of the Nissan Rouge commercials.
When I saw Nathan looking in the mirror and seeing the burned person, I immidiatly thought "Nathan is dead and that is Peter". Then they showed Peter in Dublin, and I thought "Syler"! They both have the power to change into other people, and the image could have been Peter's guilt at killing Nathan? Just a thought.
13 of 27 | Posted by haloeight | Posted on September 27, 2007 9:41 PM
Thanks for the recap and for noticing the pencil in West's ear at gym class.. so weird. Anywho, I heard that Maya kills people with a virus of some kind spontaneously when she gets freaked out, and that her brother is the anti-virus which is why they need to stay together to prevent her from wiping out everyone.
14 of 27 | Posted by rayne888 | Posted on September 28, 2007 10:50 AM
Sorry for the multiple posts! Computer problems.
15 of 27 | Posted by haloeight | Posted on September 28, 2007 11:52 AM
excellent recap, had me giggling! I think the new girl from across the border is HOT HOT HOT, and I'm not even straight . . . imagine . . . but T.vo, why hold out on the girls, like me and not, who want to see the real haircut--just be careful where you place that arrow . . .totally thought the Hiro story too much comic relief and lame . . . I thought the daughter was going to be the hero, and history wouldn't write it that way, as they never give women credit, but I guess it'll just be Hiro and a few face scrunches . . . oh well.
Guess his dad could have picked a better spot to await death . . . no one would look for superpowered humans on that roof, would they!?
16 of 27 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on September 28, 2007 2:36 PM
Good post- though you should leave out words like "fruity" - makes you sound like a jerk
17 of 27 | Posted by lestat1966 | Posted on September 30, 2007 8:08 AM
Good post- though you should leave out words like "fruity" - makes you sound like a jerk
18 of 27 | Posted by lestat1966 | Posted on September 30, 2007 8:09 AM
good post - but you should leave out words like "fruity" - makes you look like a jerk
19 of 27 | Posted by lestat1966 | Posted on September 30, 2007 8:15 AM
good post - but you should avoid words like "fruity" - makes you sound like a jerk.
Hey - does anyone know what happened to "Moon over Sun", the Heroes fansite?
20 of 27 | Posted by lestat1966 | Posted on September 30, 2007 9:09 AM
sorry about the multiple posts - thought the new posts were on top
21 of 27 | Posted by lestat1966 | Posted on September 30, 2007 11:58 AM
"Are you there God? Its me Margaret" LOL, That was great. Throwing a Judy Blume book in there! Actually this epsiode way too much going on trying to catch up for the last 4 months we missed.
22 of 27 | Posted by wincha | Posted on September 30, 2007 2:49 PM
"Are you there God? Its me Margaret" LOL, That was great. Throwing a Judy Blume book in there! Actually this epsiode way too much going on trying to catch up for the last 4 months we missed.
23 of 27 | Posted by wincha | Posted on September 30, 2007 2:51 PM
"Are you there God? Its me Margaret" LOL, That was great. Throwing a Judy Blume book in there! Actually this epsiode way too much going on trying to catch up for the last 4 months we missed.
24 of 27 | Posted by wincha | Posted on September 30, 2007 2:58 PM
Okay, is it just me, or did this recap feel rushed. I know you've got it in you, just have some one read over this before you post it. Lots of errors, made it real hard to enjoy.
25 of 27 | Posted by neillfilm | Posted on October 1, 2007 9:53 AM
Not that good of a recap. I noticed a lot of missed words, and it's just distracting. I know you've got the comedy in you, but just have someone read this over before you post.
26 of 27 | Posted by neillfilm | Posted on October 1, 2007 4:23 PM
great recap! though i think missed words and distracting format should be taken up to high brass in the IT department. hey, tech nerds, clean it up a bit so that the gems of the internet like T.Vo can be presented in a nice space!
t.vo rocks -- i lol'd my loller self off!
hugo
27 of 27 | Posted by jooce129 | Posted on October 1, 2007 10:18 PM