Outside Claire's window is... Sylar. Just kidding, it's West the Emotard. He's clutching a copy of Camus' "The Stranger" in one hand and J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" in the other while watching her. Not really, but look - he's floating in mid-air next the tree near the house. The kid can...fly? Hover? With an indescribable look in his eyes (leading me to believe that I could buy some romantic sparks between Zach and Claire, but not between West and Claire, he's just a bit too fruity) he summons his inner Mary Martin and takes off in a mid-air sort of rélevé position (it's a ballet move, trust me) as though he's Mikhail Baryshnikov interpreting "Peter Pan." He and Nathan are definitely in the same family of powers, but West's flying is less "full speed ahead, I've got to save the world!" and more "Gosh, I hope I remembered to point my toes!"
Back on the rooftop of the Deveaux building
Kaito Nakamura is indeed a very patient man. It's nighttime, frosty, and he probably hasn't eaten anything all day. What a trooper. Too bad, because he doesn't have time for his last supper - a mysterious blue hooded figure approaches.
"You may recognize me as the blue hoodie guy in The Bourne Ultimatum. Bus Stop Guy, remember?"
"Ando?" Kaito calls out. I wish. "Of all them, I never expected it would be you," he tells Blue Hoodie Guy. Apparently he can figure out who it is without seeing his face - or does the guy not even have a face? Just then, Ando shows up with a samurai sword. Seriously? Manhattan is not that big. It took you how long? Might as well have ordered one on Amazon and waited for it to be delivered. At this point, we know Kaito is doomed as he instinctively grabs his side for a sword that isn't there.
Hearing Ando's voice, Blue Hoodie Guy runs towards Kaito and lunges. They both topple over the ledge, to Ando's horror. As he looks down, only Kaito's body, blood spreading rapidly on the street, is there. Curious. Why couldn't they have just killed off Mama Petrelli in this episode? There was no real struggle, but it makes sense that the murder should look ordinary.
Cork, Dublin, home to the band Chumbawumba (okay, not really)
We're in a rainy shipping yard, where a bumbling band of mercenaries search for shipping crate 9109, which is supposed to contain a stash of iPods. Don't you think iPhones might be more in demand now that you can hack them? Or at least the new, redesigned iPod nano?
Anyway, in the "tird rowah bahck" according to the not-so-Irish accent of the band's leader, they find the crate. And nary an iPod -- nope, it's Peter Petrelli chained to the inside of the container, sans shirt, my lassies. And he's sporting a necklace with the Heroes symbol, just like the Haitian's. As the mercenaries inch closer, Peter freaks out and shoots electricity out of his fingers, knocking one of the guys on his back. That's different. Oh yeah, and did I mention? Peter has amnesia, since he keeps insisting he has no idea who the hell he is. Maybe they left a case full of Guinness for him in the shipping crate. Mmm, Guinness.
Gebus, that was an epic journey in recapping. I'm feeling a bit letdown -- happy that Heroes is back after summer hiatus, but not too smitten with this season opener. I say, leave Maya and Alejandro in Honduras -- I bet she's the source of the virus, anyway. What do you think? Previews for next week include Sylar sipping Mai tais with an unidentified brunette in what looks like Cabo. Or Tahiti. Niki, D.L., and Micah are sure to be back, or at least 2/3rds of them. Will the boogey-man hero-killer be enough to keep Heroes rolling? Maybe if Christopher Walken shows up. So let's drink till next week's episode rolls around. It is my birthday on Thursday, after all. I'll leave you with a parting gift:
Now just imagine with a haircut. In a crate. That's kinda how he looks 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