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Recap: Heroes: Hello Mother, Hello Father. I Am Claire, Your Indistructable Daughter - TVgasm

by J-Unit

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When the final episode of Heroes aired in the fall, we were led to believe that 2007 was going to be all about "THE List", but other than the first episode, the series has followed just about everything other than The List. I'm not really complaining though, because one of the things I love about Heroes is that it always does things that you are not expecting. The first part of the season was supposed to be about a cheerleader and saving the world, but it became a lot more. Now it's supposed to be about the list (or more accurately, about Peter maybe or maybe not blowing up New York), and as we've seen from the last few episodes, it's becoming much more as well. The Heroes are all connected by much more than genetic markers and unnamed research agencies and finding these new connections is becoming a really great ride.

Well, the narrator was back. WTF? I thought they had everything working perfectly last week, oh well. You knew that this episode was going to have a ton of stuff happening because they started things off without Mohinder's philosophical musings. Instead, we jumped right into the action with Claude giving Peter some "Jedi Training" as some of our forum members have called it.

We are still not sure the why or how Claude knows so much about the Heroes, but he has a pretty good theory on Peter's condition. Right now Peter's body has absorbed all of these powers, but using them has become a reflex. In order to use his ability to the greatest extent possible, he needs to be able to make them a conscious choice.

It's really a marvelous theory when you think about it, but how does Claude propose to get Peter to that point? I have a great theory about Rosario Dawson and me enjoying a long life together with lots of kids and random Jonathan Larson dance numbers scattered throughout. But since my theories end when I wake up, I don't think it's going to happen. Claude actually has a plan to help Peter; he wants Peter to concentrate on using one of his powers individually. Next thing you know, Claude hands Peter a purse he took from a woman on the street and runs away. Ahh, the whimsy of unintentional petty theft! Will the wonders never cease?

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At this point in the game, Nikki's story line is a complete aside, but I still think it is really interesting. Although her connection to the rest of the Heroes is holding on by a mere thread, I think Ali Larter has been given the most difficult role and to pull off because Nikki really has no idea who she really is. Nikki got a little help last week from a Dr. Witherson, a psychiatrist who was trying to help Nikki with her multiple personality disorder. In order for the doctor to understand what is going on with Nikki, she needs Jessica to come out. The big problem with this theory is that Nikki is still afraid of what Jessica might do.

I give Dr. Witherson a lot of points for having courage, but I think she loses a lot of points for being more delusional than even I was with my Rosario Dawson fantasy. Granted, she obviously had no way to anticipate that she was dealing with somebody like Nikki unless she, you know, READ HER FILE. Last week Dr. Witherson made a big deal about knowing everything about Nikki after reading her file including what happened to Jessica. How can Dr. Witherson read those parts of the file and gloss over the parts that talks about her snapping night sticks with her bare hands and such?

Anyway, Dr. Witherson wants Jessica to come out, but Nikki still resists. To ease her mind, Dr. Witherson says that Nikki's chains could keep an elephant attached to that chair she was in, and even though she talks calm and collected, she has no problem using it. I know that none of you were surprised with what happens next. Jessica comes out, breaks out of her chains and is on that taser faster than Alec Baldwin on a Krispy Kreme.


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Posted by J-Unit on February 7, 2007 2:58 PM