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Heroes 3x16 "Building 26" Discuss and Grade

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"Psycho Killer", heh. Prophetic radio.

Well, they kept Nathan as a semi-good guy by making the Hunter responsible. But Nathan still knew what was going on and went with it.

Nice that Peter and co decided to pull a "Company" on HRG.

I would've liked it if Nathan really was the one behind Tracy's failed escape. It might draw a nicer dichotomy between him and Peter: Nathan is a self-viewed pragmatist whose gradually becoming more Machiavellian and darker-edged in the pursuit of security and the "greater good" while Peter is a slightly unstable "Messiah" (or wannabe Messiah) for the powered people while from every POV that is not a powered person's, he's a low-level terrorist leader out to trash the existing power structure despite there being a real danger from powered folks.

I find Nathan among the few most erratically written characters. For a while I figured we'd later learn of an event that triggered the epiphany (not the religious one, or the revelation that it wasn't God). The one that drove him to Dorn at the at end of Vol. 3.

But now I'll be assuming that Nathan's a true believer in the righteousness of his cause, unless something else happens.
 
90's Ghost Rider, Quasar, Power Pack? No wonder they can't get anyone in that comic shop. Funny that all the comics were Marvel titles, I thought Heroes had some tie-in with DC. Just know if you buy the comics you'll never get any women and be shocked when one even talks to you.
 
Not too shabby -- although I could have done without the whole Hiro/Ando subplot. I mean, I get that Hiro has to adjust to not having powers and find a way to be useful regardless, but this is how he comes to realize it? By stopping an arranged marriage in India? It just seemed so out of place and beside the point. Also, how did they even get to India if the U.S. government is hunting for them? Wouldn't they have had to take a plane?

Claire actually wasn't too annoying this week -- she's following her gut and doing what she knows is right, even if it isn't always the safest course of action. She may actually become a "hero" yet.

Sylar and his teenage sidekick have some potential. Is he actually starting to develop a connection with this kid, despite the fact that he clearly doesn't want to? It could be interesting to see where this goes.

It might have been more dramatically powerful if Nathan had been the one to let Tracy escape to get his funding, but I guess it turning out to be Hunter (I forget his real name, so I'll just go with the nickname everyone else has given him) gives Nathan a bit more of a chance at redemption when all is said and done. It does seem like he really doesn't want anyone to get hurt, despite his actions. So unless he starts to agree with Hunter more and more, there may be some hope for him.

I liked that final scene -- I admit, I did not see it coming! It was a nice throwback to Season 1, except that the shoe is on the other foot this time and Bennet is the one who gets drugged and kidnapped.

Looking forward to next week -- looks like a Bennet-centric episode. I know it would be too much to hope for another "Company Man", but I can dream, can't I?
 
Average. Second disappointing episode in a row. I had high hopes for this volume and so far it isn't delivering.

They really need to stop with the situation of the week format like with Hiro in India because it is basically an uninteresting standalone element meant to fill up part of an hour. Then they launch him into a new one.

Also with Hiro being considered a terrorist and the task force having access to street surveillance etc how was he able to board an international flight from the US to India without being detected. It still wouldn't work if he took his father's company jet either. Did the Rebel let him pass through security presuming he works inside the task force? It isn't Noah because he would never put Claire in danger by having her go warn a target like Alex. Maybe Angela.

The whole India story line was pointless. He came all the way there to stop a wedding and get a fax to tell him to come back to the US after just leaving the US to go to India on a booooooooooring side trip that added nothing to the story.

And the task force is suppose to be discrete yet they take down Sylar in broad daylight in the middle of a crowded diner and instead of going after Alex at work why not at home late at night or in a parking lot when no one is around. I knew Tracy would escape just as Abby was shutting down the project so she would have a change of heart. Nathan is totally unlikeable and I still don't understand his thinking as to why he is doing it. It is clear he hasn't thought it through and it has turned into a mess. He didn't have the facilities in place before going after them and instead of targeting real threats like Sylar he is casting a net over anyone. WTF

I did notice the Haitian was on the Fugitive Bulletin Board so I guess he isn't working with them.

The only parts of the show that were decent or interesting were the scene wher Claire rats out Noah and he moves out and when Peter/Matt/Suresh drugged Noah. The music closing out the showing I enjoyed too.

And the show is also lacking suspense and tension which is seriously undermining the season.

I'll keep watching it because I usually stick with a show to the end but it doesn't rivet me like it once did and is now not on my must see list.
 
90's Ghost Rider, Quasar, Power Pack? No wonder they can't get anyone in that comic shop. Funny that all the comics were Marvel titles, I thought Heroes had some tie-in with DC. Just know if you buy the comics you'll never get any women and be shocked when one even talks to you.

I thought that was a tad ackward, I mean the dude wasn't that unattractive and didn't come off as nerdy.
 
I tuned out most of the second half. At best, this is another average. The Sylar sidekick storyline continues to impress but I'm getting sick and tired of nobody telling the government that Nathan is one of them. If he can get the heroes (and I use that term to describe these characters in the loosest possible way) locked up with no rights than the government wouldn't hesitate to throw his ass in jail with only the word of a few fugitives to go on.

Hiro has really become a selfish, unsympathetic brat. If he's not intentionally causing a crisis, he's whining because Ando is stealing his thunder. At least the Hunter was more interesting this week instead of the stockpile cliche he's been the first two weeks. I am looking forward to the HRG episode next week.
 
Gave it an average. Nothing really outstanding but better than last week. Next week looks like it will continue the improvements.
 
As someone else asked, how the hell did Hiro get to India? He must have traveled via plot hole. The government can't be THAT awful at catching them. It would make them Yosemite Sam awful.

I'm sooo over Claire vs. HRG. It's boring. It's on repeat.

The Hunter...I really wish he was not SO cliche. Just...a bit more complex.

I was THRILLED when Sylar left the punk whiney boy...and disappointed when he brought him back. Luke is to serve one purpose: give Sylar someone to talk to.

Hiro AND Ando are becoming annoying.

Yeah. I think I'm done. I gave this volume more episodes than I thought...but, jeez...I'm done.
 
This ep was better than last weeks and I think Rebel is Micah, also doesn't sylar have the power to know the history of things, he should be able to deduce finding his father a tad quicker and the Ando/Hiro subplot was pretty stupid, to go all the way to India just to let Hiro know he can be a hero without his powers
 
Okay episode. All the parts with Noah were good. The writers seem to be having lots of fun with Sylar's storyline. Hiro's subplot was a waste of time.
 
Average. Just so bland and boring. Not terrible. Not great. The India sidetrip was a complete waste of time. I cannot muster any effort to write more about this episode.
 
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