HEROES 3x03 "One Of Us, One Of Them" Discuss and Grade

[Agent Richard07]

- 'Above Average' just for Sylar's TV FBI impression.

- Who was the blonde woman in the paintings that Pac-Man was with? I mean Parkman. Who was that woman? That's what I want to know.

- How did they make the two Peters' faces look different? Was Milo wearing prosthetics on his face to change its shape? If so, that's some pretty good work.

- Noah doesn't look nearly as menacing without his glasses.

- I only realized just now that Mohinder wasn't in the episode.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Does anyone else think Claire's transformation is getting a little scary? I am not sure I like this side of her. I wonder who's ass she is going to kick first? Is she going to pick someone at random from the box or just start with the A's?

No. I'm not taking Hayden seriously as a tough chick. She doesn't have enough range as an actress. Clare's starting to piss me off. I think the blonde chick in the painting with Matt was Daphne.

 

[Agent Richard07]

^ It did look like Daphne didn't it.

 

[zenophite]

does this daphne character remind anyone else of Chiana from farscape? Geez she's even more annoying than Maya

 

[Agent Richard07]

^ When I first saw her last week, I thought it was Kristen Bell.

 

[Psion]

does this daphne character remind anyone else of Chiana from farscape? Geez she's even more annoying than Maya

Yep ... it's the hands-on-a-Van-de-Graaff-generator hair and the bizarre head tilts that give me the same impression. Different actresses, though.

 

[zenophite]

Yep ... it's the hands-on-a-Van-de-Graaff-generator hair and the bizarre head tilts that give me the same impression. Different actresses, though.

I'm glad it's not just me!



...Hey they turned Sylar into "the pretender" lol

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Gigi Edgeley was cool. Brea Grant's Daphne is plain annoying. She increases Hiro's annoyance exponentially.

 

[LutherSloan]

I rated this 'Excellent'. The show flowed a lot better than in the first two episodes.

At least we know that Nikki is actually dead, and that she doesn't have amnesia or something. I hate amnesiac TV episodes (there was just one on Terminator, and Season 1 of '24' has a whole arc of that). We don't need any more.

Once again, last week's preview of this episode from FOX was completely off. They showed more of Mohinder's arc, along with Evil Claire about to dissect Peter on an operating table.

Am I the only one who also hates Evil Claire from the future and previews? Her only power is healing, it doesn't exactly make her much of a villain. All someone like Peter has to do is stop time, or just use telekinesis to throw her against a wall. Problem solved. Even her having a gun doesn't work. Nathan could fly away, Matt could just use his mental powers, her mother could light her on fire, Tracy could turn her into an ice sculpture, Mohinder could (apparently) tear her in half, etc. Only someone like Micah would be powerless against her, although maybe even he could make a light socket explode or something.

Also, it sucks to be Micah. Both of your parents have superpowers, and they're dead anyway.

 

[zenophite]

Gigi Edgeley was cool. Brea Grant's Daphne is plain annoying. She increases Hiro's annoyance exponentially.

Agreed. well...except for Hiro...I don't dislike him...

 

[Agent Richard07]

 

[WeAreTheBorg]

Decent episode. Nothing particularily exciting happened, and partnering HRG with Sylar seemed totally contrived. Also, the had sort of hyped Jesse's ability as something insane that was going to be a really shocking powerful ability. Powerful? I guess, but not all that interesting.

Standard, decent Heroes.

 

[zenophite]

At least we know that Nikki is actually dead, and that she doesn't have amnesia or something.

Yay!

Am I the only one who also hates Evil Claire from the future and previews? Her only power is healing, it doesn't exactly make her much of a villain. All someone like Peter has to do is stop time, or just use telekinesis to throw her against a wall. Problem solved. Even her having a gun doesn't work. Nathan could fly away, Matt could just use his mental powers, her mother could light her on fire, Tracy could turn her into an ice sculpture, Mohinder could (apparently) tear her in half, etc. Only someone like Micah would be powerless against her, although maybe even he could make a light socket explode or something.

Yeah, the healing thing doesn't make her especially formidable... i think she needs some claws and an indestructible skele..... nah never mind. I thin the claire character has kind of run her course but they'll keep her around for eye candy value - still there's plenty of room to develop her in interesting ways i guess.

Also, it sucks to be Micah. Both of your parents have superpowers, and they're dead anyway.

No shit.

lso, the had sort of hyped Jesse's ability as something insane that was going to be a really shocking powerful ability.

Yeah i had the same reaction.

 

[IJD GAF]

Yeah, Micah is getting a shit treatment. First one parent between seasons, then the other between the next break. I have a feeling we'll see him a bit more. His cousin, on the other hand, seems to have been dropped for a while? Along with Uhura?

This episode was quite a bit better than the opener. But I am skeptical of this season still.

 

[zenophite]

Yeah, Micah is getting a shit treatment. First one parent between seasons, then the other between the next break. I have a feeling we'll see him a bit more. His cousin, on the other hand, seems to have been dropped for a while? Along with Uhura?

This episode was quite a bit better than the opener. But I am skeptical of this season still.

I'm not sure, I think they are going to box the Micah character - there's not really much you can do with kids in these types of shows.

 

[IJD GAF]

Heh. Boxey.

 

[Dream]

I thought it was a pretty fun episode. Above Average.

Noah teaming up with Sylar was gold. Hiro was being a dork as always but it seems we might finally be getting some Hiro, Noah, Sylar, and Angela interaction which would be very cool. Not sure how I feel about Claire's new story but at least she is not around West anymore. Tracy has a semi-interesting story this season. Nice to see the Haitian and Micah appear again. Daphne 's annoying but she is cute so she can stay.

I didn't like how quickly the four main villains managed to be taken down but maybe we will be getting more of the villains that escaped in the next episodes? Looks like Knox got away so I think he will be making more appearances since he was also in Angela's dream last week.

 

[LutherSloan]

Well, they said in this episode that 12 villains escaped. Two are dead (the German guy and Jesse), one was captured, and the rest are still at large (including Knox, who I'm sure we'll see again).

 

[A Clockwork Lim]

Claire has exactly the same power as Adam does. Adam is clearly a villain, one worthy of being locked up forever (which was the plan). Why can't Claire eventually become just as much a threat?

It's not like power-to-power confrontations happen much in this show anyway.

That said, what the hell was Knox's power supposed to be anyway? I couldn't figure it out. I assumed it was strength, but they did that weird camera stuff everytime he used it. So... no idea.

 

[LutherSloan]

Claire has exactly the same power as Adam does. Adam is clearly a villain, one worthy of being locked up forever (which was the plan). Why can't Claire eventually become just as much a threat?

That said, what the hell was Knox's power supposed to be anyway? I couldn't figure it out. I assumed it was strength, but they did that weird camera stuff everytime he used it. So... no idea.

1. If there is another vial of that Shanti virus, then yes, she can. Otherwise, I don't see how.

2. According to the second episode, he can channel people's fear into increasing his strength (a lot).