Heroes s3 e12 “Our Father” Review Pt.4 of 4; Finally, Peter is Given Redemption! Will He SHOOT?
UPDATE NEW REVIEW OUT: Heroes Season 3 Episode 13 “Dual” Review Pt. 1; Peter Sure Does Blinks a lot!
REMINDER this is the 4th Review of “Our Father.” Read the previous parts here:
With the passing of Hiro’s phenomenally hot mother, we catch our favorite Squinter Hiro saying (paraphrasing), “So you are the reason I know the meaning of being a HERO!” As usual Heroes kill off another short lived character. Unfortunately for Hiro, his holding of the Catalyst is also cut short. As Hiro walks out to the balcony to meet with Claire, Arthur warps in. Great Idea writers (sarcasm) to have this all pan out this way. But there’s a big plot hole here that I just noticed… Evidently there are two people with the Catalyst now. These two people would be Hiro, who just got his jacked from by Arthur, and Claire, the present one. It would only make sense that Claire still has the catalyst hidden inside of her, because there’s no way of changing the past, while she is still in it, would have a direct affect on her if we consider that there were multiple time-lines. Because in a sense if there were only one time-line that means once she told Noah to hang up the phone she would spontaneously disappear, due to the massive change in the past that were not meant to be. But then again all of this issue about time traveling can become quite complicated. That’s why I surmise that the Heroes writers probably using their trusty “Magical Attribute” again to disregard all illogical plot-lines, such as these.
Continuing onward, Hiro get’s his Catalyst stolen from him. Then Arthur pushes Hiro off the balcony to fall to his death, where, luckily, he some how hangs on to a pole. It would hurt Heroes to kill off Hiro, so I am glad that Hiro didn’t kick the bucket! To bad Hiro is now LOST IN TIME! To add insult to injuries, Hiro loses his time traveling powers also.
Going back to Ando, Matt, and Daphne, as they all look through their prized fine, the final 9th Wonder comic. They all see what is currently happening to Hiro back in the past, and Ando goes all nut-like and suggest that since the Super power serum is in development that there is a chance for another person to have the power to travel time! That person should be Ando, because he finally wants to get his hands dirty just like the rest of the Heroes has. In my opinion, it be great to see Ando with some powers finally. It would bring a new dynamic to the series as Ando isn’t a dummy head. He’s quite logical when it comes to handling tough situations (think back to when he knocked the Haitian out cold or helped Hiro out of his cell at Level 5). So giving Ando powers would probably cause the Heroes series to abruptly end, because Ando would solve all problematic issues.
Now that Arthur has the final component for perfecting the super hero serum, we see him approach a big beaker of red liquid. Arthur then transfer he’s newly stolen Catalyst into the serum which evidently makes it where it does not make people turn into freaks with powers, or in this case, the serum will just make people god of the friggin’ world. I don’t think Nathan thought this through when he decided to join forces with the baddies.
Going back to our favorite brain-muncher, Sylar has now finished his job, by gaining the powers to detect a liar. This new revision of Sylar brings back his true-original-form. As a result, this change is bringing in a lot of subtle hilarity. Remembering back to Season 1, there weren’t a lot of humor attached to Sylar’s actions or scenes. The writers this time around are giving the audience a new taste of the same Old Sylar, and I for one love it! For example, when Sylar is in the elevator with the man, and asks him if he has a problem. The man responds with a shaky “No.” Sylar then says, “Oooh It does kind of tingles.” This scene was just comedy. I like the new angle that the writers are approaching with Sylar, a little humor can do all kinds of good.
Now going forth to what happens in this episode, we are jumping back to Peter and the Haitian, before Sylar goes and do the unbelievable or the most awesome thing ever. Peter and the Haitian (Team Haitian) finally meets up with Arthur, and Peter is holding his gun straight at Arthur’s head. The time has come for Peter to make his Redemption! This was pretty much the tag-line for “Our Father,” if Peter would make the shot. Peter is still too much of a wussy, emo kid though. Even with the Haitian putting a halt to Arthur’s powers, and seemingly struggling, Peter just won’t pull the trigger. Fortunately, Peter does end up shooting Authur, but I think his finger slipped.
All of a sudden right after Peter shoots, Sylar warps in and does his cool Matrix thing by stopping the bullet in mid air! Man, I totally dug what Sylar was doing in these scenes! The Haitian was still worn out by Arthur so his powers didn’t affect Sylar, I’m guessing. This whole scenario was way to convenient. Sylar surprises Arthur, and asks him (paraphrasing), “So tell me, are you really me Father?” The tingles occur and Sylar let the bullet run it’s original course and kills the manipulative douche-bag, Arthur, once and for all.
I theorize though that this won’t be the last time we see Arthur. Assuming Arthur foresaw all of these events. Which he should of since he went through all the trouble to locate Hiro and Claire in the past. Arthur hasn’t even fully gone all out yet with all the powers he stole and for a person who has the ability to see the future, I’m pretty sure he had Sylar on check. Since after-all, Sylar is the wild-card, and Arthur should of known this. Then again this is Heroes, and none of this might happen.
Finally to the last scenes and the reveal of the cliff-hanger. We are now taken to Nathan, Tracy, and Suresh, as they prepare to inject the soldier, that Nathan reviewed earlier in the episode, to be injected with the preliminary super hero serum. This whole scene is a complete Hulk rip-off. The soldier starts shaking the mess up and does all kinds of tossing around. The only thing that didn’t happen was that he didn’t turn green or any other funky colors of the rainbow. So today’s episode ends with the solider saying, “It feels good.” More questions has been asked and while some of the questions that I asked earlier, were answered, one question remains. Will Matt get the baby-luvin with Daphne? Lets hope we finally have this answered revealed and much more in the next exciting episode of HEROES!
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This show is getting way out of hand in their storylines. The plot thickens and I mean in complications and plot holes. I’m beginning to see Heroes as a brash, crude, half-assed show with no proper improvement of the characters. Yeah, I didn’t mind that Sylar is back to himself once again and what not. However, there are a few things that makes no sense, as you stated out, Arthur should have figured it all out before anything can happen..but all I can say is, if you’re not going to have continuity of a particular storyline, at least make it interesting. Hey, if marvel can do it, why the hell can’t heroes do it? I’m giving until the end of this season to see if I still want to watch this show…my patience is running thin..okay, the show isn’t dictated on my every move and whim but hell, at least make the show interesting like season 1. Otherwise I doubt this series would last another 2 seasons…but great job on the review dude..kind of enjoyed reading it..
“Uball” Once again thanks my brother! And your right Heroes is becoming quite idiotic in some sense. But I won’ lose faith! As the original writer for Season one, Bryan Fuller, is returning to help out on the rest of this Season. I read somewhere that his plans and ideas will probably be implemented on Episode 20. So although heroes has been all over the place lately, I’m going to blame it on the horrible writer strike, and I guess just bad case of runs.
The biggest plot hole of all? How did Arthur travel back in time to Hiro and Claire? He didn’t have Hiros powers yet! ARGH!!
“Scott” I think he took it from Peter. When Peter absorbed it way back when the Future Hiro met him on that faithful station train.
But still, your partly right, on the fact of how the hell Arthur KNEW exactly and when to warp to… Makes him look like he has precognitive powers… oh.
That begs as to how he dies again if he can see the future… So that was messed up, but cool.
i just hope you’re right…while we have a bit of a reserve criticism of “Heroes”..others like the general viewers don’t and wouldn’t hesitate to point out mistakes like this one. Although a lot of movies/Series have plot holes, right now Heroes takes the lead in one of the shows i actually bother to watch(and download..). I guess it’s all about timing, the writer’s strike really did make a lot of series lose ground and perhaps smeared their good names quite a bit. i remember when season 1 was airing, i couldn’t wait to watch/download it/buy it, now it’s like i almost couldnt care less…but deep down i hope they don’t further destroy the characters nature in this series like how they almost destroyed Peter Petrelli(the gun tottin’ rambo-like soldier boy).
Owh well, time will tell, but this episode is definitely my least favourite for this season(i hope).
As long as you watch it for the twists and not for the plot its all good. Although didnt like the fact that Hiro’s mom had a recycled ability that didn’t fit her family line (she sure doesn’t look like Letterman’s sister).
Anyway what is the catalyst, looks too magical, why did she die when she gave it away, Hiro wasn’t harmed when he lost it apparently.
“Gia” Yea I don’t think Heroes gave a clear answer on the death of Hiro’s mother. They left alot of assuming on our, the viewers, part.
So I will do just that, I am assuming that Hiro’s Mom probably fell to those typical tv show drama cliche where she has some kind of biological disease that will cause her to pass away, giving or not giving the catalyst away, I am assuming.
So while she had the catalyst, “The Light,” in her she had to be quick to give it to a new host… Or the special “Light” would be lost forever. Which brings up another Important part issue, “The Light,” is definitely more then it seems, at least I hope so. I am hoping that the writers explore more of “The Light” and Hiro’s mom involvement with it.
So I am going to conclude my assumption by assuming that Hiro’s mom died because of the huge energy exertion that was required to send the light to another host…
Tell me what you guys think? What’s your assumption and Theories on this issue?
Hey “Uball,” one of the thing that just now popped into my head, that made me realize why I enjoyed Heroes Season 1 so much was because of the prediction of the future.
The Element that what ever was drawn down, either by Mendez or Sylar, was always going to become true regardless of what happens. So this weighed in more strength when we would witness a world exploding on one of Mendez comic’s or the occasional blood bathe of a main Heroes’ character…
But that whole concept, which was good to begin with, was all washed out. We don’t have that kind of emotional tension like that anymore that let us worry about our Heroes.
For example, Season 3 has implement the comic book element, but what it lacks compared to 1st Season is the audience believability of the ASSURED fact that what ever was on the comics or drawing was SURE to happen. But now its all distoreted and we don’t even get that feeling anymore… Now-a-days watching these episode no one cares anymore because of the writers completely disregarding this successful component of the show. We now assume that the future can be changed… and lose all hope of any precognitive visions are guaranteed to happen.
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Nice. This s**t is really starting to piss me off. If Arthur knew exactly where to jump to steal the catalyst, why did he not know Sylar was coming for him? Also, why did the hatians powers not work on Sylar? Plot holes, plot holes, plot holes.. geez…
Yea bro, I know what your sayin’, but there might be hope in this series! At least I am hoping for it!
I made an article bout it here if you wanna check it out.
http://loyalkng.com/2008/12/11/the-savior-of-heroes-the-return-of-bryan-fuller-well-he-decrapify-heroes-or-destroy-it/
Dude, you’re reviews are good, but your grammar and spelling are awful. I mean, seriously, your grammar and sentence structure is incredibly, deeply, painfully difficult to peruse. At least run a grammar check or something.
Craven, heh your right. I try to get these out as quick as I can and the quality does suffer… But I will definitely get the grammar problem fixed on the next reviews! Thanks for letting me know man.
One other thing that bothers me is that Sylar has the opportunity to kill the Haitian easily since his powers aren’t affected and he just passes it by. Ok, sure he isn’t interested in Peter but shouldn’t his hunger for power be salivating over obtaining the Haitian’s power?
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