Jimmy James

Well, there you go.

johnglass

Yeah, the better setup for that scene would have been to have Jessica behind DL when the gun was pulled. Either phase and she dies, or take the bullet himself.

Draven

DL's death didn't bother me at all. I know that I would be able to react faster to a punch (that he obviously saw coming) than to a gun (which he did not anticipate at all.)

I think it was an attempt to show that the heroes are still vulnerable.

Peep

Yeah, it seemed lame to bring him back just to kill him off. I was happy thinking he was dead the first time.

pinata242

I'm sure it was just a favor to the actor since there was no point in him not just dying at Kirby Plaza.

Liver&Onions

Ahhh yes, Strokeboy.

devilshalo

Either way, a point blank snub nose will not have that blood splatter. Especially the form that angle. It was a bit over the top.

SteelWill

DL was a bullet magnet. You'd think after getting shot twice last season he would've learned to stay a little less tangible in questionable situations.

B.A.

Most of this cast needs to be killed off - soon.

Jimmy James

You mean you didn't find the introduction of "Gina" to be compelling TV?

shadowhawk2020

Sure it did, it showed why Jessica/Nicki needed to go back to the company for help... Did they need to use him? Probably not. But there was a purpose for it.

fujishig

Agreed... it gave Nikki a lot of guilt over his death and a reason to seek a cure, and it was also a good swerve for this episode.

I agree with what someone said earlier... this show makes it hard to tell if something is a genuine plot point or just sloppy writing. When bald alchemy guy mentioned last week that they had to imprison Adam and throw away the key, that would have seemed to indicate that they locked him up underground or something... not in an open cell, placing him right next to a confused and powerful Peter. If it wasn't sloppy writing, it would seem to indicate that they were in on it together to trick Peter into trusting Adam, and even though Adam is really working with the company, giving Peter some sinister organization to fight against to get him to do what Adam wants and "save the world."

We saw last week that the threat to the Company actual turned Mohinder around and got him to trust them... the same with Nathan. Was the threat also fabricated, using Parkman's father as a pawn? This also got Mohnder to use the virus on Nikki.

The Haitian wipes Peter's memory, but then puts his own necklace on him and leaves him with all of his possessions, including ID, a plane ticket, etc. It was either sloppy writing, or the Haitian is in on it. How and why did he leave the company and go rogue anyway? Didn't take Elle and the company long to find him either.

DrRingDing

So the Haitian cancels others' powers and Peter absorbs others' powers.

And then we get the chicken and the egg scenario.

But... BUT... what if Peter absorbed the Haitian's power and used it at exactly the same time as him... Would they cancel each other out? Would they explode?

This episode had good moments. I want Hiro back with Ando and back in America. Or are they done for now?

Also, my guess is that Sylar may end up with Maya's power and Peter with her brother's, thus bringing about a similarly climactic showdown at the end of the season.
-ringding-

spainlinx0

A climactic showdown to see whose eyes can get more black and teary?

fujishig

I think the Haitian's power has something to do with the mind, and he can temporarily block people's access to their powers in their brain (this would fit in with his mind wiping abilities), so he has to consciously do it, he's not some kind of power drainer like Leech. Therefore, even if Peter had his power (which he probably does), the first one to use it should win.

Jimmy James

I don't think the Haitian felt he had time to go through the pockets and everything.

fujishig

Yeah, it's just that he wanted to give him a new start, and just did it in a really dumb way.

1) If Peter wasn't so dumb, he would've looked in the box pretty quickly and picked together the pieces of who he was. I mean, he left his ID in there!
2) He handcuffed him to a container being shipped overseas. Good thing he was apparently able to eat the ipods to survive
3) How in the world would he start a new life when someone's going to find him handcuffed in a container? Good thing he was found by thugs and not by some normal person who would turn him into the police.
4) If he wanted to get him away from the Company and presumably from Adam (if he wanted him just away from the company he could have just let him escape) why not hide him and tell him the truth later so that he's not so gullible?


Don't get me wrong, I liked the past few episodes much more than the first few, and I'm looking forward to the rest.

mwbmis

Leonard Roberts describing his time on Heroes. Let's just say he and Ali Larter probably aren't exchanging Christmas cards....

https://variety.com/2020/tv/features...er-1234854439/

Michael Corvin

Interesting read. Sounds like he just got screwed from the outset and things never improved and the showrunners let a diva determine his fate on the show. Hindsight being 20/20 he has to know that Heroes went to shit after season 1 anyway so other than a steady paycheck, he didn't really miss out on much.

dex14

So, now she responds even though they reached out for comment for the article:

MysterioMan007

It's been a while since I watched this show, and while I like Leonard Roberts in other things, I didn't on Heroes and was glad they got rid of him. I think it's just sour grapes.

Artman

Dude, move on... does he think this will help him land more jobs?

fujishig

Yeah, the popularity that any of them got was fleeting at best.

Runaway

I don't know if his accounts of his being fired are correct, but their definitely was no chemistry between the two characters, so ending that relationship was necessary. They could have split up the couple, but to be honest his character on the show just didn't work, which is probably the writers fault, but creativly it was correct to kill of the character.

JeffTheAlpaca

If he accused the showrunners as racist too he would be wrong since that was one of the most diverse casts in TV history.

Ali Larter could not be a racist if she did this movie