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Old 11-02-09 | 01:24 PM
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Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Heroes

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Hiro has another chance to save Charlie when he travels three years into the past, where he also encounters Samuel. Elsewhere, Noah's history with his partner (Elisabeth Röhm) is uncovered.



Jayma Mays from Glee guest stars once again as Charlie. 12 more to go.
Old 11-02-09 | 01:40 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

I liked Charlie. Hopefully Hiro redeems himself a bit in this episode.
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

I liked her too. I thought she actually brought out alot of good in Hiro.
Old 11-02-09 | 01:45 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

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I liked her too. I thought she actually brought out alot of good in Paul Blart.
Old 11-02-09 | 01:46 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

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Very funny. I meant she actually made Hiro not act like a fucking buffoon the last few seasons.
Old 11-02-09 | 01:55 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Charlie was a great character for her short arc in Season 1, but it seemed as though the writers ignored her and her influence on Hiro in subsequent seasons. For lack of a better comparison, I suppose you could compare her to Gwen Stacy, as she somewhat drives the hero towards a confrontation with the villian. The writers have instead turned Hiro into a bumbling mess, for shame.

Hopefully, the return of Charlie can serve as some sort of bookend to Hiro's place on the show, because if the show does last to another season, I'd like to see Hiro gone.
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

So you wanna know who was fired from heroes?

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Adrian Pasdar (NATHAN)
Old 11-02-09 | 06:53 PM
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So you wanna know who was fired from heroes?

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Adrian Pasdar (NATHAN)
How'd that happen? Any links to the story?
Old 11-02-09 | 07:00 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

You'll know in the next few days. There is no 'official' links yet.
Old 11-02-09 | 07:09 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Well, he hasn't been on so... not much of a spoiler.
Old 11-02-09 | 07:40 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Wow! Hiro had a point there with Sylar's future.

If Hiro goes now, I will have more respect for him than I did before... but I doubt they'll get rid of him anytime soon.
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
So you wanna know who was fired from heroes?

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Adrian Pasdar (NATHAN)
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watc...lling_off.html
Old 11-02-09 | 09:15 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

I broke the news before she did Mwuaha
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Have we ever seen Elizabeth Rohm's character before tonight?
Old 11-02-09 | 09:44 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

They're the lucky one. Sinking ship.
Old 11-02-09 | 09:59 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

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Have we ever seen Elizabeth Rohm's character before tonight?
I only saw a few minutes of this tonight (as noted above), but...

Rohm-bot is in this now?
Old 11-02-09 | 10:05 PM
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I only saw a few minutes of this tonight (as noted above), but...

Rohm-bot is in this now?
Only in flashbacks. I doubt we'll see her again.
Old 11-02-09 | 10:16 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

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Only in flashbacks. I doubt we'll see her again.
Yuck... she'll be around for awhile:

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/heroe...roes-2777.html


Loved one of the comments though...

... her ability is to turn every line she has into something wooden. - Jeff

Old 11-02-09 | 11:04 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

The ep didn't get interesting until the last 5 minutes.
Old 11-02-09 | 11:18 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Originally Posted by Giantrobo
The ep didn't get interesting until the last 5 minutes.
I had the opposite reaction. It might be the best Hiro episode of the entire run of the show...definitely for the past few seasons. I could nitpick the hell out of it, but I liked it anyway. The Rohm stuff was dead-air, but otherwise, I dug it up till the end. Instead of teasing at what the affereffects of Hiro's meddling was, it was just "gasp! Where's Charlie?" "It was all part of my mwah-hah-hah-nefarious scheme!"

I don't know if THE BIG REVEAL at the end is something Samuel should try to atone for. Wouldn't most Heroes viewers put him on their Christmas card lists for that?
Old 11-02-09 | 11:34 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Yeah, I rather enjoyed the setup they were building to about Charlie messing up the time-space continuum but because of the serialized nature of the show, that cliffhanger would work better. Perhaps Charlie being stuck in time doesn't affect what would have happened; it would be like she died of that aneurysm.

Spoiler:
I wonder about Adrian Pasdar being "fired;" Greg Grunberg did an interview saying the Petrelli Brothers were ok.

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Old 11-02-09 | 11:35 PM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Rohm-bot: she give me wood, the wrong kind of wood.
Old 11-03-09 | 12:45 AM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Are their any plans to release a vol.3 in their graphic novel series?
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

I just picture Charlie trapped in one of those flat pieces of glass, spinning through space like in Superman.

This episode was meh for me. They've run so out of ideas that they have to revisit earlier season plots and re-write them?


It was cool seeing Isaac and mini-Bilson again though. Was any of that stock footage, or did they really bring them back for such a small appearance?

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Old 11-03-09 | 07:40 AM
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Re: Heroes -- "Once Upon a Time in Texas" -- 11/02/09

Originally Posted by Snowmaker
It was cool seeing Isaac and mini-Bilson again though. Was any of that stock footage, or did they really bring them back for such a small appearance?
I'm pretty sure that was all leftovers from season one.


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