Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Heroes S02.E04 “The Kindness of Strangers”

October 16th, 2007 by Marty

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Wow, what a bizarre episode.

I know the internet has torn up Season 2 of Heroes so far, claiming it hasn’t been up to par, but up until now, I’ve disagreed completely.

This week though, I was actually bored watching Heroes.  And then it just got wacky.

Spoiler Filled Discussion Beyond The Cut!

The Good:

-Parkman finally getting integrated into the Heroes mythos, with his father being one of “The Twelve”, as well as being Molly’s “Nightmare Man”.  Very cool stuff, as Parkman is one of my favorite characters, and generally underused (imo).

-Nathan starts to get shit done!  His character has a cold and calculating side that I think will come into play well with the murder investigation.  Something bugged me though (more to come in the ‘bad’…)

-Sylar setting up to kill off the most useless characters all season, Maya & Alejandro. I hope it’s quick and off camera.

-Monica’s bizzaro-clone-of-Molly-Ringwald co-worker. Now to e-stalk her.

-Kristen Bell next week!

The Bad

-Why on earth do we have another ’stereotype’ character? It’s bad enough we have generic hispanics looking to find safety in America and bar owning/football betting Irishmen, now we have generic strong black woman out of post-Katrina NOLA.  It feels manipulative, and is very irritating, given how diverse and well handed the multi racial cast was last year.  I’m expecting a greasy Italian who loves pasta next.

-A 619? REALLY?! 

-Nathan cut the beard. Boo.

-I can smell the Parkman/Mohinder fanfiction being written from here.

The Ugly

-Why no Peter or Hiro?  The two most intriguing stories so far, and they both get ignored ALL episode.

-This West/Claire relationship is miserable. Awful CG, horrible dialogue.

-LACK. OF. MUGGLES.

Discuss away, kids!

6 Responses to “Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Heroes S02.E04 “The Kindness of Strangers””

  1. Noc Says:

    Muggles being baselines (regular humans), or Mr. Muggles, the future slayer of Sylar and saviour of the “Heroes” world? We must be clear on this.

  2. Ghostfreehood! Says:

    I really hope next week will “man up” and deliver the goods. Not saying I didn’t like this weeks episode but I have some faith that “prime time shows” will not sleep and run set up more than one episode. If there is no action, wouldn’t there be pressure from the network to keep the ratings with at least one good jaw dropping spectacle.

    On another topic though, I actually like Maya & Alejandro. I love the dependency. What if or should I say when Alejandro dies (hypothetically speaking) and Maya is on her own, what’s that going to be like? She’s going to be a fierce unstoppable and uncontrollable plague. What if Sylar succeeds at eating Alejandro’s brain and not Maya’s before she learns to control it? Granted that means Sylar gets his powers back but, I think we can say that could be about to happen.

  3. Marty Says:

    I, of course, mean Mr. Muggles - Dog Champion and Winner of Hearts Nationwide.

  4. Kevin Says:

    I’m writing a piece on Heroes in my Intro Media class, i concluded that the diverse characters in the show are to connect with the diverse viewers that watch the show. As you mentioned about the “strong black woman out of post-Katrina NOLA”, the heroes viewers in New Orleans that survived Hurricane Katrina will view her as their favorite character and they will continue to view the show to see her progress of her getting back to normal. And the teenage girls, they will connect with Claire. The hispanics, connect with those two other hispanics. The asians, the young black kids, the WWE fans, you get the drill?
    It’s network television, they don’t give a shit about the fans, just the viewers. Yes, there is a difference.

  5. Tyler Says:

    This is actually the first episode of Heroes ever without Hiro in any capacity (young Hiro in Company Man was the one episode without Masi).

    Maya and Alejandro are for Heroes what Nikki and Paolo were for S3 Lost. They’ll be dead by the time they reach NYC.

    I *really* hate Claire’s storyline. This is supposed to be science-farking-fiction, not some 90’s teen movie.

    And the NOLA storyline is worthless save for Monica’s power and Nichelle Nichols.

  6. Darren Says:

    The best thing about the NOLA storyline is that with Uhura there, you know the producers are trying to get James Doohan and DeForest Kelley into the cast… Oh wait.
    Well, Walter Koenig is still available, if you’re willing to stoop to Chekov.

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