Really? I thought it sucked. The possibility of Sylar surviving was okay, but HELLO! Peter could fly! He didn't need his brother to do it with him. He could have gone way the heck up, exploded, and put himself back together if he was able. Claire's and Ted's experiences seem to suggest that he could have/ should have been able to.
My thought was that Peter was focusing so much on not exploding that he couldn't use any of his other powers, which is why he didn't use TK to fight back against Sylar.
However, whatever else, Peter is WAY too powerful to be a main character. As long as he's around, there's no need for any other permanent characters, since he gets their powers as soon as he's near them. His only weakness is that he needs time to learn how to use new powers. He's a Deus Ex Machina, to be used by the writer at extreme need. So we might see him again, but only against another boss.
It has been established that Peter does not multi-task well. I have thought for some time that he is incapable of using more than one power at once to any great effect.
Okay- I'll buy that as a reason that he failed to fly when he should have. M. pointed out that Peter seems to need to get himself into the "headspace" of the person he learned the power from...although I'm not sure how that applies given that he was unconscious when Claire pulled the glass shard out of his head. He's...inconsistent in his ability to work, multitask, and make decisions under pressure. Initially that was one of the things that made me not buy him as a nurse. On further reflection, it made sense that he was a hospice nurse- there's no racing to save someone's life in an emergency- just attending to comfort and everyday activities- one of the reasons I like hispice. No surprises except maybe good ones.
I hadn't rewound the tape, and saw the last few minutes again. It doesn't make sense. Nathan swoops in, hair unmussed, and completes a line of dialog he couldn't possibly have heard. Knowing millions of lives are at stake, they sit there and talk for a while. And then fly straight up, leaving the radiation to drift down on the city. The district that "elected" him will suffer.
Ando and Hiro get their Buffy and Willow moment, which was fine. Hiro's still my favorite character. He should have his own spin-off... in Japanese.
I also didn't think it ended well. Peter can fly (he wasn't using any other powers at the time) and saving the cheerleader didn't save the world. Heck, saving Peter almost ended the world. I didn't understand how the Richard Roundtree character added to the plot, though it was a neat bit of storytelling.
I taped it, and even though I had it set to end at 9:01 it cut out just at the end, when Hiro swears and they all look up at the eclipse. The camera pans up and... Did I miss anything?
Hiro talking to his father ("I don't care about my training/the world, I have to save my friend") was almost identical to Luke talking to Yoda on Degoba. Not a bad thing, necessarily, but we still don't know Takei's role in all this and it seemed wasted after that whole section training with the sword and getting back into his father's graces.
Ah well. My comment on Heros stands: A triumph of writing over plotting.
Jessica has always had some form of super strength, she has literally been tearing men apart from the very beginning of the show. What happened was Nikki was finally taking action and was able to use them too. That was I think, her arc, taking control from Jessica.
Jessica had the strength and speed. Nikki didn't. While it would be nice to see some sort of melding, Nikki would have to cope with Jessica's murders and such.
And whats-er-face, who masqueraded as Nikki, had the additional power of creating an outside illusion (Micah).
Given how slowly the plot/powers had been developed earlier, this seemed like a stunted, poorly written condensation of six chapters. The more I think about it, the worse it gets. See above...
Nikki has shown that she has the same powers as Jessica several times throughout the show, the most notable when she was in jail and beat up the jailers about mid-season. She just didn't believe that she had them. And it was made quite clear in this weeks episode that, once she did believe it, that Jessica went away.
And Jessica's murders have been dealt with mostly. Lindermann took care of that.
I found the Nikki/Jessica story arc the least interesting (after the first few) and my eyes occasionally glazed over at that point. So I might have missed something. Still, if she has super strength and doesn't realize it (she was surprised when the door handle came off, etc) then she has the strength when hugging her son. (Woman of Steel, Child of Kleenex...)
Whether the murders have been dealt with, Jessica is still an amoral murderer and Nikki hasn't come to grips with her Inner Bad Ass.
For how slowly the story developed and how well-crafted the earlier episodes were, I thought the finale was rushed and poorly done. Ah well, there's always next year.
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Date: 2007-05-22 02:10 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-05-22 02:46 am (UTC)However, whatever else, Peter is WAY too powerful to be a main character. As long as he's around, there's no need for any other permanent characters, since he gets their powers as soon as he's near them. His only weakness is that he needs time to learn how to use new powers. He's a Deus Ex Machina, to be used by the writer at extreme need. So we might see him again, but only against another boss.
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Date: 2007-05-23 04:29 pm (UTC)Ando and Hiro get their Buffy and Willow moment, which was fine. Hiro's still my favorite character. He should have his own spin-off... in Japanese.
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Date: 2007-05-22 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-22 02:20 am (UTC)Hmmm...
LOVE this show...
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Date: 2007-05-22 04:54 am (UTC)I taped it, and even though I had it set to end at 9:01 it cut out just at the end, when Hiro swears and they all look up at the eclipse. The camera pans up and... Did I miss anything?
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Date: 2007-05-23 04:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-22 06:05 am (UTC)Hiro talking to his father ("I don't care about my training/the world, I have to save my friend") was almost identical to Luke talking to Yoda on Degoba. Not a bad thing, necessarily, but we still don't know Takei's role in all this and it seemed wasted after that whole section training with the sword and getting back into his father's graces.
Ah well. My comment on Heros stands: A triumph of writing over plotting.
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Date: 2007-05-22 12:40 pm (UTC)And I think that was just what Hiro's father wanted.
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Date: 2007-05-23 04:25 pm (UTC)And whats-er-face, who masqueraded as Nikki, had the additional power of creating an outside illusion (Micah).
Given how slowly the plot/powers had been developed earlier, this seemed like a stunted, poorly written condensation of six chapters. The more I think about it, the worse it gets. See above...
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Date: 2007-05-23 04:41 pm (UTC)Nikki has shown that she has the same powers as Jessica several times throughout the show, the most notable when she was in jail and beat up the jailers about mid-season. She just didn't believe that she had them. And it was made quite clear in this weeks episode that, once she did believe it, that Jessica went away.
And Jessica's murders have been dealt with mostly. Lindermann took care of that.
It seems that you missed some stuff somewhere ...
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Date: 2007-05-23 05:06 pm (UTC)Whether the murders have been dealt with, Jessica is still an amoral murderer and Nikki hasn't come to grips with her Inner Bad Ass.
For how slowly the story developed and how well-crafted the earlier episodes were, I thought the finale was rushed and poorly done. Ah well, there's always next year.