Dragon Blogger Review of Heroes Season 4 Redemption – Episode 5

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Warning, make sure you have watched the show before you read this review.  This review includes opinions on what happened in the show and it is considered spoilers if you haven’t seen the episode.  If you have watched the show already, or just want to read synopsis, then read away and leave me some feedback.
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This episode was fun and shows how versatile Zachary Quinto is playing Sylar and his portrayal of utter confusion and amnesia was very believable.  From the moment his interrogation started happening you know it would eventually lead to some sort of telekinetic blowup and his escape.  The fact that he was shot and regenerated right in front of the female mental health expert and she knowingly helped him flee was even more fun.

The episode also focused on Peter and Emma and Peter accidentally absorbing her power and learning to slow down and see the light around him was just magical.  Though I can’t figure out the purpose of this new power, it seems that the sound/light vibrations can be used as some sort of attack seeing how Emma damaged her residence while playing a Cello, I think the connection with Emma will help Peter rediscover his Empathy again.

Meanwhile, the whole time Gretchen was made out to be a monster, twisted Single White Female stalker and she does have a crazy infatuation with Claire but we find out there is another plot behind the scenes.  Becky reveals herself to not only be a member of the Sullivan Bros Carnival, but also that she was the killer of Annie and helped setup Gretchen to isolate Claire. Meanwhile Gretchen reveals her growing crush for Claire leading to an awkward kiss interrupted by the sorority sisters before any resolution or follow up.

We once again see that Angela is concerned over Nathan’s disappearance and has always shown lack of interest in Peter and his pursuits, The carnival crew continues to become more uneasy of Samuel and his tactics and promises and Hiro finally appears in Peter’s apartment only to collapse. The fact that Sylar is brought into the Carnival at the end of the Episode and we see glimpses of Samuel trying to help Sylar unlock his memories and potential in next weeks episode only reveal that a keg of dynamite is going to explode soon. Samuel will soon regret bringing Sylar into the fold, once he regains his memories and lust for power the carnival will be like an all you can eat buffet for abilities.

The episode had a balance of tense drama with Sylar in custody and the Gretchen/Claire plot twist, but also showed a tender side with Peter and Emma connecting over their shared ability. I found the episode to be very entertaining and the plot twist of Becky left me even surprised that I wasn’t able to guess that outcome. Again the fact that Heroes Season 4 continues to be very focused on the individual character developments and the smaller plots and stories around each character make it more enjoyable and interesting to watch than another “end of the world” plotline.

I very much am still into this Heroes Season 4 and am looking forward to the next episode which shows Noah looking for a Healer to possibly heal Hiro, Peter using Hiro’s ability, and Sylar meeting the rest of the carnival crowd.

That is my review of the latest Heroes Episode, Heroes fans or haters, what did you think of the Episode?

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Working in the IT Industry for over 10 years and specializing in web based technologies. Dragon Blogger has unique insights and opinions to how the internet and web technology works. An Avid movie fan, video game fan and fan of trying anything and everything new.

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