Dragon Blogger Review of Heroes Season 4 Redemption – Episodes 1 and 2
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In my honest opinion I think the show opened up very strongly this Season by breaking away from the “end of the world” stuff and showing what the show is all about which is people with abilities and how they fit into our normal society. I think it was perfect how Peter went back into the business of helping people and used his abilities (gained from Mohinder) to better serve him as a paramedic, only to acquire the ability to be incredibly fast from the knife wielding carnival man.
Hiro and Ando opening up a Dial a Hero was brilliant and for their first call to be a girl needing a cat rescued reminded me of the opening scene of The Incredibles a little bit. The show only eludes to Hiro having some sort of problem with his brain, maybe a tumor or growth that is caused by either is use of powers, or by being charged by baby Matt Parkman. However, he feels like he has regained a sense of purpose by helping undo a mistake and bringing happiness to Ando’s life with his sister.
We all knew that no good could come from Matt Parkman reprogramming Sylar to assume Nathan Petrelli’s identity, and we see this start to unravel in the first two episodes. What we didn’t expect was a portion of Sylar’s consciousness transfer to Matt’s own mind where Sylar starts twisting him and getting inside his head (no pun intended).
We learn in this season that there is a carnival lead by a man named Samuel who has a strange power of some sort of telekinesis. He can ink tattoo’s and move the ink to make shapes, but can also move dirt as he was able to cover the grave of a fallen comrade by moving the dirt and earth itself. The carnival itself appears to have a collection of Heroes that work for it (possibly against their will) and the person who was killed, it would appear Danko was the cause, had teleportation or time travel ability. This causes Samuel to seek out a replacement person and he targets Hiro Nakamura.
Samuel talks to Hiro 14 years ago
By the end of the 2nd episode we learn he is also looking to go after Claire, Peter and Sylar. There is a tattoo girl who is able to somehow divine the names of whomever Samuel tattoo’s on her back, though little else is known about her yet. There is an elderly man on oxygen who has the ability to send other people through time, and he sends Samuel back in the past 14 years to meet Hiro and steer his course.
Noah meanwhile is alone and with ex-wife moved on with somebody else, Claire in college he really can’t find a purpose anymore. He unfortunately gets caught between the Carnival crew and Danko only to find himself nearly killed by one of the Carnival employee’s who has the speed of Daphne. Peter though managed to absorb his power and uses those abilities to help save people even faster, he even saved Noah’s life. Now Noah seems to find his only comfort in Tracy Strauss who nearly killed him but instead is trying to find a path to redemption as they all are.
Danko meets his end
Claire having started college finds that her roommate apparently commited suicide, but a new friend named Gretchen seems a bit more than she lets on, almost dark and morbid she surely seems to have some sort of Single White Female complex with Claire.
I thought NBC Heroes Season 4 opened to a great start though I think when Hiro altered time and fixed Ando’s path with his sister, this would have rewritten too much of the past few years that it may have altered Ando even coming with Hiro or them ending up where they were. I don’t like time manipulation stories, there are always too many gaps and loose ends they had better keep it to a minimum or risk altering too much and opening the show to criticism. Meanwhile the Carnival and crew seem like an interesting bunch, clearly villains with a purpose to add heroes with abilities to their crew, but to what end?
Hiro is still my favorite character, his noble spirit and child like altruism are one of the most appealing qualities he has. Peter has seemed to earned some redemption as well. I was very pleased with the opening 2 episodes and am looking forward to seeing what comes next on Heroes Season 4: Redemption.
What are my readers thoughts and opinions, fellow Heroes fans or haters? Do you think the Season is off to a weak or good start?
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