Dragon Blogger Review of Heroes Volume 4 Episode 10 – 1961
Posted by: dragonblogger // Category: Heroes, Movie ReviewsI like many viewers was expecting something more dramatic and relevant to the current plot on Heroes Season 3 with the episode 1961, the episode promised to show something creepy and great, but did regurgitate the “thought you were dead” plot which has been recycled a dozen times on so many other shows.
Instead the episode was important for another reason in that it sets the stage for Volume 5 which will start this fall. With only two episodes left on Heroes they needed to start looking to clue in viewers as to what is to come in the future. By showing the family attempting to reunite with the intention to form a new Company “Family” to help keep special people under the radar, it shows where the characters are headed and this may mean the most fun part of the show in finding and uncovering people with new abilities.
It also set the stage for Angela’s sister to play a part in a future episode as possibly a villain, a powerful one able to control storms. Once again Heroes borrows from Xmen showing Sylar to now play a Mystique like role in impersonating a Senator for political gain, and Alice Shaw having powers very similar to Storm.
I did enjoy the flashbacks seeing Charles, Linderman and Arthur as teenagers though this background seems to deviate a little bit from the early comic books on NBC.com which show Mr. Linderman in the Vietnam war and meeting and working for the company after. They probably could explain how it all fits, but it seemed to deviate a little in my opinion.
The best thing I can say about this episode is Cristine Rose is a very talented actress in her ability to play the complex character Angela Petrelli, she can convey the emotion of guilt, regret and conviction of her actions so well. Her character over the past three seasons was shown full of lies, secrets, remorse, borderline cruelty, yet is able to show fear, sensitivity, hopelessness and guilt. She plays the role as well as Zachary Quinto plays the role of Sylar and these are two of the best actors in the show as far as I am concerned.
In summary though this episode did little to further the plot of Fugitives and instead setup the plot and direction of Volume 5. Although not very original, it was good to see Sylar and Danko maximizing their ability to portray any person and mislead people even further. I like how clever and intelligent they are as villains and they do everything they can to maximize what they have at their disposal.
For the next episode titled “I Am Sylar” I predict Sylar who is near invulnerable now has only two people who can neutralize him, The Haitian who we haven’t seen in a while and Matt Parkman Jr. who probably will cry and disable Sylar’s powers in the next episode. I don’t see Sylar getting killed but I think he will escape or make a deal to get out it again. His character is just too much a fan favorite to write off of the show, my guess is Sylar won’t be cut from the show unless Zachary Quinto is ready to quit Heroes and go onto movies full time or take another show.
One other note:
I thought it funny to see Ravi Kapoor play a young Chandra Suresh back in 1961 as Ravi played “Bug” on Tim Kring’s other show Crossing Jordan for several years prior to Heroes. I always find it amusing when directors and producers work with people from their previous works and integrate them into their current projects.
Also was it just me or did you also notice how Angela told about stealing socks to her sister and I am almost positive I recall that she was busted in the very first episode of Season 1 for shoplifting socks. This was actually a very nice tie in to that shoplifting thing which everyone thought she did for attention after Arthur’s death.
This is Dragon Bloggers review and thoughts, let me know how you feel about the episode and what your theories are for the final two episodes and Volume 5.
-Dragon Blogger
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April 14th, 2009 at 6:20 am
I have bee following heroes since episode one, although I don’t know the actors by heart like you do, I am pretty convinced that the actors justifiably portrayed their roles.
My favorites are hero nakamura and peter petrelli.
I agree with your praises for angela and sylar! Their characters are a must watch!
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April 14th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Hmm.. I like Heroes too. But unfortunatly, I didnt follow it all. In Indonesia the film was not full-played. And I often lost some episodes -_-”
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April 14th, 2009 at 10:00 am
While I am not an avid followers of the the Heroes series, I like the premise very much. It does seem that after 3 seasons, all shows have difficult with creativity and coming up with innovative plot lines.
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April 14th, 2009 at 10:08 am
For some reason every comment you leave ended up in my spam bucket, I weeded through 200 spam comments and found your two were not spam, sorry for the delay in approving.
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April 14th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Also a “Heroes” fan here! I thought last night’s episode was great. I loved how they wove the flashbacks into the present day story. We knew Suresh’s father had done something to the heroes, so it was finally good to see what actually happened. This episode cleared up many plot points for me.
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April 14th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Thanks for your view, I also enjoyed it. I liked how they wove Season 1 information into it.
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April 16th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Yeah the “socks” thing threw me for a loop too. I alwasy found it weird why she would steal socks but never explain why and here we are in episode 10 of volume 4. Yeah im starting to grow on Angela Petrelli, she’s so talanted you really have no idea what she’s gonna do next. IF she feels hopeless you feel like she’s hopeless, if she’s angry you feel like no one can touch her. Her ability to dream the future gives her a one up on everyone most of the time.
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July 8th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
angela’s role is really complex as what you have explained and cristine rose played it very well putting Angela Petrelli’s role very mysterious in the sense a must watch. We all do know that Angela’s power is not that superb but with the brains and wit that she have in the series, she could manipulate almost everyone and make believe everybody that she wants to. I would agree that the two best characters here is Sylar and Angela. Nice review as well with the episode 1961. I do did cry for this episode because of the mishap that happened to her sister Alice. If they could have been together, Petrelli’s Family could have been unstoppable. Lol.
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July 8th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Thanks for your commentary, I can’t wait to see what happens with Season 4, what did you think of the Finale for Season 3 with Nathan and Sylar?
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September 14th, 2009 at 4:56 am
I was watching first two seasons breathlessly. I haven’t seen something so interesting for a while. I couldn’t wait for a next episode. But when the third season started I was so disappointing. I couldn’t believe that they can make such a big turn to worse. Pity.
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September 14th, 2009 at 6:41 am
2nd half of third season really picked up, I am hoping for a strong 4th season.
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