Tuesday, November 6, 2007

A week of douchebaggery on Heroes

I think I'm okay with how the Kensei storyline went down. Hiro was Kensei, essentially, but did not actually assume the role and that's just fine. The hopeless romantic in me thinks it's too bad he didn't really get the girl, though. Of course, it's not a stretch to expect Hiro & "Kensei" to meet again a few centuries after their last encounter, and won't that be an explosive reunion.

So, all other developments and questions pale in comparison to what the hell is up with Kensei/Adam. Whatever the case, it sure is nice to have David Anders around for awhile longer. As much as I like Sylar, I'm not sure he's my favourite badguy anymore.

I was a little disappointed with how easily Parkman dealt with his old man. In the midst of so many convoluted stories and twisted connections, Parkman's sudden skill with his newly discovered abilities was pretty anticlimactic.

Mohinder's douchebaggery has got to catch up with him soon. He was wrong to bring Molly to the Company, he's wrong to tell Bob who he's working with, he's so very wrong to trust anything Bob tells him. I hope the painting is wrong and that it isn't he who shoots anyone, but rather he's the one who gets shot. Please, Heroes, put him out of my misery.

Speaking of douchebaggery, Claire's friend West doesn't seem to be the sharpest stick in the ol' pile of sticks. If his relationship with Claire was an elaborate ruse to get him back in the clutches of HRG, it was so amazingly well planned that HRG didn't even have to go after him, but actually got West to tenaciously pursue his daughter. Now that's clever. Oy.

On a production note, rumours of Tim Kring's departure from NBC over WGA issues are greatly exaggerated. According to him, he hasn't quit, NBC hasn't fired him, and he's picketing outside the studio as a show of solidarity to his fellow writers. Rumours about a shortened season, however, do seem to be true, and the last season two ep could be coming up real soon here.

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