Heroes Recap: Vol 4 Episode 10 – 1961

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS EPISODE DO NOT READ!

By Roman Chavez

April 15, 2009

Fanboyz Grade: B+

This week on Heroes… Most of our main characters collide in a place called Coyote Sands. We got an eerie glimpse of the past in this one. Apparently Angela believes that everyone in her family must know this horrible secret of her past. As we venture to Coyote Sands, the Petrelli family begins to dig around what appears to be a run down, abandoned camp of some kind. While digging they discover human remains. Not just a few bones, we are talking numerous bodies. In 1961 the government finds out about people with abilities and they round them up into this camp. The camp is in Coyote Sands and its’ head doctor is Mohinder’s father. This camp is supposed to help people with abilities.

Amongst these people were Charles Deveaux, Bob Bishop, and Daniel Linderman. You may only remember Linderman in the show, but Deveaux was the old man that Peter cared for in season one, and Bishop was Elle’s father from the last volume. Angela is at the camp because of her nightmare-ish visions of the future. She believes that she can be “cured.”  Well, like most government involvement in T.V. or movies this goes horribly wrong. Angela’s parents and little sister, Alice, are believed to have been massacred there. Angela dreams the future and sees that they all get killed, so she and the boys sneak out to try and warn the authorities. When they are leaving Alice wants to come along and Angela tells her that she dreamt that Alice would be safe staying at Coyote Sands. Angela doesn’t want to get Alice hurt or killed by trying to escape and thinks it best to leave her there until she returns. It turns out that Alice can control the weather, but it’s affected by her mood. She gets agitated with Dr. Suresh and causes a storm that freaks out the armed guards and so begins the massacre. Problem is that Angela has been dreaming about her sister lately, but thinks that she is dead. That’s why they are in Coyote Sands, to find her sisters body.

I do enjoy the flash back episodes on Heroes, however, with only two episodes left it doesn’t make much sense. This didn’t feel like it moved the story along, and it would have been better to show this earlier. It just didn’t seem to me that the writers are taking the main story anywhere. A few of the benefits were that we got to see what Deveaux’s powers are. He was a telepath of some kind. In the photo of the head people in charge of the company Deveaux is in the photo with the Petrelli’s, Linderman, Bishop, and the Nakamuras. We never knew what Deveaux or Kaito Nakamura (Hiro’s Dad) powers were, so this shed some light on that. We also got to see the birth of the company. Angela and the boys vow to keep their secrets and the secrets of others like them safe no matter what the cost.

I liked the back story in this one. I just wish I had some idea where the show was going. My DVR cut off before I could see the trailer for next week so I have some surprises waiting for me.

What did you think of the show? Let us know.

Watch Heroes Monday nights at 9:00/ 8:00pm Central on NBC