Heroes Recap-Review: Vol 5 Episode 1 Orientation/ Jump, Push, Fall & Episode 2 Ink

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

Air Dates: September 21, 2009 and September 28, 2009

Almost all of the gang returns in the first two episodes as we begin to see  the fall out of Angela and Bennet’s dangerous choice to Sylar believe he is Nathan. Claire starts college and finds out that it’s not easy keeping secrets. While Sylar and Parkman battle it out mentally for supremacy. Peter is busy trying to be normal and use his powers to save people as a Paramedic but is raising suspicion on how he is always the first on the scene. And did I mention that there is a circus full of supers out for revenge for the death of one of their own? Sounds like a lot going on.

I wanted to get a good feel for Volume 5 of Heroes before I started this segment. Also, I wanted to give the show a chance to redeem itself (Pun intended) from a lack luster season finale from last year. Again, the show is off to a rocky start. I really disiliked how last season ended with Parkman turning Sylar into Nathan. It was weak and it looks like the writers have already realized it. “Nathan” is showing signs that the transformation wasn’t exact and he is using other abilities that Sylar had. Angela is having dreams about “Nathan” but is seeing Sylar. It’s way to confusing and it never made sense that it could work because Sylar is just too powerful. Meanwhile, It seems that Sylar is hitching a ride inside Parkman’s mind trying to stay alive. Parkman can see Sylar and he wants to be put back inside his own body. This part could be fun because Sylar is so powerful that he managed to latch on to Parkman’s psyche, so there is no telling how far he will be able to go with that. Either he will drive Parkman mad or take control completely. Whatever happens needs to happen quick though because this could get old very soon.

Claire gets started at college and is barely in a few days, but still manages to accidentally reveal her secret. Claire’s roommate may or may not have committed suicide by jumping out of there window. Claire doesn’t believe that she would do that so she tests a theory by playing out the many ways a person falls out of a window. One being a push, Two being a fall or slip, Three being a jump. Obviously Claire does this herself and manages to get seen by the only friend that she has made at school. What is Claire to do now? I am so tired of Claire, I wish her powers didn’t work. It’s all the same stuff with her and it is getting old. There is still potential for the character, but the writers don’t seem to know how to write an immortal.

With all the short comings of Claire’s character Peter’s is just fine with me. I get that he wants to use his powers to help people. It’s noble and he does a lot of good as a Paramedic. Unfortunately, he is always first at the scene and does things that no “normal” person should be able to do. It’s great because he saves people, but then never talks to them. Not even so that they can say thank you. Now, what do you do when your fellow Paramedics think that you’re just a glory hound and that you may, in fact, be causing the accidents yourself? There in lies the interesting part of this character. Not to mention that someone you saved is trying to sue you because you hurt him while rescueing him. I really wish that they would not have taken so much of Peter’s power away, but I guess they didn’t want too powerful a hero to battle Sylar.

There are some interesting new cast members this year. Ray Park (GI Joe, Star Wars) and Robert Knepper (Prison Break) join the series as traveling members of a circus that seem to be heavily populated by supers. Park plays Edagr who is a knife wielding speedster while Knepper is a man named Samuel who can control the very earth around him. Samuel is the leader of the circus folk and has lost his brother. There is some revenge to be had because of this but we, as viewers, don’t know why yet. I like it when they give us some new characters, especially when they have powers and/or powers that we haven’t seen yet. Samuel is looking for a compass or a series of compasses and we don’t know what they signify at this point. He is very interested in Peter and has stated that he would be a good replacement for his fallen brother, whatever that means.

It was a slow start and I can’t say that I am impressed. I care enough about a few of the characters to keep watching, but there needs to be some action this season. Oh, and Ali Laters characters need to die and stay dead.

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Fanboyz Grades:

Episode 1 D

Episode 2 C