Commentary: Heroes 3x15 Trust and Blood
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Monday night: Television not working. Can’t watch Heroes.
Tuesday night: Can’t access internet. Assume it’s a computer problem. Can’t watch Heroes.
Wednesday night: It’s not a computer problem. It’s the internet, and the cable company can’t fix it until Saturday. Watch Heroes slowly and painfully on pirated wifi.
Thursday night: Take computer to coffee shop. There is a screaming and crying child. At a coffee shop. But Jill remembered her headphones. Take that, universe.
Previously, on Heroes: everybody’s in a jump suit, and Sylar kicks some ass!
Now: it’s plane time. We revisit last week’s exciting conclusion! Oceanic Flight 814 goes down somewhere...In a desert or field or possibly on a ranch. Sadly, not a beach or tropical island.
Nathan is upset about his plans going awry. He’s talking on the phone, which is always a great idea on Heroes. Some of the prisoners escaped, he says to the person on the phone. Maybe it’s the exposition fairy?!
Dun dun dun: “Trust and Blood” Not on a cool title card of any kind, for once. Also, are the writers just picking names of poems out of hats for their titles now? I mean, I can maybe see issues of trust and blood/kinship in this episode, but not much more than usual. Whatevs.
Matt and Mohinder grab Hiro to keep him out of the clutches of the bad guys. It’s “Oh Brother Where Art Thou,” except without the folksy singing. The hunters are pretty bad-ass, so I’m not sure what Matt intends to do against them. Aside from turn his eyes white, of course. Because he mysteriously has other powers and is a prophet. Because the show can’t function unless someone can draw what’s supposed to happen.
WAIT! I understand now! That’s why the story seems convoluted at times! The writers aren’t controlling what’s happening! Tim Sale is a prophet, and what he draws, they must work into the script! That explains so much.
The Paire ship goes sailing down the road, but is sunk by HRG. Still, HRG knows enough not to shoot the woobie/fan favorite, so he satisfies himself with “saving” Claire, and he lets Peter go.
Missiles come storming out of the sky and destroy the wreckage of the plane. Claire is (for some reason) surprised at the lengths people will go to for a cover-up. She was set her bitch-face firmly in place, and doesn’t plan to remove it for the duration of the episode, thank you very much.
Nathan grumbles and refuses to enunciate. I don’t see why he’s so upset about the air strike; doesn’t he like to see stuff blow up? He tries to argue with the Hunter, and only succeeds in earning the right to chastise his “daughter.” Good luck with that, buddy.
Peter runs away with his silly run (and Nathan should really be spending his time lobbying for a Ministry of Silly Runs so that Peter can have a cushy cabinet post in the upcoming Petrelli administration), but is stopped by the power of Tracy’s bitching, which could shut down a small nation.
George Clooney and company continue following the Magic Negro into a convenient trailer. What is with that creepy bald baby doll sitting at the picnic table? Mohinder knows everything about trancing, apparently, since he’s the Resident Expert on Everything. Either that or he goes to a lot of raves. While Matt sits down with the watercolors that were so conveniently sitting somewhere in plain sight inside that RV, Hiro and Mohinder rob the clothesline, and even Hiro balks as having to wear a “rednecks make better lovers” shirt.
Daphne and Ando meet up in a bar. Daphne is worried because Matt didn't come home. She doesn't seem to be worried by the fact that their apartment is trashed since commandos burst through their windows and kicked down their door. Mostly she's worried that Matt didn't call. Daphne is creeped out by the Ando/Hiro codependence and GPS trackers. She offers to run him across the pond and down to Arkansas.
Even when wardrobe choices are limited, Mohinder manages to find a gaudy striped shirt. Mohinder’s all, “Piss off, powerless Hiro,” and Hiro’s like, “Whatever, scaly, you’re not even supposed to HAVE powers.”
They all sit down to look at the Plot Map, and see that bad things will happen. Hiro decides he should go to India? Because he needs a destiny—any destiny. Although I’m not clear how he’s planning to regain his powers. Matt heads off on a suicide mission to save Daphne, and Hiro and Mohinder tag along. For kicks. On their way to India.
Back in the B Plot… Meet the Campbells. They’re named, so we know they’re not just cannon fodder. The taxidermist’s neighbors are a single mom and an apparently troublesome teenage boy. Even more troublesome, however, is the tied-up hunter watching their television. The nerve, to mess with a man’s TV! Mrs. Campbell wants to call 911, but before anyone can do anything useful, both Campbells are flung against pieces of furniture, the better to demonstrate Sylar’s continued mastery of telepathy.
Sylar knows the time-honored tradition of going after the helpless in front of the would-be hero, and offers to torture the civilians to get this hunter to talk. Honestly, Agent Soon-to-be-Dead, you should have seen that one coming so that Sylar didn’t have to exposition it halfway to kingdom come. Please work on that before the next time Sylar needs information from you.
Daphne and Ando arrive and try to reason out Time Travel and What It Means To You 101. Daphne, wisely, decides to leave Ando behind to ponder the logic. Good luck with that, Ando.
Tracy distracts a soldier who Peter then manages to knock out with one hit, despite not having super strength. He did the same thing to Nathan last episode. I’m telling you, nursing school was badass. They bitch-fight over who knows Nathan better.
Then comes this golden exchange:
Tracy: I know Nathan too, but not like a brother. I know the way he thinks.
Peter: That’s because you slept with him.
Tracey: Well, duh.
Peter: So you DO know him like a brother!
Okay, I’m paraphrasing, but you see my point?
Claire is sassy to sweatingbullets!Nathan and condescension!HRG. Claire’s two daddies argue about The Hunter and whose responsibility Claire is. Not it, old son!
Oh, I get it. The Nathan bit is some sort of framing flashback narrative. I missed that the first time. I need more than a paltry time stamp at the bottom of the screen, people. This show has credits that go on for twenty minutes, not to mention names, locations, and sometimes subtitles. If you’re going to be flashing all that shit around, you’ve got to give me a few other cues if you’re going to mess with the narrative structure. Just sayin’.
All the heroes get together at the crash site, and uh… bad things happen? Daphne gets shot, lots, and Claire gets re-captured. Good thing Parkman drew that first. His precognition continues to be useful. I didn’t see this happen the first time (perhaps because I was watching on a tiny NBC player window?), but Parkman actually does put his power to good use to get the hunters to shoot each other. Well done, Parkman! But uh… I want to say there would have been a little more fanfare if Daphne was actually dead. Though she did get shot. Lots.
Sylar acts out his mommy issues some more on the Campbell family. And did he just use the puppetmaster’s power? Cuz he used the exact same gesture of shutting the mouth, but I don’t remember him a) cutting open Eric Doyle’s head or b) having an intense scene of UST and empathy and touching with Eric Doyle.
Sylar likes his tea, and he also likes corrupting the youth of tomorrow. Especially the super-powered youth of tomorrow. Therefore, he forgives Young Luke (I am your father!) for microwaving his tea past the boiling point. And geez, Sylar ruins more cute mugs…
Back in the Plot of Manly Posturing… Nathan says to the Hunter, “I told you to stay away from my daughter,” in a very manly way, and stares down The Hunter. Good thing you didn’t tell him to stay away from your sons, because I bet someday they’re going to manifest powers too, UNLESS YOU’VE HAD THEM KILLED ALREADY BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT WE FORGOT ABOUT THEM! Everyone in this scene waves their cocks at each other, and then they go their separate ways.
HRG seems to have a heart and promises Claire that he will “do what he can” to help the others. He is keeping an eye on Nathan, who's looking on from a distance, somaybe he just he sized up Nathan and remembered that he was taller, so he can help whoever he wants. The Hunter and Nathan continue their dick slamming contest until Tracy calls.
Tracy understands the awesome bargaining chip she has in Peter. And yeah, Nathan doesn’t even pretend he doesn’t want Peter. I believe the exact exchange is this:
Nathan: You have nothing I want.
Tracy: I have Peter.
Nathan: Touché.
Nathan lies about his trustworthiness, and agrees to meet at a historic site down the road. They have those in this neighborhood? Did Tracy just have her GPS handy, or did she bust out her iPhone and GoogleMaps the area? Peter and Tracy exchange significant glances, which must mean they’re planning something having to do with trust and/or blood.
Sylar’s apprentice has a power sorta like Zane’s. Sylar gives him a scary pep talk, frustrated as usual about lame people interrupting him. His apprentice makes his first kill, and Darth Sylar is pleased, despite the fact that Luke ganked a guy who had some important information. Mom’s upset, but knowing Sylar’s track record with mommies, she’ll be dead soon anyway.
Sylar tries to shake off the yappy puppy before deciding to let him tag along. It’s another Sylar Road Trip! Hooray!
Nathan’s silver tongue twists Tracey for his own ends, but Peter is not fooled. He holds a gun to Nathan’s head (Again: nursing school = badass) and flies away. HRG could have shot Peter, but didn’t, and Nathan is thankful. For which I squee! Because there’s no way on Kring’s green earth that Nathan wants Peter dead, no matter what strange political paths he’s perusing.
Peter, Matt, Mohinder, Hiro, and Ando are all together. If you don’t want them to see them punished, Matt then what do you want? “I want them to pay.” Yeah, that means you want to see them punished. I don’t think Matt’s a very good listener, especially for a telepath. And uh, why isn’t he using any of his actual powers? Like reading people’s minds, or bending people to his will? Wouldn’t that have been a lot more useful than some drawings in, oh, say, getting Daphne NOT SHOT? (ETA: Okay, yes, he did turn those guys on each other after the fact, but again, not effective in getting Daphne not shot.)
Peter wants the boys to form The Minutemen. He gives a rousing speech. When Peter’s the natural leader in a group, you know failure will soon follow. I mean, the guy’s trying, and he’s very rebel leader, but he’s no General Solo, y’know what I mean?
Claire receives a mysterious text message from “Rebel.” Um… Micah? Hannah/Wireless? Peter being competent with technology? Whoever Rebel is, he needs to stop typing IN ALL CAPS. It’s totally rude.
Nathan’s been talking to his mommy all along. She gives him tough love, which is not the love Nathan was looking for. He feels petulant.
They’re ready for Nathan to go threaten Tracy, I guess. She snarks, “Your ambition. It’s all you are, Nathan. It’s all you ever were.” He takes offense, and sends her off to the gas chamber or whatever, while she screams, “You’re one of us!”
So! We have battle lines being drawn! I’m excited about our heroes teaming up, and I hope they get to stay together for a little while. I’m also hoping that there’s intrigue and double-crossing and things we don’t know about right now. Nathan and Bennet seem to have some sort of a deeper understanding, which is promising. Also, I suspect Nathan will not continue to control The Hunter for much longer, so we may see Nathan back on the same team with his bro before long. Lots of set-up this week, and lots of potential for awesome next week when, hopefully, my television and internet will love me again.
Monday night: Television not working. Can’t watch Heroes.
Tuesday night: Can’t access internet. Assume it’s a computer problem. Can’t watch Heroes.
Wednesday night: It’s not a computer problem. It’s the internet, and the cable company can’t fix it until Saturday. Watch Heroes slowly and painfully on pirated wifi.
Thursday night: Take computer to coffee shop. There is a screaming and crying child. At a coffee shop. But Jill remembered her headphones. Take that, universe.
Previously, on Heroes: everybody’s in a jump suit, and Sylar kicks some ass!
Now: it’s plane time. We revisit last week’s exciting conclusion! Oceanic Flight 814 goes down somewhere...In a desert or field or possibly on a ranch. Sadly, not a beach or tropical island.
Nathan is upset about his plans going awry. He’s talking on the phone, which is always a great idea on Heroes. Some of the prisoners escaped, he says to the person on the phone. Maybe it’s the exposition fairy?!
Dun dun dun: “Trust and Blood” Not on a cool title card of any kind, for once. Also, are the writers just picking names of poems out of hats for their titles now? I mean, I can maybe see issues of trust and blood/kinship in this episode, but not much more than usual. Whatevs.
Matt and Mohinder grab Hiro to keep him out of the clutches of the bad guys. It’s “Oh Brother Where Art Thou,” except without the folksy singing. The hunters are pretty bad-ass, so I’m not sure what Matt intends to do against them. Aside from turn his eyes white, of course. Because he mysteriously has other powers and is a prophet. Because the show can’t function unless someone can draw what’s supposed to happen.
WAIT! I understand now! That’s why the story seems convoluted at times! The writers aren’t controlling what’s happening! Tim Sale is a prophet, and what he draws, they must work into the script! That explains so much.
The Paire ship goes sailing down the road, but is sunk by HRG. Still, HRG knows enough not to shoot the woobie/fan favorite, so he satisfies himself with “saving” Claire, and he lets Peter go.
Missiles come storming out of the sky and destroy the wreckage of the plane. Claire is (for some reason) surprised at the lengths people will go to for a cover-up. She was set her bitch-face firmly in place, and doesn’t plan to remove it for the duration of the episode, thank you very much.
Nathan grumbles and refuses to enunciate. I don’t see why he’s so upset about the air strike; doesn’t he like to see stuff blow up? He tries to argue with the Hunter, and only succeeds in earning the right to chastise his “daughter.” Good luck with that, buddy.
Peter runs away with his silly run (and Nathan should really be spending his time lobbying for a Ministry of Silly Runs so that Peter can have a cushy cabinet post in the upcoming Petrelli administration), but is stopped by the power of Tracy’s bitching, which could shut down a small nation.
George Clooney and company continue following the Magic Negro into a convenient trailer. What is with that creepy bald baby doll sitting at the picnic table? Mohinder knows everything about trancing, apparently, since he’s the Resident Expert on Everything. Either that or he goes to a lot of raves. While Matt sits down with the watercolors that were so conveniently sitting somewhere in plain sight inside that RV, Hiro and Mohinder rob the clothesline, and even Hiro balks as having to wear a “rednecks make better lovers” shirt.
Daphne and Ando meet up in a bar. Daphne is worried because Matt didn't come home. She doesn't seem to be worried by the fact that their apartment is trashed since commandos burst through their windows and kicked down their door. Mostly she's worried that Matt didn't call. Daphne is creeped out by the Ando/Hiro codependence and GPS trackers. She offers to run him across the pond and down to Arkansas.
Even when wardrobe choices are limited, Mohinder manages to find a gaudy striped shirt. Mohinder’s all, “Piss off, powerless Hiro,” and Hiro’s like, “Whatever, scaly, you’re not even supposed to HAVE powers.”
They all sit down to look at the Plot Map, and see that bad things will happen. Hiro decides he should go to India? Because he needs a destiny—any destiny. Although I’m not clear how he’s planning to regain his powers. Matt heads off on a suicide mission to save Daphne, and Hiro and Mohinder tag along. For kicks. On their way to India.
Back in the B Plot… Meet the Campbells. They’re named, so we know they’re not just cannon fodder. The taxidermist’s neighbors are a single mom and an apparently troublesome teenage boy. Even more troublesome, however, is the tied-up hunter watching their television. The nerve, to mess with a man’s TV! Mrs. Campbell wants to call 911, but before anyone can do anything useful, both Campbells are flung against pieces of furniture, the better to demonstrate Sylar’s continued mastery of telepathy.
Sylar knows the time-honored tradition of going after the helpless in front of the would-be hero, and offers to torture the civilians to get this hunter to talk. Honestly, Agent Soon-to-be-Dead, you should have seen that one coming so that Sylar didn’t have to exposition it halfway to kingdom come. Please work on that before the next time Sylar needs information from you.
Daphne and Ando arrive and try to reason out Time Travel and What It Means To You 101. Daphne, wisely, decides to leave Ando behind to ponder the logic. Good luck with that, Ando.
Tracy distracts a soldier who Peter then manages to knock out with one hit, despite not having super strength. He did the same thing to Nathan last episode. I’m telling you, nursing school was badass. They bitch-fight over who knows Nathan better.
Then comes this golden exchange:
Tracy: I know Nathan too, but not like a brother. I know the way he thinks.
Peter: That’s because you slept with him.
Tracey: Well, duh.
Peter: So you DO know him like a brother!
Okay, I’m paraphrasing, but you see my point?
Claire is sassy to sweatingbullets!Nathan and condescension!HRG. Claire’s two daddies argue about The Hunter and whose responsibility Claire is. Not it, old son!
Oh, I get it. The Nathan bit is some sort of framing flashback narrative. I missed that the first time. I need more than a paltry time stamp at the bottom of the screen, people. This show has credits that go on for twenty minutes, not to mention names, locations, and sometimes subtitles. If you’re going to be flashing all that shit around, you’ve got to give me a few other cues if you’re going to mess with the narrative structure. Just sayin’.
All the heroes get together at the crash site, and uh… bad things happen? Daphne gets shot, lots, and Claire gets re-captured. Good thing Parkman drew that first. His precognition continues to be useful. I didn’t see this happen the first time (perhaps because I was watching on a tiny NBC player window?), but Parkman actually does put his power to good use to get the hunters to shoot each other. Well done, Parkman! But uh… I want to say there would have been a little more fanfare if Daphne was actually dead. Though she did get shot. Lots.
Sylar acts out his mommy issues some more on the Campbell family. And did he just use the puppetmaster’s power? Cuz he used the exact same gesture of shutting the mouth, but I don’t remember him a) cutting open Eric Doyle’s head or b) having an intense scene of UST and empathy and touching with Eric Doyle.
Sylar likes his tea, and he also likes corrupting the youth of tomorrow. Especially the super-powered youth of tomorrow. Therefore, he forgives Young Luke (I am your father!) for microwaving his tea past the boiling point. And geez, Sylar ruins more cute mugs…
Back in the Plot of Manly Posturing… Nathan says to the Hunter, “I told you to stay away from my daughter,” in a very manly way, and stares down The Hunter. Good thing you didn’t tell him to stay away from your sons, because I bet someday they’re going to manifest powers too, UNLESS YOU’VE HAD THEM KILLED ALREADY BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT WE FORGOT ABOUT THEM! Everyone in this scene waves their cocks at each other, and then they go their separate ways.
HRG seems to have a heart and promises Claire that he will “do what he can” to help the others. He is keeping an eye on Nathan, who's looking on from a distance, somaybe he just he sized up Nathan and remembered that he was taller, so he can help whoever he wants. The Hunter and Nathan continue their dick slamming contest until Tracy calls.
Tracy understands the awesome bargaining chip she has in Peter. And yeah, Nathan doesn’t even pretend he doesn’t want Peter. I believe the exact exchange is this:
Nathan: You have nothing I want.
Tracy: I have Peter.
Nathan: Touché.
Nathan lies about his trustworthiness, and agrees to meet at a historic site down the road. They have those in this neighborhood? Did Tracy just have her GPS handy, or did she bust out her iPhone and GoogleMaps the area? Peter and Tracy exchange significant glances, which must mean they’re planning something having to do with trust and/or blood.
Sylar’s apprentice has a power sorta like Zane’s. Sylar gives him a scary pep talk, frustrated as usual about lame people interrupting him. His apprentice makes his first kill, and Darth Sylar is pleased, despite the fact that Luke ganked a guy who had some important information. Mom’s upset, but knowing Sylar’s track record with mommies, she’ll be dead soon anyway.
Sylar tries to shake off the yappy puppy before deciding to let him tag along. It’s another Sylar Road Trip! Hooray!
Nathan’s silver tongue twists Tracey for his own ends, but Peter is not fooled. He holds a gun to Nathan’s head (Again: nursing school = badass) and flies away. HRG could have shot Peter, but didn’t, and Nathan is thankful. For which I squee! Because there’s no way on Kring’s green earth that Nathan wants Peter dead, no matter what strange political paths he’s perusing.
Peter, Matt, Mohinder, Hiro, and Ando are all together. If you don’t want them to see them punished, Matt then what do you want? “I want them to pay.” Yeah, that means you want to see them punished. I don’t think Matt’s a very good listener, especially for a telepath. And uh, why isn’t he using any of his actual powers? Like reading people’s minds, or bending people to his will? Wouldn’t that have been a lot more useful than some drawings in, oh, say, getting Daphne NOT SHOT? (ETA: Okay, yes, he did turn those guys on each other after the fact, but again, not effective in getting Daphne not shot.)
Peter wants the boys to form The Minutemen. He gives a rousing speech. When Peter’s the natural leader in a group, you know failure will soon follow. I mean, the guy’s trying, and he’s very rebel leader, but he’s no General Solo, y’know what I mean?
Claire receives a mysterious text message from “Rebel.” Um… Micah? Hannah/Wireless? Peter being competent with technology? Whoever Rebel is, he needs to stop typing IN ALL CAPS. It’s totally rude.
Nathan’s been talking to his mommy all along. She gives him tough love, which is not the love Nathan was looking for. He feels petulant.
They’re ready for Nathan to go threaten Tracy, I guess. She snarks, “Your ambition. It’s all you are, Nathan. It’s all you ever were.” He takes offense, and sends her off to the gas chamber or whatever, while she screams, “You’re one of us!”
So! We have battle lines being drawn! I’m excited about our heroes teaming up, and I hope they get to stay together for a little while. I’m also hoping that there’s intrigue and double-crossing and things we don’t know about right now. Nathan and Bennet seem to have some sort of a deeper understanding, which is promising. Also, I suspect Nathan will not continue to control The Hunter for much longer, so we may see Nathan back on the same team with his bro before long. Lots of set-up this week, and lots of potential for awesome next week when, hopefully, my television and internet will love me again.
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Date: 2009-02-18 09:48 pm (UTC)