Is it just me or was the president black?! And...i might be hearing things but the president's voice sounds a lot like Pres. Obama.

 

Yeah, he's black. He's also Worf from Star Trek. I think they're going to go through the whole cast at this rate.

 

I was thinking about this, but I can't really remember the future scene. Do we actually see Hiro dying or did we just assume that because of the red lightning? Maybe he was only using his supercharging power thing.

 

Thats what I was assuming.

Hiro assume he was dead. It'll probably be one of those long winded scenes where hiro's going to realize something obvious that with the help of ando willl save there ass's in a way that would have been unnecessary if they had used their brains the first time around.

 

I personally thought this episode sucked. Sylar as Jigsaw was terrible, the shit with Claire's bio mom sucked, and the Speedster time travel was just retarded. Also how much formula did they fucking make. Last episode they specifically said they had enough for 15 batches. Suddenly there is an entire vat of formula just aching to be tipped over. I really want to know how Suresh got out of the building but oh well.

Anyway did anyone get pissed at how easily they left the mom to die. Last time a checked Claire can't die. She could of easily helped the mom escape. But I suppose that would actually take work on her part, and god knows we can't have that.

Sylar isn't dead, that explosion will probably break the glass jammed in his head, and bring him back. Peter had his original power restored, and he used it to get his brother's power, and the fire guys power (that's why the fire didn't burn him).

Oh and I love how easily people pass out/ get knocked out with one punch. Nathan, the freeze girl. I mean come on it was a punch from Hiro, how bad could it have been. the Pikachu comment was funny though.

Parkmen's acting has become terrible. It was never great but he definitely cannot have a large part in future seasons.

 

I'm thinking Ando's power affects people's nervous and/or adrenal systems by the way it augmented powers, like adrenalin put fire mum into overdrive. Ando could have killed Hiro in the future with a heart attack.

That's a legit power.

 

Technicly Hiro didn't knock out freeze lady. He only knocked her down. She was awake and on her elbows when they left.

But I was kind of happy with that scene because freeze girl was annoying me. She was becoming a mini Angela in training. And I want angela to get knocked down a peg.

She was okay when she didn't know whats what, but then when she got a hint of a secret organization wiht mysterious purposes she was all over that. Becoming all coniving and smooth.

I miss nikki...

But working off the last scenes of fugitives... Hiro was on the list but ando wasn't. They don't know about him... That'll probably be important later.

What I'm wonderign though will nathan reveal he has a power or not.
Its not like he uses his powers all that much. I think he'll be a hypocrit and hide his ability while he creates the heroes version of guantanamo.

 

The speedster can travel forward in time by not actually going beyond the speed of light. Go past it, go back. Go up to it, but not past, and you go forward.

Otherwise I loved this episode. It's definitely the best one of the season for me, and the bit at the end with President Notbama set the scene quite well for the next one. Also, fuck you all, Sylar rocks >_>.

 

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I don't think that works... (unless you count the trivial example of "we're ALL moving forward in time").

Regardless, I try not to nitpick too hard and this wasn't a bad episode--although I'm wondering how Hiro is going to get his mojo back.

 

Perhaps with enough juice Ando can jumpstart a power. We haven't seen what happens with Ando's power on non powered people. Remember Parkman did provide the idea that your powers respond to your greatest desire. Speedster wanted to run, Parkman wanted to know, and Ando wanted to help Hiro get his powers. Perhaps Ando's power is to return powers to the powerless, and expand powers in those already empowered.

Anyone else annoyed by the fact that Parkman, a guy who couldn't pass the a cop exam, suddenly knew the working of Einstein's theory of relativity because he payed attention in school? And how smug he was about knowing it? Go eat a fucking donut you fat fuck and shut the hell up is what should of been said.

 

Actually, yeah it would. Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity says exactly that. Using a famous example, two twin brothers are 20 years old and one of them has been chosen to go on a space flight that would take him to near the speed of light. He does so and to his perspective he would have spent a few years on the mission, but to his brother back on Earth decades (or more) have passed. That's how a speedster going at just under the speed of light could move forward in time without aging the relevant amount.

It's a quirk of the universe and Einstein was smart enough to pick up on it (though I've probably just trodden all over his theory with my not-so-well-understood explanation >_>). I'm sure Perspicacity or someone else could explain it much better than me, but I know that it would work like that.

Also, link to a proper explanation. It'll make more sense than mine >_>.

http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/kenny/papers/relativity.html

Edit: Come on anlun. Everyone has heard of Einstein's Theories of Relativity at some point in their life. It's one of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of science, there's practically no way not to have heard of it.

 

The other two didn't know, Parkman just stood up on a soap box and proclaimed it to the ignorant masses, like he was Plato or something. The series has made this guy a well meaning, well intentioned idiot. He's the fat guy you love but he's as dumb as an ox. For him to suddenly spout shit when he has had no previous example of intelligence is just bullshit. It was poor writing. The writers needed a character to explain how the speedster could travel back in time to the viewers, instead of explaining it through plot. It was a weak tool and they chose a poor character to explain it. Ando would of made more sense.

 

If you think about it that future could be possible still.
Hiro puts the formula back together so he can try to get his powers back. And then Ando and him become un-friends over it and they fight and Ando shoots him with energy.

 

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know random general knowledge. It's just a random factoid that anyone could know, nothing more. Even idiots know some things. The only people who don't are dead.

 

Sorry anlun but fact of the matter is all of us have heard of it and understand the theory to a relative degree. And I doubt we would pass the exam.

Whats stoping parkman from knowign a few things. If he starts spouting off knowledge about quarks and muons then I'll call shenanigans with you but so far he's only discussed common cliche science fiction knowledge he could have picked up from watching stargate.

Besides other than that weird way he always looks when he tries to read some ones mind and the fact that he's so love struck and smitten with daphnee out of the blue that he's givign me early hiro whiplash... He's one of the smarter characters in the show. Maybee not inteligent but still smart. That doesn't say much but its worth noting.

@ boo... We still don't know what would happen if he uses his powers on a normal. Or a power redacted hero. And his powers already been established at giving a power boost for heroes, so I don't think we need to jump the gun with a hero ando slash tastic fight to the death.

Either Ando will give hiro his power back, or he will super charge hiro when he already gets his powers back at some critical moment.

I wouldn't put it past the writers to have a vial of the stuff laying around somewhere as a remnant from the company days when hiro's mum was still alive and catalyzing.

He'll get his powers back, and maybe become the catalyst once more, and ando will zap him to deux ex machina once more.

 

Watched it today. Minus fucking Ando getting a power, it was one of the better ones. Nathan's a prick, at least he can show it and maybe be his own man now. Daphne... ug.

Hiro didn't die, yet they killed off Knox, who I actually liked, the puppet guy getting fucking owned was funny. Sylar's awesome when he's evil, but they can't do the back and forth shit with him. Keep him cunning crazy and leave it be. And for fucks sake, man Peter the fuck up.

 

If Peter mans up then the show is over. The dude has the power of a god, or close enough to it to make no difference.

Him being an indecisive fag who refuses to make even the simplest, most obvious choices keeps him from solving every problem before it gets out of hand and ruining the conflict.

EDIT: Also... WARF '08!!!

 

The series will probably die with Peter, because he's the obvious "hero" of the series.

I'm waiting till they reveal worfs seedy and no doubt shocking past. Perhaps he's an immortal, or a healer as so often happens. Maybe he's a religious nut and he views the heroes as godless killing machines.

until then...

Change Comes at the tip of his Bathleth!
Down witht he House of Gauron, For he is to senile to lead the Empire... The P'Tach!

HIja' maH laH!

 

I was overall pleased with this episode. Not many complaints and it seems like the show is heading to a good direction. Only thing that pissed me off was Hiro still being powerless and the fact that Peter is holding on for dear life when he can 1. fly, 2. not die, 3 super strength. He has the Superman line up yet he couldn't fly out.

 

He probably panicked. By the way, what was with that little zap effect when he absorbed powers? They never had that before.

The Sylar abduction attempt made the episode. :awesome