Sylar Returns on Heroes in ‘Kindred’

Sylar, the big evil from last season returns in last night’s episode of Heroes.  In “Kindred” we learned the fates of the last of the heroes from last season’s finale and of a fate to come.

First, we find out how Sylar escaped from Kirby Plaza.  Still working for The Company, Candace — who was presumed dead, but apparently wasn’t (good call to all of those who said if she really was dead she’d return to her real form) — helped Sylar escape.  Where she stashed him is still a mystery, but, with help from others in The Company, she’s been nursing him back to health.  To what end?  I don’t know.  Apparently the recovering Sylar no longer has his powers (or are they just being suppressed somehow?), but that doesn’t deter him from his original goal.  In fact, it’s not long before he’s killed Candace (this time she reverts to her real form) in an effort to gain her powers. 

I understand that during the season finale that everyone was busy with Peter exploding and Hiro disappearing to see Sylar slip away.  But when things calmed down, wouldn’t someone notice that there wasn’t a dead body lying around?  And when they did, wouldn’t they be curious as to what happened to him?  Isn’t anyone afraid of what he might be doing if he’s alive?  I would think Mohinder, at the very least, would be interested in pursuing the missing Sylar.

We also learned the fate of D.L. — he’s the one hero that didn’t survive Kirby Plaza.  Niki and Micah say one last goodbye at the cemetery in Vegas — not sure why she brought him all the way back there to bury him if she wasn’t staying — before dumping Micah at relatives in New Orleans because there’s something she’s “just gotta do.”

Micah, perceptive as always, realizes this is a bad idea, telling his mom “you always say that before you do something bad.”  I’m not sure it’s bad, but stupid probably.  Apparently, Niki has gone to The Company for help, presumably, to remove her alter ego.  Why?  I don’t know.  She seems to have Jessica under control.  And why would she go to The Company?

I understand that all the heroes in Kirby Plaza had no reason to stay together after the incident.  But seriously, did they all just walk away from Kirby Plaza as if nothing happened?  I would have thought they would have at least chatted with each other for a few minutes.  What just happened?  Who was behind it?  Who do we need to look out for?  Something.

And finally, we learn the future fate of someone when Mohinder finds the eighth in the series of Isaac paintings that have yet to happen.  The first we saw last week predicted Kaito’s death.  This one predicts Noah’s death.  And was that Claire in the background of the painting kissing someone?

Unfortunately, the rest of the hour was really just filler.

Alejandro and Maya are still on the run trying to get to New York.  They are still killing and resurrecting people.  Nothing new.

Peter’s still in Ireland.  And he still doesn’t know who he is.  He continues to exhibit great powers, but doesn’t have any control over them.  Having saved his captors from a double cross, he’s no longer a hostage.  He gets inked and falls for the girl.

Hiro is still in feudal Japan, his efforts to make Takezo a hero succeeding.  But now Hiro is falling for Takezo’s girl.  I thought the idea of Hiro leaving Ando notes in Takezo’s sword was a cool idea, but was wasted at this point in the story.   Since we already know what’s happening to Hiro, it seemed like a vain attempt to keep Ando in the story.  It would have been better used in the first episode with everyone one (including the audience) wondering about Hiro to tell Hiro’s story.

Mohinder’s back in New York still working for The Company in a new lab set up in Isaac’s loft and finally realizing that he might be in over his head in his attempt to take down The Company.

Matt is still babysitting Molly and we know no more about this season’s big bad.

Claire is still in California upset about hiding her abilities.  So much so, that when she finds out that West has a power she forgets about how creepy he is and treats him like a kindred spirit.  And why does she seem so surprised when Wes reveals that HRG tagged him?  Surely by now she knows what her dad did.

No Nathan or Angela Petrelli this episode which is disappointing since I want to know more about what happened to Angela in the police station last week.  But it looks like we’ll learn more next week.

Personally, I’m a little let down by this episode.  I hope they wrap up the Sylar storyline quickly.  I’m ready to move past him to the next new evil.  BTW, when are they going to tell us more about it?

Until next week, . . .

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‘Heroes’ reveals the powers of ‘Lizards’ and More

The second episode of Heroes reveals the powers of lizards and more.  In, “Lizards,” we learn the about the powers of at least three of our new heroes and a few more interesting facts.

Last week, I complained about Hiro’s story being predictable.  And yes, just as I predicted (and probably everyone else) Hiro (Masi Oka) posed as Takezo (David Anders) to fulfill Takezo’s destiny and win the heart of Yaeko (Eriko Tamura) and then talked Takezo into rescuing Yaeko’s dad.  But when Takezo got shot with arrows and then healed, things got interesting.

Is Takezo’s real claim to fame, being the first “hero” with powers?  Are all those who currently have powers in some way a descendant of Takezo?  It’s possible.  He does seem kind of promiscuous.  Or were there others even then who had powers?  Did people with powers in those times just hide them?  Are the “Dirty Dozen” (the group including Angela, Kaito, Linderman and Deveaux) just the first group to unite to use their powers?

When Takezo was shot, Hiro was very upset.  But couldn’t he just go back in time to save him?  Or is he only allowed to change certain things?  Makes you wonder if Hiro really changed history when he rescued the fake Takezo last week or if he was meant to take his place all along.  Guess with time travel, you never really know.  And not allowing Hiro to go back in time, let us find out about Takezo’s power.

Back in modern time, we see the powers of two more heroes — the twins Maya (Dania Ramirez) and Alejandro (Shalim Oritz).  Although, I’m not entirely sure I understand them.  Apparently when Maya bleeds black from eyes (a la the black oil in X-Files), she kills everyone near her.  But what triggers this?  Is it when Maya’s anxious or when she’s separated from her brother?  And what actually do these people die from?  What is the cause of death?

On the other hand, Alejandro seems to be able to resurrect.  It’s not clear whether he can resurrect only Maya’s victims (that’s my guess) or anyone like Linderman.  I thought it was a nice touch that their powers are kind of opposite.  As the mother of boy/girl twins, my kids, while not complete opposites, often complement each other.

When the healer touched Maya she said that what Maya had in her was so dark it could kill the devil.  Was that a little foreshadowing?  Will Maya be the one to kill the “big bad” this season?  By the way, no new clues on this big bad in this episode.

Meanwhile we learned a little more about Claire’s (Hayden Panettiere) powers.  If she loses a toe, it grows back like a lizard’s tail does.  Personally, I’m too squeamish to watch a season of Claire mutilating herself.  Besides, her questions about regeneration and her experiments have already gotten her noticed by the creepy West (Nick D’Agosto).  Also, I don’t think her car being stolen is a coincidence.

But Noah (Jack Coleman) is too busy to notice with his own plans with Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) to take down The Company progressing. 

I honestly was all ready to rant and rave about Suresh being naive enough to have another hero use his power against him.  Didn’t he learn to be more suspicious after Sylar?  But low and behold, it was me who got fooled when Suresh faked his amnesia, healed the Haitian (Jimmy Jean-Louis) and sent him to Noah. I’m glad they brought the Haitian back, I think there’s still more to his story.

Still no clue, though, as to what the virus is, why it only affects some and why Suresh’s blood is the cure.

Kaito is really dead and the encounter in the police station suggests that Angela (Cristine Rose) isn’t behind his murder and is really a target herself.  Was that the same hitman that killed Kaito that went after her (obviously with a different power) or another one?

We did learn a few important tidbits.  Angela was a big stock holder in Kaito’s company.  And the symbol we keep seeing is the logo for her husband’s law firm.  Let the theories begin.

I loved the scene where Angela tells Matt (Greg Grunberg) to get out of her head.  He’s going to have to be more careful about how he uses his powers. 

I realize he hadn’t met Angela before or Ando (James Kyson Lee), but didn’t he meet Hiro during the season finale?  When Ando told him that Hiro was Kaito’s son, Matt showed no recognition.

On the other hand, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) still recollects nothing.  Whatever happened to him, it doesn’t seem to affect his powers.  In fact, he’s got a few more.  I’m guessing the ability to get out of the ropes came from D.L. (who by the way is still missing in action), but where did the bolts of electricity out of his hands come from?  Sylar?

Those Irish seem to be taking Peter’s ability’s in stride.  I would have thought it would freak them out, but apparently they see it as an asset to their enterprises. 

I’m looking forward to finding out more about Peter and getting him back to the rest of the heroes.

Well until next week, I’ll leave you to mull over your theories. 

(photo courtesy of heroesrevealed.com)