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Time for some thoughts on Heroes.  This week I think I'll focus on the line they are using to promote the next episode:

Someone Flies, Someone Dies

First, I am not sure that Nathan will be the one that flies.  It sounds like it is going to be a very Peter centric episode.  I believe we may finally get to see Peter fly.  I really don't think they're going to pull a major surprise here.  It will either be Peter or Nathan.

Next, lets talk about who I think could die.  Here are my choices (in no particular order):

Claire's Real Mom - They haven't done much with her character and it looks like she doesn't want to be a part of Claire's life.  The whole situation lends her to being very disposable.

Claire's Adopted Mom - The woman's brain appears to have been fried by one to many mind jobs by the Haitian.  Again, she seems very disposable, but this could lead to great drama from Claire and a major confrontation with her adopted father.  Which leads me to...

Claire's Father - Seriously.  How awesome would this be?  Claire now knows who her father his.  Her adopted mother has gone loony.   What better way to force Clair into confronting her REAL father?

Ando - Sorry, but this is sort of wishful thinking.  He's been getting on my nerves lately.  If someone puts a bullet in him, I am likely to pump my fist in the air and shout, "WOO HOO!"  The guy is holding Hiro back (and the story, for that matter) to indulge in some sort of sex addiction.  

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Finally, I got a little giddy when I saw the previews for next week.  There were some scenes that showed Peter looking a little, well, evil.  This bodes well for my theories about Peter losing it and doing the explosion willingly.  Also, I predicted a regular character was going to be working for Linderman.  Well, turns out Jessica is working for Linderman.  Called it!

Interested in hearing what everyone else thinks.

My final scene idea has generated a lot of discussion, so I thought it would be good to share the ideas that inspired it in the first place.

I think the explosion in New York needs to happen.  Stopping the explosion is what we would expect to see, but I think it is not consistent with the “you can’t change your destiny” message the show has seemed to have up to this point.  I think the explosion occurring gives the writers more options of where they can go.  For instance, the fallout could be used as a plot device to create new heroes or awaken dormant abilities in people that were normal before (erin*carly alluded to this in the comments of my previous post).  Also, having a post-apocalyptic world seems fitting for the show.

I also think Peter will explode by his own choosing.  Whether he does it to stop Sylar, because of thoughts someone (the Invisible Man?) plants into his mind, or his powers drive him to the brink of insanity, I think Peter will do it willfully.  He could be stopped by Hiro.  Future Hiro mentioned Peter’s scar in the episode where they met.  Perhaps that scar is a result of Hiro stopping Peter, or it could be a scar that he gets from the explosion.  Either is possible.

I also believe a confrontation between Sylar and Peter is looming.  My thinking is that Sylar and Peter are opposites.  Peter absorbs powers from people and keeps them while they are alive, because a connection is created between the person and Peter.  Peter alluded to this connection in a previous episode when talking to his brother.  I believe we’ll even find out the connection allows him to do more than use their ability.  Sylar absorbs abilities by killing people (and eating their brain or something).  This would explain why Peter would be unable to absorb the powers that Sylar has gained: the people are dead.  It makes Peter more powerful than Sylar, but also more vulnerable.  If they’re opposites, a confrontation between the two is inevitable.  It could be that absorbing Sylar’s power and then killing Sylar could cause Peter to go off the deep end.

I believe there is a good possibility that Sylar will be dead before the season is over.  With that in mind, and with everything I have said above, I think there is a good chance the final scene of the season will introduce a new villain.  A similar scene to the one I described could occur even if the explosion is stopped.  Regardless, I suspect Linderman will emerge as a major villain at some point.  I also suspect we’re going to find out that one of the characters we have been introduced too is working for Linderman.

So, those are my theories and thoughts.  Hope you will share your own.

Oh man.  This idea just hit me.  I was working on a post about why the explosion in New York should occur when this idea popped in my mind.

After the explosion in the final episode, the following scene occurs:

Man sitting in high back office chair is shown from behind.  Phone rings.
Voice on phone: It's done sir.  Everything has went according to plan.
Man:  Casualties?
Voice: Probably Millions.
Man: Our pawns?
Voice: Sylar is dead.  Peter is missing.
Man: Find him.
Voice: But the fallout out sir.  We'll...
Camera begins to pan around to show front of desk and face of man.
Man: You had better get your hands on Peter, or I'll make that nuclear fallout the least of your problems.  Do you hear me?
Voice: Yes sir.
Man slams down phone.  Face of man is revealed and name tag on the desk says, "Linderman". 

My wife and I finally watched the episode of Heroes from Monday.  I really don't know where I am going to go with this post, but we'll see where my mind takes me.  I will warn you, if you haven't see the episode, this will be full of spoilers. 

I'll start with Nathan.  Nathan seems to undergo a transformation in this episode.  No longer is he resisting anything and everything that has to do with his brother's visions and their inevitable fate, but he took the first steps this week toward actually embracing what is happening.  I think the fact that he went to see the artist in light of Pete's condition is a MAJOR point that should not be taken lightly.  It shows the strong bond that he has with Peter, and that no matter how big of a jerk he is, he's a big jerk that loves his family. 

The second thing I noticed is that Niki is either discovering that she can also utilize her powers, or she is starting to have greater awareness and control over her alter ego.  The scene where she sends the cop flying and then stares as if she can't believe what she has done seems like a pretty profound event, in my opinion.  To me it appears that Niki is beginning to witness and remember those things that Jessica does, or that Niki is beginning to realize she possesses the same powers as Jessica.  Either would be a major turning point for her character.

I hope to see them do more with Claire's character in the next episode (and that looks to be a safe bet from the previews).   Having her reveal her ability to Zach again wasn't something I saw coming.  I see two possibilities of what is going on here.  First, everything will NOT be the way it was.  Zach will either not react the same way to her ability or will quickly betray her.  Second, maybe the writers only had Zach lose his memory to add to the turmoil that Claire was put through in the wake of the attack by Sylar.  Having Claire's best friend forget everything was just a way to tug at our heart strings.  Now they just want the two characters back where they were.  Actually, as I am typing this, I just thought of a third possibility.  This could have been an elaborate way to reveal that Claire used to be one of the popular kids that ignored Zach.  I don't believe we ever knew that her and Zach's friendship was a relatively new thing when the show started.

So, these are the things that stuck out in my mind about the episode.   I look forward to getting some feedback.

I know its Thanksgiving and I should be blogging about that, and maybe I'll get around to it, but right now I want to talk about Heroes.  What an episode this week!  I haven't seen anything on TV that intense in years.  I think Jennifer and I sat their speechless the entire episode.  They couldn't have done a better job with the whole scene between Sylar, Claire, and Peter.  In my opinion, it lived up to expectations in a big way.  The acting was phenomenal.  I realized last night that these people are really diving into their characters.  And it's not just a few of them.  They are ALL getting invested.  I think that is one thing driving the show.  With such a potentially silly concept, the actors are taking the acting seriously. Obviously, next week's episode will takes place 6 months in the past, so it will be interesting to see how that unfolds.  Personally, I am most interested in finding out what has been going on with Hiro, but learning some real info on Sylar will be nice as well.  My brother thanks he is pretty much Magneto and can control metal.  At first I didn't like that theory, but I now think it would be perfect.  If you have a show that CLEARLY rips off a particular comic book, why not pay it some homage by making the arch nemesis have the same ability has the nemesis in the comic?  Still, I think my brother is wrong.  I think Sylar's power will be something like telekinesis (moving things with your mind), but it doesn't mean I don't like his theory.