I love Hiro Nakamura more and more every week. Masi Oka is freaking hilarious, even when you can’t understand a word that’s coming out of his mouth unless you read the subtitles.
So “Hiro’s” was more of a fill-in-the-blanks show. It’s got to be hard when the previous four episodes were so jam-packed with action and holy-crap-like reactions to take a step back and be more meta-ish, but I’m glad they did. I needed a moment to catch my breath and let my brain catch up with the show.
I liked that they established that Matt’s powers aren’t without their problems. I wondered if they were going to touch on that. It reminded me of this great episode in Season 3 of Buffy, where Buffy was infected with the blood of some random demon and becomes telepathic. It starts out pretty much like Matt’s abilities did — she was able to eavesdrop on her friends and hear what everyone around her was saying. And then it became too overwhelming with the voices piling up on one another. They ended up curing her or whatever, but it’ll be interesting to see how Matt copes — and if he’s able to harness his powers.
So D.L. isn’t Creepy Bald Dude. I knew he wasn’t going to be, because I knew that Leonard Roberts would be portraying Niki’s fugitive/criminal husband. Leonard played Forrest Gates in Season 4 of Buffy, so I knew what he looked like. But neither of them are Sylar, either. I think there was a little speculation about one or the other being the serial killer with super-powers. The reason I know that is because when they show him in the FBI building when he’s trying to kidnap that little girl, they show his hands, which are white.
Still a mystery. Although it’s definitely Sylar that is in the ominous painting that Peter finishes in Isaac’s loft.
Speaking of, I knew Peter’s powers weren’t what they seemed — he can adopt the powers of whatever hero’s around him. Which is so cool. So that’s why he could fly — because Nathan could.
Future Hiro coming back to give Peter the message about saving Claire and then also telling him to tell his hear-and-now self the same message got a little confusing if I really thought about it, but luckily I’m able to stop thinking at will, apparently.
Nice touch having this week’s episode ending with Peter telling Hiro the exact same thing that Future Hiro told Peter last week.
I’m starting to wonder if maybe Mr. Glasses isn’t quite as evil as he appears — and if, in his own twisted way, is trying to help these people avoid the life of a freak. It’s just that he seems a bit too obvious.
Great episode, albeit not quite as action-filled. Steelie brings up an intriguing point: with two parents with powers (Niki, who’s got a criminal for an alter ego, and D.L., who can alter matter), I wonder if Micah is also endowed with some sort of ability.
I guess we’ll see.
