Cheerleader in Peril as 'the Eclipse' Starts on Heroes

I really liked the last ten minutes. Until then I was ready to quit this series but now I'm intrigued, mostly by Daphne.

Loved the cameo by Seth Green (oz) of Buffy

Vacelts, I mentioned a game I suggested. I'm still thinking it's needed. It goes like this - just as with American Idol each week viewers kick off one contestant.

I'm thinking Mohinder's first to go and Sylar and Hiro are not looking so good.

For internet access I'm going to need to pay for kinkos and that does add up. (I normally only use that option for printing and use a college computer lab during the day for free net access)

I’m not going to be online much this week – still no computer - so if someone else like, say, you, wants to review or recap House this week be my guest.

Just a guess - the eclipse ends just in time for everyone to get their powers back.  That means the cheerleader heals just in time, Sylar doesn't get killed, etc.  The big question - does Peter get his powers back after the eclipse?

It sounds like the writers are exploring survival not just storyline in this episode, since Mohinder tells us tale after tale about evolution (which lizards and newts can regrow).  I think there is a credit here for Mohinder's character because he has been the survivalist, amongst these 'heroes'.  My impression when he gained powers, was that it weakened the strength of his character, because he had exchanged his own virtues, for the virtues of those he redeemed.

It is similar to the way superman is made wholesome because he rescues the innocent, Mohinder is a cross between that innocent, and the journalist who reassures our superhero with good press, the Jimmy Olsen of superhero morality.  Without Mohinder being sane, it turned into a slug fest, massive powers and cataclysm and only suspense, all character were lost to our moral perspective, because we lost Mohinder, our compass.

I am so over this series. I'm only watching at this point due to inertia/might as well finish the season and Seth Green.

Last nite I read Television Without Pity's recap of the prior week's episode and it helped crystalized some of my problems with this show, from the mistakes spotted to the predictable cliche plot points to god how crappy can this show:

 like it's really common for bad guys to give their presence away by KNOCKING, and when Matt opens the door, there are Hiro and Ando. Hiro's literally doing a pee-pee dance as Ando shows him the comic book and says he has to fix Hiro. Matt asks what it says, because this page is in Japanese even though the one before was in English.

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Mohinder's eyes suddenly snap open, and now that he has no special strength of course It makes sense that he could rip the webbing off like tissue paper, and seriously, how awful has this show gotten? He slides to the floor, naked and covered in goo like a baby, and looks in the mirror to see that the scales are gone from his body.

In Haiti (interesting eclipse that looks the same all over the U.S. and Haiti) Nathan and Peter recover from their fall, and Nathan tells Peter that his power is gone. Peter asks if there wasn't an eclipse the first day he flew, and Nathan says there was, and I think that was on a different show called "Ass," because it certainly didn't happen in Season One of Heroes. ["Especially since they JUST showed us again a mere two episodes ago that Nathan's powers appeared when he he escaped the car accident with Heidi, which was not the same day as the eclipse." -- Angel]

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Oh, Lord, Bennet has his glasses off as he asks Claire, who's lying groggily in her bed, if she's feeling okay. Claire smiles: "Pretty good, all things considered." He assures her they'll figure out what's happening to her, but for now, she just needs to rest, and tells her he'll be right downstairs. However, after he kisses her forehead, he puts his glasses back on, and from the evil swish on the soundtrack, we're meant to know that he's NOT going to be downstairs, as he assured Claire, but he is LEAVING again on COMPANY BUSINESS. It seems like a minor thing, but there was no reason for him to have had the glasses off in the first place, and between that and the stupid audio cue, this scene has the subtlety of an elephant on PCP. Unless maybe it's actually the glasses that make him evil! Like if he gets laser surgery, he'll be happy to sell paper and go watch his daughter cheer on the weekends! Look into it, Bennet! It's super-affordable and can make you stop being evil!

In the hall, Sandra sees that his EVIL glasses are on, so she divines that he's leaving. He tells her, "There's something I need to finish." Something with eyebrows like the jungle, I have a feeling

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Anyway, the writing here is giving me the appropriate and very real sensation of being in a Tilt-a-Whirl, so rather than vomit on my computer I'll just tell you that the drawing of Sylar kissing Elle comes to pass. And that's not the only thing that's passing around here. Suddenly, the camera darts back, and we're watching them make out through the sights of the gun that Bennet has trained on them. And I love both those actors, as I've made clear, but if Bennet doesn't kill at least one of them it's going to be another in a long season of cop-outs. We'll find out next week.

Two things -

first, Entertainment Weekly has this piece, which I just seeded here, which has some great news for Heroes fans - the return of a writer to whip the series back into shape

second, I'm going to recap tonite's show but it would be great if we get a second person to write their own recap/review, one who is less down on the show than me.