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Heroes Withdrawal (Updated)

April 10, 2007 2:02 AM

t's been far too long since there's been a new episode of Heroes, and I have to say that I'm jonesing for a fix. So I've been keeping up with some of the stuff that's been going on in what could be called the Heroes extended universe.

First of all, there's Hana's text messages. I got one today, which read as follows:

The time 2 act is now. if ur on our side, go to samantha48616e61.com. I have all the info there. b strong, b diligent, and b prepared for anything.

The site is Hana Gitelman's blog, where she's trying to get people to work together against The Company. The latest entry appears to be a puzzle of some sort, which I haven't even begun to think of. Which is probably for the best, given the difficulty of the puzzles over at Hiro's Blog.

You can find the solutions to Hiro's puzzles here. Puzzles have never been my thing; how the fuck did people figure that shit out? In any event, the real questions are these: How the fuck are Hiro and Hana working together? How does Hiro know about DL? And why is Hiro at Isaac's apartment again? Hiro's posting these things from the future, right?

Update
So, I was trolling around the Heroes wiki a little, and I realized that I hadn't read the graphic novels in a while. So, I went over to the NBC webpage and read the latest ones, which you can check out here. Specifically, I read the War Buddies series, which I thought was pretty much fucking awesome. Here's a rundown (spoiler warning):

The story concerns Hana's continuing attempts to bring down The Company. Acting on a tip from Mr. Bennet, Hana was able to track down a paper file within the Pentagon. The file, which Mr. Bennet told her would help her bring down The Company, tells the story of several soldiers on a covert mission during the Vietnam War. Specifically, the soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to try to rescue some other Americans. They know only each others' code names. In any event, the mission goes wrong and all of the soldiers except for one, codenamed Austin, gets shot. Austin has the ability to heal people, and uses his abilities on the group's leader, Dallas.

Austin and Dallas go on to complete their mission. Upon their return, Dallas tells his superiors what happened, including the fact that Austin can heal other people. Dallas' superiors ridicule him, and his career takes a huge hit. Years later, Dallas is sitting in his house with his family when Austin knocks on his door. Austin tells him that they can have a positive impact on the world. They shake hands, and realize that they still don't know each others' real names. Austin reveals his real name to be Linderman. Dallas reveals his real name to be Petrelli.

That's right: Nathan's father and Linderman were in Vietnam together and apparently started The Company (or some related entity) together, although it doesn't look like it was all Linderman's idea. And, perhaps most shockingly (or not at all, depending on what your theories have been), Linderman has an ability: he can heal people by touching them!

And, also, what's up with the fact that all of the codenames are cities in Texas or are somehow related to Texas? It seems strange to me that that should be the case when Primatach paper and Mr. Bennet are based in Texas. Something's up here--the question, of course, is what.

Wacky. I love this show.

God, I can't wait until April 23rd.

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