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"Eris Quod Sum" or "I Am what You Will Be"

October 27, 2008 11:30 PM

eah, so I cheated with the title and just translated. Fuck you.

Anyway, another strong episode. The season-two purge continues, which is not at all a bad thing. Not at all. I can honestly say that I won't miss a single one of the characters that's been excised so far. I'll be sad if they completely eliminate Elle, but that's mostly because Kristen Bell is, well, extremely cute-hot. Plot-wise, I recognize that she doesn't really bring a whole lot to the table, although I did enjoy seeing her and Claire interact.

Speaking of Claire, she continues to be rather, umm, dumb. Let's recap: her father works for a shady company that knows about and manipulates people with abilities. And her involvement with that company has had numerous terrible consequences. So as soon as she finds out that there's another shady company that knows about and manipulates people with abilities, she's all "Hey, yeah, let's go right to their headquarters." I don't know if that's the smartest plan ever. I mean, she's a reckless teenager with the added advantage of being invulnerable, but c'mon.

So what's going on at Pinehearst, exactly? Lots of shit. First of all, there's depowered Peter, trying to figure out what the fuck is up with his father. I actually think Mr. Petrelli is the most compelling villain the show's had since Sylar's peak. He's cold, calculating, extremely powerful, and ruthless. He's everything a good villain should be. Add in the Darth Vader-esque familial conflict, and the whole thing works for me. Another thing that works for me is Sylar--I like what's happened with him so far. I like that he's sort of still very smart, cunning, and manipulative, but he's using that power for good instead of evil. Or, well, sort of--telekinetically throwing your brother out of a window but using your ability to to slow him down enough to survive is sort of brilliant and terrible at the same time. Also, did you have to cut it so close?

Also at Pinehearst is Mohinder, now seemingly over his whole "I'm an evil lizard" phase. What appeared to be some sort of compulsion before is now, well, not. I mean, he didn't splooge a single person to the wall in this episode. That's just not believable. And look! Yet again he's taken up with some shady company doing some shady research. Fuck, do these people not learn?

Hiro was barely in the thing, but I think his story arc is supposed to be the focus next time. And we're supposed to get some good revelatory shit, so that's good and I'm looking forward to it.

Finally, I really liked the Parkman story again. Daphne's growing on me, and I'm curious to see who's side she's really on. Although, come on, how can you fool a mind reader?

I'm going to stop writing about Heroes right there and instead write about Chuck for just a second. Listen up, if you're not watching Chuck, you should start. It's smart, funny, and, above all, entertaining. Also, Yvonne Strahovski is really, really, really, really hot. Or extremely cute? Actually she's the most amazing combination of the two. But don't take my word for it: