I can’t decide if this show will be terrible or perfect. Mark Burnett has a new reality tv show coming out this summer, called Pirate Master, where a bunch of people (including a scientist/Chippendale dancer) compete to read a treasure map and be the best pirate.
The concept of this show is endlessly fascinating. I do not know if it is in a good way or a bad way, or enough of a curiosity that I will remember to watch the show. I mean, it’s *summer*.
I really, really enjoyed this episode.
Spoilers!
I knew something was off about Nathan — well, clearly something was off about Nathan — but I can’t believe I didn’t see it being Sylar. Like, last week, when he said the special comment. I mean, sure, the show was moving along so fast you didn’t have time to think, but crap.
What I don’t understand: Parkman couldn’t read Sythan’s mind because the Haitian was there, but — Sythan never saw Peter except when the Haitian was there? Why is the Haitian always around, anyhow — what made him agree to be Sythan’s henchman? Why is he still there when his boss is clearly both batshit insane and evil? What exactly happened to Nathan? (Well, we know *what*, obviously, but how and when? I assume that Sylar pretended to be someone, maybe Peter, maybe Claire, then killed Nathan. Actually, that’s a good enough explanation, so I guess I don’t need to wonder more about how, just when. Sylar said it was after he’d turned against the heroes, but Sylar is a psychopath and we should probably not take his word for it. Or is that for Lost?) Also, this explains the weird picture Sylar painted last week. I think. Still, I don’t get why Peter didn’t clue in for 5 years.
We still have no good clue what Niki/Jessica are, which is somewhat annoying. Is Jessica really a person, or is it more another personality, as implied last week? (On the other hand, I find that storyline dull.) I am not hugely shocked that Ando died. I would like to have heard more about the elder generation of Heroes. I assume Linderman was killed, but Mama Petrelli? Papa Nakamura?
Why did Sythan fly off in the middle of a press conference? I mean, yeah, he had to go, but was that the only possible way?
Was the person working with Mr. Bennet Hana Gitelman? I think so, but am not sure.
Mohinder finally did something! After five years of being a lapdog, apparently, but still. He also had bad continuity on his beard, which grew and disappeared during the episode.
In other news, Peter is incredibly hot. And I think Hiro still thinks Sylar blew up the city, not Peter, so that should be interesting. It leaves open the possibility that NYC still explodes. And that Peter dies. Though clearly having lots and lots of powers doesn’t *necessarily* kill you, since both Peter and Sylar lived another 5 years.
Wondering if we’re going to see Claire’s boyfriend again. I am still not clear on what time travel involves or means on this show. I guess they’re going to keep it vague so people can’t nitpick, which seems fair enough.
Who is Molly? The name is unfamiliar to me. (One of the people that future-Hiro wanted Mr. Bennet to give him the address of.)
Update: also read this interesting post, which discusses many of the sexism issues in Heroes which I am ignoring because I like the show. Link now fixed.
Update 2: Molly, apparently, is the little girl that Parkman found hiding in an early episode, whose entire family was killed by Sylar.