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- TV Series: Heroes
- Episode: Trust and Blood
- Starring: Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Milo Ventimiglia, Zachary Quinto, Masi Oka, James Kyson Lee, Sendhil Ramamurthy, and Cristine Rose
- Written By: Mark Verheiden
- Directed By: Allan Arkush
- Network: NBC
- Series: Heroes
Heroes: Trust and Blood
Everybody Into the Pool! By
Rob Vaux
February 11, 2009
Hiro (Masi Oka) needs to meet his destiny once again in HEROES: Trust and Blood(2009).
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The plane crash lands somewhere in Arkansas with the heroes onboard and everybody makes like Harrison Ford in The Fugitive. Amid the chaos, HRG (Jack Coleman) nabs his daughter (Hayden Panettiere) who actually says, "You'll never get away with this!" for the second straight week. Matt (Greg Grunberg) pauses outside the local rustic enclave to sketch down another series of visions, including one which depicts Daphne (Brea Grant) dying at the crash site. He refuses to leave the area until he knows she's safe. Over in Japan, Ando (James Kyson Lee) and Daphne meet up to compare notes before zipping off to Clintonland in hopes of aiding their friends.
In New Jersey, Sylar (Zachary Quinto) tortures a pair of his father's neighbors--a mother-son combo--in an effort to coerce the commandoes who attacked him into giving up their boss. In the process, the son displays super powers of his own: the ability to generate heat. (Bet you did see that coming…) Sylar wheedles him to come over to the dark side, and after melting the face off of a commando who breaks free, the lad agrees.
Back at the crash site, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) and Tracy (Ali Larter) scuffle with the lower-end thugs while Claire tears her two respective fathers a new one for their part in the government attack. She's sprung by Daphne, who has arrived with Ando; the three of them soon hook up with Matt and Mohinder (Sendhil Ramamurthy), only to be set upon by more lower-end thugs. Claire and Daphne are shot before Matt telepathically enters one of the commandoes' heads and turns him against the others. Claire heals, Daphne doesn't, and the remainder flee.
HRG takes Claire off-site and tells her to go "back to a normal life." Tracy calls Nathan and promises him Peter in exchange for a normal life of her own, but it's all a ruse: she and Peter plan to capture Nathan and leverage him into calling off the witch hunt. The scheme backfires--Nathan's onto their little reindeer games--but Peter escapes by absorbing Nathan's powers and flying away. Tracy is taken into custody while Peter joins up with Matt, Ando, Hiro (Masi Oka) and Mohinder, The five confront the reality of their new situation and resolve to take the fight to the government. Back at home, Claire receives a text message from an unknown source telling her she's not alone and admonishing her to "be ready." Nathan calls his mother (Cristine Rose) to ask for her help in the matter. She tells him to blow it out his ear.
The Good
Thin on the ground and getting thinner by the moment. Nathan's painting himself into a corner, which has proven mildly interesting, and should continue to do so in the future. The show's creators appear to be positioning HRG for an intriguing double-cross or two later in the season, which may be worth waiting for as well. Claire was less annoying this episode than she was last episode and her mysterious BlackBerry message made for a compelling coda to an otherwise frustrating episode.
The Bad
Heroes' central problem remains a lack of cohesion with its storylines. The creators just throw a bunch of plot threads together--joined by the vaguest possible logic--and assume that "cluttered" will somehow equal "rich and complex." Having lost the element of surprise, the Hunter (Zeljko Ivanek) and his commandoes no longer feel threatening, yet the heroes still scamper away from them like frightened kittens. Frankly, this fight is a no-brainer: Daphne's power alone would finish things in an instant ("hey fellas--you seem to have misplaced all your grenade pins") while Matt's telepathy showed hints of similar finality, only to be discarded the minute it became inconvenient. Heroes backs away from such simple, logical notions because if it didn't, there would be no show. It's fallen into that trap before, most notably with Sylar (who should have been dead by the end of the first season if any of the other characters behaved with any logic or consistency). While I hate to belabor the "Slyar isn't scary" point, the louder they proclaim it, the more exasperating it becomes. Consider it ongoing until they finally snuff the twerp and find a real villain for us to hate.
The Prognosis
A lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Don't look for things to improve going forward.
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Okay so...
Why didn't Parkman grab Ando and make every soldier committ sucide?
Why did Daphne stand out in the open?
Why didn't she grab Ando and just time travel to prevent any of this?
Peter was a moron with many powers. Now he's just pathetic. Kill him please.
Quinto is the best actor on this show and since power confrontations are fun, his scenes are always the strongest. Sylar is now the ONLY character on the show freely using his powers however he sees fit.
Of course he the best on the show.
(Okay, granted he's using the powers the writers remember he still has. I'm trying folks)