Season 2, Episode 8 - Four Months Ago

I think I may have overhyped myself on this episode. My favorite episodes of Heroes have always been the time-hopping episodes, and I expected this one to follow suit. Unfortunately, it didn’t.

My main beef with this episode was the same problem I had with this week’s Desperate Housewives…there was nothing that really pushed the story forward. I was expecting some deep revelations that would resound in what was going on in the show in the present, but it didn’t happen.

Niki is back with yet another personality, which is apparently already cured where we are in the story. DL came back from the dead, only to be killed off again. Maya, (un)shockingly, killed a whole host of people.

The episode wasn’t completely without merit, however. It’s nice to finally see the demons that Nathan is facing…what with thinking that his brother is dead and all. And, dang it, if David Anders isn’t so stinking likeable as Adam Monroe…for a while there, I forgot that he’s out to destroy the world because of Hiro.

Major, major kudos to Kristen Bell for bringing what is probably the sexiest, bravest performance that Heroes has seen yet. We knew that she was just a little bit nuts from when we ran into her a few episodes back, but now we see that she’s a full-blown sociopath who brings a whole new meaning to the term “getting off” on her powers. Watching her character develop is going to be a lot of fun.

All in all, it feels like Heroes is slipping back into mediocrity. I really hope that they can pull it off before the end of this arc, since it’s entirely possible that it will be a long time before we see it again.

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