Season 4, Episode 10 - Truth and Consequences

Tonight was a pretty thick episode. There was a lot of stuff going crammed into this hour in the buildup for next weeks potential season finale. So let’s dive right in.

While it was attempted to make Claire’s response to Noah’s death a very emotional, moving storyline, it just seemed to hit every wrong note possible. While I actually like West last week, my typical passive dislike of him transformed into just loathing this week. He’s just back to being creepy. I know that Tim Kring admitted that the romance storyline was a bad idea, and hopefully we’ll see the last of West soon.

And at the memorial service when Claire spreads Noah’s ashes, why would his two actual blood relatives just stand at a distance and let her do all the eulogizing? I understand that Hayden is the “star”, but that really just pulled me out of the moment. However, when she went of on Elle, it made up for it.

Speaking of Elle, my like for her is beginning to slide. At first, she was calm, cool and collected. Tonight, though, she was a bumbling fool. I mean, the whole deal with her fumbling with the keys and then spilling the drink in her lap…here’s a tip, if you’re on a stakeout, keep the keys in the ignition. Just a thought.

Mohinder is really beginning to frustrate me. I just can’t get a feel for him. Is he really as stupid as he is coming across? Or is he really just playing both ends against the middle? Now that he knows that Claire’s blood can heal others, he plans to use it to save Nikki. Then he goes and confronts Bob, telling him that he wants the Shanti virus destroyed, and appears to actually believe Bob when he says that they will work together to do so. Come on, dude. Bob hasn’t told a single truth to you yet, why are you still believing him?

Sylar is finally freaking back. And not wimpy Sylar that we’ve had all season, the real, mean Sylar. He plays evil Yoda to Maya’s Luke, and teaches her to control her powers, so that her brother is completely expendable. (They’ve both been expendable all along, in my opinion.) When she comes to Alejandro to give him the good news, he shows her what he found out about Sylar…that he murdered his mother. This was one of my favorite scenes this season…Sylar actually uses this to grow closer to Maya, and to show her that they are really not so different at all. They send Alejandro packing, but he has no intentions of leaving his sister alone with Gabriel. He returns to confront the villain, but Sylar quickly and easily dispatches him, leaving his run at Maya unobstructed.

Though there wasn’t much of him, Hiro had some of the coolest scenes in the show. It was great to see the flashback to November 2, 1977, where Hiro sees Kensei/Monroe being captured right after the attempted outbreak. I think it’s solidified now that Monroe’s gone just plain loopy. He’s spouting the typical bad guy dialogue about how the world has become such a terrible place, so everyone has to be wiped out. I guess living for 400+ years would drive anyone nuts.

Peter and Adam head out on a search to find strain 138 of the Shanti virus. Their mission is the same, but their motives are just a bit different. Peter wants to save the world, but Adam wants to completely destroy it, and apparently live all by himself…well, him and Claire I guess, since they can both heal.

So they track down Victoria Pratt, who was responsible for the mutated strain of the Shanti virus that is apparently going to destroy the world. After a bit of exposition, Peter pulls her thoughts out of her mind and finds that strain 138 is being held in Odessa, so they head back there.

Hiro is still my favorite character on the show, and he proves it in the last scene. He is ready to strike down Monroe, but Peter stands in his way. Hiro charges, and Peter charges (electrically), and…to be continued. Sweet.

Not as high-quality as last week, but a worthy addition to the lineup. Here’s hoping next week is a quality finale.

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