One of Us, One of Them

After last week’s solid, albeit somewhat flawed premiere, the pressure is on to see whether Heroes can get back to its Season One goodness.

So Sylar is in the employ of the Company now. Zachary Quinto is one of this show’s biggest assets, so it is a great thing to see him step into a more prominent role. I really like the addiction/hunger internal struggle that he’s going through here…it’s something I’d say we all struggle with to a point. Do we do the things we do because it’s ingrained into who we are, or is it a choice? Philosophy time with Heroes…good stuff.

Hiro and Ando continue their globetrotting adventures, this time chasing their nemesis, Daphne, to Germany where they plan to break up an exchange for the other half of the formula. (Hello, Haitian!) The Japanese duo manage to swipe the formula, but Daphne snags it back, and is quickly gone with it. It seems that the Haitian is still working for the Company, as Hiro and Ando end up in a cell in Level 5.

Peter’s and Parkman’s storylines are my biggest complaint about the season. How many times are we going to have the same “see the future/see a vision of the future and try to change it” plot? Isn’t it time to move on to something else?

Next week it seems that we’ll get to see that future. Could it be that the same-old, formulaic-ness that the show is once again demonstrating simply be a ploy to keep us off guard for the change-up? One can only hope.