Heroes' Claire
Elsewhere, Hiro’s (Masi Oka) plotline had him talking in complete gibberish –which was sort of a microcosm of the series itself. HEROES used to be about the sense of wonder that came from being special, It was important to be different; it was cool to be different. Now what is the show? What is HEROES trying to say? Apparently nothing, as it has devolved into a self-referential muddle with no direction.
The only aspect of the show I can count on is that Noah (Jack Coleman) will be cool. Remember when HRG was a cipher with shadowy motives? Well, he is still the personification of awesome, but the show has withered around him. Even Sylar has been reduced to a parody of himself — rendered literally so impotent that he cannot even slice open skulls anymore. Clearly conflicted by the popularity of Zachary Quinto (now known as Star Trek‘s Spock), who plays a bad guy, the-powers-that-be have handcuffed themselves by trying to split the difference between treating Sylar like a villain and a reformed baddie. Clearly, a cute-and-cuddly Sylar is not working. TPTB should either revive Sylar the unstoppable killing machine, or redeem him all the way. At this point, the only character who rivals Sylar as a sad-sack is Peter (Milo Ventimiglia), who is obsessed with literally chasing ambulances in a sad attempt to “make a difference.”
Well, HEROES certainly is “different” lately. (Although not too different from where the season began.) And in this case, different is a bad thing. One of last night’s episodes was called “Let It Bleed.” Well, the show is bleeding out…
