Tonight's Heroes

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OMG. OMG. OM to the motherfuckin' G.

Peter Petrelli is one angry little Matrix-Coat-Wearing Jedi Master, isn't he. And holy shit, but Milo brought his A game. And makeup and hair REALLY helped transform the Peter we know.

And Sylar's painting is a whole lot more meaningful now.

OMG Suresh was SO HOT with the swept-back grey hair and suit and glasses. And finally did something SMART, not stupid. (Even though he'd seen it in the comic book and therefore had an instruction manual with pictures to help him out. It's like he bought the SYLAR from Ikea.)

This show is freaking KILLING ME! How does it manage to be so *consistently* great? I... seriously, even if the next season SUCKS, we will have this absolute jewel of a first season. I am constantly surprised by their plot twists and none of them feel contrived. I gasped several times tonight, and I hit shrift repeatedly, shouting "I'm going to hit you repeatedly!" We had to pause several times and just gape at the screen and laugh in total disbelief and joy and the fabulousness of television, where everything was fucking insane and yet made perfect sense. SYLAR WAS NATHAN WTF HAPPENED TO THE REAL NATHAN DID HE DIE IN THE EXPLOSION BUT NO BECAUSE SYLAR HAD TO TAKE HIS BRAIN SO HE COULD FLY THIS EXPLAINS WHY NATHAN LOOKS SINISTER IN PETER'S VISION OF THE EXPLOSION OMG HIRO LOST ALL OF HIS HOPE WHEN ANDO DIED MATT IS IN CHARGE OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS THE LITTLE GIRL MOLLY WALKER HIS KID OMG MR. BENNET I LOVE YOU WAAAAAAAAAAAH.

I think they had to save the cheerleader to save the world, but I also think that they had to fail at saving the world in order to see the future so that they could go back and save the world.

"Go talk to yourself."
"I scare me."

And we saw Hana again!

Before I knew that Nathan was Sylar, I was hoping he'd meet up with PastHero who would greet him, as usual, with "FLYING MAN!" -- and Nathan would be undone by it, if only momentarily. Sigh.

The Linderman Act. Heh.

I hardly need point out all the Bush Administration ... yeah. Combining Watchmen with Bush -- our current fucked-up world situation is why, after being in development hell and turnaround since the 80s, the Watchmen movie is on track with a director and casting negotiations are in progress. Kinda wish it weren't relevant again, but, as a very wise man once said, so it goes.

HOLY CRAP MY SHOOOOOOW!!!

ETA -- Mama Petrelli's power? I'm guessing visions. Because we know Peter's power is to pick up powers of heroes he's near. musesfool and I just brainstormed this on chat: the first two powers he began to exhibit were flying (Nathan) and visions (Mama). Remember back in the hospital - waaaay back - he told his mom that he knew Nathan had been in a car accident before he got the phone call? And Mama slapped him? Wouldn't it make sense that she did that out of freaking mortal terror that he had begun to manifest? And he also told her he could fly.... Now, what, exactly, was Papa Petrelli's power. Clearly he wasn't mentally ill, as they'd put out as the official story, and how they explained Peter away too -- what else could Peter do before he met other heroes? I must ponder. Any ideas?

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