(Huge backlog of shows to post about, bear with me as I catch up!)
So...is it just me or is Heroes a really big downer?
I mean, I know it's a drama where a lot of heavy stuff happens and along with the special abilities come danger and burden and loneliness and all that, but really, it's one thing to be serious, but it's another to be positively somber. All the mournful theme music isn't helping and the characters on this show seem to spend an inordinate amount of time actively sulking. Somehow I just always end up feeling thoroughly depressed after watching this show.
At least Hiro is still Hiro. He seems to have dropped himself into 17th century Japan, where he meets his idol Kensei, only to discover that this legendary figure is not even, but an Englishman (played by American David Anders, aka Sark from Alias), and not so much a hero after all. Plus the timing of Hiro's little drop-in seems to have messed with history. Who knows where this is going...and isn't Hiro curious about what happened with Sylar? Back in the present, apparently he's been gone for 4 months.
As for our other heroes, Claire, HRG, and their family seem to have moved to California, where Claire attempts to be "ordinary" but immediately meets a cute boy who turns out to have the same power as Nathan: he can fly. This is kind of interesting, as we haven't seen any heroes with duplicate powers before. I hope this doesn't mean he's evil. Matt Parkman is now divorced and taking care of Molly, and he finally makes detective with the NYPD. Mohinder is traveling around giving lectures about the heroes to people who don't really care but it seems he's actually trying to bait HRG's old employer. Nathan is bearded and sulking. Ando is waiting around for Hiro to come back. (Ando's part of the main cast now though, yay!) And Peter somehow ends up in Ireland? No mention of Niki or DL or Micah or Sylar.
We also get introduced to two new heroes, Maya and Alejandro, who are making their way to New York to find Mohinder. I'm not sure that it was such a good idea to introduce them in the season premiere. We all want to know what's going on all the existing heroes, and I found myself pretty much not caring about them, especially since they didn't interact with any already existing characters.
The season's first big mystery was also setup: something to do with that symbol that was popping up everywhere, a helix. This is pretty standard sci-fi/fantasy stuff...secret groups really like their symbols. Apparently it was all over the place last season too but I had no idea. I'm trying not to analyze the show too much because that generally gets me in trouble.
Anyway, they definitely packed a lot into the hour, but there was nothing too mindblowing. What do you suppose the next catchphrase is going to be?
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