Heroes ***spoilers***

[Spriggan]

Audrey Hanson
You scored 41 Idealism, 20 Nonconformity, 66 Nerdiness

Your best quality: Attitude Your worst quality: Attitude

[Tink]

I'm Hiro! I got more than 99% on idealism, nonconformity, and nerdiness...I thought I was being a little more temperate than that, but there you have it.

The 99% is "How you compared to other people your age and gender".  So you scored higher than 99% of people your age and gender.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Who's Audrey?

[42]

Who's Audrey?

She's the FBI officer who worked with Matt.

[Fellfrosch]

Wow, tough break Spriggan. Audrey's a loser.

So I scored higher than 99% of people my age? It's like the SATs all over again.

[Fellfrosch]

Last night's episode was another good one. I'm really looking forward to the showdown between Peter and Sylar, though it's ironic that the two most powerful characters are two of the weakest narratively. I've decided that I just don't like Sylar--he's not scary enough, or creepy enough, or likable enough, or unlikable enough, to fill the role he's supposed to fill on the show.

Nathan, on the other hand, really got a chance to shine in this episode--the sudden realization that he's been working for the FBI this whole time went a long way toward redeeming him, though he still has some serious personal problems. Meeting Linderman was satisfying as well, as was Ando's triumphant return and Niki's temporary victory over Jessica.

The one thing that bugged me about this episode was the growing realization that everyone in the whole universe knows about the supers. Linderman I expected--he's been pulling too many strings for too long to not know something about what's going on here. But Hiro's dad last week, and Nathan's mom this week, is just getting to be a little too much. If we find out next week that Parkman's wife has been in on it as well, I'm going to strangle someone.

[Tage]

Oh, I don't know. I'd be willing to bet that both Mr. Linderman and Mr. Nakamura are part of the Company. We know the Company has some pretty serious funding, and those two sources would make sense. I was a little surprised by Nathan's mom, but hey, her husband was in tight with Linderman, and we know she's no dummy.

I agree on one thing: if we get many more characters secretly knowing about the supers, it will get annoying.

But not nearly as annoying as having to wait until April 23.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I've thought that Nathan got set up with Claire's mom on purpose by Linderman, like he did with Niki.

[Fellfrosch]

That's a very clever thought.

And I didn't know we had to wait until April 23. What's going on here? Are we getting quarterly mini-seasons instead of one real one?

[House of Mustard]

Here's an idea I was discussing with Fell yesterday:  what if Simone's dad was a super?  He had a vision, and then Peter started having visions--what if Peter absorbed that power from Simone's dad?

[Tage]

Huh. I'd have to watch those early episodes where he was still alive. At the time I thought he was just a sort-of-loony old man, but we didn't know much about the show then.

[Fellfrosch]

It does explain Peter's visions, which thus far we've been unable to explain. If he absorbs powers, he had to absorb the visions from somebody.

[Zokai]

Here's an idea I was discussing with Fell yesterday: what if Simone's dad was a super? He had a vision, and then Peter started having visions--what if Peter absorbed that power from Simone's dad?

Well, if Simone's dad was a super (having visions), could it be possible that Simone is a super of some sort?  Mr. Bennett's organization took her, but maybe it was a cover-up and she somehow isn't dead?  You just never know in a show like this.  Five episodes later someone comes back to life and there is some tidy little explanation of how it's possible.

Anyway, I have another question that I have been thinking about a lot.  Mr. Bennett told Sylar that he was unique because he had more than one power, and everyone else only had a single power.  I guess even Peter only has one power; he's a sponge.  So what exactly is the Haitian dude's power?  I thought it was just wiping memories, but how come people can't use their powers around him?  Wouldn't that make two powers?  Or is it Mr. Bennett that can stop people from using their powers, and he doesn't even know it?  I was wondering if they were just showing the Haitian guy every time Matt couldn't read Mr. Bennett's mind to throw us off.  The first time Matt tried to read the Haitian's mind in the bar, he couldn't.  It never showed Mr. Bennett, but that doesn't mean he wasn't there...?

To me, being able to negate someone's super abilities seems more powerful than stealing someone else's (like Sylar).

[Fellfrosch]

It's hard to tell with this show, because it's very fond of placing weird psychological limits on people's powers: Hiro can't use his powers unless he has the sword, Isaac can't use his powers unless he's painting, Sylar can't absorb powers unless he eats the brain, etc. It's possible, though unlikely in my opinion, that Bennet can negate powers, but I think it would become too obvious to the Company eventually--if people around him can't use their powers, and there's no other explanation, people are going to notice. More likely it's an aspect of the Haitian's power that we don't understand yet. And I suspect it's something different from just negating powers, but I suppose that will be explained eventually.

[House of Mustard]

Besides that, people use powers around Bennett all the time.  Parkman read his mind; Claire healed; the nuclear guy exploded; Sylar used telekenises.