Where were we?: Heroes

Posted by Dan April 23rd, 2007 at 02:10pm In Heroes

Now that the networks have decided to go feast or famine with new episodes — going for weeks and weeks with reruns and then airing several new shows in a row — who the hell can remember what is going on? Especially with many of the top dramas having big ensemble casts and interweaving plotlines, it’s totally confusing. I love my stories as much as the next guy, but do you remember what Harriette was doing on the last episode of Studio 60? Didn’t think so.

In any case, here is the first in a series of refreshers on what was happening when we last saw our friends on the small screen.

Let’s take it from the top, shall we?

Peter Petrelli was getting his head sawed off by Sylar. Presumably. All we really saw was bloody skin and a fallen lock of hair, but we all know where this is going. If you recall, Peter was visiting Mohinder after Simone done got shot. Mohinder, who just finished doing painful experiments on Sylar, had been nailed to the ceiling. Or glued to the ceiling. Or adhered in some way so that he was bleeding onto the floor all disgustingly.

So, who’s going to save Peter? Nathan? Invisible Scottish guy? I’m not really concerned. Because Peter and his doe eyes are going to be around for a while (remember Future Hiro on the time-stopped subway saying “You look different without your scar.”).

Truth be told, it’s probably not going to be Nathan that saves Peter because he’s out in Vegas with a real horrorshow Linderman. Last time we saw Nathan, he was deciding whether or not he should shoot the shadowy mobster (he didn’t). Nathan’s in cahoots with the FBI, you see, and pain-in-the-ass Niki/Jessica surfaces to warn him that Linderman knows that. (PS - is there a rule that on nerdy serial drama shows, the most useless female characters have to be named Niki?) Also, Niki/Jessica has just killed the FBI agents that Nathan was working with.

Remember who’s also in Vegas? Hiro. And Ando. They were getting into their trademark screwball antics while trying to acquire Hiro’s sword. Just as they were about to get caught, Hiro manages to teleport them elsewhere (you know how in Mega Man, you can either get the life pellets when you shoot the robots or you can get the weapon pellets? Well, the sword is like Hiro’s perma-weapon pellet. Also, have I proven my nerd credentials?). So Hiro and Ando blast off into future New York which is just as blown up as it was the last time Hiro was in the future.

In other, less interesting news:

• Isaac psychic-painted his own death by Sylar-style lobotomy.
• Parkman and Radioactive Man are locked up by Eric Roberts (I think — am I wrong on this?).
• Claire ditched the Hatian and found out that Grandma Petrelli has known about her all along.
• Mr. Bennet got duped into exposing his non-loyalty to The Company by sexy shape-shifter lady and now is in a world of trouble.
• Eden is still dead. But at least she had a totally cute haircut.