Comments on: Heroes: Oh, daddy, where art thou?

By: bob

bob — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:16:55 +0000

an interesting feature of stories involving time-travel is the notion of fate. very early in the heroes mythology, hiro saves his waitress girlfriend from sylar which provokes an alternate reality in which she promptly dies of an aneurysm. that supports the existence of fate within this particular story.

when he goes back in time to save his father, events unfold that preserve the original outcome. when the atomic explosion that destroys NYC is averted, a different catastrophe replaces it in the form of a pandemic. when that disaster is averted, a new one replaces it in the form of a “war of the mutants”.

i think this episode went more specifically into that. hiro goes back in time one minute to help himself not get assaulted, and in the process, is re-assaulted which preserves the original outcome. it’s really interesting, because the ability to manage spacetime is arguably the most powerful among the heroes, yet the apparent existence of fate renders it useless.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:19:41 +0000

Great episode, mostly because it harkened back to the awesomeness of Season 1. Here’s hoping that Brian Fuller returns to writing this show…

By: erika

erika — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:12:22 +0000

This season is so twisty turny, but I am loving it. I have no idea why people are still hatin’ on Heroes. I am, however, having a wee bit of trouble remembering everything from week to week, but that’s okay.

I loved how they incorporated season one stuff into this last episode. Suprized I remembered all of it, but it was nice to see the ends all meet up.