For those of you who missed it.. here is the preview for next week’s episode of Heroes - “Kindred”. At the end of this preview I think that Mr. Bennet is talking on the phone to Claire’s biological mother. Whoever it is, Claire does not look pleased…
Tonight’s episode was much more fun than the first episode of Season two. In fact, I would have titled it:
“Heroes - Everything is gonna be just fine”
or
“Heroes - The calm before the storm”
The reason I would have called it something different was that everything went so well:
1. Peter discovered some of his powers and is really close to learning his identity.
2. Claire cut off her toe and grew a new one.
3. Dr. Suresh healed the Haitian.
4. Hiro saved the legend of Takezo Kensei.
5. Takezo regenerated after being hit by arrows.
6. The Haitian reunited with HRG (Noah Bennet).
7. There was no sign of Sylar anywhere.
Everything went so well this week… too well.
Looks like Sylar will be back next week, I wonder what else is in store for us?
The other night, I watched the Bionic Woman on NBC and in my opinion it sucked. The only thing I enjoyed about the show was the fight scenes. The fight scenes were kind of cool, but the show was NOT good at all.
One of the things I didn’t like about the new Bionic woman is how much darker it is than the original series. The original series was much lighter and more fun. I wouldn’t have minded it being so dark if they could have at least thrown in some comedic relief (like Heroes does). But the season premiere of the Bionic woman lacked any humor whatsoever, and in my opinion was a boring mess. It was kind of like Alias or Heroes except… without humor, without an interesting story line, and without any surprises. If it doesn’t get more entertaining in the coming weeks I won’t be watching it for very long. It’s too bad, because I had such high hopes for it…
On the other hand, there are two new shows that show some real promise:
Life and Chuck on NBC.
Jill or I will have to talk about them some time in the future.
I know several people who don’t read the Heroes Graphic Novels. So I thought I would create this post for people like them.
For those who don’t realize it, NBC releases a new Heroes graphic novel (comic book) every week on their website. In fact, they have been releasing them during the hiatus between Season 1 and Season 2 (that’s a lot of reading). Also, for those who haven’t read them in while, they are now releasing animated versions of the comics.
The graphic novel fills in some of the gaps between each episode of the Heroes TV show and provides extra information about some of the characters. In this post, I will be giving a very brief summary of each graphic novel to date (all 52 of them). If you want to read more you can always head over to the NBC Heroes Graphic Novels library and check out all the comics yourself.
Chapter 1 - MONSTERS
This was a bad way to start off the graphic novels. Chapter 1 was one of the most boring novels of all. It covered a little bit of background on Suresh and his father.
Chapter 2 - HIRO
This might have been the second most boring of the novels. They do get better from here. This one shows a short stop Hiro made in between episode 2 and episode 3 of Heroes. He throws out his employee badge and makes a promise to his deceased grandfather.
Chapter 3 - NATHAN
This one was cool, because up to this point you might be thinking that Nathan is not such a good guy. In this comic Nathan rescues a woman’s daughter from a burning building by using his power of flight. He leaves the daughter a “vote for Petrelli” button, which was pretty funny.
Chapter 4 - AFTERMATH
This was one of the best ones to bridge a gap between shows. It shows what happened between episode 4 and 5 after Claire crashed her car into the wall. The jock finds out about Claire’s ability to regenerate in this comic, but thanks to the Haitian not for long…
Chapter 5 - SNAPSHOT
This comic reveals how DL found about his powers after being arrested for Nikki’s crime. It’s a decent read for DL fans.
Chapter 6 - STOLEN TIME
This comic shows how Nikki stole the money and it reveals the identity of all those dead bodies that she buried in the desert.
Chapter 7 - CONTROL
Chapter 7 is a story about officer Parkman after he learns about his wife’s affair. Parkman uses his super power to catch a bad guy driving around like a maniac. This was another one of the most boring Heroes graphic novels in my opinion.
Chapter 8 - ISAAC’S FIRST TIME
In chapter 8 we get to see the first artwork of Isaac’s that comes true. A lady notices that she is being hit by a bus in one of Isaac’s paintings and gets mad. Moments later she is hit by a bus, just like in the painting.
Chapter 9 - LIFE BEFORE EDEN
This comic tells about the hard childhood Eden endured. Then one day she tells her step mother that she wished her stepmother would just die and her step mother dies. Too bad her super power didn’t work on Sylar 
Chapter 10 - TURNING POINT
This one was kind of cool, because it showcased Audrey Hanson, the blond female FBI agent. It takes place 3 months earlier in Chicago at a crime scene with Sylar staring right at Audrey. Audrey chases Sylar on a train and then winds up shooting at an old man that Sylar gave his coat to. Needless to say, Audrey is ticked off at Sylar.
Chapter 11 - FATHER & DAUGHTERS
After Sylar kills Eden, HRG (Noah Bennet) pays a visit to Eden’s dad to tell him the news. Things don’t go so well… for her Dad.
Chapter 12 - SUPER-HEROICS
Peter Petrelli has a bad dream. I think he must have eaten too much dessert the night before or something
Chapter 13, 14, 15 AND 16 - WIRELESS PARTS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series of four comics was our introduction to Hana Gitelman. It was a fun read and great way to introduce a new character before her appearance on the show.
Chapter 17 - HOW DO YOU STOP AN EXPLODING MAN? PART ONE
Part 1 of this series introduces Ted (the exploding man) and shows how Hana and Ted meet.
Chapter 18 - HOW DO YOU STOP AN EXPLODING MAN? PART TWO
Part 2 of this series shows Ted’s capture by the military and his escape. How hard would it be to keep nuclear man in prison anyway?
Chapter 19 - BULLY
This was an ok comic. Micah Sanders uses his power over electronic devices to scare some bullies. Not the best, and also not the worst, of the 52.
Chapter 20 - ROAD KILL
This was a really good segue between episodes that shows Sylar’s adventure between two episodes. It fills in the blanks nicely.
Chapter 21 - THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS
This was interesting because it revealed that Hana was going on a separate mission from Ted and Officer Parkman. However, the comic is very graphic and very adult oriented.
Chapter 22 - HELL’S ANGEL
Chapter 22 is the story of how HRG met/saved Claire. It’s a nice read for Claire and HRG fans.
Chapter 23 - FAMILY MAN
This was a really good one. It told the story of what happened between two of the best episodes and it shows how Noah Bennet (HRG) befriends a former enemy (Hana).
Chapter 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 - WAR BUDDIES PART ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX
This series was really good and introduced us to Linderman’s powers before they were revealed on the show. It revealed a very interesting connection between Linderman and the Petrelli family. Lastly, we get to see Hana trying to ruin Linderman’s plans and a secret website that lets you join the cause at Hana’s blog http://www.samantha48616e61.com/.
Chapter 31 and 32 - WALLS PART ONE, AND TWO
This was the story of how future Peter and future Nikki hooked up. It was a fun read.
Chapter 33 and 34 - THE DEATH OF HANA GITELMAN PART ONE AND TWO
This series wasn’t so much fun for me. Hopefully Hana isn’t really dead. I would like to see her character show up on the show again.
Chapter 35, 36, 37, and 38 - IT TAKES A VILLAGE PART ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series was a look into the Haitian’s super powers and about his Dad. It was pretty interesting.
Chapter 39, 40, 41, 42 - BETTY PART ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series was about Candice (aka Betty), the woman who changes what people see. It was kind of interesting, but definitely not my favorite heroes novels out of the bunch.
Chapter 43, 44, 45,and 46 - GOLDEN HANDSHAKE PART ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series focuses on Claude’s (the invisible man) first partner Haram and a conflict they had with Fusor a person who sucks all the water out people (yikes). It also introduces Claude’s new partner, Mr. Noah Bennet.
Chapter 47, 48 - HEROISM IS FOUND IN THE HEART PART ONE AND TWO
I really enjoyed these two comics. It shows a glimpse at Ando’s life when he returns to take Hiro’s job at the company in Japan where they both used to work. Ando also becomes a hero, himself, for Hiro’s sister Kimiko. This was a good read to help you understand why Ando and Kaito Nakamura (Hiro’s dad) were so close. I recommend reading these two chapters.
Chapter 49, 50 - BLACKOUT PARTS ONE AND TWO
This comic introduces a new person with super powers. I don’t if we will see him on the show, but if previous comics are any indication it is highly likely that he will show up on Season 2 of Heroes. Based on Peter’s new power, I think Peter has come in contact with the new character.
Chapter 51 - MAYA Y ALEJANDRO
Twins Maya and Alejandro carry some sort of super virus inside them and according to this comic they are coming to America to find Dr. Suresh. They made an appearance on Season 2’s first episode, which is what I expected.
Chapter 52 - FLYING BLIND
This comic was just a quick look into West (Claire’s new friend) and his ability to fly. It wasn’t really a big deal, but it did slightly ease my suspicions that West is a bad guy (only slightly).
So that is a quick recap of all the Heroes graphic novels to date. If you haven’t read them all, not to worry it really doesn’t take too long to read 52 Heroes Graphic Novels. Just set aside a few days
and just think… there are more coming every week!
The Season 2 premier of Heroes “Four Months Later” was pretty good. It was mostly an attempt at setting the stage for the rest of the season. I think that next week’s episode (Lizards) will probably give us some insight into what Peter, Sylar, Nikki, and Micah are doing.
My favorite parts of this week’s show were the scene when the Bennet’s were eating dinner and Mrs. Bennet was asking them about their day. That was pretty funny. I also really enjoyed the interactions between Hiro and Takezo Kensei (he’ll always be Julian Sark to me).
My least favorite part of the show was when Hiro’s dad, Sulu, errr… I mean Kaito Nakamura, got pushed off the building by his hooded friend. Even though he was a company man, I was very interested in his character. I am not a big fan of killing off so many of the characters, but that’s way it works.
Anyway, I am really looking forward to next week’s episode of Heroes - “Lizards”. Here is the preview for it:
Danielle and Dick are the last ones standing in the Big Brother 8 house… So who is going to win?
I voted for Eric to vote for Dick as the winner. Danielle was great in the HOH competitions, but many people didn’t want to be HOH early on so it’s hard to judge how tough her competition was at first. In the last Head of Household competion Zach and Dick both blew Danielle away, which is why I think Dick should win. It really doesn’t matter what I think though, because the evicted houseguests will be deciding this.
I am glad that Danielle and Dick seem to have come closer to eachother in the house. I am also glad for Eric and Jessica, they seem very happy together.
So who do you think should win Big Brother 8, Dick or Danielle?
PS. Wasn’t part 3 of the HOH competion lame? I mean, couldn’t they have made it harder like part 1 and part 2?
Unfortunately, Jameka went home last night on Big Brother 8. I was hoping they would get rid of Danielle. While she has played the game really well, so did Jessica.
SPOILER WARNING… IF you don’t want to know what happened in the HOH competition don’t read any furhter….
Well, unfortunately the HOH competition is one of those three round things. It makes sense to drag out the HOH competition for the sake of the show, but I personally don’t like it dragging out.
Anyway, Zach won the first round of the HOH competition by outlasting Daniele and Dick in a competition of pure endurance. I don’t think anyone except maybe Nick could have hung in with Zach on this purely physical competition.
I expect Dick and Danielle to decide to let Danielle win the next competition, because she has been so good at the competitions. It will be interesting to see how the final HOH competition works out…
Here are some season 2 Heroes preview trailers for your viewing enjoyment:
Eric and Jessica both went home this evening. Uggh!
Oh well, it’s just a game.
Eric certainly made a great connection with Jessica and I wish them well with their future outside the Big Brother 8 House.
I can’t really say anything more than I have…
It just plain SUCKS!
Last night Danielle won POV and she left Jessica on the block. I really, really, really hope that Danielle and Dick stick with their alliance of four. It would be great to see Danielle, Dick, Eric and Jessica fight it out in the final four. I really doubt that will happen, but time will tell…
Oh, and if America tells Eric to vote out Jessica… that would be just plain mean.
Anyway, Thursday night on Big Brother should be quite exciting with a double elimination coming up. I am really looking forward to seeing what happens…
At the beginning of the show, I didn’t think America’s player (Eric) had much of a chance to win, but I am starting to think otherwise. Eric won POV last night on Big Brother 8 and showed that he is capable of winning a competition. However, he didn’t use his power of veto. After hearing Danielle and Dick talk about their need to get rid of Jessica, it’s really too bad Eric didn’t use POV.
The good news is that it seems like Danielle and her Dad Dick’s relationship has gotten somewhat better. I am happy to see that. Also, Eric and Jessica are becoming more than good friends, which is also good to see.
So who do you think will go home? Amber or Zack? I think Amber is more of a threat and so she will go home. We shall know soon enough…
Last night, Danielle won the power of veto (POV) competition and then pulled Ameber off the block. Amber gave up a TON to Danielle. I don’t think Danielle is going to want Amber to go home anytime soon, which could mean trouble for America’s player (Eric). Danielle then put up Jen for eviction, because Danielle really wants Jen out of the Big Brother house.
Eric completed yet another task, earning him another ten thousand dollars. Eric had to give Jessica his childhood toy (made up by Big Brother). This time America was nice to Eric and let him do something nice for Jessica.
It was really cool that the two finalist in the POV competition got a special surprise trip out of the house to go to New York and comptete on the game show Power of 10. It will be interesting to see how they did.
Wow! America is really trying to make things hard on Eric. Why don’t you help Eric win, instead of making things so difficult?
Anyway, Dustin was sent home today and if it weren’t for America I would think that Dick, Danielle, Jessica, and Eric are close to shoe-ins for the final four. The problem is that America has become the X factor in Big Brother 8, and in all reality America is determining the direction of the game.
It has been interesting to watch, but I don’t think they should ever do the “America’s player” thing again.
Here is what I imagine is the first of many preview videos for Season 2 of my favorite tv show - Heroes:
Last night, there was a lot of suspense on Big Brother 8. The big question of the day was…
Would America’s player, Eric, go home?
And the answer was…
No Way Man!
Eric managed to stay in the game with a 4-3 vote which allows us viewers to continue to direct his actions. Part of me feels bad for Eric, because he has to do what we tell him to do. Another part of me knows that Eric is probably the luckiest one in the group, because he is making money every week and doesn’t even have to win the competition to make out with some decent cash.
With Jessica as HOH, it looks like Dick and Danielle will be up for eviction. I expect Dick to be heading home next week, but you never know…