Heroes recap: “Truth & Consequences”
sorry folks! I was working. But here’s the TWoP recaplet:
Peter tells Adam about the Shanti virus, and Adam tells him about Victoria Pratt and how she’s a bioengineer who manipulated the virus into a weapon. He also explains how Peter’s parents were the founders of the ElderHeroes and the virus is their sin. They decide to find Victoria and make her tell them everything she knows so that they can save the world. Tobby drops off Noah’s fake remains to the Bennets and leaves. Mrs. Bennet declares that they’re leaving tonight. Tobby goes to his car and orders Elle to watch Claire for the next 24 hours.
Noah wakes up in a dingy hospital room with Mohinder attending to him. He tells Noah about how Claire’s blood in his body. They argue about just what The Company really is. Mohinder still thinks they’re all about good and helping people, while Bennet knows that they’re not, especially since THEY invented the virus. Mohinder just minces off with Claire’s blood so he can go save Niki.
Niki goes to visit Micah in New Orleans and tells him about the virus she has. He tells her that he’s going to give her D.L.’s medal for strength, but when he goes to get it, he discovers that his backpack has been stolen by his thieving cousin who wants to make some bank on Micah’s comic book collection. The cousin’s located, but he got jacked for the backpack and the medal is gone. Micah wants his mother and Monica to help him get the medal back. Niki refuses, but later that night, Monica and Micah sneak out to get it.
Sylar convinces Maya that she can control her own powers without Alejandro’s help. Once she proves she can do this, she runs off to tell her brother about her new trick and he tells her that Sylar murdered his own mother. Sylar cops to this, but claims it was an accident, and Maya of course totally falls for it. The trio becomes a duo faster than you can say “fifth wheel” when Alejandro pays a visit to Sylar later that night and Sylar kills him in cold blood.
Hiro and Ando look into Kensei’s past and discover that he went by the name Adam Monroe and that he knew Kaito. Hiro goes back in time to 1977 and overhears that Adam was the one who wanted to release the virus. Fortunately, Victoria kept it from him. Hiro listens as his father declares that he’ll take the virus to Primatech in Odessa. Victoria says it needs to be destroyed or they risk a pandemic. Kaito refuses to do this and says the rest of the group wouldn’t allow it either. This forces Victoria to quit because she won’t be a party to something this stupid.
Peter and Adam visit Victoria in the present, and Peter goes to talk to her on his own. After she pulls a gun on him, he tells her all about the Shanti virus and its effect on the future. They go inside her house and she thinks he’s there to kill her. He says he isn’t; he’s just there to find the virus. She tells him he’s looking for a mutated strain. She tells him where to find it, and he goes to tell Adam. Too bad that Victoria sees this and thinks that Peter working with Adam is a bad idea. She shoots them both, and is about to shoot Adam in the head, which is the only way to really kill him, when Peter knocks her out and grabs her gun. Once they have her tied up, she tries to convince Peter of the truth, but Adam keeps insisting that he’s the good guy, even though we know he totally isn’t. Victoria refuses to give up the location of the virus, but Peter reads her mind and finds out where it is. Adam releases her, only to have Victoria attempt to shoot Peter again. So Adam kills her and leaves behind his gruesome “S”-symbol calling card.
West visits Claire before she leaves, and she reveals how much the death of her father hurts her. She vows to find the Haitian Sensation so he can make her forget she ever had a father. West convinces her that forgetting isn’t the answer. The Bennet family throws Noah’s ashes into the waves, and she and West say goodbye. As they hug, Claire sees Elle watching her from a car in the distance and she confronts her. Claire states that she’s going to tell everyone in the world what she can do and that will stop all the running.
Mohinder finds his cure for Niki’s virus, and Tobby congratulates him. But it’s not enough for Mohinder — he wants to destroy every last virus within The Company, and he wants Tobby to help him. Mohinder calls Niki to tell her about the cure and she rushes off to tell Micah, but of course, he’s out trying to steal back his medal. Monica uses her powers to get into the house where the backpack is and she finds it, but the gang arrives home while she’s inside. They discover her, but instead of killing her, they knock her out and shove her into a van.
Peter and Adam show up in Odessa. Before they can get downstairs to the good stuff, Hiro shows up and stops time. Peter and Hiro face off against one another…but we don’t find out what happens until NEXT DAMN WEEK.
An other very good episode. (Other than the idea that Hiro and Peter fight without anyone giving time to explain themselves) Plus Peter seems terribly naive.
But overall very good. I’m glad it’s finally got back on track. (Enough to get Steve writing again) Too bad the writers strike probably means next week is the last episode for the year.
Comment by Clark — November 27, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Yes — it’s confirmed as the last of the year, probably season finale.
Comment by Supergenius — November 27, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
I thought this one was weak. Everybody except Hiro (and arguably HRG) is behaving like a weenie.
Comment by Last Lemming — November 27, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
The scenes with the cheerleader and flying boy make my skin crawl.
Kill the cheerleader, save the show.
Otherwise things seemed pretty interesting. I really don’t think Hiro is going to be slicing off Petrelli’s head … so I’m not sure what that scene is all about.
Comment by danithew — November 27, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
Mohinder needs a slap. Bennet is paranoid? Really Mo? Of course he is. He thought the company was trying to get his daughter and guess what? They were! You were helping them you dummie! Christ on a bike. Mohinders heart is always in the right place. Unfortunately, his brain is off with the pixies again.
Comment by smythie — November 27, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
Writers strike sucks. Shortest season ever. Gawd I hope Lost isn’t getting screwed from all this.
Comment by David J — November 27, 2007 @ 4:27 pm
I know that the Lost producers were fighting to keep lost whole as ABC promised. But I’ve been seeing trailers on ABC for Lost starting in February. It seems to me that the networks are planning on maintaining the strike through the spring. (At least that is the appearance from what I can see – someone correct me if I’m wrong) So we’ll probably get a shortened disjoined Lost as well.
Comment by clark — November 28, 2007 @ 12:54 am
On the other hand NBC just ordered up a full 22 episodes for Chuck. Does this mean the strike may be nearing an end? (And maybe that’s why ABC is advertising Lost?)
Comment by Clark Goble — November 28, 2007 @ 10:29 am
Who is Kaito? (The one talking to Victoria in 1977)
The recap makes it sound like he’s Hiro’s dad, but it didn’t really look like George Takei (as he did at his wife’s funeral)
Is it possible then that the people in The Picture are not necessarily all heroes with powers? Maybe they’re all Company people, some have powers (Evil Ned, Parkman Sr., Linderman) others are just powerful or connected people. Hmmm. Is this common knowledge (and I’m as slow as Niki)?
Any speculation on the two heroes that will fall next episode?
Wish: Niki and Maya (also, nonHero Sylar)
Probable: Nathan (what has he done this season?) and Maya (post-Sylar encounter)
Comment by FHL — November 28, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
So, if HRG was able to come back from the dead with the help of Clair’s blood, does that mean he now has Clair’s healing power?
Comment by JM — November 29, 2007 @ 8:46 am