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REVIEW FOR

Heroes
Season Three
Episode Twelve
“Our Father”
Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc

It’s nearing that time.  This season of Heroes is divided into two volumes.  Episodes 1-13 make up the “Villains” arc, with 14-25 making up “Fugitives.”  So, with this, the penultimate episode of the “Villains” arc, there was of course a lot of build-up and and even more pay off.  Plots that I thought would never work are paid off in crazy insane ways.  I might get looked down upon this, because pretty much all other TV fans seem to be thinking Heroes as a whole sucked… and, admittedly, this season has been quite off… but this episode was f**king fantastic.  I’ll take this episode plot by plot.

+ SYLAR’S REDEMPTION… OR NOT SO MUCH:  So, Sylar killed Elle last week.  His arc this season has seemed so weird, and such odd choices were made… but the writers tie it all together nicely in this episode.  Sylar becomes a man with a mission, and he’s not afraid to use his old villainous ways to get it.  He’s embraced who he is, but is no longer the black-and-white cardboard cut-out villain of Season One.  He’s got history, and depth now, and his participation in the final conflict with the BIG BAD of this arc, Arthur Petrelli, really makes all the strangeness of his character arc worth it.

+ HIRO IS TEN:  I didn’t like this idea at all.  I thought there was no way it could ever tie into the arc… but then, it did.  And they also made it significant for Hiro’s entire history.  When he takes Claire back into the past to stop the catalyst from being put into her body, he runs into his mother, who is on her death bed but still able to talk.  They have an emotional scene, which is easily one of the most touching moments in the history of the series.  I don’t know how quickly Hiro was disposed of by Arthur after his exchange with his mother, which sort of negated what he proved to her about how far he’d come as a man, but I understand the decision…  This plot would have been perfect if not for the way it ended, but I’ll reserve judgement when I see how it’s resolved.

+ Matt, Daphne, and Ando:  They discover the new Isaac Mendez sketchbook (in a really badass way), which is a bit cringe worthy, as they’ve used Mendez as a plot device over and over.  But the exhanges between the characters have improved incredibly.  You can see the writers trying to impress here, trying to prove that they’re as good as they used to be.  And, this week, they did a great job.

Those were the major plots that were saved this week.  There was also some cool military stuff and an awesome showdown.  Definitely the best episode of the season.

9/10

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