Comments on: Heroes: How To Stop An Exploding Man

By: Karen Ramel

Karen Ramel — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:33:37 +0000

My question is why peter of the future has a huge scar on his face. Thought he was all about regeneration!?

By: scott_api

scott_api — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:20:55 +0000

I think you all missed something. Peter said, and I quote “I absorbed his power, it’s too much. I can’t do anything” to Nathan. that is when Nathan flew him away.

That being said:

Ando is alive – SFC!!! I was so worried he would be toast. Parkman is breathing. Obviously, Suresh has super healing powers with his messenger-bag of life. He saved DL, he saved Molly, he saved Parkman. The lone Samurai was Kensei (notice his banner?)

Final question – Is Shaft (Richard Roundtree) going to be around next season? Does Peter go back and commune with his old teacher whenever he runs into a conundrum? That would rock. And might give us an idea of why the building is so important (besides being OW’s Heroes World HQ)

Sorry to ramble. Just re-watched the ep and had to blast out the theories before my kids turned my mind into jello for the night (that seems to be their superpower)

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:37:15 +0000

Yeah, this would have done a bit better as a 2hr episode but honestly still a heck of a lot more engaging than 80% of what’s on.

Right on. I think it should be 2 hours >i>anyway.

But if that was an atmospheric blast, wouldn’t there be an EMP that would shut down the city?

By: Just John

Just John — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:50:48 +0000

Sylar could still be dead. Maybe his body was dragged into the sewer.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:42:08 +0000

Jet -

NBC.com implies that there will continue to be Heroes-related extras throughout the summer at the website. Which is a relief.

For as bad as Ma Petrelli is, Molly did say “he” can see her.

Anybody else wonder if Dad isn’t as dead as we think he is?

By: Jet

Jet — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:23:24 +0000

On our couch of Hero worship, the second that Molly mentioned a super baddie, we all yelled “Mama Patrelli!” She’s doing a fine job of dripping evil.

Mark me in the Nathan flew Peter up, dropped him, and did the sonic boom. Both characters will be back, IMO.

I’m SO glad they didn’t kill off Ando. He’s one of my favs.

Oh, and I expect to see some radiation sickness in NY next year. Continuity, people.

Sigh. It’s going to be a long summer.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:23:58 +0000

I thought Sylar landed on Peter, and even then, he limped away.

By: soullite

soullite — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:08:12 +0000

Sylar has been surviving things normal people can’t survive all season. It’s clear he took someones power and it gave him greater resilience(though not immunity) to physical damage. Theres no way he went off those bleachers and walked away unharmed while Peter was a pile of goo from the same incident. Not without some sort of improved durability.

By: Misplaced Patriot

Misplaced Patriot — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:12:09 +0000

Of course Peter isn’t dead. If he could survive a nuclear blast (in the alternate future,) he can survive a nuclear blast and a long fall, right?

That’s assuming the blast would render him at least “temporarily dead” the way he and Claire both died previously. If not, he could, of course, just fly himself to the ground.

I suspect his big bro is alive, too, but who knows.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:03:00 +0000

The last thing that I saw in Sylar’s eye was an image of himself lying on the ground, which I originally took to mean that his last vision was of himself dying.

Then again, Isaac’s paintings were never interpreted 100% correctly…Claire wasn’t the dead cheerleader and Peter died but came back.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:57:00 +0000

I had the same thought about Peter–”why didn’t he fly himself off?”–but then I thought back, and I don’t think Peter has ever been able to use two powers simultaneously. Since he was already in the middle of going nuclear, he needed Nathan to fly him away.

Nathan could have survived; if he’d gotten Peter high enough to let him go and then zipped away.

One excellent theory I’ve heard is that Takezo Kensei (who I believe that was at the end of the episode) is going to be revealed to be Hiro’s father…that his power has been some form of prodigious longevity. He did, after all, say he’d been waiting a long time for another Nakamura to ascend.

By: Ivytree

Ivytree — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:29:29 +0000

1. Both Peter and Nathan could still be alive if Peter absorbed Nathan’s flying ability (which I thought he already did, actually) and can control it. He could have flown off by himself before exploding.
2. I bet one of those samurai is Kensei, the swordmaster.
3. Wasn’t Parkman wearing a bulletproof vest? Otherwise there would have been a lot more blood, surely.
4. The Big Evil Person could be Ma Petrelli. And what are the odds she bumped off their father?

By: mike in dc

mike in dc — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:20:32 +0000

I don’t even think Nathan is necessarily dead. When Peter was very close to exploding, he could have pushed Nathan away.

Dunno. Guess we’ll find out if that actor’s contract is renewed for next season.

By: leemoder

leemoder — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:24:59 +0000

The blast was clearly atmospheric…notice the clouds moving away in a circular fashion? So, I expect Peter to return…though he may carry a certain amount of trauma from the experience.

Also, Hiro in feudal Japan? Love it! Could he “sire” a new group of Powers; passing traits on to each generation to come?

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:55:22 +0000

Yes, I did find the emptiness of NYC curious.

The eye thing I think was only done by three people – the painter and Peter and Sylar when they absorbed his power.

And you’re right, Peter could survive the explosion but my assumption is that his brother flew him to at least outer space, and how would he survive (I’m assuming Nathan can’t breathe in space, which could be wrong and then his brother would have absorbed that, so…).

Yeah, this would have done a bit better as a 2hr episode but honestly still a heck of a lot more engaging than 80% of what’s on.

By: abanterer

abanterer — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:40:42 +0000

They kept mentioning that Peter should be able to survive the explosion, since he has the ability to regenerate, so I expect he’ll return later.

I figure that the whole gang will end up at the hospital since Matt and DL are there, and afterwards will gather together if only because a) Bennett wants to find his family again and take down the rest of the organization, which would be in everyone’s best interest at this point.

By: K-naat

K-naat — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:04:09 +0000

Sylar after being stabbed by Hiro is lying on the floor and you see the flashing images of the fufutre with the last image of him lying on the floor, with the final image of Sylar with that ‘grey super power eye look’ which they get when they’re doing something super human. makes me wonder why his eyes went that colour? what was he doing? anyone?

By: Wilbur

Wilbur — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:43:22 +0000

To someone like me who has never seen the show and knows nothing about it, this post has a certain zen-like poetry to it.

I’m not being snarky, I honestly enjoyed it.

By: Just saw the Heroes marathon

Just saw the Heroes marathon — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:18:09 +0000

Where does the Painter fit into all of this?

By: eva veverka

eva veverka — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:16:03 +0000

I was just so proud of Nathan and his absolute love for his brother.

Was he always just playing mama or did he just make up his mind to save Peter from killing all those people?

Hey, and wasn’t it surprising that SO MUCH of New York was empty all the time, I didn’t see ANYBODY who wasn’t a cast member wandering around.

How come DL is still alive?

Eva